The California Lumber Merchant - October 1955

WHILE GOBLINS IIVE FOR HAIIOWE'EN TO MAKE YOU MISERABLE AND NERVOUS-OUR MAIN DESIRE I{A5 ALWAYS BEEN TO GIVE YOU SPECIAI FRIENDLY SERVICE

H.rdwood Mouldings

lmport

Hardwood Timbers

To All Northern Colifornicr Hoo-Hoos

lavlte lou to

The Sqn Frqncisco Hoo-Hoo Annuql Roundup qnd Golf Tourncrmenf

FR,IDAY, OCTOBER, 7, 1955

GOtF

PENINSUI.A GOTF & COUNTRY CLUB

West of El Cqmino Reol between Burlingome ond

Sqn Moteo.

Tee-offtime: ll o.m.

Lunch qvoiloble ot clubhouse

Green fee: $5.0O

Prizes

FOOD & FUN

SURF CLUB

660 Greot Highwoy

Son Frqncisco

Foot of Bolboo Avenue, South of The Cliff House

Drinks ot 5:59 p.m.

Dinner al 7:29 p.m.

Top Enterloinmenl!

,.IN SEPTEMBER I956, IT'S SAN FRANCISCO FOR HOO-HOO's NATIONAT CONVENTION''

(Advertisement)

Bovord Shibley President

Hugh Pessner Vice-President

Fred Ziese Golf Choirmon

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

How Lumber Looks

Lumber shipments of 508 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer in the week ended September 17 werc 10.8/a below production; new orders were 13.8/o below and unfilled orders were 42/o of stocks. Qompared s'ith the previous holiday week ended September 10, production was 19.7/o, shipments Il.0%, and new orders 9.8/o above. For the year to date, shipments were 1.5/o and orders 1.3/o above production.

West Coast Lumbermen's Association reported for 170 rnills (165 operating) in the week ended September 17: production, 126,373,285 feet; shipments, llo,4'26,618 feet; orders, 107,n|,123 feet (15.2/o under production). In the week ended September lO, l& operating mills reported production 103,614,934 feet, shipments 98,4O7,918 feet, and orders 91.666.656 feet.

The weekly average of rvest coast lumber production for the Douglas fir region in August was 187,62I,000 b.f., reported Harris E. Smith, secretary, WCLA. Orders averaged 158,659,000 b.f., shipments 170,891,000 b.f. Eight months of cumulative production were 6,621,151,000 b.f., compared to s,576,@8,000 b.f. in 1954's first two-thirds.

Western Pine Association reported for ll2 mills in the u'eek ended September 17: production 95,543,000 feet; shipments, 83,167,000 feet; orders, 78,522,000 feet. Production increased 2O/o from the previous rveek ended September 10 and orders were up 4.1/o, approximately level with the similar 1954 rveek.

ln This lssue

Southlond Building Tops $1,371,900,000

Dcrve Dovis Elected Sncnk ol Universe

Vogobond Editoriols

Better Hondling Methods Turn Loss to Profit

My Fovorite Story

Son Diego's Airline Yord Merchondising Experts

'Operction: Home Improvement' Lcrunched

'The Yord OIfice Towel'by Jock Dionne

Wonied: A Mon-An Ediioriol

Western Pine Crowdinq 1954 Records Obituories

Southern Pine Association reported lor I22 mills in the holiday week ended September 10: production, 19,O77,040 feet; shipments,79,242,000 feet; orders, 18,794,W0 feet. All were below the 3-year average but slightly ahead of the like period in 1954.

Douglas Fir Plywood Association reported production at 102,130,@O feet was 8l/o higher than orders in the week ended September 17. Orders were 94,000,000 feet, compared to 82,000,000 feet in the similar 1954 period. Output rose 2O/o above the previous week and rvas almost 25/o ahead, of the like 1954 week.

Pre-fobs Not Reql Property

Carson City, Nev.-The state's attorney-general has ruled that pre-fabricated houses are subject to Nevada's new 2/o sales tax. The ruling stated that prefabs are personal and not real property.

Sourhlond Building Totol Tops $t,3zt ,gOO,OoO in 1955's First Two-thirds

Building permits issued in Southern California's 69 cities and nine unincorporated areas in the first eight months of 1955 totaled $1,37I,966,31l-an increase of $312,105,690 over the volume in the first two-thirds of 1954, according to figures compiled by the research department of the Security-First National Bank of Los Angeles and reported in The Los Angeles Times.

There was an upsurge of building activity this August, with the total of the cities and countv areas registering $I90,8D,%7 in the month, compared to $145,048,048 in August 1954.

Both Los Angeles city and county appear headed for a record building year on the basis of August permits for a combined total of $92,862,308, reported G. E. Morris, general manager of the Building and Safety Department. New construction in the city in the month totaled $56,AlZ,7l9-the third largest figure in its history. Morris said the August total indicates Los Angeles "clearly will set a new record for construction this year."

Los Angeles County set a new record in August when 5062 permits were issued with a valuation of 936,849,589, including 2,684 dwellings.

August construction doubled the Jrly valuation of $29,105,631 and was more than $22,000,000 over the August '54 total. The highest previous August was 1950, which was 11lo less than August 1955 ; this August's figure exceeded July 1955 by 32/o.

In this yearfs first eight months, construction values in Los Angeles city and county totaled $297,046,518, compared to $277,147,363 in 1954. The record year to date is 1953, when construction reached $430,256,010.

Diomond Mqtch Co. to Build

Sowmill, Kilns qf Red Bluff

Red Bluff, Calif.-The Diamond Match Co., New York City, has bought a 37S-acte manufacturing site just south of the city limits here and annoLlnces it will construct a sawmill, dry kilns, planing mill and other facilities to manufacture millwork and wood fiber products. The property was reported to have cost $300,000 with an early start gn construction indicated.

' Diamond Match Co. has 2?5,W acres of timber in the Sierra east of here which it will harvest on a sustainecl yield basis. Company President Robert G. Fairburn said, "The aim of the new plant is to effect a more cornplete utilization of forest resources and protect Diamond's conservation policy of cutting no more timber than it

Hoo-Hoo Elecfs Sqn Froncisco's 'Dqve' Dovis Snork of Universe

California's orvn E. G. "Dave" Davis, sales manager of Simpson Redwood Company, with offices in San Francisco, was elected Snark of the Universe at the 64th International Hoo-Hoo convention at the Hotel Statler, Detroit, September 12-16. He succeeds Snark John H. Dolcater, Tampa, Fla., who concluded a successful and popular year's reign.

This is a much-merited honor in the lumber fraternity for hailfellow Davis, who is-one of the most likable and afiable ge/rtlemen in the business. By happy coincidence, the 1956 HooHoo International convention, long since set to meet in San Francisco, will now fall in the "home town" by the Golden Gate of the newly .elected Snark of the Universe. Herb Schaur, Jr., is general chairman of the 1956 annual.

In Lumber Business Since 1923

The well-known and highly respected Simpson Redwood sales manager has been in the lumber business since 1923, when he joined the office staff of the Chas. R. McCormick Co. in San Francisco, remaining until 1934 there, in Los Angeles and San Diego. For the next two years, Davis was Southern California sales representative for Coos Bay .Lumber Co. and, from 1935-1948, was with Union Lumber Co. at San Francisco, Los Angeles and Fort Bragg, rbsigning as manager of the wholesale division. From 1948-1951, he was sales manager of Rockport Redwood Company. Early in January 1952, he organized the Dave Davis Lumber Co. in San Rafael but soon heeded a call to join the Simpson Logging Co. This was followed more recently by his position with Simpson Redwood.

"Dave" Davis has been long active in Hoo-Hoo. In 1946 he was founder and first president of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, as well as Vicegerent Snark for the S. F. district; in 1947 he. was Deputy State Snark for Northern California; from 1948-51 he served two terms on the Supreme Nine of the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo. In 1947 he founded and was the first president of Dubs, Ltd.

The recently concluded Detroit convention was "one of the best," reports George Clotrgh, Clough Lumber Co., Los Angeles, who was Senior Hoo-Hoo on the Supreme Nine from Jurisdiction VI at the conclave. I{e says that rvhile attendance was not quite up to last year's record in Houston, the convention was a lot of fun and excellently programmed. Don Bufkin, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co. representative in Los Angeles and a Deputy State Snark for Southern California, reported that the business sessions were very stimulating

Both lumbermen declared that the election of "Dave" Davis as the new Snark of the lJniverse was a widely popular choice and that the Californian endeared himself immediately to all Hoo-Hoo wth his acceptance'speech and gracious. friendliness.

STRA T G HTO O' STRO lIG ...

SOLD EXCTUSIVETY THROUGH TUMBER DEATERS

Tecbnical information: Axel V. Ped.ersen, AX 1-5494

Quotations: Pbone, urite, or uire-Ed' Fountain Lumber Co,

ED FOUNTAIN LUTIBER CO.

Lam-Loc Timbers are straight, glued, laminated members made to order in any size and length.They never warp, twist orcrack. stay permanently beautiful. For heaay loads. long spans. .functional beauty specify Lam-LocTimbers.

A unique and pleasing effect is accomplished in this luxury residence where longitudinal suppoft is supplied by a huge Lam-Loc Timber. The strength of these timbers plus an outstanding appearance allow the br:ilder a $/ide latitude of design. Inherent qualities of Lam-Loc Timbers offer investment value unequalled by other q'pes of construction.

"The love of country is the noblest emotion of the human mind. Synthetic in its nature, it tates from every passion its purer portion. As passionate as love, it is more unselfish. As tender as friendship, it is more enduring. With religion's faith, it has yet a broader charity. Under its sacred infuence the partisan becomes the patriot; the soldier, the hero; the scholar, the statesman; the prophet, the see'r."

* -t'*'Garwood'

We have in the past month, throughout the United States, paused to do homage to the Constitution of the United States, on the 168th birthday of that blessed document. ***

ft was called by the great Gladstone the mightiest document "ever struck off from the intellect of man at a single blow."

It has been named .r ,;";.;ble occasions "the brightest dream that ever fired the enthusiasm of man."

That its Bill of Rights is the cornerstone of the liberties of the American people, has been told in song and story countless times'

{< *

Abe Lincoln said: "I have never had a feeling, politically, that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution."

The Constitution pro.,il."*ahia "rry abridgement of the rights of an American citizen is an act of usurpation. ft turns upon those who would violate those rights with a fierce and thunderous-"ffues Shalt Not !" ***

Within the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, and within them alone, will the safeguards of freedom survive. ***'

It is therefore most fitting that during a certain week of each year this nation shall pause to consider the blessings, the unstinted blessings, that this Constitution has brought us.

Would that every American, great and small, young and old, of high or low degree, should have drilled into their mentalities in abiding fashion, the story of the Constitution, what it has meant, what it means, and what it must continue to mean if this government of the people,

BY JACK DIONNE

All men, even the strongest, are more or less malleable, while those of our children in their formative period are entirely impressionable. No American child above the age of 6 should be without simple knowledge of the Constitution,'and their dependence thereon. ***

They should know, as should their elders, that this most bountiful land that the sunshine of God ever fell upon, got that way because of the protective infuence of the Constitution, and that its greatness will continue so long as we have that sacred protection. *tFtF

They should understand that while this Constitution remains fool and enemy proof ; that while God reigns and the human race endures, this nation, born of our fathers' blood, and sanctified by our mothers' tears, shall not perish from the earth. ***

It is interesting that the month of September brings us, in addition to the birthday of the Constitution, the birthday of the man who did more to defend and explain the Constitution than any other man during the first generation of its life-John Marshall.

ffe was born on September 24th, 17 55, and served as the fourth Chief Justice of the Suprerne Court for 34 years. That he saved the Supreme Court from destruction several times during his tenure of office, is history. ***

He was a central power man, while his cousin, Thomas Je,fferson, was a states rights man, and there was much bitterness between them from the time when Marshall issued the opinion that -"a legislative act contrary to the Constitution is not law."

Certain it is that the majority of the fathers who wrote the Constitution had little thought or inticipation of the ascendancy of the Supreme Court in our national affairs. It was that strong man, Marshall, who brought that about single-handed. ***

Naturally, good men and true, have always differed in some respects as to just what the writers of the Constitution meant at various points. ft is, no doubt, a compromise between the advocates of a strong central government, and those who favored the states rights, with the central government prevailing only in matters not strictly intrastate afrairs.

Jefferson said that the business of the National government is simply to "maintain order and security, to compel

To some extent and in several directions, the central government idea has prevailed, especially tfirough the past generation, when strong men strove to stretch and change it to fit certain philosophies of their own.

The Los Angeles Ti-": "lnJr,"rr, declares that: "The commerce clause in the listing of the powers of Congress has been so enlarged by the interpreters that Federal ofiEcials may come into a.state and make rules for local window washers." True. The line of demarcation between intrastate and interstate business*has Erown very dim.

Nevertheless, the Constitution, while it has bee4 somewhat changed in application through the abortive science of definition, is still the basis of Americanism and the strength and hope of all Americans, and, God willing, will so remain "to have and to hold" through all the ages to come.

Goodwin Buys Into Jqcobs Co.

Eureka, Calif.-Fred Goodwin has purchased a partnership in the George C. Jacobs Co., effective September 1. His share in the well known and enterprising retail building materials company is the interest formerly belonging to the late Donald E. Larson, who died this summer. The Jacobs Co. rvas the subject of a feature story in The CALIFORNIA LUI\IBER MERCHANT earlier this year.

WELCOME!

In this issue, we welcome these new advertisers the family of California Lumber "Merchant-isers":

Arrow Mill Company (Page 24).

M&D Display Manufacturing Corp. (Page 20).

Pacific Wood Products Co. (Page 9).

S & S Lumber Company (Page 67).

Peter J. Van Oosting (Page 35).

NHLA's 58rh Convenfion October | |

Chicago.-The National Hardwood Lumber Association will hold its 58th annual convention here October 11-13, announces Secretary-Manager Joseph L. Muller.

The keynote speaker at the first morning session will be Clarence Manion, Notre Dame lJniversity, following Presideht T. M. Millett's annual address and the annual report of Executive Officer Muller. Deloss Walker will speak on "Opportunity Knocks" and Roy Halliday, president, Canadian Lumbermen's Assn., will be the guest speaker from Canada. Clyne Crawford, president, National Assn. of Furniture Manufacturers, also speaks on the opening day, and Harry Kopcke, chairman of the Inspection Rules committee, r,r'ill present his report and rules-changes recommendations which are vital to all hardwood men.

Charles A. Rinehimer, president of the new Architectural Woodwork Institute, addresses the sgcond morning session, after which formal business will be transacted' The business sessions will be mornings only. The grand banquet and entertainment will be October 12.

Spealring of independence ! . .

We're independent-free to hondle mony lines . qny line best qble to do o better iob for you. For 38 yeors, we've served lhe yords ond fqbricqtors of Southern Colifornio leorned their problems ond supplied them well with complete stocks of the best the morket qfiords. This experience is yours to proftt by.

Being indepgndsnf-net owned by some monufocturev-1vq hqvq freedom of choice in buying ond relling. YOU hove freedom of choice in buying here your iudgmenl, plus ours, in choosing the best. Our independence is your ossurqnce of unbiosed, locolly directed service.

respect of.person and property and to repress fraud and violence."

FTST SERVICE ON: the bcrt in Plywoodr ., Simpron Boord Formicq . ., Mcsonilc Brond producfs Acousticol Tile

Fastes t D eI ive ry-M ate ri

shiprTrenls -GEGCD

a

I s Arrive in Good Shape

You make more money when you combine your building product requirements in one mixed shipment. Ceco's 1-source service means you save on shipping, buying and bookkeeping costs-and you get the fastest delivery with materials arriving in good shape because they are only handled once when delivered by Ceco's fleet of trucks. So make up a truckload order of mixed materials and deal with Ceco for the best deal ever.

Better Hqndling Mefhods cqn Turn Loss fo profir

This is a story about United States Gypsum Company's Customer Service and Materials Handling program. It starts with a problem in simple arithmetic.

Building materials dealer ,'A,' unloads 40,000 sq. ft. of gypsum lath from a boxcar in 28 man-hours at a cost of $35.

Building materials dealer "B" unloads the same shipment in 4 man-hours at a cost of $5.

Assuming that all factors, aside from materials handling, are equal-which dealer shorvs the greatest profit on his operations ?

Dealer "B," of course. He has achieved a savings of about 85/o in this phase of materials handling because he has "mechanized" this unloading job.

In this instance, his mechanization cost him $9O, the cost of a special hand truck. Saving $30 an unloading over oldfashioned manual methods, he paid for the truck after three

unloadings. The fourth and subsequent unloadings cost him only g5 each.

The above example, and many more, are set forth in USG's Customer Service bulletins to put across the point that materials handiing methods can be the difference between profit and loss in a building material dealer's operations.

As the last "big tool" of cost control, an efficient program of materials handling offers the building materials dealer (and the manufacturer, too) reduction in handling costs, increase in capacity, improvement in rvorking conditions and better distribution. Safety is a plus factor.

Experience and study of materials handling in recent years has "revolutionized" handling operations, which have meant savings, too, to customers, directly and indirectly.

Building materials dealers profit directly from new handling methods, since dealers may specify "unit lifts" on their orders. Unit sizes are based on lifting capacity of the dealers' fork truck. lfere's an example of how the nerv "unitizing" system works:

A dealer specified that he u'anted his order of asbestos shingles "tinitized" (packaged) according to USG recommendations into seven squares per lift. The order was packaged to specifications. Soon after, a letter from the dealer stated in part:

"Formerly, 24 man-hours were required to hand unload a car of asbestos shingles. Our unitized car was unloaded in lrl man-hours Our yard men certainly prefer the unitized type of shipment, as the units are easily handled n'hen reloading on delivery trucks."

OF OID-FASHIONED YARD defeorr cftcicnr building moteriol3 hdndling, -ofiice ir nol imprersive ond olt moteriols hovs to be riucked into yord from the rcilrocd rcqm rrqck. Hond piling methodr ond generol cluttcr rciuce slo:oge spscoi ordcr picking is done in opon yord. Thcre ir no Guatom.r quto porking areo ond much time is to{t in looding outgoing huckr. Worchousc locotion on lot and irr fsciliries qre nor conducive ro cort-control in hondling.

Indirectly, building materials dealers can profit by studies of materials handling by availing themselves of the free consultation service, which analyzes the materials handling problem in the dealer's yard and warehouse, and recommends procedures for the individual case.

l. Is the dealer's yard served by a railroad? Does the rail siding enter the yard, or inust material be trucked from the rail siding to the yard ?

Z. Is it feasible for the dealer to operate mechanical handling equipment ? Does the physical layout of the yard and warehouse provide enough room for the operation of mechanical handling equipment rvithout sacrificing valuable storage space?

3. Are the warehouse doors high and wide enough to permit mechanical equipment plus its load to pass through ?

4. Are the warehouse floors smooth enough to accommodate mechanical equipment; are the floors strong enough to support mechanical equipment and its load?

HOW SAilE YARD CAN BE IIODEINIZED to improvc msrsriob hondling: Thc now oficc inviter otlention. Tcom trocl hqr bccn cxtcndcd into yord. Roilrood Gdrs qr. unlosdcd ot worchouse or fron bolh sidcr of trock in opcn yord. Clccr-:pon iloroga rhed wifh l2-foof conopy prot.cl3 lurnbcr binr from wrothcr. Worchourc fcr boggcd goodr ond unitlrrd motcriols i: plcced for ncoipi ond rhipnant. Abb rpocc for mcchonicol llft ond mqtoriolr rtockrd for quick hmfiqf.-"lrfr goodwilt curtomer perhing.

If all the above questions are answered in the negative, it does not mean that the dealer cannot mechanize his handling operations to some extent. lle can utilize inexpensive hand trucks to unload shipments, move materials to storage areas and reload orders on delivery trucks, rvith considerable savings in handling costs.

Ffotvever, in most cases, it will be profitable to the dealer

1AYOUI

rrr Europe and Asia rrr

From WORLD Markets (hoice

PIYWO0DS

For Distributors

SPECIATIZING IN INAPORTS FOR PLYWOOD DISTRIBUTORS

Our own procuremenf sfoff in the Orient dssures personolized service

UNITED STATES AGENT FOR RELIABLE EUROPEAN MANUFACTURERS

Soles dgent for Sonomo Plywood ComponY -- producers ol Dovglas fir plywood lor domesfic ond loreign users

FIEXIBLE OPERATION -- IMPORT qnd EXPORT -DEPENDABTE SOURCES

Wqrehouse sfock svailoble st harhor lor immediale delivery

These ore but o few of the reosons why you con depend on PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS for your Plywood needs. Our operotion is geored lo render o complete service.

coMtNG sOON!

Exciting new items from the Orient ond Europe will soon be ofiered to progressive distribulors.

WE TAKE Att THE MYSIERY OUT OF IMPORTED PLYWOODS -groding qnd terminology -- qnd SH|P TO YOUR SPECIFICATION.

WOOD PRODUCTS CO.

to make improvements in his yard and rvarehouse that will allow the use of a motor-driven fork truck, the USG studies show. Fork trucks can handle unitized shipments in all phases of handling, including unloading, movement of material, stacking in rvarehouse and subsequent loading required by order filling. Dealers .ivho have equipped their

throughout the country indicate that the dealer i. ,rr".chandising in unitized lots and is encouraging contractors to buy in the unit quantities. This substantially reduces multiple handling in the yard and creates greater efficiency per man employed.

Observations in all parts of the country show that the small volume dealer as r,vell as the large volume yard is becoming mechanized. In many cases this means redesigning the yard, siding facilities and warehouse layout, as \\'ell as buying lift truck equipment, but the savings achieved in handling operations make these changes in the physical plant economically feasible.

Alteration and equipment costs are soon amortized through lowered handling costs and, in addition, the dealer offers better service to his customers.

Dealers who have mechanized are getting a head start on competition which still employs manual methods of loading and unloading.

Mechanized yards are equipped, for example, to handle standard unit loads of gypsum lath plaster base, and gypsum sheathing and rvallboard from specially constructed flat cars. This development has been reported by dealers as "the greatest innovation in mechanical unloading of building materials." The unit loads, dealers agree, maintain delivery schedules to job sites, as well as reducing handling costs in the yards.

yards with mechanical handling equipment report savings of from $30 to $50 per carload.

Observations in numerous retail dealer outlets

Dealers can obtain complete information on IJSG's Customer Service program by writing to the Quality and Service Department, United States Gypsum Company, 300 West Adams Street, Chicago 6, Illinois.

O DOUGTAS FIR

. PONDEROSA PINE

. WESTERN RED CEDAR

O CEDAR SHINGIES

REDWOOD

. DOUGLAS FIR PTYWOOD . coos BAY

FIR.TEX DIVISION

. FIR-TEX TIIE-PLANK.BOATD

. FIR.IEX ACOUSTICAT TIIE

FIR.TEX HARDBOARD

. FIR.TEX ROOFDEK

. FIR.TEX SHEATHING

. DOUGLAS FIR PTYWOOD HARDBOARD OVERTAY

FRESNO OFFICE

P. H. (PAT) TYNAN TRESNO 9-4959

SACRAIIENTO OFFICE

HUGH CRABB HUnter 2-O52O

EFFlc.lENr building moreriqls hondling: rhis Hysrer forklifi is unlooding unirized long-length gypsum boord from f,olcor; eoty-"nrry plqtes occepf firks wirh no domoge to mqteriol. Truck hcndles bulky lood in few minutei; cosrly hcnd unlooding would toke hours.

Due to the continually increased demand for dry lumber, Hammond Lumber Company recently started construction at the Samoa, Calif., plant on a battery of four new kilns of the "direct flow" type, with the possibility that an additional battery may be built later. The design of the new kilns is the result of the combined work of Hammond's engineering department and that of the C. M. Lovsted Company, Seattle, rn'ho are furnishing the equipment for the project.

The new kilns, two of which are now in operation, feature the use of a desuperheater to provide lorv temperature,

Hommond Completing Bottery oi 4 New Kilns

IWO KILNS NEARIY COn PLEIED when thir phoro or left wss loken recently qte now in operotion. The kiln build' ings ore o combinqtion of reinforced concrete and Redwood "crib" con3lruclion, Eqch kitn hos thirteen 84-inch fans, eoch driven by ils own 5.h.p, molor. Heot is provided by steom in one-inch "ftnned" pipe toils'

saturated steam for "conditioning" lumber in the final stages of drying.

Each kiln is 36' wide and 130' long with three tracks, on which lumber may be moved through the kilns. The kilns each have a capacity of approximately 136,000 board feet of 1" lumber; handling of units to and from the kilns is accomplished by lift truck.

A cooling shed at the discharge end of the kilns provides protection from the elements for the dry lumber while it is awaiting transportation to the dry sorter. Tracks in front of the kilns, and on the discharge end, will hold a complete charge of dry lumber. This arrangement permits the fast unloading and reloading of the kilns, thereby reducing to a minimum the time lost between charges.

As the rest of the new kilns are put into operation, more of the old dryers rvill be abandoned. Hammond presently is drying lumber at the rate of approximately 50 million board feet per year,

ilV 6]a,uoaifu Stsn / Bf

le Saanc

Age not guaranteed---Some I havc told for 20 years---Some Less

The Lighr Brigode

It was announced that there would be a public hearing before the City Council on the proposition of the local Electric Light Company to considerably increase their rates, and the citizens had turned out in large numbers to protest.

In beginning the hearing, the attorney for the Electric Light Company, who was a very eloquent gentleman, began a very strong plea for his clients, and their demands, and worded it as follows:

"I desire to call your attention to the fact tJrat this Electric Light Company has worked hand in hand with the citizens of this beautiful city in their every effort toward civic betterment and supremacy, has been actively associated with every movement made for the good of this comrhonwealth, and has left no stone unturned to help make this city bigger and better. ft has not been simply a service station in the city, but has been an ardent and active worker of a most unselfish character, intermingling its own efforts at success with those of this cit;r in such a manner as to make it one of the strongest factors in our

civic life. So much has this Electric-Light Company done for the good of this city of ours, that I might in all justice point to its works, and quote the most famous words of the great Lord Tennyson, and say"'flonor the Light Brigade"'-

And just then a booming baritone from the citizens' corner interjected-...AND OH!WHAT A CHARGE THEY MADE!'''

"The More They Sizzle . . .tt

I want you to know that my rvife and I do appreciate your editorials. The more they sizzle the better we like 'em ! Every time (a certain politician) widens his clackers, I get hotter than a lightning rod in a thunder storm. Amen.

-F. M. Riley

1021 Broadway

San Jose, California

now 27 plants combine to giv

We hqve odded onolher top-efficiency plont to the 26 thot hove olwoys meont prompl, dependoble service for you-wherever you ore, These Long-Bell plonts ond extensive limber stonds ore strotegicolly locoted in eight stqtes. Tho/s why leoding reloilers, distributors ond industriol users for 80 yeors hove looked to long-Bell os "one reliqble source of supply" for ovoiloble lumber ond wood producls.

II(IUGTAS FIR-IYEST G(IAST HEiII(ICKRED CEDAR SIDIIIG AI{O SHINGLES

Longview, Wash.

Vernonia, Oregon

Vaughn, Oregon

Ausfa, Oregon

Gardiner, Oregon

Reedsport, Oregon

GIAZED OOllRS A]{D YililD0WS

Forf Smilh, Arkansas

HARDWO(lllS

Sheridan, Arkansas

Giuitman, MississiPPi DeRidder, Louisiana

illtt W0RK AtlD

IACI(IRY PROIIUCISI(ITCHEII GABITIEISSASH AIID DOORSFRAMES_WIIIDOW uMrs-B0I sH00r

longview, Wash.

Weed, California

oAt( ttoonlllc

DeRidder, Louisiana

Quifman, MississiPPi

PLYW{!(!D AIID TIAIGIT{I(lII-IETTURE oilE EtEVEll

Longview, Wash.

Gardiner, Oregon

Weed, California

CALIT(|RilIA P(lI{DEROSA PIIIE-D(IUGIAS ATIII

WHITE TIR

Weed, California

Aelna, California

SOUTIIER]I PII{E

Sheridan, Arkansas

Quitman, MississiPPi

DeRidder, Louisiana

IREAIED PR(IDUCIS

Joplin, Missouri

DeRidder, Louisiana

Longview, Wa'sh.

Weed, California

Navasota, Texas

TASNrcAIED IIMBERS

AIID IRUSSES

Longview, Wash.

Give your locol long-Bcll represenlollvc o coll rodoy. Hc will be glod ro bring you relioble long'8cll producls ond servlce lo your door.

Sqn Diego's Airline Lumber co. offers customerss

i.'Sportsline' Rodio Progrom

2. Number System for Shoppers

3. Do-lt-Yourself TV Progroms

4. Hostesses in Western Costume

5 Time-Poyment Finoncing Arronged

6. Soft Music, Free Coffee All Dcry Long

7. Free Pqsses to Home-teom Boll Gqmes

8. Free Instruction on Weekend Projects

9. Home Plcrnning Room for Building Ideos

10. Boby-sitter Service, Ploy Areo {or Kids

il. Colored Shirts, Nomeplotes for Employes

12. -and Other Goodwill Business Builders

A. IIITER|NGTON, Roberr l/t. SUTION, Gil FREESE

Five years ago, the Airline Lumber Company, San Diego, California, established business in Old Town, near ,'The Marriage Place of Ramona," with two employes. Today, under the guidance of Robert M. "Bob" Sutton, president of the progressive retail concern, this lumberyard services 50,000 customers annually, has increased its operating area three times and is presently making plans to double the storage and working area adjacent to the Santa Fe spur, rvhere eight boxcars can be loaded .and unloaded at a time.

With a total today of 26 employes in the yard and office, Airline enjoyed a 175/o increase in yard sales during the fiscal year closing in June. Much of this steady increase is credited to the "Sportsline by Airline" radio program, which the company sponsors and by which the lucky winners receive baseball tickets to the Padre home games. This sales promotion campaign is backed with local news-

paper advertising, direct mail and TV Do-It-yourself Programs,

Getting the customer to the Airline building materials yard is just the beginning. IJpon arrival at the clean, modern plant, the prospective buyer of everything for the builder is greeted by trvo hostesses in u'estern garb. A shopping number is given at the time the car is parked, free coffee is available all day long and a play area rvith "baby sitter" is furnished while husband ancl n'ife brot'se around for their purchases.

The Airline Lumber Company stocks every type of building and improvement item, including brick, hardu.are, tools and electric appliances. 'I'he leading specialty, however, is all designs of u.estern Redwood ferrces. Airline fencing is sold and applied in every community in San Diego county, according to Gil Freese, secretary-treasurer of the firm.

The Do-It-Yourself trade this July alone increased t44o/o over July a year ago. Trained mechanics are on

BELIEVERS lN BRAND ,NAMES ore the operofors of tho Airlihe lumber Compsny, qs the rigm cround the yord show in top poncl obove. At top lcft is some moulding dock; fop right showr finish shed ond port of lumber rtock in yord orec. lop center ond lower righr shw onothcr dirploy creo, where voriou: building motericlr ora displcyed; Gil Freese is sionding in froni of toble with Frce Hondymon Plqns in lower right scene, lower left photo rhows rhe kiddie korner.

Dqlc

EEUEVES lN SIGNS-Bob Suilon, who operote! this merchordising yorcl, is shcwn in c3nter pholc; righr shows the generol yord lo1'out. dut| in thc va|cl rletails of alrPlicatioit al)oui thc materials purchased. rrrtli tir( (,,riJ,;lr\ (1,1,,r'-.;Lr;ttt'1llt' :trL'rl rlLll\(l\ lill(1.i.r,'t ;., tt 1,, -;Llr'- 1,i,1( tjtt;Ll. t]r, lll:Lll;rq('rt)(']l1 r,l i'tt- irt,l ll\,' Ltrll- ,,1 lrr,,lrllt riLt-,i t,;ttllrttlt'tt1.

.,il] ;l ]];ltrt( ;,l:rt, 1il;111111 tLllr;i

ATTRACIIVE HOSIESSES, Boby - siili:rg Service, Nunrber -qysienl for cuslomers, Free p.'s5es lo hone-teom boseboll gomes, ond even scme octivily oround the lurrberycrd cre shown in this group of scenes ct 5or DieEo': rnerchondising Airlirre Luirrber Compony. Secretory Frces:: i; shown lco lelt wiih two o{ ihe weslernrlorbe.i greeiers ond, aenier, o hosless hcnds his number lo o drive-in (uslo;ner At the ri9ht, obove, on Air!ine hostess checks in o smol! girl for the ployground oreq, where the child will ploy while her Cod b:owses for builcling mqieriols ot the yord; ncfe the p!ywcod honCy pone!: in

chase from Airline, time payment may be arranged immediately for any home improvement job by the customer.

"These are but a few of the ideas we have applied during the past five years to build customer satisfaction and volume sales," declared Bob Sutton. "We intend to use every effort to attract buyers of building materials to our place of business. San Diego is growing by leaps and bounds and we intend to see that our organization grows with it," he continued.

In addition to Sutton, the young men responsible for the growth of sales include Dale A. Titterington, former secretary-treasurer who has just advanced to vice-president, and Gil Freese, until recently credit manager but no.iv in the secretary-treasurer spot. The secretary-treasurer job is responsible for the firm's finances, and the Airline credit manager arranges financing for the yard's customers.

Woodwork Institufe of Coliforniq

Meets in los Angeles Ocfober 5

The Woodwork Institute of California will hold its second general membership meeting this year at the Mona Lisa, 3343 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, on Thursday, October 6. Russ Bjorn, manager of the Institute, announces that the dinner meeting lvill get underrvay at approximately 6 p.^., with Bob Hogan of Hogan Wholesale Building Materials, Oakland, president of the WIC, presiding.

Follou'ing dinner, Bjorn will give the group a short report revier,r'ing WIC's achievements and results obtained

during the past two years in promoting the use of more rvood in milhvork.

Wayne l\fullin, president of Mullin Lumber Company, and president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Assn., will speak on the "rvood mindedness" of the industry as a whole.

The meeting'lvill then be turned ()\'er to group discussion pertaining to millu'ork problen.rs and, specifically, rvays of promoting and increasing the use of 'rvood in general millwork.

The next morning, October 7, ttre \\rIC directors rvill hold their fourth and final directors meeting for the year and appoint a nominating committee, u'hich rvill begin rvorking up a new slate rif officers and directors for the coming year.

Woyne MUlllN Bob HOGAN

fhere's something new in fhe disfribufion of plywood in fhe eost los Angeles oreqnew ln focilities ' new in invenlory. ' ' new in obility to serve },ou, ll's Weslern Slotes Plyttood Corporotion! Strotegic LocotlonWeslern is ready to fill your plywood needs from o well-stocked worehouse locoted in fhe heqrt of Soufhern Colifornio home ond commerciol conslruction. Dfverse lnvenloryWeslern sfocks o wide ronge of dorneslic ond imporled plywoods ond plywood speciofiies lo rneel proclicolly any reqvirement.

Experiencad PersonnefWesfern tflonogemenf is froined ond experienced in the plywood ffeld, and lomilior wilh reguiremenfs in yovr porticular field.

Quick DellveryWesfern's rvorehouse hos fost looding foci'litl:es delivery lo yovr frucr(s - or Western con moke prompt delivery to you. Prices on direcl codood shipments ore glodly suppliedDepcnd on Wesletn to carr7 yout plytrood fnvenlorylNo mofler who|' your reguirenrenfs. moke if o proclice lo

7O5 W, SUNNy SLOPE ST. \/VHtTTtER, CALIFORNTA Oxford 45576. OXford 4557€,

Greoter Volume ond This ls rhe Month for All Deolers ot Exposition

wirh lnrreosed Profits

CATAVERAS CEII|IENTS

Thousands of the country's progressive retail lumber dealers will assemble this month in Cleveland, Ohio, October l1 to 14, to attend the largest and most thrilling gathering that their industry ever has seen. The occasion is the second annual Building Products Exposition sponsorecl by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association and its 33 federated associations.

Those dealers rvill divide their time betrveen the several hundred product exhibits, shorving the nervest and latest in building materials; six management clinics cot'ering nerv trends and tecl.rniques in retail yard operation, a precedent-setting demonstration of neighborhoocl improvement and home modernization being conducted by NRLDA and the city of Cleveland, and a top-r,otch program of entertainment.

The ladies who accompany them rvill not only take part in the stellar entertainment program arranged for each evening but also will have special mid-day social events of their o'n'n.

The dealer clinics will offer 42 hours of authentic management know-how, presented by successful retail lumber dealers and outstanding authorities from other fields who have studied dealer methods and problems.

Every effort rvill be made to accommodate every visiting dealer employee at the management clinics, but dealers t'ho especially rn'ish to attend any one or more clinics are urged to send in advance registrations rvhich rvill assure them of the privilege.

Pick yourself

OWINNER!

Hundreds of lumber and building materials dealers are cashing in on the popu- larity of Calaveras qiality cements. Calaveras give-s you a full line of cements under one brand natne, from a single source of supply:

l. Regulor

2. Plastic

3. White TIADE ''{ THE wlsT

Top quality Calaveras prod- ron]rr: WEST ucts give you another ailvantage-rapid delivery to all parts of Northern California (and in the case of Calaveras white, throughout the eleven Westenr statee). Start stocking eahveras today!

The subjects of the clinics are: Cost Cutting Methods of Handling Materials, Developing the Farm Nlarket, Construction Component Techniques, Correlating Advertising to Sales, Modern Store Layout and Display, and Mortgage Money and Consumer Credit. The iee for attending any or all clinics at any time and for visiting the product displavs as often as desired is only $15 per dealer.

Many Entertainment Features

The principal entertainment features include a banquet celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Ohio Association of Retail Lumber Dealers and honoring the pioneers of that association, and an evening program combining a reception, cocktail party, buffet dinner and a film presentation and television panel of consumer magazine editors who will tell the public about the great possibilities and opportunities of home improvement.

A third evening will be devoted to theater parties at Cleveland's playhouses where professional casts are presenting established stage hits.

NRLDA's executive committee rvill meet at the Hotel Cleveland on Saturday, October 8, and its board of directors will meet October 9 and 10.

The Exposition will open officially at I p.m., Tuesday, October 11, following a nationwide network telecast of NBC's famous Home program, featuring Arlene Francis, which will tell the public from coast to coast about the great Neighborhood Improvement Program being sponsored by NRLDA and the city of Cleveland and about the lumber dealers' Building Products Exposition.

B."oty and functional advantages DEATERS !

dictate the choice of flat grain in many applications. But only the side toward the bark offers the full advantage of the redwoods' permanent qualities. The heart side tends to splinter or "shell out" after long exposure.

That's why The Pacific Lumber Company has developed exclusive handling systems to control each piece through every step of manufacture, so that the pattern is alwags run on the bark side. Only Palco* Architectural Quality assures this extra premium in value at no extra premfum in cost. For a handy free guide to aid in selecting the best in redwood, fill out and mail the coupon below, or write for Bulletin No. L502.

This is one of o series of odvertisements felling lhe exclusive Polco* Architecturol Quolity Redwood story over 2,000,000 limes eqch yeor through the building ond orchileclurql publicotions your cuslomers reqd. The bulletin described below is ovoiloble on requesl, qnd is being mode o permonenl reference for 18,000 leoding qrchilec{urol firms through Sweet's Archileclurol File. This is port of o long-ronge progrom to help you build your Polco* premium quolity mqrket.

r-502

r.nd m., wilhout obligotion, lhe ncw bullclln outlinint bo3ic r.dwood 3pecificotion doto, wlth chorls 3howing slqndqrd Porcot radwood pollern3r aitet, grddcaond groinr.

'Operotion: Home lmprovemenl' Lclunched

The Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Washington, D. C., announced that plans to make 1956 the biggest year on record for home improvement are under way now in the entire building industry. F. Stuart Fitzpatrick, manager of the National Chamber's Construction and Civic Development Department, said that manufacturers, dealers, builders, and lenders will integrate advertising and sales promotion under the banner, "Operation Home Improvement." Fitzpatrick is chairman of the Operation Home fmprovement Committee, which originated the idea to popularize 1956 as "the year to improve your homeeverybody's doing it."

Operation Home Improvement, a down-to-earth sales program, should help create many millions of dollars of extra home improvement business for retail lumber dealers next year.

Making It Easy-The entire campaign will be directed at making it. easy for homeowners to do the job themselves, or get the job done. Serving with Fitzpatrick are directors of the National Association of Home Builders, National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, Producers Council, National Electrical Contractors Association, United States Saving and Loan League, National Association of Real Estate Boards, Portland Cement Association and the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

A Cooperative Effort-These and other national associations now are joining forces with 4O building material

producers and equipment manufacturers for the campaign scheduled to begin in January with an official launching by the administration. The campaign will continue throughout 1956, and will be financed by manufacturers and associations. Albert M. Cole, Housing and Home Finance Administrator, has said Operation Home fmprovement rvill fill the last gap in the nation-wide program to meet housing needs. The other major needs, home building and slum clearance, are being fillecl respectively by the Housing Act of 1954 and the American Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods (ACTION).

Jack Doscher, who has made several electrifying film presentations, has been loaned by Life Magazine for one year to direct Operation Home fmprovement on a full time basis. Enough money already has been contributed or pledged by various industry associations, including NRLDA, and by manufacturers to insure a first-rate, hardhitting program. NRLDA Executive Vice-President H. R. Northup is treasurer of the Operation Home Improvement committee.

Doscher and his staff, rvorking closely with NRLDA and other organizations, will prepare tie-in promotional materials and offer them to members. NRLDA's Public Relations Department will prepare additional plans and materials designed to help bring added modernization business into the retail yards.

NRLDA believes this is going to be a tremendous pro-

for Moulding-Dowcb-lrln-Ooor tlinger and Trcods. Highly functionsl.

gram for the retail lumber dealer and all should be making plans to help dealers cash in on it to the fullest extent. Consumer magazines which know about Operation Home fmprovement have promised all-out support. High ranking officials in the federal government lvill give the program their blessing.

Interested dealers should get their communities or€fanized so as to make the most of the program. The Dealer Operating Guide chapter entitled "Horv to Operate a Home Improvement Service" (Section VII, Chapter VIII) is tailor-made for dealers ll'ho r,r'ant to cash in on this program.

Norrh-Robbins Plywood Options

Slevenson Plsnt for Go-op

Seattle, Wash.-North-Robbins Plywood, fnc., which distributes the output of a number of mills in Washington, Oregon and California (most recently the Northern California Plywood mill at Crescent City formerly known as Paragon), now has an option to purchase the Stevenson (Wash.) Plywood plant and form it as a co-op. When the deal is completed, North-Robbins will also have the entire output of that mill, which has also served customers in the past throughout California.

The North-Robbins California representative, L. D. "Hote" Houghton, who headquarters in Eugene, Ore., made a trip through the state the weeks of September 12 and 19 and expects rvithin the next few months to establish his permanent headquarters in California.

The Yord Office Towel

By Jock Dionne

When I think of the towel, The old-fashioned towel, That used to hang up By the yard office door, I think that nobody In these days of shoddy, Could hammer out iron To wear as it wore.

The teamsters abused it, The yard men all used it, The bookkeeper tried it When others were gone, The shed man, the foreman, The customer-poor manEach rubbed some grime off As they put a heap on.

It grew thicker, and rougher, And harder, and tougher, And each day it took on An inkier hue; 'Til one windy morning, Without any warning, It fell to the floor AND \vAS BROKEN IN T\^/O.

Stondqrd - TemperedDuolux

Ridgewood . Pegboqrd & Fixtures

Pqnelwood . Pqnelply

Richkrofi Poper o Tie Wire Screen & Hqrdwqre Cloth

R,OCKPORT IS THE WORD FOR REDWOOD

That's what so many of our dealer friends have kindly told us. Certified Dry Redwood Bevel Siding and Finish are Rockport's specialties-the kind of lumber that pays off for everyone concerned with its production, sale and use. *

Rounds Lumber Contpany is exclusiae distributor f or Rockport Red;wood and sales agent f or other leading Redwood mills. Round's also represents producers of top quality Douglas Fir, W hite Fir, Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine.

ROUTDS TUilBER COMPAilY

lJ h's a hrrt, We ltake lt

ARR0tt tflltr coilPAlll

Mqnufocturers of AfrtGOQuolity Products

o Plqster Jambs

. Drywoll Jombs

o Wordrobe Jqmbs

. Robbeted Exterior Jqmbs

o Foce Jqmbs

o Splir Jombs

o Jlmgs of ALL TYPES - for eyery purpose

- ANY WIDTH or THIGKNESS

o All Jombs Are Sonded -

Ask obouf our Modulor lrfoif-on WTNDOW UNrt. Eosy to ossembf e, Low in cost. Comes pockoged lor clean, lasl handllng,

Herb Meier lumber Co. Nqmed Sqles Agenl by F. L. Heqrin lumber

The Herb Meier Lumber Company, Arcadia, California, was appointed exclusive Southern California sales agent for F. L. Hearin Lumber, Medford, Oregon, last month, according to Joe Hearin, president of the manufacturing and distributing concern.

Meier, a veteran in southland lumber sales, has spent the past 10 years in the lumber business in that area. He formerly rvas active in the construction industry and gained his wide experience building custom homes throughout the San Gabriel Valley. Prior to the war years rvith the U. S. South Pacific.

that time he spent all of Army Engineers in the

Meier is specializing in the wholesale distribution of pine. fir and other Pacific Coast forest products via rail and truck-and-trailer shipments. He also represents the Bob Middleton Lumber Co., Redding, California, throughout the Southern California sales territory, shippers of all species of Pacific Coast softrvoods.

All srock ilems ovoiloble for lmmediote ShipmentNo

Deloy i

PUT PROFIT IN YOUR POCKET when You sell A M C OQUAUTY -

All Species of Softwood Lumber furnished for Speciolty Jobs - Milled to Deioilin Volume

t-

We ore Distributors of Rough ond Finished Cletrrs - Unlimited Gluontity from Our Own illill ARRllil

ASK ABOUT OUR IN.TRANSIT MITLING SERVICE -

(Founded lq20)

2tl4O Sourh Arrowmill Ave. los Angeles 23, Colif. (Wesr of Atlqntic Blvd., ofi 44OO Eost Wqshinglon)

ANgelus 3-751I

Neor FreewoYs Ftisl looding

Ponderoso Pine

Sugor Pine

Douglos Fir Cleors lncense Cedor

th" x 6" Ponderosq Pine

Cobin Lining

UNTIA,IITED SUPPLY-DIRECT FRO'I,I OUR't,IILt_

RAIL or TRUCK qnd TRAILER. YARD STOCK AVAILABIE FOR I'iA'ilEDIATE DETIVERY-UNIIMITED QUANTIW.

Wonfed: A Mqn An Editorial

Wanted: A man for hard work and rapid promotion; a man who can find things to be done without the help of a manager and three assistants.

A man who gets to work on time in the morning, and does not imperil the lives of others in an efrort to be first out of the place at night.

A man who is neat in appearance.

A man who does not sulk about an hour's overtime in emergencies.

A man who listens carefully when he is spoken to, and asks only enough questions to insure the accurate carrying out of instructions.

Bid Soviets to See U.5. Housing

The National Association of Home Builders has invited the Soviet government to send a group of Russian housing officials to the United States in October to inspect American homes and examine the modern construction techniques. that have made this the best-housed nation in the world. NAFIB President Earl W. Smith of El Cerrito, Calif., disclosed that the invitation was extended that the visiting housing officials inspect home building operations in 12 American cities, includ.ing New York and Long Island suburbs, Austin and Tyler, Texas; Los Angeles and San Francisco; Tucson and Seattle.

A man who moves quickly, and makes as little noise as possible while doing so.

A man who looks you straight in the eye, and tells the truth every time.

A man whodoes not pity himself for having to work.

APPLY ANYWHERE! The world is searching for such men!

Predict All-rime Gonstruclion Peok for L.A., Oronge Counfies

Los Angeles and Orange counties will set an all-time record this year for construction of new dwelling units, the llome Builders Institute forecast. Figures were based on units built in the first six months this year and planned for the balance of 1955. The projected figure for the two Southland counties is 121,900 new units. Previous record was 1950 with 102,766 units.

Building activity in Orange county is expected to see 27,900 units started before December 31, of r,vhich 27,mO are new single-family residences. Los Angeles county, the HBI predicts, will record 94,000 dwelling units, second only to 1950 when 96,501 were started; 69,00O of this year's total will be single-family, against 78,025 in 1950. The Los Angeles situation is affected by the increasing costs of land.

IT'S IHE EFFORT THAT REATLY COUNTS

SHE PUTS HER BEST INTO HER WORK-AND SO DO WE

It tqkes one coll fo us to secure All Stondord Brqnd Producls for the Builders in your oreq. Jusl osk the deoler who depends on us-we reolly believe in SATISFIED CUSTOTvIERS.

George Freelond to Heod Pine Tree Products Co.

George B. Freeland was recently appointed manager of Pine Tree Products Company, an affiliate of Western Pine Supply Company, Emeryville. The Pine Tree Products organization serves the Northern California retail lumber tracle u'ith specialty lines of building materials.

Pine Tree Products Company lines rvill include items designed to meet the needs of the "Saturday Morning Contractor," a product of the ever-growing do-it-yourself movement. The company is among the first in the field to supply the retailer n'ith specialty lines offering greater profit margins.

Pine Tree rvill lr'arehouse a substantial stock of new items in the light hardr,vare and building materials field, all selectecl for eye appeal and quick sales turnover. The firrn will adhere to the policy of supplying Northern California lumber dealers with top-quality merchandise on a strictly wholesale basis.

A completely revised and larger Pine Tree Products Company catalog *.i11 lle distributed to the trade about October 1, Freeland announces.

To €lose Mountqin View Yord

Palo Alto. Calif.-subdivider Joseph Eichler has orally agreed with the l\Iountain View, Calif', planning commissioners to close his lumberyard at San Ramon Avenue and San Antonio Road by December. The yard, a non-conforming use, probably rvill be replaced by a shopping center.

Western Pine Shipments This Yeor Crowding 1954's All-time High

Portland-Indications are that the remainder of 1955, and at least early 1956 will bring continued high demand for lumber, members of the Western Pine Association were told as they concluded three days of business sessions here September 16.

Speaking before the semi-annual meeting of the association at the Multnorhah hotel, the group's assistant secretary-manager, W. E. Griffee, Portland, estimated total 1955 shipments by the Western Pine industry "will crorvd 9 billion" board feet. 1954 shipments were an all-time high of approximately 8 billion board feet.

The region's shipments during the first seven months, he reported, are up l2o/s f.rorn last year and from 1950, the all-time high year for residential housing construction.

Predicted new construction totals, Griffee pointed out, are up lO/o irom 1954, ol which only three or four percent is due to higher costs. Of this, more than ffi/o is for non-residential work.

"Though these types of construction take much less lumber per dollar spent than does residential," the lumberman said, "the lumber required for such a tremendous volume of construction is considerable. The same must be trtre of industrial production rvhich is running l5/o ahead of last year."

fndustrial production also requires heavy consumption of lumber products.

Griffee asserted the recent tightening of credits by the administration is to "prolong the housing boom, not stop it." If the housing trend were suddenly to turn downrvard, he said, the two percent increase required in down payments undoubtedly would be quickly 'withdrarvn.

"A growing number of forecasters," he noted, "are getting away from the idea we should expect a housing slump even between now and 1960, when the World War II crop of babies will begin marrying."

He said the current 1or,l' rate of new family formations is more than offset by the rate of moving of families to suburbs of larger cities and migrations to the south and rvest. This, plus tl.re fact workers'wages have tripled rvhile costs have but doubled since 1939 is allowing more people to buy larger homes than ever before.

The lumberman said Western Pine mill stocks are three or four percent below those of a year ago, despite the heavy increase in production. He said they are currently less than 2O/o of the year's anticipated shipments.

He noted box shook demand is much more seasonal norv than during and right after the rvar.

He foresaw the growth of plywood plants in the Western Pine region to utilize "peeler" type logs, though lumber manufactured from those logs in the region is in excellent demand.

The semi-annual meeting is held here each September. The association's annual meeting will be held in San Francisco next March.

l LLl0ll FE ETi lul 0 R E

To Serve You Better!

The 200 million feet of timber we just bought in Trinity Nat'l Forest brings our reserves to more than a bittion b=oard feet. This, plus three sawmills, two planing mills, and dty kiln capacity of seven million feet of seasoned luinber i month, is yorir assurarice ybo cat get the lumber you want when you want-iq froni the Ralph L. S'rnith Lu;ber Company. Good service makes good friends weie working constantly to serve vou better.

Our Speciuhy - Itixed Csrs for lhe frade

Kiln Dried

Moldings ond

lnterior Trim

Jombs-Fromes

lncencc Cedor

Venefion Blind Slots

Glued-up Poncls

Cul Stock-8ox Shook

T'his youngeter ie healthier and more confortable, be' cause every outer wall, every ceiling of our house is Balsam-Wool ineulated. Balsam-Wool can keep a house up to 15o cooler in suulmer (which babies appreciate). In winter, it curbs chilling drafte. Balsan-Wool can also cut winter fuel bills by as much as 3O/6, and in an

air-conditioned house such as this, greatly slash cooling costs. Balsam-Wool is nade by the Wood Convergion Company-which alro makes Nu-Wood Tile ueed on our ceilings, Both are fine for either new or old houses. They're sold only by lumber dealers. See coupon. WOOD CONVERSION COMPANY.

We are showing YOU olf in "SHOM/-HOUSE"

Ifere's a black and white reproduction of our section in the big full-color October "Show-House" spread that wilt reach 5,113,293 readers in the October 8 issue of The SATIIRDAY EVENING POST and the November issue of LMNG FOR YOUNG HOMEMAKERS.

Read the text-see how it sells YOU as the source for Balsam-Wool and Nu-Wood!

- ?rrd here's the way to tie in

The "Show-House" model home was designed especially to show off Balsam-Woole and NuWood@-two famous products sold by lumber deal,ers only. Tt veill be a WOW of a promotionand featured at the N.R.L.D.A. show in Cleveland! Here's how you tie in:

Your Wood Conversion Company representative offers you a complete kit of promotion materials-to identify you as THE dealer who sells these quality products in your coillmunity. Ready for your use are blow-ups of the "Show-House" ad-dealer ads-window or wall displays. Each piece can be tailored to suit your needs-and the message you wish to exploit.

Get set now with this big powerful OctoberNovember promotion. See your Wood Conversion

Company representative, or write Wood Conversion Company, Dept. 110-105 First National Bank Building, St. Paul 1, Minnesota.

will YOU be the luaky

one?

Drive home in this beautiful Ford Thunderbird from the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association 2nd Annual Exposition-held in connection with "Show-House" in Cleveland on October 11-14. You have a good chance of winning this valuable prize-by registering at the Wood Conversion Company booth No. 332 at the N.R.L.D.A. show.

REGIbTEN AT B('OTH NO. 332

Ross

Boseboll I,OOO Yeors Old?

Having had a number of inquiries regarding the little figures in the Zeesman Plywobd Corp. advertisement on the back cover of the September 1 issue of the MERCHANT, Jack Baser, general manager of Zeesrnan at the main office and warehouse in Los Angeles, furnishes these interesting remarks.

"Baseball," says Baser, "is usually thought to have been born about 1839 at Cooperstown, N. Y. Its origin seems to be somewhat obscure, some lhinking it is an American offshoot of cricket. The figures shown here were found in ancient tombs in Mexico, and are now in the private collection of Diego Rivera, Mexican artist.

ln Ccliforniq - Arizono - New ftlexico ond Texos DAITY PRODUCTION 35O,OOO FEET

DOUGLAS FIR WHITE

PONDEROSA ond SUGAR PINE

all To Green Douglns Fir Dipped, Preaent Mould and. Sta;in SPECIATIZING IN SIR,AIGHT CAR.S GREEN DOUGIAS FIR,

"These figures and stone carvings, parchment and deerskin books, and the remains of temple courts and buildings, clearly indicate that ball games were an important part of the life of the ancient American people, in Mexico at least," says Baser. "Of course, it is not known exactly what type of ball games were played, but apparently they were also a part of solemn religious ceremonies testing the skill and strength of players and their physical endurance. There are remains of buildings in Chichen-Itza, Yucatan, and ball courts at the pyramids of Teotihuacan, indicating that ball games were played there.

"The story of the earth, contained in the Maya 'Bible,' reads something like a modern World Series, because the story hinges on ball games contested between gods, or the sons of gods, and the things that happened in the universe each time some player won or lost.

"The particular figures shown here come from the Tarascan country (Michoacan), and we will leave it up to youdo they look like baseball players, or do they?" asks Zeesman's Jpck Baser.

Cqsement Units Stondord

A Recommended Commercial Standard for Standard Stock Ponderosa Pine Wood Casement Units was circulated to the industry for acceptance under date of J,uly 28. The Standard was proposed by the National Woodwork Manufacturers Association, and has been adjusted in accordance with the comment of other interests. It is identified by the designation TS-5272. Copies may be obtained while the supply lasts by addressing a request to H. A. Bonnet, Commodity Standards Division, U. S. Department of Commerce, Washington 25, D.C.

Conslruction Mqintoins Record Level in August

Outlays for new construction continued at peak levels in August 1955, totaling nearly $4 billion, and reached an alltime high of $22.1 billion for the first eight months of the year, according to preliminary estimates of the Departments of Labor and Commerce. After adjustment for seasonal factors, new construction activity in August was at an annual rate of $41.5 billon. This compares with the record annual rate of $42.4 billion in May 1955, an average rate of $41.7 billion for the first eight months of this year, and actual outlays of $37.6 billion during 1954.

The total value of nerv work put in place in August was eight percent above the previous August high in 1954. Private expenditures for new construction in August 1955

($2.8 billion) were lZ/c above the year earlier figure, rvhile total public outlays ($1.2 billion) were off slightly.

Private residential construction (which usually remains steady) edged off, reflecting a dorvntrend in housing starts during the preceding two months. Dollar volume thus far in 1955 was at record levels for private residential building. Private activity accounted for almost the entire increase over 1954, comparing the first eight months of each year, with private residential building alone accounting for over 70/o of the total dollar gain.

A minor fire was discovered at the Peninsula Lumber Co., Menlo Park, Calif., recently.

0ltlrraaat

Miller Freeman, Sr., 80, publisher of The Lumberman and numerous lumber and maritime trade magazines, died of a heart attack in Seattle September 18. Frederick C. Talbot, @, first vice-president of Pope & Talbot, Inc., died in San Francisco September 6 after a brief illness. Walter Mulford, 78, first dean of the University of California School of Forestry, died September 7 in St. Helena Sanitarium. lle was a pioneer forester and rvorld authority on lumber conservation, serving on the faculty from 1914-47 and built the School of Forestry to one of the leading institutions of its type. Dean Mulford was a graduate of the first forestry course given in America. at Cornell, and first man in the U. S. to hold the title of state forester, in Connecticut. Robert M. Pettet, 47, plant superintendent .of the Simpson Logging Co. at Arcata. died at his home there August 30. Otto C. ,,Bud,' Hart, 60, who supervised construction of the M and M Wood Working Co. plant in Eureka, died September 15 in Oregon. Vern Moore, 78, former woods and mill foreman for Union Lumber Co., died at his home in Fort Bragg September 1 aftel a long iilness. Waldon W. Parker, 55, Artesia, Calif., hardu'are store o\,vner, died August 17. . . U. S. Grant Hinton, 86, early real estate developer in the Huntington Park area, died September 1. Richard Lloyd Wattenbarger, 8, son of Lloyd Wattenbarger, Bakersfield contractor, n,as killed September 2 in a tractor accider.rt at his father's lumberyard u'hile operating the machine used to haul luntlter. Mrs. Helen Harlan Watzek, 90, widor. of Dr. John \V. \\'atzek, died last month. N'Ir. Watzek had been active with the recently deceased Edrvarcl C. Crossett in the early building of his lumber empire. She leaves two sons in Portland, one in Chicago, and a grandson, Peter Ficke Watzek, of. Crossett, Ark.

CUT S

lIMINATES / (-'-'-'-

,7 AN TXIRA HAND z

MAKES A STRONGER STRUCTURE

Von-Loc Tongue ond Groove Sheothing wos designed to eliminote the necessify of ponels hoving lo be cui to fit the studs. With Vqn-Loc Tongue ond Groove Sheolhing, ends qnd sides ore locked, thereby giving unusuol strength for siding, roofing or sub-flooring.

An exfrq mon is never required ro hold boqrds in ploce for noiling os the Tongue ond Groove in Von-[oc outomoiicolly hold eoch piece.

On most conslruction o sovings o( 3oo/o con be mode on moleriol olone! There is obsolutely no wosfe! You will nole on the diogrom thot when you reoch fhe end of the woll, roof or floor, the overhong is cuf off ond o new row slorted with lhe remoining piece-regordless of lhe size. The some proctice is followed ol door ond window openings. Thus when the sheqlhing is completed you hove on oir-tight slruclure not subiect to exponsion ond contrqclion.

Where exlro slruclurol strength is required, woter proof glue con be used either in lhe groove sr on lhe longue. Afier the glue hos set, ihe combined strenglh of lhe iongue ond groove ond the glue provides o sheothing for superior fo ony other.

Your firsf use of Von-Loc Tongue ond Groove Sheothing will convince you of its superiority.

Von-Loc Sheothing is monufoclured in th" ond %" lhicknesses -both interior ond exlerior-qnd is 24" wide by 72" or 84" , long. z1o" or thicker monufoctured on order.

The Mon Who Could Not Be Emperor

By Thomas Dreier

Did you read Giovanni Papini's story about "The Man Who Could Not Be Emperor?"

This man was full of great thoughts and went out to conquer the world. He was going to be master of a realm so vast that man would grow old carrying messages from one of his cities to another.

On his journey he arrived at a great city and, when he announced that he wished to be king, the people laughed at him. When he went to another city the same thing happened. When he was not laughed at or given charity, he was cursed.

Finally he returned to his own home. His shoes were vvorn out, his cloak was threadbare, and his hair was white. He went into his house and said: "I have no followers. I have won no battles. I own no treasures. I am not, it appears, master of the World."

Then came this idea that made him strongly joyous. He said: "At last f understand my lot. I was blind to go forth to conquer the earth. What I thought was real was only an illusion. The real world exists in me, in my thoughts, in my imagination, in my dreams-I can conquer it when and how I will."

"This man,'f said Giovanni Papini, "was the father of all poets, metaphysicians, and dreamers."

His Only Regret

"Now that you have made a great success in life, and amassed millions of dollars, what regrets have you as you look back over your long life?" asked the reporter of the very old millionaire.

"Only one," said the old min. "f sure regret that there were no drive-in theatres in my young days."

A True Vogobond-John Muir

John Muir was a true Vagabond. He loved to wander. Unlike ordinary tramps who ride the rods under freight cars and who go from one tramp jungle to another, he spent weeks alone in the California forests and mountains. At no time was he a slave to possessions. He carried a little tea in his vest pocket. He himself described his pack as "unsubstantial as a squirrel's tail." He would even climb a high tree to hear the music of its topmost needles. The company of other people was not essential to his happiness. He traveled with satisfying thoughts and the beauty in his mind found the world a place of great beauty. He never reached a permanent goal.

Cqlled lt Wrong

"I believe in calling a spade a spade," said the stranger in Cattle Town.

"Me, too," agreed Broncho Bill. t'There was a stranger here last week that lost his life tryin' to call a spade a club."

Not Hymn

The Sunday School teacher of a class of the very young, asked each pupil to write down on a piece of paper the name of his or her favorite hymn. When she gathered up the slips, she found that one little girl had simply written"Jimmy Jones." "What is this?" she asked the little girl. And blushingly she pointed at the little boy across the aisle, and said:

"That's him."

Americo for Me

By

Henry Van Dyke

'Tis fine to see the Old World, and travel up and down, Among the famous palaces and cities of renown, To admire the crumbly castles and the statues of the kings, But now I think I've had enough of antiquated things.

So it's home again, and home again, America for me, My heart is turning home again, and there I long to be, In the land of youth and freedom, beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight, and the flag is full of stars.

Oh, London is a man's town, there's power in the air; And Paris is a woman's town, with flowers in her hair; And it's sweet to dream in Venice, and it's great to study Rome;

But when it comes to living, there is no place like home. I like the German fir-woods, in green battalions drilled; I like the gardens of Versailles, with flashing fountains. filled;

But, oh, to take your hand, my dear, and ramble for a day, In the friendly Western woodland where Nature has her way.

I know that Europe's wonderful, yet something seems to lack:

The Past is too much with her, and the people looking back. But the glory of the Present is to make the Future free,We love our land for what she is, and what she is to be.

O, it's home again, and home again, America for me ! f want a ship that's Westward bound to plough the rolling sea;

To the blessed Land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight, and the fag is full of stars.

A personn.r di,.Hlt:l-:l1tf 11.,,ro.,",, middre-aged woman who was applying for a position:

"How old are you, Madam?"

The lady thought for a few moments, and then asked: "Do you want my business age, or my social securitv age?"

(To All Our Regulor Adveriisers:

PTEASE RESERVE YOUR EARLY so we sove your preferred position this yeor.)

exclusively yours with

Down the Applegate

Two stories in the June issue of Sunset magazine, one on southr,l'est Oregon, the other on ngrthwest Washington, glorified the region for prospective summe.J tourists. The big feature, with wonderful pictures and maps, is on the theme of "Family Vacation in Olympic National Park." A littler story appeals to me most. It moseys off Highrvay 99 on Oregon State 238 and meanders around and down the Applegate river to Grant's Pass. As Ike would say, I like that.

There's a stop in Jacksonville and a handsome small picture of the tree-nested Methodist church, most likely the oldest church alive in the Northwest. The story goes that in the roaring days of '54 the gamblers of Jacksonville pooled the take one nigl-rt and built the church. There they came of Sunday mornings and forked nuggets into the collection plate, legend tells.

At any rate, the church itself is true Oregon liistory. It stands, well built o.f durable Douglas fir. The rare old court house, built in 1883, is maintained as an historical museum, one of the West's best.

LiteraryLand...

Jack London wrote a novel of the Rogue and Applegate country, and it is my recollection that he himself once owned an orchard there. Certainly one of Ernest Haycox's best historical novels covers this part of the countryCanyon Passage, which was also made into a popular motion picture.

The Oregon volume of the American Guide series presents a lively summary of the scene and the life along State 238, as on that of other roads in southwest Oregon.

l.O.lYs 0utsell Otcr lYidow:-By 2 to I

Tlrere is as great a difrerence between nemovable R.O.Ws and ordinary windows as between a vacuum cleaner and a broom.

Women like the patented removable feature because it permits complete removal, from the insifle, for fast and easy cleaning.

Men like it because it makes painting and glass replacement quick and convenient. The annoyance of ladders is eliminated. R.O.Wg combine tbe fnest construction with the extra value take-out feature.

T. IYI. COBB COTIIPANY

It tells that ". much of Jacksonville remains as it was a century ago. The J. A. Brunner Building, erected in 1855, was used on,'occasion as a refuge from the Indians; in its scales were weighed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gold dust. In the United States hotel, 'President Rutherford Burchard Hayes and General William Tecumseh Sherman spent a night The Old Barn was used for the relay horses of the California-Oregon stage line. The Beekman Bank, built in 1862, made express shipments of gold to Crescent City, the California port ."

The Seldom-Seen Park

Harking back to the magazine, its excellent essay on Olympic National Park speaks plainly on two prime facts about this vast Northwest corner area. One is that it is a "dedicated wilderness." The greater part of it is not to be seen by the human eye-except by a very fortunate few.

The second fact is "the opaque white curtain of mist between you and the scenery"-u,'hish commonly prevents ntost of the park from being seen even from airplanes.

And the Sunset article plainly reveals that the Douglas fir forest is dying out in the park region, under its present policy of use and management.

This door-to-door salesman is about to

Ihot's why alert retoil Iumber deolers ore boosting it!

Wooo rs youR ExcLUsrvE. Wood is yours alone. It is sold only by the retail lumber dealer. Anything which jeopardizes the use of wood as a building material, jeopardizes you.

Just as you depend upon wood for your primary products, so do forest product manufactur€rs depend upon you for their marketing. This teamwork, over the years, has enabled the construction industry to thrive and expand. It has enabled manufacturers to develop research and conservation facilities, and to delivertlvough dcal.ers-rrat;r:ral forest products in ever-widening variety, ever-increasing quality.

Ttre most meaningful benefits of all have gone to the American homeowner in the form of superior forest products backed by local, established business firms.

Genuine CERTIGRADE red cedar shingles-for roofs and walls, for new construction and modernization-are playing an important part in the continuing growth of the building materials industry. "See your retail lumber dcalcr" ha^" been the familiar ke5mote of Red Cedar Shingle Bureau advertising and promotion for many years. It's good business to stack, display and. merclwndise products of such unquestioned reliability.

managCl,'6n..

RED GEDAR SHITGLE BUREAU

WHITE BUII.DING, SEAITTE I, WASHINGTON 550 BURRAR D STREET, VANCOUVER I, B. C.

T\TENTY.FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumber Merchant Octob er 1 , 1 930

The retail lumber clealers of Los Angeles have just completed a ne\v organization called the Lumber and Allied Products Institute of Southern California, with office on Avalon Boulevard. Kennetl.r Smith has been appointed secretarv and manager. More than one hunclred yards have alreir<lv joinecl the organization. It rvill be closely allied rvith all the regional groups in the Southern California area.

Shipments of l'hilippine the second qtlarter of the

lumber intci the United States year 1930 totaled 7,500.000 feet.

l{ay Cox has been electecl president of the East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club at Oakland. Larue \Vooclson is vice-presi<lent ancl Carl N{oore, secretary.

The Retailers-Manuiacturers Relationship Committee. representing the organized lumber <lealers and the organized Redn'ood manufacturers of California, held an outdoor session at Del Monte, September 13.

Effective September nranuf acturers mergecl Portland, Orcgon. The

18, four large Douglas Fir plyrvood their interests at a r.neeting held at firms are I'ortlanrl Manufacturing

Conrpany, Tacoma \-eneer Companr', Elliclt Bay N'[i11 Company, and \\'alton Veneer Conrparry. Headquarters of the ne\\r concern are Portland, and the name is the Oregon\\rashington Pl1'u'ood Company. Harry 'f. Nicolai is presicler.rt, rvith lr-red l{ienzle as sales manzrger.

The San Diego Hoo-I{oci Club at a tlinner nleetinll recently elected G. Iirank Nolan, \'icegerer.rt Snark, and Ilolr Iteid. President.

At the annual Hoo-Hoo conl'ention helcl Sept. l5 at Toronto, Canada, F. A. Hofheins, of North Ton:rrv;rnda, New York, rvas elected Snark of the Universe and I{. S. Morton. Oakland, California, u'as elected labberu'ock on the Suorenre Nine.

Harry A. (iraham, I-ong Beach, rvon the loiv gross prize, and l.eo Rosenberg, Los Angeles. won the lorv uet prize, at a Southern Caiifornia lunrbermen's goif tottrnament held September 2(r at the Fox Hills L--ountry Club.

\\'alter Spicer :rn<l lruver ior thc

h:rs resigned lris iiositirin oI secretary I',:rrr Lunrlrer Comlrany, Santa Arra.

Simpson covers your best prospecls in the insuloting ond hordboord field the orchitecls who specify the mqteriols, ond the generolcontroctors \,vho buy lhe products through Sweet's Cololog ond direct moil. ldentify yourself os o Sirnpson deoler, ond cqsh in on this promotion.

Scrn Froncisco Hoo-Hoo Elect Al Bell 1955-55 Presidenf

The S:rn Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club 9 "railroacl" again u'ent into action out at Rickey's Stonestorvn, September 20. u.hich marked a successfrrl close of another No. 9 Club year, and the beginning of an all-irnportant year for the San Francisco club.

A good portion of the No. 9 Club membership turned out for the event to give Bovard Sltibley a "rvell done" for 1.ris goocl 'ilork :rs president of the club duriug the 1954-55 year. Succeeding Shibley to the presidency of the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo is Al Bell, of Hobbs Wall Lumber Con-rpany, "XIr. lloo-Hoo Himself." Besides directing the regular operation of the club, Bell and Herb Schaur, Jr., 'rvill have the important job of coordinating the coming 1956 San Francisco Hoo-Hoo national conventiou. Schaur is general chairman of the coming National n hich n'ill be helcl next September at the Fairmont hotel on Nob Hill.

Working along u'ith Irresident Bell rvill be the follon'ing officers: Hirgh f'essner, lst vice-president; Ed Dreessen. 2nd lice-president; I-elioy McCorn-rick, secretarr'treasurer, :rnd Nlike Coonan and Bill NlcCubbin, both sergeants-at-arms. Directors of the club for tl-re coming year r,r'ill be Fred Bucklel', Jack Kaefer, Jirn Hall, Jr., Harry Nterlo, Jack Dr-rllar, N{ax Cook, }{ac Collins, Don \\rilson ancl Bill Bonnell.

Follorving the usual electior-r nonsense, Herb Schaur. Jr., gave the attendalrce a complete run-dot\rn on the previous rveek's l)etroit Hoo-Hoo National at rvhich l)ave f)avis rvas elected Snark of the Universe. and pointed out

the big job that San Francisco and other Northern Caliiornia clubs rvill have to do to "beat Detroit."

In addition to Bell and Scl.raur, Cl.ret King, Lel' Godard, Dave Davis and Leroy McCormick all took in the Detroit National, not only to represent the San Francisco club, but to gather ideas and information to incorporate into the big year ahead for the San Francisco lloo-Hoo.

Just around the corner now is the big, "better than ever" Iloundup, this year to be held in the well-appointed and spacious Surf Ciub, Friday evening, October 7. alter a golf tournament at the Peninsula Golf & Country Club. Fred Ziese is tournament chairman and lvill award the golf prizes and perpetual trophy follou,ing dinner and prior to tl.re big Roundup shorv. f-ast year's Iloundup at the Sir Francis l)rake drew more than 200 Northern California lumbermen and, in anticipation of an even larger crorvd, the San Francisco club leased the roomier Surf Club for the occasion this year.

SCRLA Enrolls More Members

The Southern California Retail Lumber Associatiorr has u'elcomed back into active membership the Johnson I-umber Co., Redlands, Calif., orvned b-r' Carroll M. Crane. Hal A. l3rou'n, chairman of the Nlembership comrnittee, has re-er.rrolied E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, as an associate member of the SCRI-A.

1UTIBER WHO1ESA1ERS

Los Angefes Rcpresenfotive

ROBERT L. TAUBE WHOTESALE LU'VIBER

9Ol5 Wilshire Blvd. Beverly Hills, Colif.

BRqdshow 2-8235

Forest Service Elevotes Hendee; Connoughton New Golif. Forester

Washington, D.C.-Clare W. Hendee, regional forester for the California region since 1951, has been named an assistant chief of the Forest Service, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced. He succeeds Earl W. Loveridge, who recently was named agricultural attache at Bogota, Colombia, and Hendee will be succeeded by Charles A. Connaughton, now regional forester for the 11 southern states.

During his 25 years with the Forest Service, Hendee has been continuously engaged in the administration of forest resources. As regional forester in California he was responsible for the management of the 17 national forests of that state and their protection and Forest Service head

CTEAN

Cleon, uniform slock from enclosed worehouses. products fhot build good will ds well os repeot soles!

FAST

Fost delivery from our own wcrrehouses or direci from monufqdurers. Regulor delivery schedules in northern Coliforniq.

of state and federal cooperative forestry programs.

Connaughton was born in Placerville, Ida. ; received his BS degree in forestry from the University of Idaho in 1928 and his Master's degree in forestry from Yale in 1934. From 1928 to 1936 he held various research jobs and served as a ranger. He later served as director of the I{ocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, n'hich coordinates Forest Service research ir-r Colorado.

NWC lumbermen Hold Scotio Meeting

The first fall meeting of the Northwestern California Lumbermen's Club was held at the Scotia Inn, September 16. Arch LeFors, president, presided over the meeting which marked the resumption of activities for the Northern California club after the usual summer vacation period.

True quolity meons thot you will be well sqrisfted with every order yciu ploce with Western Pine Supply Compony.

See Building Booming Inro 1956

The homebuilcling industry u'ill har-e one of its biggest years in 195(r. a panel of experts told the industry at t1-re recent meeting of the Los Angeles Houie Builders Institute. Southern California home buying u'i1l continue ()n an expanded scale rvith continttecl populatior.r grorvth. they preclicted. Indnstrv ch:inges forecast included intensified research in land. construction, desig'n, sales techniques and public taste, and stronger emphasis on advertising ancl merchandising.

Theme of the meeting. rvhich rvas held at the Hollyrvood Roosevelt, rvas "What \\till Sell in '56?" The panel u'as ir-rtrorluced by 1113I President \\ralter \\-. Keusder.

Census Shows Home-Building Need

\\'ashington.

I).C.-A

Censtts Ilureatt studv shol's 833,000 neu' hottseholcls a year in the U. S. for the liast five years, substat-rtially llelou' the rate at rvhich nerv homes are beilrg built (1,200,000 annually). Housing officials saici it dt-res not inclicate a narrorving market for nerv homes because World \\rar II ended rvith a huge housing deficit and tnanv du'ellings become obsolete each 1'ear. Tl'rere \\'ere an estimated '+7,800,000 households last April. compared to 43,600,0@ in the sprir.rg of 1950.

Mills, Men and Management

in \flinton's 20 - Till gtoup are dedicated to your ssrvice !

Here is the production potent:ii that serves \Tinton's $Tinton's many specialized services will make a hit customers so well. Here ire the mills, manned by highly with you, too. I/IN-MIX (Mixed Carload Shipments) skilled lumbering men, who supply your constantly and \7IN-DRI (high quality dry lumber priced for a growing demand-for high quality 'Winton lurnber. competitive market) are other reasons why_ lumbermen

Because of our volume wide diversification . continue to order more and more \(/inton lumber. and our personal interest in your marketing prob'lems Perhaps there's room for improued quality,and better . . . youibusiness is in capable hands at Winton. No lamber shipping s.eruice, around. your yard? If there is, ordei is too big, or too complex. You know your order give_ us a ring and we'll be glad to demonstrate \Tinton will be handled with maxim'am eficiertcy. service in anion!

Shipping LUMBER MOUIDING TRlrt^

ili;t'Aged

in rhe Redwood

ila" Scotia, Calif.-An unrotted Redwood 1og, i",.i evidently buried by a landslide thousands of

i^ y"ur. ago, has been dug op by highway worki.!; ers, who found it 40 feet underground.

Fired Timber ro Be Sold

The Federal Forest Service said 326 million .ii:, , rrrc a'cucldr .| urcsL salo mllllon ii!;,board feet of timber, in trees killed by forest nearly two centuries.

"Whiting Brothers lnstqll Modern ::trloore Kilns ot Koibqb, Operotion

i[11,;r, The Kaibab Lumber Company, located in northern Ari;;i,, tzona near the edge of the Grand Canyon and the nation,s

,;ri, larsest stand of virgin Ponderosa Pine, in the Kaibab Na1,, , tional Forest, has recently installed two hew, Moore Crossil,' pirculation Kilns for a well-rounded operation.

IThe sawmill was first built in 1945 and was later followed by a sawmill expansion in 1950, when the Forest :Service put up a large block of timber. Planing mill facil,ities were installed in 1953 and now, in 1955, the dry kiln units have been placed in operation at the mill which was featured in a recent issue (see Pages 14-15, CLM, g/l/SS).

The two new Moore kilns are single track units 66, long, of the double-end type for ease of loading and unloading, and are of the latest Moore design as shown above.

Steam for the new kilns is furnished from a low-pressure, automatic, oil-fired boiler which was placed in operation by the Tamco Engineers of San Francisco, Calif. All of the electrical power is generated by the Kaibab Lumber Company's own Diesel generators for the complete operation at Fredonia.

Although located approximately 115 miles from the nearest railroad, the majority of the lumber is transported over the highways by a fleet of Diesel-powered trucks, making direct delivery to the company's customers in Oregon,

\YHQLEsALE T I M B E R S JoBBING

Douglar Fir in sizes to 24" x 24"

Redwood in sizes to 12" x 12" - lengthr to 24'

Pfaner capacity for surfacing up to 24" x24"

Remanufacturing faciliticr for recawing up to 34" x34" a

Redwood Serving Soufft ern Calilornia's

Leading lunher Dealers

Sorrth Bcry

California, Arizona, Neu, Nllexicti, Idalro, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah.

The Kaibab Lumber Company is orvned and operated by the u'ell knorvr-r pioneer family of Whiting: R. C. \Vhiting, president ; Ir. I. Whiting, vice-president; R. Ii. Whiting, vice-president, and E. S. Whiting, secretarytreasurer. Co-managers are Nlilton "Mickey" Whiting ancl -8. S. "Jay" \\'hiting.

Gqrden Grove Homebuilding Record

Garden Grove, Calif., with a total of 69 subdivisions with 4505 lots, topped the rest of Orange county in neu. home construction for the first seven months of 1955. Runnerup u'as Anaheim, followed by Buena Park.

Los Angeles Rqnks Second in Notionsl Building Acrivity

In the first seven months of i955, Los Angeles launched more new construction than Chicago, Philadelphia or I)etroit, and its seven-months total of $241 ,733,799 ranked second only to New York City's $450,551,749-topping Chicago in third place at $140,490,816.

Other California leaders were San Diego, $50,614,061; Long Beach, $42;729,795, and San Francisco, $38,104,986.

Los Angeles's figure exceeded by $13,643,393 the combined totals of Chicago and Philadelphia. According to a Dun & Bradstreet compilation, the total valuation o[ fruilding permits \n 217 cities in the year's first seven nronths u'as $3,660,768,226.

Plon Big, New Weyerhoeuser Sowmill Fqciliries ot Roymond

Raymond, Wash. (Special)-A nerv sawmill, complete with hydraulic barker and chipping plant, will be constructed here by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, it was announced September 15 by David M. Fisher, manager of the firm's Willapa branch.

The projected new construction will replace an existing sawmill and complement the nerv planing mill, dry kilns, storage and shipping sheds recently completed at Weyerhaeuser's lumber manufacturing center in this Willapa Harbor community. Work on the new sawmill, designed to 'cut 150,000 b.f. of lumber per shift, will begin in the next few weeks and be completed about November, 1956, according to Fisher.

"The new sawmill will replace our present, outdated, mill with a modern plant as efficient as any in the Pacific

Northwest," said Fisher. "Work on the nerv facilities rvill progress alongside the present plants to ensure a minimum loss of production time due to construction. The old sawmill will cease operation and be dismantled after the new mill is completed."

Chips to Everett, Cosmopolis Pulp Mills

Chips, manufactured from sawmill leftovers by the chipping plant, will be transported by rail to Weyerhaeuser pulp mills at Everett, and the company's newest pulp mill, presently under construction, at Cosmopolis, Wash.

"The addition of a hydraulic barker will make our sawmill leftovers-slabs, edgings and trimmer-endsbark-free and suitable for chipping," declared Fisher. "The result is better utilization-through less waste-of the forest harvest."

Except for pile-driving, sheet metal work, roofing and similar minor items, which will be accomplished under contract, the work will be done by crews hired and supervised by Weyerhaeuser Timber Company. Included in the construction work will be a log splitter for reducing oversize logs to manageable size before they enter the sawmill, a chain-type log-lift capable of lifting several logs from the pond to the log deck at one time, a Bellingham-type hydraulic log barker which can remove the bark from a 24foot log in a matter of seconds, a double-cut head rig and the 'usual sawmill machines-edgers, trimmers, gang saw and resaws, as well as a nelv green chain.

FI.OORITG PACI(AGE

Ifere's a carton designed to save your time and increase profits on ".do-it, yourself' flooring sales. It's available for- both Bruce Ranch Plank and Bruce Fireside Plank, the two outstanding new solid oak floors for remodeling jobs.

Each carton contains enough floorling to cover 20 sq. ft., including cutting waste. Lengths are nested from 10' to B' with equal lineal footage of. 2t/+" and 3/4" widths.

The Brlce "Do-it-yourselP' Flooring Package is easy to stock, display and price" ft's easy to handle, too weighs only 60 lbs. Flooring is protected right to the job. Complete laying instructions are printed on the carton, and the flooring is factoryfinished for easy installation.

ORDER TODAY! Bruce Ranch Plank and Bruce Fireside Plank Flooring in the new, profit-making "Do-it-yourself ' Package.

For litcrature and pices, contact:

The chipping plant will contain a "hog" for producing powerhouse fuel from bark and other leftovers, in addition to the chipper and screening machines. A forced-air system rvill blow the chips into top-loading railroad boxcars for shipment to company pulp mills.

In California the acres, or about 54/o able for commercial Drevent forest fires.

public owns 9.3 million of the timber forest avail use. Don't burn it down.

Bo Justice Opens New Yqrd

La Mesa, Calif.-R. W. "Bo" J,ustice, who had been affiliated with the Seal Beach (Calif.) Lumber Co. the past eight months, went into business for himself late in August and will open the Spring Valley (Calif.) Lumber Co., a mile from here.

Roddiscrofi Buys Mill

Roddiscraft, fnc., Arcata, Calif., has purchased the Leon Smith Lumber Co., located near the Roddiscraft mill on Highway 299.

Blackened forestland is ugly and useless. Prevent the waste of natural resources, water, soil and timber. Keep the Redwood Region Green.

D o-it-yo u rse lf "

E. L. BRUGE CO., filEtlPlilS, TENN.

A STAR ol ony plont is rhe modern I

eanat-eArorr/aAu, DRY-]NG SYSTEM

At Flogstofi, Arizonc-Soufhwesl Lumber lllills

, hove iust instolled.frloore Cross-Circalotion *1"

qnd lumber hondling equipment to reduce cost$, I ij increose copocity ond improve qvolity. I li

More thqn 8,00O kilns of 'the Grosr-Circulofion

longitudinol shoft design oie in:doily operotion | '.1 -1hqf's q lit of ktlrrs! ,:: ,

For prices, fo ctsi speciflcqtions-vrile - our neq r-: 'i li est oftlce. There Ani'forrr'moderri lloore nidhu-, I tl focluringplorilsfo'seriieybul

Redwood Empire Hoo-Hoo

hotel, Santa Rosa. "Kitten Application Blanks" may now

Mqke Fort Brogg Junkef be obtained by conta'cting Duane Bennett, Mead Clark 't':

Redwood Empire -H-oo-Hoo Club 65 made the dnnual Lumber Compa"y' Santa iosa' 'li tourtoFortBraggforitsSeptember9get-together.Fred Dias, Union Lumber Company, was chairman of the meet- A key addition. to the staff of Landon P4oducts, Inc., ,i ing, which featured a tour of the new lJnion Lumber according to Geneial Manager Paul Dickerson, is that of': Company veneer plant and portions of the firm's woods Hawley Fosnaugh, who has been appointed to exclusively i operation. represent the El Monte manufacturer of El Pico brand ,llli

The banquet that evening was held at the Coast hotel in paint products to jobbers and dealers in several major '.,;l Fort Bragg. A very interesting and informative after-din- ar€as in the Sbuthland. including Los Angeles and San ' .i ner program was headed by Dr. Brothers, who is in charge Diego. Territory will shortly be extended to include the ',, '.t;1 of Union's research end of the fiber division. entire state of California and Arizona, says Dickerson, '. ii

Coming up soon will be the Redwood Empire club's for a stepped-up saturation distribution of El Pico prod- ,.; ; annual Concat, to be held October 14 at the Santa Rosa . ucts in the West.

Plywood

Production Close ro Billion Feer Aheod of 1954

Western fir plywood manufacturers are mapping plans

to push plywood demand in 1956 past 5 billion feet amid estimates that production this year should be close to a bil-

lion feet ahead of 1954. This emerged from the annual subscribers meeting held in Tacoma last month. Some 120

plywood officials from Washington, Oregon and California attended the one-day session from which came the news that 10 new firms had joined the industry's joint

promotion program during the past year.

This program, which combines national sales promotion, quality control, research and testing, is administered by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association for members and subscribers under the direction of a top-level management

committee made up of industry-elected representatives.

These new firms bring to 84 the number of plywood , mills operating under the program. Together they acI count for close to 90o/o of the industry's total output, which should top 4.8 billion feet by year's end. Current production is already 380/6 ahead of 1954 for Jan-

uary through mid-September.

At the meeting, the industry named a new chairman

of the management committee for the first time in 17 years. Arnold Koutonen, veteran industry leader and now plywood manager for the Olympia mill of the St. Paul & Tu.o-" Lumber Co., succeeds E. W. Daniels, elder , statesman of plywood promotion and a past president of Harbor Plywood Corp., Aberdeen, Wash', who has served in that office since 1938.

W. E. Difiord, managing director of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, outlined promotion plans for 1956. He told industry leaders that an estimated production level of 5.3 billion feet for 1956 would require even greater sales promotion efforts than ever before.

Uppermost in the planning, Difford said, is emphasis on the development of new markets for special construction panels that would ut\lize western softwood species other than fir, such as hemlock and billions of feet o{ low-grade logs previously unmarketable in the form of plywood.

F'or example, Difford announced that the association is developing a low-cost "work horse" panel to utilize material of this kind in the vast and undeveloped market for plywood in the farm field.

Another new product in the offing is a thick grade of plywood for use over long spans that will combine subflooring and underlayment in one application. This feature promises to open a big market in both residential and commercial construction.

Other aspects of the coming year's program include plans for five new boats ranging in size and design from an 8-foot pram to a stylish 20-foot outboard cruiser; heavy emphasis on consumer promotion keyed to remodeling to add more space to the home-one of plywood's largest outlets, and agreement with a large national news company for newsstand distribution of the association's recently published 95-page "52 Plans for Fir Plywood Projects'" New subscribers to the plywood association's promotion

Eur ek a Redwood Lumber Co,

Our new Southern California distribution yard to serve lumber dealers. \7e carry all types and redwood lumber no need of you carrying

inventory.

You're invited to use this convenient distribution yard. There's prompt loading for your pick up-in less than carload l6f5-61 we deliver. \(e also accept carload orders. Ask us for qrrotations.

Phone: LOgon 8-3339 TOpoz 9-0993

Redwood Lumber Go.

7l8I Eqst Firestone Blvd., Downey, Colifornio

Member: Colifornio Redwood Associotion

1)r()gram are Hrrb Ciity J'11'u.oorl C.orp., -\1ban1' Ore.; Sonr.rma J'lyrvood Clo., Sor.roma, Calif.;I)ianror.rd Lumber Co., l'ortland, Ore. ; \\'-oo<lard Lumbcr C--o., Cottage Gror-e , Ore. ; LJantlon Veneer anri I'I1'u'ood Association, Bandon, Orc.; l'lyrvood N{ar.rr.tf acturing of Calilornia, Inc., Torrance, C.alif. ; Fir-Piy, Inc., N{edford, Ore. ; C-oos Heatl 'I-in-rber Llo., Coos Bzry, Ore.; \\rillamette \ial1ey Lttmbcr Co., Dallas, ()re.. and N:rtional Plvu'oocl Co. of \\'asl.rington, Bear-er, Wash.

New Committee

Koutonen, the ueu' chairmar-r, and Victor Olson of Georgia-Pacific I'lyn'ood Co., Olympia, \\':ash., l'cre ttvo holdover rnenrlrers oi the 1-nanaf{e mertt corumittec. Netr'l1' electecl are (ius N. Arneson, gcrrer:tl nlattag-er. Anacortes \'-eneer,

Inc., Anacortes, \\'ash.; Clal' l3rol'n, presiclent, II ancl NI \\'ood \\iorkirrg Co., I'ortlarrtl, C)re.; F. L. lioval, assistant general salcs tri:rnager, T,orrg-l3ell Lumber Lo., Longviel'. \\.ash.; Jackson Beaman, general manager, Sottthem Oregon Itlyu'oorl, Inc., Gr:rnts I'ass, Ore.; I{aynror-rcl J. Nlartirr. plant manager, The N{artin Bros. Box Co. cif Oregon, Oaklancl, Ore. ; A. \\r. Agncn', r.ice-presiderrt, Pacific Coast Co., Sonoma Calif., ancl A. B. Burdick, general manager. Stan<l:rrd \reneer and Tirnber Co., Crescent Cit\'. Calif.

McNord lumber Scrles

-\rcata, Calif .--\rticles of Lunrlrer Sa1es, Ir.rc.. Humboldt in September.

Formed incorporrtion ior NIcNord countv lirm. rvere filerl l;rte

g,OdilIl';i WISIER/\I RID C|DAR

Clork G. Heritoge Retires Oct. I qs Weyerhqeuser Development Director

Clark C. Heritage, who has devoted more than 4O years to forest products and chemicals developments, retires October 1 as Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's development director. One of the nation's foremost figures in pioneering new wood, fiber, and bark products, retirement for Heritage will not mean the end of his career. Soon after October 1, he rvill establish his own offrce in Tacoma to serve industry in the establishment, planning and execution of research and development programs. He is a registered professional chemical engineer.

one of l0 woods lrom the

WESIERN P/NE region

Great resistance to decay, dimensional stability, high insulating qualities, workability, nailability, light weight make Western Red Cedar an excellent and economical wood for all residential construction-and preferred for weather-exposed usage such as poles, greenhouses, boats and floats.

Western Red Cedar comes in 3 select and 5 common gades. You can order it in mixed cars-together with other woods from the Western Pine region-from most Western Pine Association member mills!

the westgrn r' 'l

the Associated llloods

While concerned primarily with forest products, his future activity will not be limited to that field. His area of experience embraces organic chemicals, pulp and paper and, more recently, a variety of wood and bark products. In November he will iead the sessions on integration and research at the second forestry seminar for company executives at Yale University. He plans to continue to serve as a member of the U. S. Department of Agriculture's national forest research advisory comrnittee,

Following Heritage's retirement, Weyerhaeuser's research program will be directed by Dr. Winton I. Patnode, a chemist who specialized in research and its administration at General Electric Company.

During Heritage's 18 years with Weyerhaeuser and Wood Conversion Company-a former Weyerhaeuser subsidiary in Cloquet, Minnesota-he pioneered whole-wood fiber for netv uses in felts, boards and contoureld articles. He spearheaded the development of a new line of softboards, stone roll fiber refining, new plywood resins and their extension with new additives, new log-barking techniques, new plywood varieties from previously unused species, commercialization of bark products by continuous mechanical processes, chemicals from the continuous fractionation of bark and wood, packaging and paneling materials from sandwiched veneer and paper, a new line of wood particle boards, and a new line of air-laid hardboards.

Kansas-born Heritage, from 1927 to 1929, was chief of the pulp and paper division of the U. S. Forest Service's Forest Products Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin. fn 1937, he joined Wood Conversion and led the development of Tufflex, whole-wood fiber insulation, and improved Nu-Wood, interior-finish softboard.

He is on the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association products and research committee and editorial committee of the Forest Products Research Society.

lro Bonde on Menlo Gouncil

Menlo Park, Calif.-Ira Bonde, who operates the Cleese Lumber Co. here, and former C. of C. president, was unanimously chosen to the city council. Praising the lumberman, Mayor Burgess said, "ff anyone has earned the opportunitv to sit up on this platform. it's fra."

'oo*o

wH'!rE P'|NE flnesl fJil*:,ii',.=

SPECIALIZING IN GIUALITY HAR,DWOODS

FOR THE RETAIL tUI BER DEAIER qnd PTANING MILI OPERATOR

I..C.T. & DIRECT CARTOAD SHIPIVIENTS

IMPORTED HARDWOODS

Philippine Mohogony (Joponese Sown Srock)

Joponese Birch

Joponese Ash

Honduras l/lohogony

DOi,IESTIC HARDWOODS

Block Wolnut

Appolochion Whire Ook

Appolochiqn Red Oqk

Birch-Whire Mople

Whire Ash

PACIFIC COAST HARDWOODS

Alder Mople Birch

Representing Angelus in Arizons - Joe Tardy

Home Morfgcge Credit Funds Held Ample for '55 Building

Supply of home-mortgage credit, although tighter than early this year, is ample to finance a high level of building and buying through 1955, said J. Howard Edgerton, president of the U. S. Savings and Loan League, in a statement at the start of National Home Week, September 11. Prpspective home buyers with moderate down payments and ability to pay off mortgages reasonably will have little difficulty in obtaining financing, he declared, and labeled a "myth" the statemer-rts of some that there is a shortage of home mortgage credit.

Edgerton believed the adrninistration did right recently in boosting dou'n payments on FHA and VA loans by 2/o and shortening mortgage lengths to 25 years. "These

mild restrictions actually will help since they work against rising building costs and higher housing prices that result," he said. He urged families buying homes this fall to secure home mortgages rvith a full "prepayment privilege," by which the buyer may pay as far ahead on the mortgage as he wishes.

$7O Million Notionol Forests Hqrvesl

The timber harvest from the national forests during the year ending June 30, 1955, was the highest on record, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced. The total cut of 6,38,2D,000 board feet compares to 5,365,113,000 board feet cut during fiscal year 1954. The value of the timber cut in 1955 is estimated at $70,7&,440 compared to ffi5,Q7,4m for 1954.

f W0 I Ail I f Y I EA DEnS eyery store needs

The Origincl Crystol Clear Plostic Spcr-All purpose nqlurol finish in gloss or semi-gloss. Bequtifies ond prolects inside ond oulside.

Perfecied REDWOOD FINISH-Now fortified wilh oddifion of SRO-l0l {or greoter durobility. Also mode in cleor qnd colored.

These Redwood Finishes ore best by test. Contoins no Rosin. Mqde exclusively of heot freqied oils.

Yotes Opens Novoto Lumber Co.

San Rafael, Calif.-Gene Yates, lifelong Marin county resideni, opened a new lumberyard September 1 at Novato, Calif., to be called the Novato Lumber Co. He will make it a do-it-yourself operation, featuring flooring, roofing, 'screen doors, fences and plywood paneling. Working with Yates will be Bud West. The yard is located on the east side of the Redwood'highway north of Novato, occupying the former quarters of the Growing Lumber Co. Yates formerly resided in Belvedere, and West in Sonoma.

Union Tries Out Veneer Plcrnt

Fort Bragg, Calif.-Officials of the Union Lumber Co. announced that its new veneer plant was placed in a test run and initial results of the operation were satisfactory.

Bonking Acf Ghqnge Helps Conventionql Finoncing

Under a little publicized, highly important change in the National Banking Act passed in the closing weeks of Congress, national banks are now permitted to make 20year mortgage loans on up to 65%% of appraised value. Previously, except for VA and FHA loans, they had been limited to 10 years, ffi/o. Also, they can now make construction loans for 9 months, against 6 months previously.

The change in the law has already resulted in broadened home loan programs in a number of such banks. It should prove beneficial in helping more bank funds find their rvay into housing and in providing more flexibility for prospective home buyers not seeking an FHA-VA loan. Builders using conventional loans may wish to explore this.

Jt't -hbt tllonono Wuh Ut

you need your lumber today!

EFFICIENT TUTIBER CARGO HANDTING

EXPERIENCED PERSONNET

,IIODERN EQUIP'IIENT & FACILIIIES

FAST TRUCK TOADING ASSURED

STORAGE AREA OVER 10 MIII.ION FEET

ADJACENT TO FREEWAYS FOR FASI

TRANSPORT TO ALt SOUIHLAND CITIES

ARCATA REIITT(I(III C(IMPI]IY tanufacturers

and Shippers

Sqle of Timber in Tongqss Forest Will Give Alqskq Third Pulp Mill

Alaska's third pulp rnill will result from granting of a preliminary award to the Georgia-Pacific Alaska Corporation of 7l billion board feet of timber in the Tongass National Forest in southeastern Alaska, the U. S. Department of Agriculture announced.

The subsidiary of the Georgia-Pacific Plywood Company of Portland, Ore., bid $2.80 a thousand board feet for Sitka spruce and $1.70 a thousand board feet for western hemlock and cedar. The Forest Service estimates that if this rate of payment continued throughout the SO-year sale period, $15 million would be added to the federal treasury.

The timber sale contract calls for the construction of the pulp mill in the vicinity of the sale area. It will process at least 100,000,000 board feet of timber a year. By 1981 the minimum annual requirement will be 160,000,000 board feet. The timber is located in a 500,000 acre area in the vicinity of Admiralty Island and the southern end of Lynn Canal. Principal nearby communities are Juneau and Douglas.

This Juneau sale which is part of the Forest Service program to help in the economic development of Alaska, is the third large pulp sale in the territory. The first for 8r/a blllion board feet of timber was made to the Ketchikan Pulp Company in 19,8. Its $50 million pulp plant has been in full scale operation for more than a year. The second, for approximately 3 billion board feet was made last year to the Pacific Northern Timber Company.

ry;rA

When you rclurn from the NRIDA convcnlion this month in Clevelond, Ohio, you will lbe full of "vim ond vigor" ond new idcqs.

During tho Exposition, limed to coincide wirh thc opening of tha cony.nlion, rcloil lumber deslers will find 48 hour: of clinics underwcy, which will continuo during the mornings ond oflcrnoons of the four-doy conclave. Doubtless you will choose the progrq.rnr thot oppeol to you moilond nof rpend oll of your lime on serious business.

Spcoking of Serious Burine:syou cqn leqve the lumber procur.manl problems lo us-be-

Gqu3e we d3sure you our Triple Service policy recureg resuhs.

Fs3l, ccculolo qttenlion lo eoch and every order.

Our invenlory is complcte< wiJe selection of oll Pqciftc Coort species of lumber-for every u!e.

Quoliry you con be lure of when you dcol with Clough lumber. We hqndle wholcrole disrribution from reliqble sources-ond regordlers of your need3-we ship the kind of lumber you enloy selling your lrada.

So-enioy yourrelf ol lhc Convention-we'll be ol Your Service when you return. We hqve o well-rounded Inventory ond crpcrienccd Personnel-whof morc do you nccd?

7221

Anqheim Booms

Building permits set two records in Anaheim, Calif., during August: a new high for the month \,vas hit with 620 permits for $17,063,804 in construction, and the year's total climbed to $39,700,- 7ll-or $5,216,D7 more in seven months this year than the full 12 months of 1954. If the trend continues, a figure of $50 million is expected to be reached in 1955.

Universql RRLC

The Redwood Region Logging Conference has referred to the United Nations an invitation to bid timbermen throughout the world to attend and bring logging equipment to its next regional conference in Ukiah. Calif., in May 1956.

Hqbrq Sets 7-Month Record

La Habra, Calif.-This city's building pace in the first seven months of 1955 was almost $1 million ahead of the same 1954 period. Total valuation of 385 permits this year was $3,354,699, as compared to 193 last year at $2,304,881.

Yord Contributes

The Las Vegas (Nevada) Lumber Co. has contributed a full scholarship to Highlands University in its scholarship drive.

Ooklond Do-lt-Self Show Spoce Sales R,unning Aheod For NoY. I O-2O Exhibits

The show that "shows the public horv to do it" also shows manufacturers, distributors and retailers how to get a bigger share of the $6 billion-a-year, do-it-yourself market, contends Ted Bentley, producer of the biggest shou' of its kind in the nation.

Following the successful conclusion of the recent Los Angeles Do-It-Yourself Show-which attracted more than 188,000 visitors-Bentley and stafi are now completing arrangements for the third annual Northern California Do-It-Yourself Shorv, which is scheduled for November 10 through 20 at the Oakland Exposition building.

"Manufacturers and distributors have found our expositions a great medium for testing public reaction to new products and techniques," Bentley announced. "And retailers by the score have attested to the pulling power of the Do-It-Yourself Show," he declared. "Some of our exhibitors have been kept busy for many months carrying out the sales program built up with leads brought in by the show."

The Oakland show will again feature pubiic participation exhibits (330 of them to be exact), with special emphasis on clinic-type instruction demonstrations by experts in practically every do-it-yourself field.

Space sales for the Oakland shorv are 'way ahead of last vear at this time, Bentley reported. fnterested manufac-

LOgon 8-6659

New redwood grows quickly from old roots. Rings of a dozen or more young trees are often found to have sprung from a parent stump. Don't let fire into rthe forest.

Pacific Western

is proud to serye

yOfl.,.

with Prompt and Dcpendablc rolil ot ]ruck shipments.

Gluality Trqnsit Tollies arG also available from our 3 California Offices

Douglos Fir . Cqliforniq Redwood Sugor Pine qnd Ponderosq Pine

Direct Mill Shipments - Rqil or Truck

PAIO ALTO: 421 Kipfing St. o DAvenpor| 4-4781 TWX PA 75X

ARCATA: 822 G SI. . ARCATA 1060

PASADENA: 595 E. Colorqdo St. o RYon 1-8123

turers, distributors and retailers are requested to contact the "Do-It-Yourself Show" office at 918 Fallon Street. Oakland; telephone Glencourt l-6240.

AIA Meets in Sqntq Bqrborn Oct. 5

Santa Barbara, Calif.-Some 700 members of the American Institute of Architects will meet here October 5-8 for the loth annual district conference and convention of California architects. Plans are being prepared by Henry L. Wright of Los Angeles, president of the California Council of Architects; Melvin Ferris, executive director, and others. The largest materials exhibit ever assembled for a California architects' convention rvill be shown at the Biltmore hotel here.

Totol Dollqr Volume Set Augusf All-rime Consfruction High

August's total dollar volume of Dodge Reports of contract awards for future construction in the 37 states east of the Rockies set an all-time high for August and was 2070 higher than August 1954, F. W. Dodge Corporation announced. The figure was $1,894,841,000. The total for the first eight months was $16,130,149,000, up 27/o from the eight-month figure of last year.

Both for August and for the eight months, all three of Dodge's major construction ,categories showed substantial gains over last year. The figures for August were : residential building, $835,418,000, up 2l/o; eight months: residential building, $7,232,18,WO, up 33/o.

"4sz BeJtpl, flf@"

Loroin 6-rr2s COll Loroin 6-ore3

Western Mill and Moulding Co.

'Operotion Attic' Wins Aword

"Operation Attic," the new do-it-yourself color movie recently reieased by the Western Pine Association, has received an award of merit for "functional excellence" from the Film Council of Greater Columbus. Ohio. The film was one of several hundred entered in the Columbus Film Festival. It joins Western Pine's famed clocumentary, "The Bounty of the Forest," u'hich .won merit awards and which is considered a classic by television programming officers rvho have given it repeated reshowings.

"Operation Attic" demonstrates the key role of the retail dealer in selection of materials and for aclvising do-ityourself customers. The Columbus festival 'n-as the first competition in which the film has been entered thus far. "Operation Attic" is 20 minutes in running time, is in sound and color, and may be obtained for free bookings by rvriting the Western Pine Association, Dept. NR-18, Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon. Alternate booking dates should be provided, and requests should allorv at least trvo weeks for shipment and handling of the film. Black and white television prints are also available.

Housing 'Griticql' in Moiove Areo

Pacific tire Products Go.

COTAPTON,

A critical housing shortage exists in Mojave, revealed Mojave Chamber of Commerce President Edrvin A. Koch, adding that inquiry for housing there has increased more than 200/o. The California Portland Cement Co. plant, eight miles west, and other developments have troomed the desert area.

NOFMA to Hike Promotion

The National Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association, at its annual mid-summer meeting in Memphis, Tenn., approved a 25/" increase in the regular assessment which members pay into the organization's promotional fund.

J. G. Smith, Arkansas Oak Flooring Co., Pine Bluff, Ark., elected president at the annual meeting last December, presidgd at the largest summer gathering in the association's history. Walter Wood, E. L. Bruce Co., Memphis, chairman of the advertising committee, and Henry H. Willins, executive vice-president, led the discussion on the desirability of maintaining continuity of promotional activity.

"Demand for oak flooring reached an all-time high in 1954, and shipments in the first half of this year topped those in the similar 1954 period by about 20/c. All the evidence points to increased popularity of oak floors," said Wood.

Generol Plywood Corp. lnto Furniture

Louisville, Ky.-The do-it-yourself hobby of attaching rvood and wrought iron legs to smooth flush doors to make serviceable furniture has led General Plywood Corp., a big manufacturer of the doors, to form a wholly owned subsidiary, Show-Pieces, f nc., to lnake high-styled versions of the hobby item.

The firm will make furniture of the stressed-skin, hollowcore article similar to its flush doors. Show-Pieces is producing tables, sofas and chairs in the new line and may introduce bedroom furniture next year.

HATET BN(l$.

sAilrA MoiltcA

P.O. Box 385

Mqnufqcturers & Jobbers

Stock qnd Detoil Sqsh & Doors

CRE$CEIIT BAY ll(l(ln$

With Microline Gore

THE WEST'S TI]IEST FTUSH DII(IRS

Phoncs: Texos O4831

Sonlo Monica, EXbrirok +3209

tholesale lo lumber lrrds 0nly

Old Growth Fir and Hemloclr And AII Other Pacific Coast Species Available In Volume

Sqntq Borbqrq lothers Win Hike

Santa Barbara, Calif.-Thirty lathers rvho had held up construction on $1 million in building projects {or three rveeks went back to rvork September 19 at a daily r,r'age of $29 plus 70c for their rvelfare fund. The members of Local 379 Wood, Wire and Metal Lathers International struck August 29 when demands for an increase frorn $27.to $29 a day were not granted. The boost puts the S. B. Local in the highest wage bracket of the building trades here, contractors said.

U. S. P. Holding Price Line

New York-United States Plywood Corporatior-r announces the extension to December 31 of its grlarantee against increase in its basic carload mill prices of Douglas fir plywood, except for certain sheathing items. The company's price list is based on $85 per thousand feet for the basic fu-inch AD Grade. Prices at the cornpany's distribution units will be commensurate 'ivith these guaranteed mill prices.

Arnold Smifh Reioins Mengel

Arnold Smith, San Mateo, California, formerly western sales manager for The Mengel Company, Louisville, Ky., rejoined Mengel on September 1. He will resume his former position as district sales manager, in charge of sales of Mengel Flush Doors in the Pacific coast states, N{ontana, Idaho, Utah, Wyoming, Nevada and Arizona. Smith had been with the J. E. Higgins Lumber Co. previously.

BONNINGTON LUMBER CO.

Wholesqle

- REDWOOD - PONDEROSA

717

5t., Son Froncisco 3

FPRS Schedules Busy Meetings

Four Forest Products Research Society section meetings and a North-Central regional meeting will inaugurate the FPRS 1955-56 schedule of technical programs for forest products industries.

"Problems of Furniture and Woodlvorking Factories" s'as the theme of the fall meeting of the Carolinas-Chesapeake Section, Sept. 29 and 30 at the Sheraton Hotel, High Point, N. C. Papers on chipboard, wood finishing, and hardwood plyu,ood are scheduled for a meeting of the Ohio Valley Section Oct. 13 and 14 in Louisville, Ky.; the program will also feature a panel discussion of the Stanford Research Report to Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. on the l95S-75 outlook for forest products and a visit to U. S. Steel }fo.mes, fnc., New Albany, Ind. "Wood in the Atomic Age" is the theme of the Northeast Section meeting, Oct. N and 2l at the Prince George Hotel, New York City. The Peabody Hotel, Memphis, Tenn., has been selected as the site of the fall meeting of the Mid-South section, Nov. 7 and 8. A full-day discussion of the Stanford Report will highlight the technical program of the North Central regional meeting in Chicago Nov. 15-17, at the Blackstone hotel. The FPRS executive board will hold its fall meeting in Chicago in conjunction with the regional meeting, with President Moss B. Christian, Tallulah, La., in charge. The board meeting is.scheduled for Nov. 17-18 at the Blackstone hotel'

The value of California's forest the mills now exceeds $350 million products as they leave per year.

New grooved plywood ponel simulotes solid wood plonking, yel is eosier lo opply. lluch lower in cost. tn Blonde or Red Philippine Mohogony (sliced ribbon groin or 'roiory cut), ldoho Knotty Pine qnd Americon Birch.

ffi\ PectFtc FoREsr PnoDucrs, lNc.

Dougras,,, -'#3iT1"*'#::. susa, Pine

lloin Ofice and Ysrd

9th Avcnue Pier Ooklond, Colif.

fWlnoaks +9E667

TWX OA 2t6

Buying Offices

Eureka, ond Ukiah, Colifornlo

Eugene, ond-Gronts Poss, Oregon

oaooaoaaoaaaaooaoaaaooaaaa

,NSrSr ON JORDA

The most tolked oboul, cuslomer solisfying, procticol Slidihg Sosh unit ovqiloble todoy!

. WEATHERTIGHT . SIMPIE TO lNSTAtt

. EASY TO OPERATE ' ECONOMICAT AVAITABLE IN ALt SIZES lAonulocturcd rolcly by

Brsnch Ofiice

4508 Grenshsw Blvd. tos Angeles 43, Golifornia

AXmlnsler 2-0571

TWX l,A 315

Things Are Differenl Now-Bul, Anywoy, toe Pepetone

Heods'55-56 Ooklond Hoo-Hoo

Election time was observed by Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club 39 on September 20 at Fishermen's Pier in Oakland. The meeting marked the close of a most successful "McCubbin Reign" and the addition of Bill's name to the long list of honored past presidents of the Oakland club.

Shortly before officially handing over the president's gavel to the new president, Joe Pepetone, McCubbin was assailed from the ranks by Bill Chatham of Loop Lumber Company. Mr. Chatham observed that they just don't make presidents the way they used to (when he was at the helm of the Oakland club), but McCubbin was ready with a sheaf of past attendance records and his own candid observations of a certain past president.

The club then presented l\[cCubbin rvith a Polaroid camera in appreciation of his good work, at rvhich point he and Bill Chatham adjourned to the bar to compare the quality of presents that presidents now receive and to further discuss their "differences."

The meeting then took on a peaceful aspect and President Joe Pepetone, Gamerston & Green Lumber Company, introduced the neu' officers and directors of the 39 Club to the attendance ad follows:

Herb Farrell, Hogan Wholesale Building Materials, vicepresident; Ev Lewis, Gamerston & Green Lumber Company, secretary-treasurer, and Ralph Norback, E. L. Bruce

^e-t l. /JGMr B,*//rn$"r,& Go.

WHOTESALE DISTRIBUTORS

Doors - Plywood - Mouldings - Hordboqrds

Monufqcfurers of Pre-hung Door Units

C--r-r., sgt.-at-arlns. I)irectors for the coming year are Bolt N{eyer, Home I-umber & Supply Co.; Hollis Jones, Western 1)oor & Sash Co. ; Jerry Nfashek, Hill & N{orton, Inc. ; Ralph Hill, Hiil Lun.rber Compar.rl', and Frank Timmers, Strable Lumber Company.

At that point, the election meeting came to a close and, upon leaving, Iou could see ex-Presidents XtcCubbin and Chatham back in a dark corner of the bar, still :rrguing the merits of presidents of yester-year ls. tl're modern-day brand.

Adolfo Comorillo Honored

Camarillo, Calif.-Ventura courlty's best-knou'n, earlyday resident, Don Aclolfo Camarillo, president of the Peoples Lumber Company, Venttrra, Calif.. has been named honorary president for life of the Ventttra County Historical Society. Illness prer,ented the veterau lumberman's attendance along 'rvith 103 charter members at the organizational meeting last month.

Charles Outland, Szrr.rta l'aula. called for diaries, letters, phcltographs and other early-dav documents Ior use in a <luarterly magazine. N[enrbership is not limitecl to Californi:r natives nor Ventttra countv residents.

Boy Lumber Co. Incorporqted

Arcata, ber Co., a filed rvith der, I{. L.

Calif.-Articles of incorporation for l3a1' I-unr. sal'mill and lumber products firm, have been the secretary of state. I)irectors are Orville SnvSpoo, Kathryn C. I-argus-all of Iiureka.

HJJ"fJJ"S

Siace /883

"r4 -Aoan/p't. ha 9n?r+ Puaaota"

COMPTETE STOCKS OF DRY

VER,TICAI & FIAT GR,AIN

C & BTR. DOUGIAS FIR CtR. HRT. REDWOOD

l " thru 6" thick up to | 8" wide up to 32'long

l" thru 8" thick up to 24" wide up to 24' long :DRY:

PHONE-WRITE-WIRE

OISEI| .GARPEIITER I.UMBER CO.

Ul4olarJp

Douglas fir, Redwood and Pine

9985 Santa Monlea Boulevard

Ted Olsen BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. BRadshaw 2-6651 Herb Caraenter

Alley Lumber Co. Cooperofes

Wirh Gomero in Smog

Wqr

QUATITY

Impoted ond Domestlc HAR,DWOOD P]YWOOD

Slngle Ply

DOUGIAS FIR & WHITE PINE PTYWOOD

Hardboard

Gefofex - Foresf Hardboard

24 HOUR DELII'ERY SERI'ICE

Caiload Quolotion on Reguest

I0rrey 3-5731 lUdlow l-2149

Wholesqle Only

t4O5l So. Morqucrdi 5t., Norwolk, Golifornio - P.O. Box 485

Robert Alley, vice-president of Alley Lumber Co., Downey, Calif., and a home movies fan, is giving a helping hand to the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District. Last March, reports the Highland Park News Herald, he installed a time-lapse movie camera in the office and trained it on, the yard's two huge silo incinerators. By a motor-driven reduction device, one picture is taken every minute while the incinerators are burning, and Alley has a full-color record of operation. Compared to the former, costly quarter-hourly log record of operations, one roll of movie film lasts eight working days. Employes, knowing the work is being checked every minute, are very careful in loading the burners to create a minimum of smoke.

Although operations keep the incinerators roaring eight hours a day, Alley reports the company has never received a single citation from APCD inspectors, and he credits the "camera detective." After October 1, however, they won't have to worry. Like the familiar, backyard incinerators, the lumberyard's burners are included in the county's ban on operation of single-chamber incinerators.

Puente Sets August Record

A nerv August record for building permits in Puente, Calif., was established rvith $4,316,438. The first eight months of 1955 ran up $36,118,843, compared to $34,041,278 in last year's same period.

WHOtESALE TUMBER

SPECTAI'ZING 'N TRUCK AITD TRA'IER SHIPNENTS FRON OREGON AND

Hyster Trqnsfers Dqve lmbeou

Dave Imbeau, formerly with Hyster Company at the home office in Portland, is being transferred to the San Francisco branch October 1 and placed in charge of the parts department there. The Hyster Company San Francisco branch is located at 4445 Third Street, and is managed by Fred F. Welch.

Imbeau has had a long background in parts and service problems encountered in the industrial machinery field and is well qualified to handle the increased volume of the San Francisco branch.

Hyster Company, San Francisco, covers all of Northern California from Fresno to the Oregon border, as well as the eight northwestern counties in Nevada. The San Francisco store also operates a branch in Eureka for parts sales and service in the extreme northern part of the state.

Pocific Northwesf Building Up

Portland, Ore.-Building permits in the Pacific Northwest for this year's first six months shorved a lo/o higher value than 1954, according to a 47-city survey by Equitable Savings & Loan. Dollar volume was $170,793,344, compared to $155,951,451 a year ago, and $167,858,614.at the midpoint of the previous record year of 1950. Residential construction showed an l8/o increase.

Oregon building gained 7/o, with homes up 55/.; Idaho,s over-all gain was D/o, with homes up 68/o; Washington was down .3/o but residences were up 3/o; Bitish Columbia was up 43/o, with homes up L4/o.

NO. CAL'FORNIA

FORCED DRAFT CIRCUIATION

HUMIDITY CONTROT INCREASED

FASTER, BETTER SERVICE ASSURED

INCREASED CAPACITY

QUATITY DRYING

We qssure our cuslomers poinstoking ond cqreful hondling ond drying of their lumber.

Dee Rsley, Presidenl ilorshqll Edwotds, Superintendent

I)enison ala,lorrsies

o Glass Louvers, 4 in" wide, come in either clear or ob' scure glass.

o 3-Crear Roto Operator, so simple a child can oPerate it.

o Drip Cap and SloPing Sill of special design keeP rain and snow damage awaY.

NOW-for the first lime-o completely weothersfripped Jqlousie, thqnks to ollclimote lested, Vinyl weother-srripping . . . exclusive with DENISON.

Eddie Ludwick Nqmed Monoger of Sqntq Bqrbqrq Mill & Lumber Co.

Kenneth R. Simpson, Jr., board chairman, announced September 7 that directors of the Santa Barbara (Calif.) Mill and Lumber Co. had elected E. G. Ludrvick as vicepresident and general manager. tfe assumed his new position immediately, succeeding \\rilliam C. Young, u'ho resigned September 6.

Ludr,vick is well knorvn in the industry, having served the Southern Pacific Milling Co. for 30 years-starting at its central distribution yard at San Luis Obispo, later managing the key yard at Paso Robles. He rvas also sales supervisor for the Rossman Mill and I-umber Co. at Long Beach.

Forest Engineer Retires

San Francisco.-Rex E. (Buck) Lane, supervising engineer of the 28,000 miles of roads and 17,000 miles of trails in the national forests of the California region, retired July 31 after 22 years of outstanding service, announced Clare Hendee, regional forester here. His successor is Clayton G. Seitz, who is being promoted and transferred from regional headquarters in Mihvaukee, Wis.

ICC Suspends Ghcmberlin R.qtes

San Francisco-The Interstate Commerce Commission has suspended until April 1956 the rates of W. R. Chamberlin & Co. on lumber from Coos Bay, Ore., to Los Angeles, pending investigation of their larvfulness, the Daily Commercial Nervs reported September 19.

$tun[urb Tumter @ompilny lnl

feBreton Joins Roymer & Mc€ubbin

Bob Raymer and Bill McCubbin, partners in the San Francisco wholesale concern bearing their names, announced the association of "Lee" LeBreton with the firm September 1. Lee has a wide acquaintance in lumber circles, both in California and the east, and will be working out of the Raymer & McCubbin offices at 593 Market St.

LeBreton originally received his lumber training with the old Coos Bay Lumber Company. During World War II, he was procurement manager at Lincoln Lumber Company in Oakland, later taking over the big job of sales manager of Rockport Redwood Company in San Francisco. During the last two years, Lee had been with Twin-City Lumber Company, working with Northern California and eastern accounts. He resides in Oakland and remained with TwinCity until its San Rafael offices were established.

l6rh Glqss of lraining School Filled

Fifty applications were received and confirmed from students ready to start their course of instruction at the NHLA's McClure Inspection Training School with the opening of the 16th term September 8. Mrs. M. L. Waidley, school secretary, reports that there were more applications than could be accepted but the over-flow is being held for the following term which opens February 15.

In view of the brisk demand for the training, National Hardwood Lumber Assn. members are urged to send in immediately the applications of men they plan to sponsor in the winter term. All are handled on a first-come=firstserved basis, so early action is advisable.

ll0ltlESIlG and lltlP0nIED HARDII00llS F0n Att

Specialta J{ooling

L. A. Hoo-Hoo-Ettes Iniriqre | | Kittens to Stort | 955-56 Seqson

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo-Ette Club No. 1 started its 195556 season with a dinner at Scully's Cafe at 6:29 p.m. September 12. It u'as a business meeting, with installation of recently elected officers and initiation of 11 new Kittens.

These officers were installed:

President: Mabel Staser, H. M. Nelson Co.

1st Vice President: Marguerite Dixon, Allied Veneer & Lumber Co.

2nd Vice President: Alma Christian, Mox Wrecking Co.

3rd Vice President: Ida Cunner, Nfarquart-\\rolfe Lbr. Co.

Secretary: Orinda Hazen, Tarzana Lumber Co.

Treasurer: Corinne Adams, E. J. Stanton & Son.

Membership chairman: Sallye Bissell, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co.

Initiation chairman: Eulalia Ntatich, Pine Ridge Lbr. Co.

Publicity chairman: Agnes Mclntyre, West Coast Lumbermen's Assn.

The group of Kittens rvho vuere initiated through the portals of Hoo-Hoo Land included these lumberwomen:

Gertrude Armstrong, D. C. Essley & Son; Ann Baker, Tarzana Lumber Co.; Frieda Butterfield, Mullin Lumber Co. (L. A. yard) ; Elizabeth Demetri, Alley Lumber Co.; Dee Hoy, F. P. Baugh & Co.; Edna Kirkman, Weyerhaeuser Sales Co. ; Evelyn Miller, Carter Mill & Lumber Co.; Catherine Poe, Mullin Lumber Co. (L. A.); Margaret V. Scott, Tarzana Lumber Co.; Barbara Steph, Georgia-Pacific Co., and Barbara von Rovigno, E. K. \\rood Lbr. Co.

Kellogg Heqds Hqrdwoods Exhibit

The directors of the Hardwoods Exhibit, Inc., met in Chicago recently and selected Lawrence D. Kellogg of the L. D. Kellogg Lumber Company, Alexandria, La., to serve as president for the year 1955-56. All bills for building and maintaining the exhibit to date have been paid and, due to the excellent cooperation of many firms in the hardwood industry scattered throughout the United States, a small surplus remains for the management of the exhibit on a very conservative basis, which means simply keeping the exhibit open and in good working order for use by a large share of the approximately three million people who will visit the Museum of Science and Industry this year.

Redwood Srumpoge Price R.ecord

Eureka, Calif.-Prices for Redwood stumpage reached a new peak in the north coast region recently when the NI and M Wood Working Company here announced the sale of a tract in Del Norte county at a rate of $43.21 per M b.f. Purchaser of the timber, which includes about 3,110,000 bf, was the Simonsen Logging Co., which conducts milling operations at Smith River. Total price in the transaction r,r'as placed at $134,000.

Assistqnr FHA Director Nqmed

Capt. Norman M. Lyon, director of the Los Angeles office of the Federal Housing Administration, has appointed George F. Bradner assistant director of the office, rvhich now processes 3,000 cases a month-double a year ago-for a monthly average of $30,000,000.

H- Yu* I',*MATI'; o

Rotory-cut Cherry Doors Finish Quickly And Eosily

The Mengel Company, Louisville, Kentucky, announces its full line of solid-core and hollow-core flush doors is now available in rotary-cut face veneers of Gold Coast Cherry.

Light and fresh-looking in the modern mode, Gold Coast Cherry comes from Mengel'p exclusive timbering concessions on the African Gold Coast.

The close texture of this attractive new wood requires no stain or filler, makes it extremely easy to finish. One or two coats of brushing lacquer is all that's needed to achieve soft, warm natural-finish.

Fully guaranteed by the u'orld's largest manufacturer of hardwood products, Mengel Rotary-cut Gold Coast Cherry Flush Doors are lower in price than birch or other domestic woods.

Skil Spring Cotologue Avoiloble

Chicago.-The 1955 spring edition of the builders line catalog of Skil Corporation, manufacturer of portable electric and pneumatic power tools, is now in the hands of wholesalers, giving them "up-to-the-minute information on prices, specifications and, sales features of Skil builders' tools and accessories." Wholesalers are asked to request additional copies of the 1955 spring catalog needed for salesmen and dealers directly from the Skil branch offices.

All inquiries regarding NEW PRODUCTS, New Literatnre 6r booklEts and other items mentioned in this section should be addressed to THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT, Room 508, 108 \West 6th St., Los Angeles 14. Your inquiries will be prompdy for' warded by us to the manufactuter ot distributor, who will then'answer your inquiries direct.

Zeesmqn Inlroduces'Pionite' Line

Zeesman Plywood Corp., Los Angeles, recently held a company sales meeting to discuss the marketing possibilities of its new line "Pionite" decorative plastic laminates. A product of Pioneer Plastics Corporation, "Pionite" is one of the revolutionary new products beautifying American homes today, providing hard-wearing good looks for the home owner and a good, saleable, competitive item for dealers to handle.

This material, with melamine surfacing for long hard wear, comes in a great variety of finishes, ranging from authentic woodgrains to marbles and many contemporary decorator designs. Besides being of considerable interest to the professional builder and architect, Pionite promises to be an excellent do-it-yourself item for the dealers. Pionite's surface is smooth, non-porous, chemically inert, and can't be damaged by foods, grease, alcohol, ink or iodine.

Norman Zeesman, president of Zeesman Plylvood Corp., advises that beautifully illustrated color brochures and sample chips of Pionite are available from Zeesman's main office at 2316 S. Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles 58.

Portoble Rqck Stores in Minimum Spoce

Tires, small coils of wire, steel strapping and other circular items may now be stored neatlY and conveniently using a new Tire and Wheel Rack, announces the manufacturer, The Frick-Gallagher Manufacturing Co. Designed to increase the capacity of present storage areas, the new rack provides higher, more orderly stacking of these miscellaneous bulky materials. All items stored :rre readily accessible. Although strong and sturdy, these durable all-steel racks may be moved about easily at user's convenience. Capacity is 1300 lbs. at each rack level. Shelves have 300 lb. capacity. Shelves and supporting rails are adjustable in height on 2" centers to accommodate different sizes of materials. Write for descriptive literature. The Frick-Gallagher Manufacturing Co., Wellston, Ohio.

The use of thin wall sections to cut construction costs and to increase usable floor space of buildings is the subject of a new booklet just published by the Zonolite Company, leading miner and processor of vermiculite. Copies of the booklet, No. CA-18, can be obtained from the Zonolite Company, 135 S. LaSalle St., Chicago 3, Ill.

Tolk-q-Phone for Conference Control

A revolutionary new automation int ercommunication system, providing two-way "private" conversation between stations without the use of any controls at either station during conversation, has been introduced by Talk-A-Phone Co., Chicago. The new TalkA-Phone Super Chief system is operated automatically by your own voice, eliminating the necessity of either party manipulating any controls during the conversation, according to Arie Liberman, president of Talk-A-Phone. The system incorporates the new Conference Control feature, developed expressly for Automation, and permits "private" conferences between as many as four stations without interference from any other station.

The new unit also features Automatic Traffic Control, rn'hich permits your voice to be transmitted when the unit shows a line-clear signal; stops it on the busy signal.

Bev-l-Shokes in New Cqrton

Something new to the shake industry is the introduction of a siliconized processed pre-stained shake that has beveled sides and butt; attractively packaged in a corrugated carton complete with simplified application instructions printed on the back of the carton. Silicone sheds water and dirt; the dirt actually accumulates in a ball ancl rolls off the shakes rvith the rain and moisture. Beveled butts of the Bev-L-Shake provide tl,e home owner and contractor with better drainage, forcing the rvater to run off from the outer tip of the shake. The beveled sides allon for expansion and contraction without loss of the continuous color tone texture found only in pre-stained textured shakes. Bev-L-Shakes are manufactured by Cedar-Tex Corporation and come in 14 attractive colors. The shakes are sold nationally, through leading building material distributors and dealers.

New Cutter tulokes Cleqn Holes

Gypsum rvallboard can be cut easily and quickly with a new outlet cutter tool. This.Outlet Cutter (fi272) made by the Stanley Tools Division of The Stanley W'orks, readily handles the standard wallboard thicknesses : fi inch; f incl't and sl inch. The Stanley cutter cloes the job cleanly, neatly and rapidly-in tests it has cut over 1,000 holes in eight hours. A winged pilot hole cutter eliminates the need for a brace and bit in cutting an, opening for the outlet box behind the rvallboard.

Mqsonite Broodside for Deolers

A three-color farm broadside for mailing r.f.d. routes with a dealer's imprint has been made available by Masonite Corporation. It designates the dealer as an all-underone-roof headquarters for a four-step service related to farm construction and repair. In addition to citing the dealer's experience, planning service, materials stock and economy for making his yard a one-stop shopping center,

the broadside offers free plans for a Masonite-planned milk house, pole-type barn, milking parlor, hog house, brooder house and poultry house.

Every purchaser of the broadsides will be given a stock of the plans with which to follow up leads. The broadsides will be mailed by Masonite or the dealer. They also are available without address or postal indicia for use as handouts.

'Prize Homes' Book for Deolers

Southern California Building Permit Service, 5762 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 19, Calif., has issued "Prize Homes," its newest home plan book, announces Hiawatha Estes, home consultant. The 96 beautifully planned homes in the book are an outstanding collection of ranch and contemporary style designs and the book is full of new ideas and actually illustrates, in plan after plan, how to build distinction, comfort and livability into economical homes.

The firm offers building materials and lumber firms a substantial discount on the book in quantity orders, and will be glad to send a price list to any dealers interested in something new in the way of home designs.

without cost by Indoprndent Nail & Pocking Go.. 8rldgcwoler, llor. fhc dirploy b l2rl8 inchcr in sizr, rtriklngly prinrod in grrcn ond block, qnd derigncd to rtond on lh. countGr, or hong on thc woll. ltems romplcd indudr Stronghold, Secw-tirc, Kurliarc ond Squcroheod nqilr, Drivc-lifc Aluminun iloih, Anchorfor (Srronghold filonol) Noil;, l(olorpinr ond other fsrtcn.rr originotcd ond monufocturcd txcludvcly by Independonr Noil. Sompb noilr includc ilcms in rcgolar ond hqrdrncd. stocl, copprr, bror, conrmcrcicl bronzc, rilicon brcnzc, oluminum, Monct ond rtoinlccr stcel; or wcll qr rpeiol finirher including bokod cnoncl cotorr. DEALEIS ltAY HAVE ONE OF THESE NAll D|SPLAYS, olong wirh corclogr, lit ?oftg. ond othcr sclling holpr, by wiring 3olo Dcpcdmrnr, tndcpcndent Noil & Pocling Conpony, Bridgcwotcr, llos.

mOnE THAN 50 ACTUAI SATUPIES of rhroaded ond othcr rpcciol noilr in Thc ttronghold linc of Bcttor Foslcnings orc rhown on thir hondroma two-color dirplcy bcing furnishcd to dcolcr:

ROBEI3T S. OSGOOI)

Old Growth Canadian WESTERN RED CEDAR

Pentaanh.

Jack Williamson, Western Mill & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has been appointed assistant to George Foreman, llead of the lumber division of the lvholesale concern.

Herbert R. "Doc" Lind and Mrs. Lind returned September 26 after spending two weeks vacationing in Nevada and the Sierras. Lind is rvith Strable Lumber Company in Oakland.

Al Nolan, sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, recently returned from a business trip through the Pacific Northrvest as far as Seattle. Timed it perfectly, too, because the 49'ers "just happened" to be playing in that far-north town while he was there.

Jack Hussey, rvho formerly had charge of sales in southern California for Fir-Tex, has been assigned a territory by Kochton Plyu'ood & Veneer Co. Hussey has been identified with wood product sales throughout the Pacific Coast area for many years and is well knou'n in the northrvest.

Doug Cook, Western Door & Sash Company. Oakland, left September 6 for a well-deserved vacation destination unknown. He planned to return to the job around the end of September.

John Driscoll, Simpson Redrvood Companl', sPent a rveek in September calling on Simpsou accotlnts in Arizona, Colorado and Utah.

E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc., and Penberthy Lumber Company o{ Vernon, California, have sponsored employee borvling teams in the Huntington Park League. More in-

formation s'i11 be avaiiable on these Tinrber \\'olr-cs as the season gets uncler\\'ay.

Nfr. and IIrs. Jim Gartin returned home September 17 follorving a month of relaxation anrl sight-seeing in Hau'aii. Jim operates Ciartin Lttmber Companv in San N{ateo.

Lloyd Hecathorn, Arcata Rcrlwood Company, Szrn Francisco, s1>ent the thircl l.eek of Septerlber irr Oregorr on business ancl visiting relatives in liugene.

Jack Thornburg, purchasing agent irr lJomer T. l{ayu.arcl Lrrr-nber Conlpanv at Salinas, anrl the Thorlrburg iamily rettrrrre<l Septembcr 12 fr<>nt zr threc-u'eek r':rcation irr southern Californi:r.

N[r. an<l llrs. Fred Branch recer-rt1y sl)ent t\\r() \\'eeks in southern Californizr on a combirrc<l bnsirress-pleasure tril). Branch is a partncr in I'acific IIardn'ood Salcs Co. of Oaklancl.

Al Kelly, -\lamedrL Irishn-ran, r-cturncrl to his u'holcsrtlc lumber brrsiness the first of Septenrber afte r vacationiug :rt Lake Tahoe for trr'o \\-eeks.

Ward Higgins, J. Ii. Ilig'gins Lumber Companl', anrl NIrs. I-Iiggins, no\\- on a thrce-l'eek r-acation at Rcuo ar.r<1 I-as Yegas, plan to be back ir-r San Fr:rrrcisco the lirst l'eek of Octolrer.

John H. Spohrer, brrilding stlperintcnclent ir1 Inglcu'oocl, Cl:lif., for the past 19 rnonths resiened September 1to become un o1ficer of a privatc construction company. He held officc during the lriggest building- \'ear i11 Ingleu't,rocl. n'ith over $1.1 rrillion in permits issucrl.

(NIorc PEIiSON,\I-S on f itge 77)

Ooklqnd Receives HHFA Cerrificotion of Urbon Renewol

\\rashington 25, D.C.-Oakland, California rvith its 400,000 population, comprising part of the San Francisco Bay metropolitan area, has received approval by Oakley Hunter, acting administrator of the Housing and Home Finance Agency, of its rvorkable program for the eventual elimination and preventior-r of slums and blight throughout the city. Such action makes Oakland eligible to apply for the various types of federal assistance provided under the Housing Act of 1954 for communities rvishing to carry on programs of ur'ban rener'val.

Oal<land was the second community in California and the

45th in the United States and its possessions to receive approval of a t'orkable program.

Oakland does not at present have irnv slrrm clearance or urban redevelopment projects under u-ar. liut it is anticipated that the city u.ill submit an application in the near future for an advance of funds t'ith nhich to begin, plans for an urban rener,r,al project. The city has three permanent lorv-cost pultlic housing projects totaling 916 units in operation. In addition, it is acquiring 10 projects of temporary housing totaling 2192 ttnits.

The follorving summarizes rvhat Oaklancl has <lone to meet the requirements of the seven essential elements of a l'orkable program.

1. Codes and Ordinances. Oaklancl has a system of city and state codes and ordinances rvhich prescribe minimum standards of health, sanitation and safety for drvellings ancl adequate standards for netv construction. alteration and repair.

2. Community Plan. The city has hired a zoning consrtlta"nt to study the matter ancl report his firrclings and recommenclations in about six months.

3. Neighborhood Analyses. A comprehensive study of urban blight u'as the basis for more detailed neighborhood :rnalr'ses u,hich are exl)cctecl to be completerl rvithirr 8 to 10 motrths.

4. Administrative Organization. Rccentlv the City Coulicil passed an ordinance, effectivc July 1, 1955, uncler rvhich building, plumbing, electrical ancl related inspection services lvill be brought together unrler the Chiei t'luilding Inspector.

5. Financing. The City of Oaklarrcl has ample fir'rancial ability to carry out this program, ancl contemplates passir-rg an orclinance to permit thc use of one-third of its sales tax rcvcnues for capital inprovements.

6. Housing Displaced Families. The Citl- is preparecl to :rssist in properly rel-rousing families clisplaced by ncrv proj ect developmer-rts.

Building pern-rits for private construction clrrring the past flve years have averaged around 1200 units a yeal-.

7. Citizen Participation. A large, representative gr()up of prominent Oakland citizens last year formccl the Citizcns' Cornmittee for Urban Renerval.

SYcomore 5-3192 RYon l-8829

Tefetype: PosqCol 7194

39 SOIJTH EUCTID AVE. PASADENA. I, CATIFORNIA

Crosby

Instifufe Conducts Surwey, Soles Anolysis

Points

The Crosby Research Institute announces that it is conducting an industry-rvide paint dealer's survey in eleven western states, according to Larry Crosby, president of the research company. Purpose of the survey is to determine the merchandising principles, profit requirements and sales policies desired by paint dealers in the western region.

Keyed to the realistic needs of today's paint dealers, the results of the survey lvill reveal the "man-behindthe counter" opinion of several thousand retailers on such matters as color systems, specific paints. price ranges, shipping, billing, advertising, merchandising, etc. The results and an analysis of the survey will be published in an early issue of The CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT.

Crosby Research Institute not only tests the marketability of consumer products but also conducts extensive laboratory tests on products which it plans to develop and market. Bing Crosby is associated with his brother Larry in this program. Extremely active in other industries, the survey marks its first interest in the paint industry.

'lorry CRO58Y

[. A. Hoo-Hoo Opens Seqson With l6 Kirtens Concolenoted qt Meet

-\rr t'xcelient cr()\\'(l oi l2.l lloo-lIor,. .33 lr()rc thinr lrir(1 nr;r(l(' rcscr\ itti()rs. \\'cre on han<1 Srlrtemlrcr l(r lrl 11.111;l; thc stltrt of 1.,,s .\rrgelcs lloo ilrio ('lLrlr 2's l().5.5-5tr se;rs()r. Ncu l-r' electcrl Srrark llriris Kutnr:r l)rcsi(1c(1 at his 1lr-st r)rccting. l hit'l'r n':is hclrl :tt Fox l lills L'ortrtrv Clu1r. trrrrl rr lriclr c()nrnrcn('ecl u ith goli irt l0:2!l ir.ln.. c()lrtilruc(1 llrrotte-h rr ( orrc:tten:rtl()ll itt (r:()() 1r.rrr. [ollouc<l ltv :r lirrc r;rnch-st.,,ler rlinncr :rr i:09 lLrrl 1hr :Ln lLrtling of :rttcnrlirtlcc l)rizts. :trrrl clirn:txtrl n ilh thc sirorr inl , 'i cr. itirrg color rlovics oi tlrc rc('('nt hlLir r:Lising \lcxiclLn rolll r:tcc. 'l'he rrrccting oi tlre 1(rth lrls,, rllarlic(l thc initilLtiorr oi l(r nen' Kittcns into Iloo-lIor,'s h:rllontrrl htrll-s irr 1hc llrst ('rrtrclLtcl:rtion oi lhc nc\\' _\'c:u'. -l-hc:e rrlLtcrials llrcl :rrc non' itrll s.r()\\'n lillrcl< ('lrts: Eugene Dye, \\'cstcrn llill & I-rrrrrlrcr L'o.; Charles P. Morrison, L'. S. I'1r'uoorl ('ri11r.; l/Iike Murphy, (ilolrc IrrternlrliorlLl ; "Buck" Coleman, li. l'. l'llrrrgh Lo.: Richard A. Derninger, Frank M. Kelly, I,'ir-'ic.r oi Southrrrr ('aliIor %m

SNARK BORIS KUTNER presents gift f rom members to retiring Snork Jerry Essley, top le{t. Heod-tqble dinner scene, top cenfer, shows from left: Horvey Koll, Huniley Work, Jim Forgie, J. W. Fitzpotrick, Jerry Essley, Chuck Lember. Top right: conviviol scene of the Fox Hills Country Club. Photos qt left show, from top lo botfom: the Degree Teom in qclion ol the Concolenqtion, some of the hondsome qitendonce prizes oworded qt the {irst meeting of the seoson ond, lower left, Horry Boqnd (left) presenting the retqiler's golf prize to Bud Nelson of the Buenq Pork Lumber Co.

lmport Shipmcnt3 JdponetG lumbcr & Plywood Philippinc Mohogcny lumbcr

l6 KITTENS WERE CONCAIENATED qr rhe Hoo-Hoo representing deolers, wholesolers

o REX OXFORD LUTIBER CO.

Lumber Wholessle

4068 Grenshow Blvd., Los Angeles 8, Cqlifornio

nia; Adolph Wahner, Noble Lay, -\tlas l,urnber fio.; Byron Armstrong, l). Cl. Iissle-u* & Son; James Arnett, Western llill & Iloulding Co.; Rex Wells, \\i ells Custom Xlill; George Bonitz, Regal Door Companr-; Irving Bauer, Coast Planing X{ill ; John Green, Arnericarr Sisalkraft Company ; Bill Raymond, Big Tou'n I-umber Co., and Lloyd Jorgensen, Jorgensen Sales Co.

\\rayne \\'ilson read the ]loo-Hoo Codc oi E,thics ir-r the Concatenation ancl the Degree 'Ieam consisted of Bob Osgoocl, Senior Hoo-Hoo; Huntlev \\'ark, Junior HooHoo; J. \\'. Fitzpatrick, Scrivenoter; "Buz" Classen, Bojum; Boris Kutner, Snark; Ecl Bauer, -labbern'ock, Clharlie I'eirce, Custocatian; Jcrrv Ilssler.. ,\rcanoper, and IIarl Crockett, Gurdon.

There \\'as unrlsrlal interest in a handsome lot of attendance prizes arvarded after dinner. They u'ere donated by Associated Xlolding Co., Bach I-umber Co.. Bliss & Gates Lurnber Clo., Boand-Daly Lurnber Co., Bohnhoff Lumber Co., Cal-Co. Wholesale l-rrmber, Dooley & C<i., Eureka Redn'ood Co. Robert S. Osgood, The Phipps Co., E,. _f. Stanton & Son, and U. S. Pl1'u'ood Corp.

Harvel' Koll did his alu,avs excellent job of presenting prizes to winners of the day's golf plav, rvhich had a splendid registration at the course. E,dclie Bauer. Atl:rs Lrrmber Company, furnished the beautif ul nelv retaiier golf trophy and the fourth hole-in-one cup for the lumber fraternity. I'Ie informs The CALIFORNIA LUN{BElt IIERCI{-\NT the hole-in-one trophv may be rvon bv presentation of an authentic u'in from any golf course in the U. S.. Canada or Nfexico.

\\rinners at golf u.ere: Fred Calhr>un, lo\v gross, T. N{. Cobb crrp; first flight: Hafrv lloand, 1st 1on net, California Lumber \{erchant cup, and Jim Neu'quist, 2nd lol' net, large cup; second flight: Bob Hoer.re, lst lou' net. small cup. an<l N'Iike Donnelly, 2nd lou' net, corn popper; third flight: ,f irn Forgie, lst lorv net, bar set, and guest prize, Ii. J. \\-alker, cufflinks. The retailer prize trophy was carried off by Bud Nelson. The club prize u'ent to Don Gerard. "Brou'nie" Markstrom and Bud Gerack split the blind bogey.

If the fraternal enthusiasm generated at the first meeting is maintained, Hoo-Hoo Club 2 has one of the best years ahead. Harry Boand and Chuck Lember, other new officers along with Snark Kutner, all did men-sized jobs in making the evening a roaring success.

AXminsfer 3-6238

HAIF MltLlON FOOTAGE of Those Old Coloniol HARDWOODS: BIRCH.BEECH.CHERRY

MAPLE-OAK-WAINUT

They lost forever even beoutify with qge

BESIDES, we ore SPECIALISIS in SUGAR PINE UPPERSone lo four inch thickness -

CALIFORNIA BUILDING PER'NITS FOR AUGUST

Pacific Grove

Palm Springs

Palo Alto

Palos Verdes Estates

Pasadena

Paso Robles

Piedmont

Pittsburg

Placer County

Pomona

Porterville

i;;;;

County

Sacramento

Sacramento County

St. Helena

Salinas

San Bernardino ..

San Bernardino County

San Bruno ...::.:.:...:

San Carlos

San Clemente

San Diego

San Diego County

San Fernando .,..

San Francisco ....

San Gabriel

Hanford

Hawthorne

Hayward National City

Newport Beach

Oakdale

San Mateo

San Mateo County

San Rafael

Santa Ana

Santa Bartiara

Santa Clara

Santa Clara County

Santa Cruz

Santa Maria

Santa Monica

Santa Paula

Santa Rosa

Seal Beach

Selma

Shasta County ....

Sierra Madre

South Gate

South Pasadena

South San Francisco .,

Stanislaus County ...::..::....:.

Stockton

Sunnyvale

Torrance

Tracy Turlock

Ukiah

Upland

Vallejo

Ventura

Ventura

Vernon

Visalia

Watsonville

West Covirra

Whittier

Woodland

Y

ThE SIERRA'I{EVADA PII{E COMPANY

/lean ah,

Carl O. Halverstadt, will known southland lumberman, u'ith over a quarter century experience with E. K. Wood and Simpson Logging Co., has joined the sales staff of Kochton Plywood & Veneer Co. with headquarters in Los Angeles. Carl has been assigned one of the southern California territories for the national plyrvood distributing concern.

Jack Kaefer, manager of the U. S. Plywood Corp. warehouse in San Francisco, announced the addition of Harry Butler to the San Francisco staff. He will be architectural and special products representative for U. S. Plywood in the northern California territory.

Bob Scott, son of Floyd Scott of Western Mill & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is presently learning the lumber business from the "ground up." Bob spent most of his time in transportation this summer while on school vacation.

Hollis Jones, Western Door & Sash Co., and the Jones family recently moved into a brand-new, built-to-order home in Orinda. Hollis reports that he is now busily computing the decades he'll be in hock as a result.

Horace Wolfe, Sterling Wolfe arld Dick Marquart, exec' utives of Marquart-Wolfe Lumber Company, Los Angeles and San Francisco, attended the Western Pine Association meeting last month in Portland, Oregon. Following the conclave they visited with friends in the Pacific Northg,est and returned to California via Western Airlines.

Fred Holm, Holm Timber Industries, Gualala, recently took a business trip to Washington, D. C., in an effort to "straighten out the boys at the White House." Being a brand-new grandparent, Mr. Holm is also interested in the feasibility of raising his mill prices to compensate for the added expenses arising from his new position in life.

Jack Baseq general manager ol Zeesman Plywood Corp., Los Angeles, joined the golfing lumbermen at the big annual Valley Frolic in Fresno. He had his golf clubs all polished up and was practicing swings and slices all year for this event.

Al Bell, Hobbs Wall Lumber Company, will return to San Francisco the first part of October following a threerveek business trip through the east. Al also took in the Detroit national convention of Hoo-Hoo at the beginning of his triP.

st Fort Brogg

f ruck or Roif Shipmenfs

Fred Holmes Corl Force Box 987, Forl Brqgg, Colif. Phone 7681

co,nmorclcl Lurnbc-r DrYln-g.ln ;1:L' ;;;' -i r'j " r"-ti " " ffi

JAMES L. HALL CO.

PHONE: SUtter l-752O lO42 mlL[S BUllDlNG, SAN, FRANCISCO 4, CAllF. IWX S.F. 864 3rADlUItl; IIEACHET qnd OUTDOOI tEAtlNC, HEAVY CONIfiUCTION ilATERIALS, POI"ES, IlEt, PALLEfS, POSIi,,P!L|NO Pon ofdrD CEoAt (whn. crdcr or Lcwron cypro$)-AlA3tG ivellow) cFDAt-DouGtAs FIR ,l

IED CEOAR-TEDWOOD-(spl|r t 5cwn)-3!tf,A SPRUC!-WE$ErN ilEr|lOCr-9UGAt PINE-PONDEROSA PINE

Rcrte-Position wqnted $2.00 per column inch

All others, $3.00 per column inch

Closing dctes Ior copy, Sth cnd 20th

HELP WANTED

WANT ADS

Long-established Central Coastal yard and mill needs estimatormust be well qualified for take-off work and full mill bids on residential, cornrnercial and state jobs. Please give full particulars of experience and ability. Applications handled in strict confidence.

Address Box C-2408, California Lumber Merchant

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

TOP-FLIGHT EXECUTIVE WANTED

As Assistanl Manager with fast-growing Los Angeles lumber company, handling large volume of Douglas Fir, Redwood,_ etc.' to industrial accouirts and builders. Position will pay youthful-thinking executive top salary with participating bonus. Employes of this co-mpany are familiar with this' ad. Replies strictly confidential.

Address Box C-2414, California Lurnber Merchant

10S W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT WANTED

By moulding plant. Experienced, ?ble to handle all types machines and supervise. Excellent opportunity, peffnanent.

Address Box C-2411. California Lumber Merchant l0B West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles ld Calif.

YOUNG MAN WANTED

Well established San Francisco wholesaler looking for young man to learn wholesale lumber business+ome retail, wholesale or plywood expericrrce preferred. Job ofiers excellent opportunity.

Address Box C-24L2, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANT TO MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY? LUMBER SALESMEN: WE HAVE A GOOD PROPOSITION FOR A LIVE-WIRE

Phone: William SIBBREL ANgelus 1-0358

PINE SALESMAN WANTED

New distribution yard selling L. A. territory, is seeking a salesman who knows Ponderosa and Sugar Pine and c:rn prove his ability to produce orders from the smaller industrial and,retail yar! buyers. Go-od sdary, car allowance and a share in the profits available for the man willing to work and grow with new business. State experience.

Address Box C-2406, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

sAvEt FoRK-UFT BAR.GAINS SAVE!

HysterRoss - Clqrklowmolor

Used-Good or Rebuill & Guarnnteed. 2,OOO-|5,OOO lb. ccpccity.

Hy.ier l5O 15,000 lb. cop.. rebuilt & guorqnlocd -..-...--.$4700

Hyttar VT-75...4,000 lb. cqp., pneu. lires, u5ed--€ood.-.---..--..------..-'.----.$2350

Rorr I9 HT 6,000 lb, cop., rebuilt qnd guorqnleed ---.--.-.-..--------------..----$2250

Clork 6,000 lb, cop., rebuilt & guorontced -..------.---.--'.-.$1650

Towmotor Lll1 .4,000 lb' cop., ursd-good .------..-.--.-.--$1450

8fg Dlscounfs on New Surptus Pdtrs lor Nt llakes snd Models ol Forklllts

NEW SURPTUS PARIS FOR CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT

ColerpillcrInternot:onalLe Tourneou

JOSDPH

Ncmes of Advertirers in this Deportment using o blind oddress connot be divulged. All inquirier cnd replier should be oddressed fo key shown in the odverlircmenl

DOOR JAMB MANUFACTURER NEED.S MEN

Sales Representatives wanted by Door Jamb Manufacturer (with in-transit service) to solicit trade in western and southwestern states. Prefer "live-wire" salesmen with aggressive approach.

ARROW MILL COMPANY

2440 Soirth Arrowmill Ave., Los Angeles 23, Calif..

LUMBER SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Executive type salesman required. Successfirl applicant must be well established in Los Angeles area with proven sales ability. We have considerable volume of fir lumber from reliable manufacturers. fn requesting interview, please include personal history. All replies held strictly confidential. Please reply to P. O. Box 885, Eureka, Calif.

WANtCd_SALES MANAGER

With a thorough knowledge of hard and soft woods for industrial users in Southern California. Starting salary $l2,0OO yearly PLUS a percentage of net profits. Gqod opportunity foa an ambitious, up-and-going lumberman. All correspondence treated conficlentidly.

Address Box C-2399, California Lumber Merchant 108 W. 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED

Factory Representative to call on architects and contractors promoting specialty products for a large plywood manufacturer. Travel Northern California. State qualifications and experience.

Address Box C-2410, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED

EXPERIENCED SASH & DOOR SALESMAN

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

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

PERMANENT POSITION FOR GIRL

Thoroughly experienced in wholesale lumber office work; in Los Angeles. Under 40. Excellent working conditions. Call: Mr. SINCLAIR

LUdlow 8-5111

WHOLESALE CONNECTION WANTED

Com. Douglas Fir, Prefer Truck and Trailer shipments. For wholesale distributing yard.

HOME BUILDERS SUPPLY CO. 151 No. Cherokee Lane, Lodi, Calif.

WILL INVEST

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

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

TERMS AVAILABLE

Loroin - BuckeyeEuclidNorthwectelc. New 3-Ton Choin Hoists Spur Georedl0 fl. Ghoin Foll.-. & s0Ns,INc. ESTABIISHED le06

I2324 CENTER STREET HOtI.YDAI.E, SOUTH GATE, CAI"IF

NEVADA

Everyone Reqds These Poges-Just Like You

Csliforniq lumber MERCHANT-IZE

All Your Wqnls Here

Foresthill, Coliforniq

PONDEROSA PINE SUGAR PINE

FOR SALE

6 New Saw Mill Assemblies, Model f 3, manufactured by American Saw Mill Machine Co.-consisting of :

One husk frame. with two 60" inserted tooth saws

One saw dust drag conveyor

One Log deck Roll

One edger

One cut off saw

One conveyor

They have never been uncrated-ready for immediate delivery. Will sell one or all at a fraction of factory cost.

ELMER PERRY

603 South Cochran Avenue Los Angeles 36, California

COMPLETE MILL_ALL READY TO GO

SAWMILL FOR SALE. Total price-property and all-ONLY

$15,000. Including 5 acres of land on tbe R. R. Complete head rig and carriage powered by 145-h.p. gasoline engine. Electric set works and air dogs. Pond and log slip. Edger run by separate f45-h'p. gasoline engine. Engines in perfect condition. Conveyor, good 50-ft. burner, sorting chain,

Contact: STAN JANTZER (Phone: 99R11) Route 3, Box 3456, Arcata, California

FOR SALE

GERLINGER CARRIER, model SRHC, Serial S874, Capacity 30,0O0 lbs., good condition, original purchaser.

Burbank-Vlctoria 9-3201

FORK LIFT FOR SALE

HYSTER 150 Fork Lift-15,000-lb. Capacity, Hydraulic steering, 72-inch forks. Good shape. $3475. See at J. D. Fields Lunaber Co., 565 West l52nd St. at Figueroa; phone: DAvis 9-4248.

FOR SALE ESTABLISHED BUILDING SUPPLY BUSINESS

Located in one of the fastest growing areas anywhere. 60 miles from Los Angeles, Calif. On main boulevard, in town of 16,000 population. Ample buildings, approx. 10,000 sq. ft. under roof. Yearly gross over $100,000; high net profits. Prefer 16 sell land, inventory, equipment and business on one deal. $30,000 cash required. Books open to principals only.

Address Box C-2306. California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

FOR SALE

LUMBER YARD & GENERAL STORE

Redwood Ernpire location (in fast growing Sonoma Co.) in pros' perous dairy & chicken section & near coast resort areas, 49 miNNW of San Francisco. Business established over 35 years. Real estate includes lots & drives that total about 3 acres; on which are situated sheds, warehouses, workshop, store, etc., totaling about 20,000 sq. ft. of covered area. Also includes a comfortable dwelling with z-car garage. Lumber yard equipment includes 2 trucks, a 15.000-lb. fork-lift and a combination woodworking machine with accessories. Store equipment consists of freezer, refrigerator, metered gasoline pump vdth 250 gal. storage tank, forced:air heating system, plus nCcessary counters, shelves & racks, etc. Total inventory of iumberyard & store will run about $35,000. Average yearly grois sales lasi 8 years over $10O,0O0 vrith high- nets. Will -seJl all on single deal only; terrns-at least $50,000 down with balance secured by first mortgage.

Address Box C-2404, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

1. This yard was started over fifty years ago in the same location about thirty miles east of Los Angeles. One ownership in all that time, Very fine city in which to li:re. Railroad lease with spur track; lease $300 per month. Inventory about $50,000. Offlce and yard equipment including two trucks $5,000. All buildings $25,000 but might consider leasing improvements to well-rated company.

2. This yard is located between Los Angeles and the Coast. It was started 40 years ago and the present owner has had it ior 18 years. 50,0O0 sq. ft. of ground at only $115 per month. Inventory about $6,000; all buildings, ofEce and yard equipment $14,@0. You can pay for the 1954 truck and the inventory and have 5 years in which to pay the balance. This is a steal if I ever saw one.

3. Riverside County Yard: two years old. 30,000 sq. ft. o,f ground, good modern store building and plenty of sheds. Price for ground and buildings $29,000; equipment $5,000; inventory about $20,0O0, Not too far from Palm Springs for your weekends.

If you want to sell your yard give w a ring.

TWOHY LUMBER CO. 714 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 15; Rlchmond 9-8746 Lumber yard brokers for over forty years

FOR SALE

Retail lumber and building material yard in San Joaquin valley. Established 10 years. Attractive store, ample sheds, highway frontage, convenient spur. Investment over $50,000. Will sell for $25,000, Closed due to owner's health.

Address Box C-2413, California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

AVAILABLE TO LUMBE,R BROKERS ,

Or Sub-Contractors and Builders<r will consider active partner: I have a fenced yard and buildings;8-ton forklift and saws. Located in the Garden Grove-Santa Ana area.

Phone Evenings: LAmbert 5-0494

FOR LEASE

5f acres with 7-car spur track, concrete building 30'x40'x26' high. Ideal for kiln or saw-dust storage. M-l zone, (ready to pave) near Freeway in South Whittier, L.A. County. Excellent for mill or wholesale yard. Call Torrey 3-60U2, evenings only, or write P. O. Box 515, Banning, Calif,

"Gipo" LUMBER HANDLING

* Sorting to Lengths

f Stick for Air-Dry

f Loading & Unloading

f Free 1955 Printed Rates

CRANE & CO 5143 Alhamb." Arru. Los Angeles 32, Calii. CApitol 2-8143

I HAVE THE CUSTOMERS

And the sources for a lumber product to be manufactured in L.A. I can prove earnings of $4,000 net per month with buying power of $50.000. Will share 50/50.

Address Box C-24O7, California Lurnber Merchant l0B West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.

B UY_SELL_REPAIR_SERVICE

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

COMMERCIAL REPAIRS AND SERVICE

1l15 North Alameda Street, Compton, Calif.

Phones: NEwmark l-8269, NEvada 6-4805

ARROWH EAD TUMBER COTNPANY

PLYWOOD

Wholesofe Distrihutor

Plywood - Doors - Hqrdboqrd - Adhesives

&iri.ro Combkation boort

Flush ond Ponel

922 lgrh Avenue Ooklond 6, Calif.

KEllog 64733

August housing starts u'ere 123,000 units, 8700 above

August 1954, bringing estimated starts this year to 927,N0 -128,100 ahead of 8 months of 1954 and only &,lm lower than the record-breaking 1950 figure.

Co.------.-..---.-.--..------..55 Americon Sirqlk.oft Co.

Angelur Hordwood Co.

Arcoto ledwood Co.

Arow llifl Cmpoy

Arrowheqd Lcnber Co.

SAWMILTIT fOR SAIJE

One oI the most modern, complete, cll-electric Sawmills in Eureka-Arccrtcr crecr.

CAPACITY 75/80M' PER SHIFT

Lcrge site on Moin Highwoy

Roilrood spur ond trucking fcrcilities

Complete Plcrring Mill

Approx. 2 nillion leet old-growth D.F. logr in pond cnd deck. Timber contrqct. Long record ol prolitcble operction. Will require mirrimum down pcyment ol $150,000

Terms ccn be crrcnged lor bqlqnce with responsible pcrty. Address Box G-2396, Calilornic Lumber MErchcrnt l0l W. 6th St., Boom 508, Los Auseler 14, Cnlil.

Congressman Hubert B. Scudder (R., Calif.) introduced a bill to provide for issue of a special postage stamp commemorating 100 years of progress in conservation and forestry in the redwood region of California.

ADVERTISERS INDEX

'lAdverliring oppeor in ollernqle illuer

lmber Trucking Co. -...--.-..-.-.-.....-.--.-....65

Lmber Wholerqlerr .....-....--.......-------------42

lunbemen'r C.cdit Artn., lnc. --...-...*

llttD Di:ploy lltfg. Corp. .-.......--.-.---....-.--.20

ilatBeqlh Hordwood Cmpony -.-..-..------...*

ilqcDonqld Co., [, W. .-....-............-...-...-70

ilopfe Bror. -..-..-.-.-....-25

liorquqf-Wolfc Lunber Co. .-..-...-.-.--....-. :t

I$qrrh Woll Product!, InG. -...--.....-..-...-... :l

llqrtin Bror. Box Co. .--.--.-..-....-....--....-.-..*

lur<o Prime Window Co. -...-....-.-...--..--- 'a

3m Fronslrco HoGHoo found-Up.-...-l.F.C. 5E3 lcmber Compony.-...-...---..-.-..--..---.--.--67

Son Frqncirco Glo$ Co. --...-..--.--..-,--------*

Sqntord-Lu..ier, la<. ..-.-.-..-.-.,---.------.-..---*

Sonlq Fe Lmbe. Co.--.--.--...-.-----------.--.--...-..27

Secvrity Royol Dutch Point llfg. Co..-....51

5hively, Alo A. --.-.----.--........--...---............ {t

5lerrs Lumber & Plywood, Inc,-.-.----...-..--. *

5ierra Nevodo Pine Co...-.-.--.-.-.--.....----.-----77

Sierro iedwood Co, --.-.-----......--.-...-...-----.*

Slmnonr Hqdwood Lumber Co..-.-.--..-..----53

Simpron Logging Co. .-..-.-.-.--....-.-..---l|o, 4l

5impron ledwood Co. .-.......---.--.....------.-*

Smith Iumber Co. Rolph t, ..-.--.--..--.-.-.-..-3O

5o-Col Bullding lloteriol: Co,, Inc.-.----.-..22

Bonncll-Wcrd & Xnopp

Bonninglon Lcmber Co.

Blewlter, Lyle & A*ocicrte.

Bruce Co., E. L,

Brurh f ndurf rlql Lcmber Co.---.,----

Hqllinon lrlockin Lunber Co., Inc.

Hmmond Lmber Co.

Horbor Lmber Co. Inc.

Bum: Lumber Co. ......--.----......... * Hqrbor Plyrrood Corp. of Cqlifomiq:.-.21,58 cor Dirr,iburins Go. .....................-

Colqverc cement co. ....-... l9 ii;;;l;, ]. [. iunbe. ,]

Colifornio Butlder Supply cS. ...-...-...-..61 ii"Ji.iih 'i-uJ, 5oter, Inc. *

cotifornio Door co. of r.. A. : iid;;;; r.uii.i co. J. E. ......_-...-..........6r

Gqlifornic Ponel & veneer co.. "" "' ; !'llu' t 'lfo'loT' lnc' "'-"""""-'-"""""""25

Colifomiq lumber Soler -.-.--.

cqrlow co. "'-----------; Hobbr Woll Lvmber co. --------..-.---..-..'.-..*

Go,r & co., !. J. ..,.-.......,-...................'; il:fi:l tYfi"'i:"r-1'S".Iil*..-t:...:.31

Cccqde Pqriic lumber Co. -........-......;.. : ii;i;;; iu-r-"to tr.b., Co. ...................*

Ce<o Steef producr: Corp. ..,.,...............6, I X.ir"i f,-uifli Co,, Frcd C. ..................t7

Cetofex corporqtion, The : ;i;;;;; tl.. i. r. ......................--.-........ :r

Cherney, Inc-. .-:------:--'.-."...-.....- ..._: Xugter Sioiheo -....-._-.--.--.--.--._.--.-.-.--.-.....29

Chrisren.on Lumber Co. - 99 Ht;re; ciiii.iv ,....,.....-....._._.,......._-......_.. *

€lil"i"H:t#. il'":"..,..................'.........;3 tr$.g.rt.lJ't & Pdking co..-...----. J

Consofidof;d Lumber Go. - ----. -- -Si Inlqnd lumber Co. ---------------------------------*

Cooper Wholesole Lmber Co., W. E..--.-. lt Johnt-lionville Corporotion -------------------,-*

Cord: Lumber Co. --------..--...-.----.......-....-..49 Johnron Lumber Co., C. D. .-----...---.-...-...*

Crosse[ tmbgr Co. -.-..-..-.----......-.--..-.-.....,t Jolly Giont Lsmber Co. -.-.-.--..........------.-:]

Dorron, R. w. e co............ * i:li* ^t:tl.t^oo"'co' F' L'.-"'-".-.---"60

O-iatin Ptywood & Lmber Co' "'-' ' i Kendqll lumber Di3tributols ----------------------58

Dor it Ru$ell Soler Co.....,._........_..10, tt Keiley..AJbeil A. .-...--.-.--..-_-.,_...-..__.._._.._..._ t

Dionond W'Supplv co. ....-....................... * 5::11""" Piry*i & veneer Co', In<'-""- tt

ooh..ri ru-r.i'Ci., r. r...-.-..-..- * Koehl & son, John W' """"""""'-"""""65

ooit-'Ci., it" ioUlrr ..................s2 Koll Ploins-rrtill, W. A......................... *

Donover Co., Inc. ..-.-...--.---.---.-................73 L. A. Dry mn & Sloroge, In<. -.-.-.---...63

Douqlor Fir plwood Agociotion----.-.--..... * Lmon Lmber Co. .-..-.-----_---".---..----.-...--...28

Drok-e: Boy [unbar to. * LryrsncePhilipr lumber Co, -....-..------.. *

Eckdrom.ptywood & -Door co. ..: l:ff:l"i!-ff,,ir:l'c.."'............................r1

Edwordr Lmber ond Mlg. c". .- .-.. . .ll rooi, rr.uei a rrtir co. "...........-...--....44

Emrco Plywood ......:9 iiJ'ir,lg;i;-'r;ber, In(. ..........-..-........ r

Eurekq tedwood Lumber co. .4: .i;il;; i;;;# s"-,i.rii" iili.'.'_.....::::.:::::::-i

E:rfey ond- Son,. D. C. -....----...-...-| iii_C"i'"ir-rrl* Co. .....-.....-..-..................-66

Exchonse 3millr Sole: Co. * l;;;; iirr"a-. Suppry'C". ......................21

Fqirhur3t lmber Co. of Colifomio-.-----,----12 Lumber Soler Co. ---;-.--.--.-.-. ..---.---..--.72

Fqr Wert Flr 5ols Co'.-;.---.----..---.....-.--..64 lumber Seryice Co. ...-..,-.....-----.-...-..-.--...*

,tlorfin Plywood Co. ...-....---------.

llqrtiner Co., t. W. .............--.-. .....64

licon Supplier, Inc. --..---,-..-...-...-.--.-..-...26

Motonite Corporolior .......--.--....-.,---,-------'t

,ltof hia-Jentwold Hd.dwoods, lnc. -... -...7 4

ItcClocd lumber Co, .-,.------.-.---.-....-.-.--.- t]

llclntorh Lumber Co. .,-,----..-----------.-----.64

ileier, Herb Lcmber Co, -.....------------...-..-.72

Illengel Co., The -.,-.-.,----.-,-,----.----...-..---.--'t

Miffer, Geo, Lmber Co. -..---.-.---.-...-...-71

llillwork llort, Inr. -.,----.--.--------.-.---..---.--. {t

Moore Dry Kiln. Co. ------,----,..-.-...-.---....-..47

,t{ounf Whitney Lumber Co., In.. --------..63

Neinon-leed Lumber Co. --.......--..,--.-,----52

Nelron Lumbgr .-.-..-...-*

New, Hqrold A. .-...-......-,--.,--.--..-..-..-..---...72

Newqullt Jqmes W. .-------."-....-.....-.--------.7I

Nitkel R. F. lumber Co. ....--.-...-.-......-.--:t

Norfhern Redwood Lvmber Co. ...----.-------*

Of3en-Corpenter Lumber Co. .....-......-.----62

Oigood, lobert S. -...--....-.----.,---..-..........-.7O

Oifling ilfg. Co. -...-.......-.---...................'t

Oxford Lumber Co,, lex ........................75

Pocific Coet Aggregqter, Inc. ......---.---,-*

Pq(ifiG Fir Sole .-..---...----........--.....-........67

Pqtiic Forert Productr, Inc. ..-,--..-.--.---.-...-60

Porif,c Hordwood Sols Co, -..-.---.-.....-.-.*

Porific Lumber Co., The -..-.---..--.-.....-...-..--19

Pqcifi< Lmber Dolm Supply, Inc, -...--73

Pociic W$lem Lmber Co. ......-.,.....--.---.-55

Pocific Wire Produclr Co. -....-...-.-..-.-..-.---56

Pqciic Wood Productr Co.....-.-.,--..-...--.,-9

Pon Afiotic Troding Co. ...---.....-........-..-73

Pouf Bunyo Lumber Co. ....-........-........-...47

Penberthy Lumbe. Co. --..--.-....-.----.....-.-,,58

Perry Door Co, -...--....--.---.....-.--.--.....------.33

Phippr Co., The --...--....-...-...-..-...-.-...-...-..45

Pine lree Producfr Co. -,--....-..-.-.-.,-..-...---,*

Prolecllon Producfr ltfg. Co. .--.-.-----..-..-.., lt

Roymer E ltcCubbin Wholesqle Lumber 70

led Cedc thingle Bureou --...-..-..-..-.----..39

Regol Door Cmpony --..--.-..-.-.,-----..--.-..---. *

lic<l t Krue Lumber Co. .-..-.---------.-----.-- ']

Rockport l.dwood Qo. -.-,-------.-.-.-.---...--23 loddlrcroft, Inc. --.----.----..---.-.--------.---48

Ro$ Lunber Soler .-:-----.--------..-----.,.--------.-32

Roy torett Productt Co. ---.---------.----.-----63

South 8qy Lumber Co. -....-.---..-......--..-------45

Socfhem Coliforniq Lunber lole.-...-..-.-. *

soulhwelt Plywood Corp. ---..-..-.-....-.---....59

Southwsfern Portlond Cement €o..-......-*

Stohl lumbe. Co. -...-...-..----.....-.-.-.-...........66

Sfndqrd Lunber Co., In(, -......--.-...-._...-.65

Slqnton t Son, E. J. ....-..-.-.....----....-.--. '3

Sterling Industrier, In<. -..--......-....-....---.-.*

Slewdrt Pf ywood Co. O. W. ---.------,-----62

Stroble Iumber Co. ----...-..-.-....----.....-.--.--. {t

SuFe.ior lumbor Sqles Co,-.-......----.--.-....29

Tocomo Lunber 5oler, Inc. -.---.-...---__--6f

Tqrter, Weblter t Johnron In<. -..,-.--..-...34

Toube, loberl 1,. ..,--.-----.--...-.-------...-.-...-.. *

Trwco, fnc. .-....-.---.----73

Triongle Lumber Co.,--.,-..--....-..-.-.-........-. t|r

T?inity River Lumber Ssle: Co.---.--.-...-...*

Tropicol & Wertern Lumber Co. ...-.----.-. *

Twin Hqrborr Lmber Co. .-.-..------.-....-..--- 'l

U, 5. Plltood Corp. ..-.-......-...,--.....-..-...-. :t

United Wholerqle Supply Co......-.--------..*

Vo Oolting, Peter J. ...,.---,---------..-,,-------35

Woll Dry Kiln Co. In<. ..,..-,-,-------.-.-..-.-..*

Wqrren Southwert, In.. ..--..------.-..--,-,._----. *

Woftt, Cdrl W. -.-.-.-.----,---.,--....,--.---------...-*

Wendling-Nothon Co. -....--,---,---.--.-,..---,-t6

Welf Coqrt Forerl Products Co. .....-,,...--*

Weat Coct Lmbemen's Atrn. .--........- '|

We3t Coort S<reen Co. --.-...--.------.--.....-..*

Werf Coolf limber Producls Agenty...-,- ri

We:fern Door & Sch €o..-...----..-.-...-..-.,_.-,r

Western Dry Kiln .------.-.---....----.--.--..-..-.....77

We:fern Hordboqrd 5oles Co. ..,.--.-----..-. *

Wstern ltlill & lmber Co. ...-..---.--..---*

Western rvlill & trtoulding Co.--.---.--..-......56

We.tern Ping AroGiotion -,------.."...._.,..---.50

We.fern Pine Supply Co..--..-,,--.-.......--.42

Werlern Sfoles Plywood Corp. ....----........1z

Weyerhoeurer Sqles Co. .-...-........-......... *

Wheelock, E. U., Inc. ..,.-....-.-....-.........-..*

While, Horry H, ....-.-........--....-...........--...-. *

White Brofher3 .-......O.F.C.

Windeler Co., ltd., George ............--...... *

Winton Lffibe. Soler Co. ......-----.-.........43

Wood Gonvsrion Co. ..-.-.--...-....-..-".......3t

Wod Iumber Co., E. K. .-.-.....---.--....--..-54

Zeerno Plywood Co. -....-.-....--...-.-..O.8.C.

Zlcl & Co., Inc. -.-.-,..-..-..-....-........-.-,-------. {r

E. Higgins f,,umber Co. Hobbs Woll Lumber Co,

BUYER'S GUIDE

SAN FRANCISCO

.YEllowgtone 4-4{16

LAkehurst 3-5550

...SUnset l-6178

(Studio City) .STcntey 7-rl72t

Arcctq Redwood Co. (1. l. Rec)..WYoming ll09

Arrow Mill Conpmy .ANgelus 3-7511

Atlqs Lumber Co...... ......TRinitv 2326

Avrqm Lumber Co...... ....nYcn i-8733 (Lq Ccacdc) SYlvan 0-55{5

tOS ANGETES

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

Mcrlin Bros. Box Co. (Lunber Div.) (Conpton).....NEwmcrk l-8651, NEvcdc 6-2i163

McCloud Lumber Co.. ...VEmonr 8-4963

Mclutosh Lumber Co.. .ERqdshcw 2-4353 (BeverlyHitts) ....CnesFiew 5-6634

Meier, Herb Lunber Co, (Arccdiq). .RYcn l-8181 Mount WhiiDey Lumber Co., Inc,...ANgelus 0l7l

Neimm-Beed Lumber Co.. .STcnlev 7-1129 (Vcn Nuyg) .....STcte 5-8873

Neleon Lumber (Monrovic). .Ellioit 9-5tl2l

Hcrold A. New-Whsle. Lbr. (Ptrscdenc) ........SYccnore5-3192

Icmes Newquisl Lunber Scles (Pcscdenc) ......BYcn l-8486 SYccnore 5-1340

Co., f,. f. (W. D. Duaaiug). .Rlcbmond g-8843

George Clough ..TOpcz l-1281 (Downey) .LOgcn 8-6659

Cougotidated Lumber Co.. .Rlchnoad 8-2lll (Wilniaqton) ..NE. 6-1881 Wilm. Ter. 4-2687

Cooper Wholescle Lumber Co,, W. E. . ..WEbster 6-8238

Dclton 6 co" 8' w' (scn Mcrino) " taaid r-2r2?

Dcnt G Bussell, Saleg Co.........ANgelus 9-0U{

Donover Co.. Inc. ....BRcdghcw 2-d167 (Beverly Hills) .....CRestview 4-5103

Esstey, D. C, 6 Son ..Rtrynond 3-lI{7

Eurelca Redwood Lunber Co. (Dowuey) .....LOga! 8-3339 TOpc 9-0993

Founlcin, Ed., Lumber Co....

Freemcn d Co., Stephen G. (Newport Becch) .....Hcrbor 2024

Hcllhcn Mcclia LumbEr Co.. .ANgelus 3-{16l

Hcmnond Lumber Compcuy.....Rlchmoad 9-7171

Hcrris, L. E. Lumber Co. .......BRcdghqw 2-l0Zl Hill & Morton, Inc.. .BRadshm 2-4375 (Beverlv Hillg) .CBestvicw 6-3164

Holnes Eurekc Lumber Co.........MUtual 9l8l

Hobb; WaU Lumber Co. (Alhombrc) .ATlotic 2-5779

A. L. Hoover Co. (Sqn Mcrino)......RYqn l-9321 Syccnore 5-t(l{9

Kendcll trumber Distdbutors.....Blchnond 9-53{l

Lcwrence-Philips Lumber Co. (Bevertv Hilli) ....BRcdshcw 2-437

Lenett Linber' Compcny. .......RAvnoad 3-172!

The Lonq-Betl Lumbei Co. .DUnkirk 7-1347

Los Angiles Dry Kiln Storcge, Inc. - ANselus 3-6273

Los Ancreles Lumber, Inc........ MAdison 6-913{

Los-Ccl-Lunber Co...... ..f,Ogm 5-5311

Lunber Mill d Supply Co. .......$!eelus 9'3280 ANgelus 3-6503

CRESOTED LT'MBEN_POLES-PILING_TIES

IEESMAil

with its bright melqmine-qrmored surfqce for yeors of cqre-free, work-free livingl

in over 8,000,000 dmericon homes morbles, exolic wood, ond myriod foshion'smorl designs ond colors io choose from l4 eosy-fo-use sheel sizes from 30 x 48 up to 48 x 120

sensibly priced for eosier ond more frequent soles over 1,000,000 sq. ft in Los Angeles worehouse siock

o complele deoler progrom: moiling pieces, window slreomers, sfore fronl lobels, color brochures, somple chips, mols, rodio ond T. V. spoi moleriol