"Ted" Connor Decides to

Invade the California Market With His Famous "Grays Harbor Brand" Shingles

E. L. "Ted" Connor, executive head of the Grays Harbor Sales Corporation, with headquarters at Hoquiam, Wash., makes the announcement on another' page oi this issue that his firm has appointed as distributorl for Northern California for their famous "Grays Harbor Brand" shingles, the Hendrickson-Godard Lum6er Co., IIZ Market St., San Francisco.

- This firm, whose shingles are known throughout the length and breadth of the United States, hal hitherto catered mainly to the Eastern, Southwestern and Southern trade, which uses mostly better grade shingles. They have never manufactured 6-2 Stars al any of lheir millj.

After a careful survey of the Cajifornia territory Mr. Connor has decided thai enough demand exists in Cati- fornia for.better grade shingle! to justify their carrying on an active campaign in thisterriiory io sellthei; S:z Stars, 100/o Clear U. S. Government ,,b,, Grades and 5X or U. S. Government {'A', Grade.

. The Grays Harbor Sales Corporation handles the exclus- ive sales of the entire output oi the big Woodlawn Mill at Hoquiam, Wash.; Aloha Stti"gre -".1-i.ton", Wash.i Soule

Shingle Co., Stearnsville, Wash.; Mackie Mill Co., Markham, Wash., and Red Cedar Shingle Co., Markham, Wash.

Mr. Connor told a representative of this journal that the combined output of these mills is 35 million shingles a month. Some idea can be gained of the magnitude of the business handled by this firm by visualizing four solid train' loads, a total of 180 cars, whicir are requirld to move their output every month. Their slogan, "Whose shingles cannot be excelled" is now nationally known.

ST. PAUL & TACOMA MILL AT TACOMA CUTS MORE THAN WE STATED IN "BIG MILL STORY'

A. H. Landram, Sales Manager for the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company, of Tacoma, Wash., sends us figures showing that the great milling plant of that institution at Tacomi cuts even more lumber than we credited it with in our recent story about the biggest sawmills of the world.

In that story we stated that when one mill ran three shifts and the otheitwo shifts, they cut over a million feet a clay, and that this was their average method of operationMi.'Landram states that only occationally does their Mill C run three shifts, and that their regular operation ig !*o shifts a day, of 8 hours each, at both of their mills, 1!d-t!t1! on a two-ihift basis they turn out from 935,000 to 1,243,000 feet daily. They have two sawmills in the same- plant,^as previousiy stated, and undoubtedly have one of the five great plants of the world.

L. A. BUILDINGTOTAL TOPS EIGHT MILLION

Building permits reaching the total of $8,163,581, were issued in Los Angeles during the month of September.

Total for the year, to October 1, is over ninety-four million dollars.

But dealcrs who bugrwallboard by grade, as ttrey buy lumbcr,brick or rooFng-know that all wallboard is not the same. Ilundreds of dealers who have becorge dissatisfied with the varying guality--the uncertain selling policies -the changing personnel-of some wallboard manufacturers arenow pushing Upson Board I

These menknow that Upsoa Board will build an increasingly profitable wallboard business for any dealer-large or small-who will take advantage of Upson Selling Helps and the growing prcference for Upson Board among builders and home-owners. \llrite today for the facts.