Douglar Fir:-Continuation of the downward trend in productiron is refected in the reportr of 218 mills in Oregon, Warhington and Britirh Columbia to the Weet Coart Lumberhen's .dnociation for the week ending Septembs 28. Prodirction during tfie week-was approxiniately 2OQOOO feet under the output reported for tte previous week and more than S'O0O'OOO feet less than the cut of thece came milb for tte week ending September 14. Orders for the week ending September 28 were 9.63 per cent less taan produc{ion.

The California market chowed very little change during the past two weekr and there ir not a great deal of buying. Clears are firm and continue to rhow strength. Owing to the increa.red curtailment program now rmder way at the mills' vessels are having difficulty in finding cargo. Unrold rtocks at San Pedro have been reduced since the firrt of the month. Unsold gtooks at this port on October 9 totaled 15r31O,0OO feet. There are 38 lumber vesrels laid up, and one vetsel is operating off-shore.

Douglar fir cargo arrivals at San Pedro during the month of September totaled 94r962rq)O feet. Fir cargo arrivals at San Francirco in the same period amounted to 46471rOOO feet.

The California White and Swer Pine and Redwood mar- kets are holding up well and pricer are firm. Stockr at the milh are reported well bdanced. Redwood cargo arrivab at San Francisco for the month of September amounted to 16'7891000 feet; the Redwood cargo receiptr at San Pedro for September totaled 5,851,OOO feet.

The current relationrhip of shipments and orderr to production forthe firrt 39 weekr of 1929, according to tte National Lurnber Manufacturergt Association, barcd on rF ports from the regional associationr, is as f,ollowr:

Wert Coast Lumbermen's Arcociatien-p16{uction' 6853,OlO M feet; Shipments, 6,900,533 M feet; Orderr' 6r946,515 M feet.

Cdifornia White and Sugar Pine-Production, 1rO55'77OM feet; Shipments, 1,O49,O27 M feet; Orderg 1,063'993 M feet.

Californira Redwood [6q6ia1iq6-Production, 291,/Az M feet; Shipments, 295,656 M feet; Orders, 310'136 M feet.

Southern Pine Association-Productionn 216221786 l$ feet; Shipments, 216491235 M feet; Orderr, 216331192 M fect

Total Hardwoodr-Production, lr994rl4l M fea; Shiprnents, 119441696 M feet; Orders, lr9/mr2l4 M feet.

Hill & Morton Inc. Move State Association Annual Offices in Oakland Nov. 7-8-9

I Hill &.Morton, Inc., well known wholesale lumber dealers. moved their offices on October 1 from their old location in the Builders' Exchange Building, Oakland, to Dennison Street Wharf, where they are located in a new office building adjoining their warehouse.

The warehouse is 216 feet long, 40 feet wide and 24 feet high, and was designed to take care of dry lumber. This will be particularly valuable during the winter months. H. S. Moiton, president of the concern is well pleased with the new layout, as it enables the firm to give more personal service to customers, and it incidentally saves him personally a lot of time.

Henry J. Meyer, until recently with W. R. Chamberlin & Co. is now associated with Hill & Morton. Inc., and will cover all of the East Bay territory.

C. H. Terrell will again make his headquarters in Sacramento, and will continue to cover both the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys.

T. L. Driscoll, who has been with the organization ever since it started, is in charge of the firm's Portland office.

The annual convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association will be held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, November 7, I and 9.

A. J. Stoner, Sawtelle Lumber Co., Sawtelle; Paul Hallingby, lf ammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles; and C. W. Pinkerton, Whittier Lumber Co., Whittier, have charge of the program for the convention. M. A. Harris, Van Arsdale-Harris, San Francisco, is chairman of the arrange* ments committee and announces that he is receiving excellent cooperation from the San Francisco and East Bay retailers.

H. A. Lake, president of the Association, states that they anticipate a very large dealer registration at this year's annual.

F. P. PRYOR VISITS CALIFORNIA

F. P. Pryor of Columbus, Ohio, M. Ritter, the biggest hardwood earth. was a recent business visitor

Sales Manager for W. producing concern on in Southern California-