OLD STRUCTURES fall beaten at last in a long fight against time and the elements. New structures rise builded of sterner stuff.
It is happy for us that the forerunners of our present day civilization have perfected a material with which we can buiid in the assurance that our works will endure.
Daily, new uses are found for Plastits-use5 ffraf contribute to safety and comfort and will impress upon a world that follows our industry.
Use Plastite wherever Portland Cement is specified. Plastite is a waterproofed cement. It embodies all the inherent qualities of Portland Cement and in addition offers a positive and permanent resistance to watef.
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Ilowlas Fir Cargo. The California martet has shown practicdly no chang- during tte part two weeks; the demand lontinuce ralfier tight with pricea firm" Prices are being firnly maintained by the millr. Vertical grain upperr con' tinue'vcry rcarce at tfie milb with pricee a trife strongcq. The milh have adopt'ed a new curtailment program which callr for an additional curtailment for tte balance of the year: mills that are working one shift will mrke a further curtatlment oft 2Wo, while millr working two rhiftr will mrke a 4@o redrurclion in production. The new curtailmgnt n1o' gram wbich har been generally adopted by the millr of- the Northwe* ic effective at once' and will start next week at Grayr Harbor. Cargo receipts at San Pedro have been-light during the past two weeka. 32 vesaels are laid up, and five vesels are operating on off rhore businees.
DoWlae Fir Rail. The market rhows no ciange with priccs it the millr holding firm" Mixed car orders are still Lard to buy and vertical grain f,ooring continues to be a very ecarce itern" The Middle \ilert demand for mixed cart con' tinuer etrong.
Shingles are e trife stronger. Lath-pric9t are Steady-. Red;ood. For the week end'ing October 20, the Red' wood Aasociation relortr: Orders received, 7r74O M feli Shipments, 9rl08 M feet; Production, 5'061 M feet. The mills report plenty of common cutting orders. Prices are nrm. wilh th; California businesr up to expectations- Octo' ber busineer is running ahead of September, and stochr at the mills are about normal.
Everett King, King Lumber Co., Bakersfield, and prominent Rotarian in the San Joaquin Valley, was a member of the Bakersfield delegation of Rotarians who recently visited Bishop where they assisted in the organization of a Rotary Club.
Bruce Burlingame, Los Angeles, representative for the Santa Fe Lumber Co. in the Southern California and Arizona territories, has been wearing .a big smile the past week, the occasion being the arrival of a nine-pound baby girl. IIe states that Mrs. Burlingame and the new arrival are progresslng ntcely.
H. B. Oakleaf, manager of the Northwest Blower Kiln Company, Portland, was a recent visitor to San Francisco.
Califorrria White and Sugar Pine. Common boerdr in both white and rugar pine are becoming very rcarce. Shop and upperr are very firm. California retailerr report an in' creare in businers durittg the part two weekr.
The total softwood lumber movement for the frtct 42 weekr of 1928, the report of the National Lumbei Manu' facturere .Asrociation, under date of October 26, ehow-r: Productiron, 11184611'68 M feet; Shipments, 12,4551866 M feet; Orden,121826,682 M feet.
According to tfie report, the figures for the \ileet Coart Lumberrnentr Arsociation millr for thir rame period are at follows: Production, 613481237 M feet; Shipments, 5r58lr549 M feet; Orderc, 5,669'811 M feet.
For the millc of the California White and Swar Pine Arsociation, the report rhows for this period: Production, 1r109,9?3 M feetiShipmentq 1,143,331 M feet; Ordera' 1,ll4,l92 M fe€t.
The Southern Pine Acrociation mills report for the frrct42 weeks of the year: Prod'uction, 2,9OOr772 M feet; Shipments, 311581670 M feet; Orderr, 31180'426 M feet.
In the hardwood branch of the industry, tte report stetet that for tte week ending October 2O, both rhipments and orderr were considerably ahead of production. The totd hardwood movement for the first 42 weekc of 1928' the report shorvr: Prodirction, 211061304 M feet; Shipment!' 2,215,073 M feet; Orders, 2'268,583 M feet.
You may place the Mt. Shasta Lumber Company on your list of subscribers and advise us what the damage will be for the year. The writer was on your mailing list at Menlo Park for several years and since we have taken to the higher altitude need a little stimulant from time to time.
to,illti?sta Lumber co., Mt. Shasta, California.
Ed. Culnan, sales manager of the Chas' R. McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles,- was a visitor at the San Francisco offices of the c6mpany, October 15 and 16.
KENNETH welxun-racrpnoM wEsrwooD
Kenneth R. Walker of the Red River Lumber Company' Los Angeles, has returned from a short trip to the Company's hladquarters at Westwood, Cal.
timber, exeellence of manufac. ture, science in kiln drvtg and seasoniog have established a preference for C.C. & C.C. trademarked Old Growth Douglas Fir ...lifted it above priee competition ...made it possible for the dealer to sell lumber at a profit just the same as any other comrnodity that is sold on a qualrty, instead of a price, basis.
nn lt's utorth thc Difl:erence"
You men of the lumber making world who own timber and mills and make lumber at a comparatively known and fixed cost and condition, pity the mill man of the Northwest who buys his logs in the open market-as a very great number do. His raw material is logs. He buys them in rafts. The professional logger owns the timber. This logging person keeps in close touch with the market. Frequently he is a manufacturer also. Every time the lumber market goes up, the log market follows. It's a bitter pill, but the doctor says {'Take it." I{e squirms and kicks like the kid facing the castor oil spoon-but he gets it. It's a tough break for the mill man. The logger has no higher costs today than he had last spring. But logs have gone up a whole lot. This logger is the guy who keeps the logger-depending mill man from worrying about his income tax. There is probably sornething to be said on the logger's sid+but it's tough on the manufacturer just the same.
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Every catastrophe brings its lessons. Whether we shall profit by them or not, is always, doubtleSs, an operr question. Every time some disaster of storm or quake occurs' much is said and written anent the "lessons" in building taught by the trouble. This was especially true concerning the recent great huricane that devastated Florida. Nothing new was taught by the Florida experience. Shoddy construction met quick disaster. Stout and intelligent construction fought the storm-and won. Good wood construction stood off fhs 5fq1rn-as it always does. Poor wood construction was demolished. Broadcasting pictures of wood that stood, and of other materials that did not, is unintelligent. It's a game that is far from one sided. Good brick and concrete structures gave good account of themselves. Poor ones caved in. Boost wood. When well constructed it is wonderful protection against storm or quake. But let the other fellow alone. The only wood opetrator who has any sense in his knocking is the woodpecker. ****
Roger Babson, writing in Collier's on great business successes, tells of various great organizations "which have advanced from humble beginnings to their present position of power and profit by the force of tireless publicity." Doubtless ! The examples all about us are too numerous to admit of argument. And don't forget ! The accent is on the "tireless" rather than on t'publicity". No one ever built a business, or sustained one, by sporadic or faint hearted advertising. Never ! To have something interesting to tell about you,business, and then to have the courage and the vision to dig into the bank roll and keep on footing the bills until the business created begins rolling it backTHAT is the test. To quit pulling in the middle of the -hill means the loss of the investment to date.
Not so many years ago two old school gentlemen of the South, gathered their small means together and started selling a blend of coffee they concocted; one that tickled their own palates so they thought others might like it. One of them sold his small inheritance-a Kentucky farm -to pay for his share in the business. Both of them be lieved in advertising. And they advertised as no coffee was advertised before. Other coffee people thought they were wasting their money. They sold out the other day for forty-five million dollars. About ten million dollalr represented their physical equipment. The other thitryfive went to pay for that advertised name-Maxwell House. Ask J. W. Neal, of Houston, Texas, one of t*re world's kindliest and wisest men, if publicity pays.
Some of theie days we are going to be able to recite numerous examples of lumber advertising that paid. It won't be long. For now, for the very first time in lumber history, the industry is finally deciding that lumber pub,licity is something better and wiser than the vain aim of seeing your name in print. When the history of lumber is written, it will be said-"the year 1928 marked the dawn of intelligent publicity." Ftom now on there will be plenty of examples to point to, of organizations, and associations, and corporations that will understand that the same potent force that has maile other commodities hugc successes, applies to lulrber* likern'ise. \f,/atch 'ern !
Watch that marvelous campaign that Weyerhaeuser is putting on. Attractive, punchful, creative advertising; no doubt. But it isn't the ads that makes this campaign notable. It's the THING they are advertising. "flow can lumber advertising be made attractive?" is a question often asked. Weyerhaeuser has answered that question by following the lead of the merchants in other lines. Just as the housewife today wants her groceries and supplies de livdred in packages, or containers, rather than in the bulk fashion of other days-protected, labeled plainly and attractively marked as to conte{rts-so is Weyerhaeuser packaging and protecting and labeling their lumber. And before they could so treat it they naturally improved its appearance. And so we see them advertising "wasteless lumber", "trimmed square at both ends", "ready to use", j'cut to exact lengths", "thoroughly seasoned", t'packaged", "labeled for identification", "grade stamped on label", "prevents mistakes", t'establishes confidence", and get thisr"Weyerhaeuser stands squarely behind every package." "Packaged and guaranteed", they say, "4-squar'e lumber", sold to "4-square dealers", with attractive signs fof t.he dealer's door, so the public will know that there they may get this advertised and protected and guaranteed stock Will it PAY? Just as certain as it paid Wrigley-or Maxwell House.
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AnCHffpCTS and experienced builders specifr treated lumber which comes in contact with the soil. Llnderpinning and sills creosoted under pressure the McCormick way solve the homebuilder's white ant problem.
The McCormick treating plant at St. Helens, Oregon, is thoroughlyequipped to take care of any creosoting requirement. For the past 16 yeans, this modern plant has been at work de-
veloping and improving methods of creosoti.g lumber and timbers as a means of giving them added life.
I*t this plant help you solve the white ant problem. It is a part of McCormick ssrvisga complete service from forest to you.
Besides cargo shipments, we have connections with transcontinental roads for fast tail shipments to dl points in Califoinia.
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Frank Fish, secretary and mentor of the National Hafdwood Association, made one statement at Memphis recently that every lumber manufacturer should have in big black letters before his desk. He said that controlling production is only temporary makeshift; that no matter how much you curtail, unless you do something to promote the use of your product, consumption will drop to meet the production level. There isn't a truer word in Scripture than that. Without the stimulating influences of trade extension activities, lumber consumption will continually decrease. And yet to the average lumber manufacturer this most vital thought is lightly considered-if at all. But this is certain; you might reduce your production by half, and keep it there, and you'll wake up some fine morning
Herman Rosenberg, Hipolito Company, is back at his desk at the company's Los Angeles office. He plans to remain in Los Angeles about two months. Mr. Rosenberg has been making his headquarters at Detroit, Michigan, where he has been looking after the company's eastern business.
Homer Maris, Ifomer B. Maris Panel Co., San Fran-
to find that consumption has dropped to your production level. THERE SHOULD BE A DEFINITE SALES EFFoRT BEHTND TITY
Keep the boy in you alive ! Let that thought be the source of a definite effort every day. Don't let yourself get. crabbed. Don't get sour. .Don't be too busy to do a lot of smiling. Don't get so deep in the rut of business chasing, or money making, that you quit getting fun out of the world-and quit putting fun INTO the world. Keep that boy in your heart and mind ALIVE. Because when the boy in you dies, Mistei, /ou'rs D-E-A-D, Dead. They may postpone the obsequies for a time, but when you let that boy inside of you pass away-you're through.
Max Cook, Farmstead Engineer, in charge of the agri- cultural department of the California Redwood Assoiiation, left San Francisco October 19 to conduct C. P. Winslow, director of the Forest Products Laboratorv of Madison, Wis. oh a five-day tour through the Redw6od region, which included a visit to a number of the mills.
cisco, was a recent Los Angeles visitor. During his stay / VALLE,Y LUMBER CO. BUYS NIXON YARD in the Southern metropolis, he called on some of his y' 11te Valley Lumber Company of Lodi has purchased the lumbermen friends. yard of the Nixon Lumber -Co. at Lockeford.
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Comnander Byrdts radio communication depends upon Brugess Battedes, protected by PAUL BUNYAN'S SUGAR PINE.
Maximum dependability under exffeme climatic conditions and rough handling.
'What is the best material, regardless of cost?
Sugar Pine.
Ffow can we gd it on time?
Virc Red River.
The Red River Lumbcr Co. Auguct 29, 1928. 36O North Michigan Ave., Chicago.
Attcntion Mr. H. V. Scott
PAUL BUNYAN SAYS
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Gemlemen:
You will be intereeted to tnow that your Sugar Pine war ured by uC in nating battery boxes for Commander Byrd'r Aatarctic Expedition.
The dry batteriec are to be used for the powet rupply of five small tadio trancmittcn in planeq oo dog dedr and at basec and intermediate rtationr. A light weigfit but very rtrong bor matecial was therefore trec6*rry. Becaurc of rlect and rnow conditionr a lumber that would not werp' twist or chrinl wat !equired. The low temperature demanded good dernal inruIation.
Tbe Foreat Productg Laboratoriec suggested the ure of Sugar Pine, which we have found to be rplendidly worlable and well ruited to our purposeq
\Ve sre glad to have found a matcrial with tftere propectiec a-d we ap. preciate your iooperation in hurrrying it to us, ro that the rhipment of battecier iould leave vith the expedition on gcheduled tine.
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Very truly yourq BURGESS BATTERY COMPANY, (Siened) By V. B. SCHULTB, Secret ry.
"Producers of White Pine for Over Half a Canlury"
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At the dinner and meeting of the Lumber Dealers Association of Los Angeles, held at the Elite Cafe, on Tuesday evening, October 23, nearly two hundred lumbermen and millmen were in attendance.
Guy Cuzner, Kerckhoff Cuzner Mill & Lumber Co., acted as toastmaster. Among the speakers who addressed the meeting were: Dudley Chandler, who spoke on the Credit Situation; E. R. Maule, who talked on Central Estimating; and Kenneth Smith, who discussed Association Activities. James Crlzner, pioneer lumberman and tle only living lumberman of the original three yards in Los Angeles, gave an enjoyable talk on his reminiscences of the lumber business in the earlv davs.
W. P. Frambes, Fletcher & Frambes, Los Angeles, has returned from a two weeks' business trip in the east where he conferred with officials of the Masonite Corporation at Chicago. He also visited the Maconite operations at Laurel, Mississippi, whefe he made an inspection of their plant. Fletcher & Frambes are the Southern California distributors for the Masonite Corporation
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FROM SOUTHERN TRIP
P. R. Kahn, manager of Forsyth & Co., hardwood dealers, San Francisco, recently returned from a trip to the South and Middle West, occupying six weeks, during which he visited a great many hardwood mills in all the important hardwood m_anufacturing centers in the southern and middle western territory.
The Termite Investigations Committee announces that a dinner meeting will be held at the Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles, on Thursday, November 8, for the purpose of organizing a Southern California group, the Northern California territory being now well organized.
This meeting will be attended by representatives of power, telegraph and telephone companies, officers of the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Conference, lumber dealers and others interested in the scientific investigation of the termite situation.
Ray Anderson, General Plywood Company, Seattle, is a Los Angeles visitor on company business matters where he is conferring with officials of the California Panel & Veneer Co., their Southern California representative. Before coming to Los Angeles, he spent a few days in San Francisco. where he was a visitor at the offices of thc H. B. Maris Panel Co.. their Northern California distributors.
N. M. Baker, Manager of the Western Plywood Products Company's plant at Martinez, Calif., has been transferred to the sales department of the Company's San Francisco office, which constitutes a fine advancement for him.
F. M. Binnon, assistant manager of the Red River Lumber Company's plant at Westwood, has been given the managership of the Martinez concern.
The season is no\ Z at hand and will continue for six months or more, when uDS€a,soned lumber will be wetter than usual.
No builder has ever
yet been heard to say that urs€r- everywhere else, is one of the tests soned or partly seasoned lumber is of lumber usefulneEs.
California, aE you undoubtedly know, is one of the few remaining districts of the world that builds with unseasoned lumber. The moisture content, as good a building material as stock that is thoroughly seasoned before using.
And in the winter season lumber that comes thoroughly seasoned from the mill is immensely preferable in every way to wet, soggy stock.
And California is slowly coming to understand that there is no more reason for using wet lumber here than elsewhere.
Let us quote you on well sGtsoned Firr ready to use' the degrades all left behind at the mill.
(Registralion of delegates_will begin Wednesday Eve-ning,_November l4th, and again e4rly Thursday Morning, Novcrnber lsth. Ladies and gentle-men -must register in order to obtain books of eitertainrient featuri tict<eti ?tta i" oraer that we may have a check on how many will attend these functions.)
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, I92t
9:45 A.M.-CALL TO ORDFTB-in Colgniql Ball Rmm, Hotel St. Francis, by PRESIDENT PAUL HALLINGBY.
MUSIC BY SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOLS.
ADDRESS OF WTELCOMF-JAMES ROLPH, JR., Mayor of San Francisco-
RESPONSE TO ADDRDSS OF WELCOME-
MEETING TURNED OVER TO VERNE WHITSON, VicePresident, Southern District.
HOW TO GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH OUT OF A TRADE ASSOCIATION.
REMODELING OF OLD HOUSES INTO NEW HOMES. Can a Lumber -Dealer build up his sales and profits by this methcd? Must we have the helo of the -Manufacturers' Associations in promoting this?
DEALER DISTRIBUTIoN
How does the attitude of the Lumber Manufacturers on dealer distribution compare with the manufacturers of roofing, cement and other lines?
Has a wholesaler or manufacturer who is selling lumbcr strictly-to Retail Yar-ds ary right to refuse to qu6te retail
_-_:_lt{*ltq wants to ship lqto aiother yard,s teriitory?
WHITE ANTS (TERMITES).
Hw can damage by termites be prevcnted?
DRY ROT
fforv -can dry rot be prevented?
APPOINTMENT oF RESoLUTTONS COMMITTEE.
NOON RECESS. Visit the EXHIBITS,in rmms adjoinins the COLONIAL BALL ROOM.. You will find thim w;tl worth seeing.
THURSDAY N9ON. NOVEMBER T5,T92S. LUNCHEON OF BOARD DIRECTORS.
THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 15. I92S.
R. F. WELLS, Vice.President, Northern District, presiding.
1:30 p. M.-ARE GRADES AND PRACfTCOS Or Si'W:rilLr,E b-ii: SOLETE?
Is it fair to the _cojsumer to sel him common, which is a mi:led srade of No. 1 and No. I when te i*peciJ to get No. 1?
Should the cargo sawmills separate their common grades strictly into No. 1 and No. 2, as dorie bv tte ,l;l ?riliJi
Is- grade.markilS oracticatle unless so iegregated?
After this is -done, would No. 3 have aiy -commercial value. or should it be bumed at the mills?- Would this method raise the average price of lumber to the mills?
Would. it im.pr_ove the retail selling price by eliminating variable grade?
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T{HE same trouble-proof construction, the same warp-prooffeatutes, I the same ardstrlt in craftsmanship that has distinguished the Laminex softwood door, may now be had in beautiful Philippine hardwood.
Philippine hardwood, generally known asP- hilippine. mahogany, is one of^ the finest cabinet woods in the world. These big trees produce lumber thar is wide, beautiful and straight. These qualities make it particularly adapted to Laminex construction, and when qo".t.r-r":*ed for vinicafgrain stiles and rails, shows a pronounced ribbon-figure.
Although Iaminex Philippine dogrs rival the finest hardwood doors, the-y are surprisingly ieasonable in price-well within the means of ihose building a modest home. They are used extensively in commercial buildings, hotels and apanments.
Your door sales will be "pepped uP" by featuring Iaminex Philippine hardwood doors, andie?ting your customefs' contntctors and ,lthit..ts know that you can supply their needs.
California industries interested in the preservation of wood have organized a committee known as the Termite Investigations Committee to wage war on the termite. This committee is backed by a $50,0@ fund raised by subscriptions from these industries..
A. A. Brown, California and Hawaii Sugar Refining Co. is chairman; W. H. Kirkbride, engineer of maintenance, way and structures for the Southern Pacific railroad, is vice-chairm,an, and J. Walter Kelly, sales manager of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, has been appointed secretary-treasurer. Headquarters are in the Matson Building, 215 Market St., San Francisco,
Mr. Kelly told a representative of this paper that the work of the committee will be absolutely impartial, and stressed the fact that they have nothing to sell.
"The principal work of the committee will be to find ways and means to combat the destruction by termites of buildings, railroad ties, telephone poles and other exposed wood.
The Advisory Council, from the University of California, is as follows: Prof. C. A. Kofoid, Prof. S. F. Light, Prof.. W._H.lQo-re, Prof. M. Randall, Prof. C. D. Lipman, Prof. E. O. Essig, Prof. E. C. Van Dyke, Prof. Eminuel Ffitz, Prof. C- W. Porter, Dean E. D. Merrill, and Dr. E. M. Ehrthorn. (Honolulu, T. H.)
The sub-committees chairmen are: Biology, Prof. C. A. Kofoid, University of California; Chemistry, Prof. Merle Randall, IJniversity of California; Protections and Tests,
DO YOU REALIZE THAT OUR LUMBER IS rooTo FIR AND THA.T WE LOAD A BOAT EVERY MOI{DAY FOR CALIFORNIA?
THIS IS OUR IDEA OF SERVICE!
C. E. Young, Pacific Gas & Electric Co.; Pole Lines, R. C. Barton, Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co.; Lumber Yards and Producers, A. C. Horner, National Lumber Mahufacturers' Association; Engineering and Specifications, Frank G. White, Chief Engineer, State Board of Harbor Commissioners; Historical and Service Records, Dr. W. H. Hampton, Standard Oil Co.; Finance, A. A. Building Departments and Railroad Structures, W. H. Kirkbride, Southern Pacific Co.; Agriculture, Pertaining to Rural Buildings and Structures, Dean E. D. Merrill, University of California; Publicity, Prof. S. F. Light, IJniversity of California.
Executive Committee: Advisory Council, Sub-committee Chairmen and the following: Col. J. W. Williams, Chief Engineer, 'Western Pacific Railroad Co.; F. D. Kinnie, Division Engineer, Santa Fe Railroad and J. Walter Kelly, Secretary-treasuref.
A. L. Pickens is field biologist, ahd the Southern California work will be in charge of Paul A. Harvey.
Among the contributors to the fund are the California and Hawaiian Sugar Refining Co., Matson Navigating Co., Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Southern Pacific Co., Santa Fe Railroad, State Harbor Commissioners, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co., Standard Oil Co., 'Western Pacific Railroad Co., Associated Oil Co., Shell Co. of California, Western Sugar Refining Co., Paraffine Companies, Inc., Dollar Steamship Line, Los Angeles Steamship Co., and Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.
A SOUTHERN HOME OF McCLOUD SHEVLIN PINE*
fhe new home of Mr. W. B. McEwen, of the McEwen Lumber Compdy, at High Point, North Carolina. Practically t'he entire millwork, including the interior, is McCloud Shevlin Pine. Mr. R. T. Cottam, of High Point, was the builder and supendsing architect, dd the Snow Lumber Company of that city furnished all the millwork.
*(California White Pine and Sugar Pine)
MILLS AIYD FACTORIES McCLOUD, CALIF.
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VESTERN SALES OFFICE:1o3oMONADNOCK BLDG., SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.
V. G. KAHMAN, Sales Mgr.
L. S. TURNBULL, Ass't Sdes Mgr.
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND ARIZONA REPRESENTATIVES: FLETCHER & FRAMBES RIVES.STRONG BLDG., LOS ANGELES, CALTF.
Quality and Service.
Un<iuestionably two of the worst abured words in the English language. They mean lo much that they have corne-dl too frequently-1o mlean notting at alt
What is the property of everyone, ir the pride of no one. Hot dog stands, bootleggerr, and great merchants share alike in their vested rights and titl€ to tfte exclusive possession and use of ttese two ubiquitoru worda.
True quality is impreosed upon the sensibiltiesnot brazenly proclaimed.
True senice is practiced and delivered as an obligation-not accompanied by hullabaloo. We cannot talk much about either without being dragged down on tte level with those who exercire a squat. ten'r cliaim, and shout "Quality and Senrice.tt
Oscar H Miller, manager of the Knox Lumber Co., Sacramento, announces that they are moving their office on November lst from the present location at Second and M Streets, where it has been since September 1886, to their yard at 2330 Front. The office will now be located in a building which was originally built for this purpose, and which has recehtly been remodeled.
The idea of quality, is conveyed through rugr gestion expressed'in manrnef,, and confirrned by action. The manner with which one bearg hfuruelf, his conduct, the outstanding characterirtics which the world seer, establishes his quality in the minds of thoee with whom he comer in contact.
His place of businesr, its appearance, its atrnosphere, speaks imprescively of its quality.
And his rervic+which may be interpreted in countless thousands of ways-is that intangible and rmcharted dynamic thing that makes yoru goods worth selfing, and worth buving.
So, when you speak of yow guality and renvice, remember that the vegetable huckster and the old clothec rnan are saying the same thing-and differentiate.
Russell D. Baker, recently associated with the Finkbine-Guild Lumber Co. at Rockford, and formerly at that company's head office at Des Moines, Iowa, resigned his position with this concern when they sold their properties to the Southern Redwood Co., and is now with the Redwood Sales Co., San Francisco.
oori_ng you are assured of the very finest that has ever been, or ever wiil be produced. Our geographical location, the modern machinery in our mill, and the type of men who make our fooring, all go to make this statemenlpoq"&le. "Robbins" Maple and Birch Flooring is the best.
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C. J. LAUGHLIN
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Northern Californie: GEORGE C," CORNITIUS Merchantr Exchangc Btdgo San Francirco
The pledge of QUALITY behind El Rey Roofing Prcducts is not just a campaign slogan-but an actual fact, which is proven by the high regard which the trade has for the line. El Rey QUALITY is unguestioned.
Added to the high standing of the line, the co'operation and backing given by the Company makes it profitable for any dealer or roofing contractor to handle El Rey products. Advertising, sales helps and other aSsistance afe included in the Company's prograrn to Promote sales by the deder.
Ask the nearest El Rey representative to explain our quality, service and prices.
President Jo Shepard made an earnest appeal to all lumbermen, members and non-members alike to attend the annual convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association to be held at San Francisco, November 15, 16 and 17, in his opening remarks at the regular monthly meeting of the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club, held at the Hotel Senator, Sacramento. October 20.
The president outlined a number of the important subjects which are to be discussed at the convention, and on a motion by I. E. Brink, Diamond Match Co., appointed a representative committee to meet and discuss these various subjects, and select a spokesman who will be the special representative of the club at the state convention. ^ Mr. Shepa_rd introduced S. J. Hauge, secretary of the Sacramento Lumbermen's Credlit Burelu.
Short talks on lumber conditions were given by I. E. lrink, The Diamond Match Co., C. G. Corkran, Owen9regotlumber Co., H. C. Clark, Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.; P. T, no{e, Auburn Lumber Co.; E. S. McBride, Davis Lumber Co., and C. A. Minard, Cutter Mill & Lumber Co.
C. D. LeMaster ulged the members to give him the fullest-cooperation. T-his-, he-said, would g;' a long way towards solving many of their problems.
It was anhounced that the attendance prize, which has peel qgclmulating will be g3! at next meeting, whicn *ifi be held December 15, the November meetin[ being can_ oelled to allow members to attend the state cdnventi-on.
_ The attendance included the following: E. S. McBride, Davis Lumber Co., Davis; J. B. H'azeltoln, Harefton I_uml P.tt 9g', pr[nd: J. 4r Holmes, woodland r-u-l.r Co., Woodland ; E. T. Robie. Auburn Lumber Co., Auburn j ! p.n{n\, Diamond Match Co., Chico; J. H: St.p"rai Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento; O. H. trt'iifer, l{.nox Lumber Co., Sacramehto; C. G. Corkran, Owen_Ore_ gon Lumter_Co., Sacramento; W. B. Dearborn, Loomis Lumber Co., Loomis i IJ: A: _Pejley, Friend A f"iry i"r"- ber Co., Sacramento; H. M. Isenhower, HotmeriEureka ! umber Co., Sacramento; H. M. Derr, J.'M. Derr Lumber Co., Elk_Grove; C. H.{errill, Hill &-Morton, Inc., Sacramen_to; F. N. Bentoh, The Diamond Match Co., Sacramen_ t"; _8.. C. Clark, Booth-Kelly Lumber Co., Saciamenio; C. A Minard, Culter Mill & Lumber Co., Saeramento; S. i. lla-uge,_Slcnamento Lumbermen's Credit Bureau; .fu. fr. B_aker, Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento; i. D. Le_ Master, The Axiom, and W. T. Black, The California-Lumber Merchant.
Who can over-estimate the value of Good Will?
And who is there on earth to whom good will is worth more than to the Lumber Merchant?
It is the firm and sure rock upon which can be built a business structure of which it might be truthfully said: "And the gates of Hell shall not prevail against it."
Consider it !
ff a retail lumberman has so deported. himself and impressed himself upon his community that his towr\speople love him as a neighbof, respect him as a citizen, appreciate him asla skillful merch4nt of building things; if they are impressed with his business wisdom, and believe firmly in his business integrity; in their minds he is the fellow they instinctively thin& of when they think BUILDING; then who on earth caq get this man's business away from him?
No one, of 'course.
Then, undoubtedly, the building of good will should be the biggest part of the business of the Lurnber Merchant. He must sell himself, his business, hisrintegrity, his usefulness, with every sale from a two by four to a hotel-to those whom he would serve, and when he has done so they witl be delighted to have him sqrve them.
A man who has a thousand friends, a thousand people who believe in him andltrust him, has a thousand people to whorn he can sell to better advantage tharq anyone else.
B M-. Davis, of the Section of Specifications and Grades of the Forest Products Laboratorv at Madison 'W'iscnnsin Madison, Wisconsin. or rne Jtorest rroducts Laboratory at Madrson, wisconsin, has finished an extensivg study of-Arizona Pine. He chose the mill of the Arizona Lumber & Timber Company at Me Flagstaff, At'iz., as Mexico tvoe of Pir ur Lrrc ^rtzurr.i. Lurrluer oa rlmDer \-ompany t, Afiz., as representative of the Arizona-l{ew type Pinus Ponderosa.
That was the close of 26 weeks of field work in the west. coverhrg the_Northwes! the lnland Empire, California, and Arizona-New Mexilo. The project involved an intensive study of boards- as to knots and other defects. in both kiln dried and air dried stock, and will be used in'determining standardization of grades.
When you purchase lath and lumber At a modern building store, You will get the things you ask for And a little something more. Not alone the cold transaction Is the modern dealer's aim, Thru each contract flows a something Which no one can really name.
Well-pleased customers will tell you Of his shingles, shakes, and nails, They'll assure you that his service Is the kind which seldom fails. With delight they sing the praises Of the sunny building store, Where the merchant sells his products With a little something more.
It may be a word of greeting, Or a warm and pleasant smile, It may be the moments taken Just to sit and chat a while; It may be advice well given, Or the "good bye" at the door, But you feel the golden presence Of that little something more.
Now, it means no special effort. Costs no money, brings no pain, But the customer who feels it Will be glad to come again; With delight he'll tell his neighbors Of the friendly, human store, Where you get the things you'ask for And that little something more.
Adeline M.Conner.
Members of the Central California Lumbermen's Club went on record as being in favor of segregation of all grades of common lumber, at their monthly meeting held in Stockton. October 13.
Charles G. Bird brought up for discussion the subject of dealer distribution, and this matter will be the principal subject to be discussed at the next meeting of the club on November 10. '
Ed T. McGonigle, pioneer lumberrnan of Flagstafi, Arizona, is at present candidate for the Arizona Legislature from that district. He started in the lumber business at Flagstaff in 1888, and operated mills at that pc int and Riordan for manv vears.
Robert I. Koch has resigned his position as outside superintendent for the Arizona Lumber & Timber Company, at Flagstaff, Arizona, and moved to Phoenix, where he has entered the commission lumber busirress under the firm name of Rotrerd I. Koch & Company. He has offices in the Security Building.
Years ago he was in the commission lumber business at Phoenix in partnership with Jack Johnson.
-T'Uf, texture and pattern of "Perfection" Brand Oak I Flooring make possible a finish that is seldom found on any other flooring. You can depend upon "Perfection." In modern ptants operated by skilled lumbermen, only the finest oak is selected. After proper seasoning and kiln-drying, it is perfectly milled and matched so that it lays smooth and itays smooth. It is graded and handled so carefully that upon arrival anywhere, it is always in perfect condition. Leading lumber dealers gladly feature this nationally advertised brand.
ARKANSAS OAK FLOORING CO., prNE BLUFF, ARK.
"Perfection" Brand Oak Flooring, Blocks and Plankr, may be obtained chemically treated by lhe.*CELLizing proce9s,
There's a size and gradc for eztery structure, nevl or old. Write today for full particulars.
Just read a letter from a retail lumber friend of mine, busrness just to stand on the corner and wait until folks written in most serious vein, and digging into a subject come in, you are quite mistaken. If you think they are not that is certainly heavily laden with direct interest to going direct to your customers and your prospective cusEVERY retail lumberman. It is from C. W. Vaughan, tomers, showing them what they have to offer in the line Manager of The Kiowa Lumber Company, of Shawnee, of SERVICE, then you are doubly wrong. Oklahoma, and the crux of his queries is this: Everywhere these mail order stores go, they are going ..About the time we figure out some way to meet the to merchandise, -intensively, aggressively, intelligently. mail order competition effectively and make some mone, "StaY at home and wait for the customer or the contractor ourselves, here they come right into our community with to come and buy-methods" are not to be found in their their stores, and, as r understand it, they are planning an sales programs. That isn't the way they built their-busiactive house-to-house campaign in each locality in oider ness' on the contrary it was people who did business to find market for their products, and now some Chicago that way that'made the mail order folks rich and powerful. concern in the furniture business comes in offering to build Just what these great chains of mail order stores are a home and furnish it and sell it on small down -asy pay- going to mean to the retail lumber industry will become ments. It appears to me that there is no place in the re-
apparent very shortly' we won't be kept in the dark long. tail lumber industry for a lazy man. We have got to wake But we can be perfectly certain that there are to be new up and see what is going on around us. I wish you would and serious developments in retail merchandising. T write me at length, and tell me some of the other new and building industry is going to feel the new competition in revolutionary competition that we are going to be facing, every state the new mail order stores enter' rnstead of and what kind of a lunrberman do you think will be able selling buildings by catalogue, they will be sold man tc to survive? Truln this will be appreciated." man' from plans and pictrlres and sales quotations' They
r am not going to try to answer this rumberman,s ques-
tions with regard to nelv cornpetition with any degree of not raw materials. And their competition will be Hell. fullness at this time. l'he way things trook we will be Don,t doubt it. busy from now on discussing these new forms of corapetition that have suddenly appeared on the horizon, because
Years ago mail order competition by catalogue had more they are black competitive clouds such as we never saw to do with improving retail lumber merchandising methods before, and the retail lumber business has got to do what than any other one thing' The retail lumber industry imMr. vaughan is doing-face the situation and decide how proved its merchandising because mail order competition to best meet it. forced the issue. The plan books and plan service and
But you can depend upon it that there wiu be considerabrr
less room in the lumber business f.or lazy men, with.every looming large, may be the means of a further awakening. day that passes. There will be constantly diminishing That an old timey lumber yard will not be able to compete room in the lumber business for the good old "wood yard with a progressive local building store, goes without aigumen." The towns where the lumiber dealeis do not act- ment. ively merchandise their goods, keep in touch with the build- The lumber industry has not viewed with justifiable coning prospects, create business by helping their trade to cern the chain store idea of the mail order houses. But build in newer and interesting ways, and corral the build- in days to come we will probably look back upon this per- ing dollars by intelligence and activity,-those sort of iod as one of the most memorable times in retail lumber places are going to be easy picking for the mail order history. And we will have to solve the problems as they stores. develop.
Of COURSE these mail order stores are going to do "What kind of a lumberman will survive," Mr. Vaughan? house to house canvassing. They are going to learn all Oh, many kinds will survive. But the only kind that will about their sales. prospects by direct contact.-just as the succeed will be the hustling, thinking, working, merchanretailer should have been doing long ago. If you think dising lumberman, who meets the mail order man at his these great new chains of mail order stores are going into own game.
Mark D. Campbell, sales manager of the rail department of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., Portland, left on October 1 for his annual trip to the Middie West, Atlan, tic Coast and Southwest territories. He expects to be away about seven weeks.
Mr. Campbell will confer with the managers of the Philadelphia and Nerv York offices, and will visit all of the company's representatives in the territories named.
H. G. Conro, his assistant, will handle his rvork in his absence.
The Tilden Lumber & Mill Co., Qakland, announce that they have sold their Salinas yard to the Salinas Lumber Co.,, and their Morgan Hill yard to the Morgan Hill Lumber Co.
MATHENY BROS. MAKE IMPROVEMENT
, Matheny Bros. Lumber Co., Lodi. are constructing a new shed and office building which will make their y-rd one of the best in town.
C. E. WILLIAMS BUILDS YARD AT WILMAR
/ C. E. Williamsi has completed construction on a new yard y' at Wilmar, Cal. on Valley Blvd. A. O. Dickens, who has been with Mr. Williams at,his Azusa yard for some time is in charge of the new yard .which ii well equipped to handle the Valley Blvd. territory.
WHOT-F'SAIE LUMBER
FIR and REDWOOD
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SALES AGENTS FOR
CO.
CRANNELL, HUMBOLDT CO.
OPERATING STEAMERS:
W. R. Chamberlin Jr.
Stanwood
Phytlis Barbara C
Yellorvctone
OFFICES: Head Officc 618 Mateon Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO
LOS ANGELES
2E2 Chamber of Cornmcrce Bldg.
PORTLAND-Pacific Blds. '-
SEATTLE-66{I Whita Blds.
William G. Mugan, Secretary and Treasurer of the Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Compaiy, San Francisco, is spend- ing two or three weeks in Sbuthern California. 'He is accompanied by his family.
__-Misses Jo Morgan and Grace Reidenbaugh of E. K. Wood Lumber Company, Los Angeles, have riturned from a three weeks vacation spent in Vancouver and Seattle.
w. w. A. arrived in
P_ickering, Pickering Lumber Co., Kansas City, San Francisco October 10, for a week's visit.
DRY HEMLOCK USED ON WILLYS-OVERLAND NEW FACTORY
Approximately 50O,000 feet of No. I Common air dried West Coast hemlock was used as roof sheathing on the Willl's-Overland Company's new factory at Los Angeles.
Harrison Enlow, Manager of the Hammond Lumber Company's yard at Watsonville, Cal., has been elected a member of the board of directors of the Watsonville Y. M. C. A. Mr. Enlow will filI the vacancy on the board left b-r' the death of William J. Wedlake. -
BROWN'S SUPERCEDAR closet-lining businesg is GOOD.
Have you foreseen thia great demand with a stock or have you ben left at the post? Put in a etock of BROWN'S SUPERCEDAR closet-lining and
PROTECT YOUR CUSTOMERS WITH MOTH INSURANCE.
The increased popularity of swimming during the past few years has resulted in the construction of numerous outdoor pools, as well as indoor plunges, for both public and private use. In a large percentage of this constuction, Monolith Plastic Vaterproof Portland Cement has been used and is giving complete satisfaction.
The waterproof qualities of Monolith are ground into the product during the process of manufactuls-i1 requires the addition of no other ingredients in mixing -and insures an even disffibution of the waterproofing on the job.
To assist builders, we have prepared a standard blue print and specifications for the construction of swimming pools, using Monolith Waterproof Portland Cement. Write or phone for this information.
Harry Stockird, known to Valley lumbermen as the former host of the Hotels Fresno and Californian, invites lumbermen to make the Plaza Hotel, San Francisco, their stamping ground rvhen attending the convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, November 15, 1.6 and 17.
The Plaza Hotel is situated on lJnion Square, just one block from convention headquarters.
Mr. Stockird, by reason of his location at Fresno for a number of years, is probably better known to lumbermen and lumber salesmen than any other hotel man in California.
Outright purchase of Coos Bay Lumber Company by Pierce, Fair and Company, San Francisco investment bank€rs, for a cash price of $6,375,700, was completed Oct. 22.
News of the acquisition by.Pierce, Fair and Co. of control of the lumber company from the five trustees appointed following default of the Pacific States Lumber Company bonds in April last year was hailed with great satisfaction by former bondholders.
The company owns approximately 6,500,000,00O feet of timber, and with its logging operations, mills, railroads, steamship lines and distributing yards comprises a complete lumber operation.
MacDonald & Harrington, San Francisco, well-known rvholesalers of lumber and box shooks, announce that they have been appointed representatives for Northern California of C. D. Johnson Lumber Co., Toledo, Oregon, for rail shipments of straight or mixed cars of Old Growth Yellow Fir and Sitka Spruce, specializing in Finish and worked uppers.
C. D. Johnson Lumber Company's stock is recognized as being second to none for grade and manufacture.
Walter Putnam, Building Inspector at Pasadena, was re-elected president, H. E. Plummer, Chief Inspector of Buildings, Portland, Ore., was elected vice-president, and J. E. Mackie was re-elected secretary-treasurer at the seventh annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Conference held at Hotel Fresno, Fresno, October 16 to 19.
All the sessions were well attended, and were marked by the earnest manner in which Uniform Building Code matters were discussed, and the strict attention paid to the many interesting papers which were read.
Secretary J. E. Mackie, reported that a total of 31 cities had now adopted the Pacific Ooast Uniform Buildirng Code.
A. C. Horner, manager of the Western Division of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association read a paper on "Burning Out Tests," which was prepared by S. H. Ingberg of the U. S. Bureau of Standards.
Chester J. Hogue, technical expert of the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association, gave an address on the subject of "Lumber Grades and Corresponding Stress Values."
Prof. S. F. Light, University of California, spoke on "Termite Control Survey."
Arthur Bevan, secretary-manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, Seattle; Reuben W. Smith, National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, San Francisco; Earl Bowe, National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Los Angeles, and Wm. D. Smith, National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, Portland, also attended the meeting.
All the visitors were taken on a sight-seeing tour on Friday, which included visits to the plant of the Sugar Pine Lumber Co. at Pinedale, and plant No. 4 of the SunMaid Raisin Co.
J. R. (Bert) Neylan, sales agent for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company at San Frahcisco, returned October 13 from a visit to the company's headquarters at Eugene, Ore., the sawmills at Springfield and Wendling, and the sales office at Portland.
Mr. Neylan left San Francisco October 5 and arrived in Eugene in time to attend the football game between Stanford and University of Oregon.
(l)-Here bright, selected Calilonio White and, Sugar Pine are receiued in cqrload.s, direct tromthemills...caref*lly stored under coaer, safe from ueath* and d.irt
(2)-From the stolage shetls, seasoned lumber goes to the cutting de,artftent, ukerc it is cut into standard lengths and uidths. Knots and fault! rieces are rejected; onlg ferfect boards being passed
(l)-Then oe conoelors to nachines uhich surface all sides, absolute- l! true and square, doing the uorb mony ?imes faster than it coulil be done by hanil
COWAN'S STANDARDIZED BUILT-IN CABINETS _ AS UNIFORM AND PER. FECT AS THE FINEST LIVING ROOM FURNITURE-CAN BE DELIVERED TO THE BUILDER FOR. THE PRICE OF ORDINARY CARPENTER.BUILT KITCHEN THINGS, GIVING HIM SUCH QUALITY AS CAN BE HAD IN NO OTHER WAY, AND LEAVING THE DEALER A SPLEN. DID MARGIN OF PROFIT.
(l\-Nert, the finisheil board,s go to a speciat mchine that trimi, t* ons and dadoes im oneo,entioft...iloitgthe uorb of sir to eighteen ordiwy machites
WE MAKE A BUILT.IN DISPLAY ES. PECIALLY FOR LUMBER DEALERS. WRITE FOR PARTICULARS, PRICES, AND CATALOGUE. WE'LL SEND 'EM.
(S)-Then to the sa*iler...amachinethatDolishes the boards as tihct go or)er o seies of roiidlg reoolvino cylind*s, To sand bg hanii, ott thc job, is nch a sloan process thtt ;t rateh is done thoroughlg, -axl ofteu not at all MEMBER
(C)-From this lo;rt on, sPecial operations, essential to lsfect frt ancl tight joints, ore d,one ooer aluminum latterns and tefrplates tkat insure positiae unitormitg
(7)-Ir the rorfieg ott of lrmi*g Boerd fambs, d tefrPlote is used on this rehine as o guide for the rcxter.bit, which occouflts tor the accur. acy and *niformitg of each part
(12)-And fitally, ofter carelut rnspechor, ofrto\ the.,truc.h to the iob; of,. rf tne destrnatron $ &tside of Los Angeles, thc. cabinet is carefulh crated for safe ihipment
(tl\-Eslecialb equi?. Pecl benckes enable erPerts to assemble each cabinet quichly and to eract sPecifcations, after which they are remoaed to stoch room. uhere hundreds of comPleted cabinets are hept ready f or immediate delivery
(lo)-Then this frnished material goes to storage bins, uhere reserue Parts are helt for Nery st6ndard cabinet, from uhich mony cabinets ca* be immediately assembled
(0)-Hanluootl ilruels are d.rioe* bg a dmeldriving ruhine, uhich d.oes this uorh wrg tines fast* than it could be dne b! hail
(t)-Holes to receiTte' dmels are drilleil a a mutt;Ple sPinille boringl machine that uill mahe one hole or seaen al a time uith absol*tc unif ormity
Since 1888 Pioneer Paper Compmy, fnc., has made steady, consistent progress in its methods in its policies and in its produc*.
This high award of honor covers the complete line of Pioneer Products. Super Quality Roofings, Yosemite Rock Surfaced Shingles, Building and fnsulating Papers and allied products.
Elarry T. Kendall, sales manager of the Central Coal & Coke Co., Kansas City, arrived in San Francisco, October 18 from Portland, and left October 20 f.or his Kansas City headquarters.
Mr. Kendall conferred with A. J. "Gus" Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Co., the company's exclusive rail representatives in California and Arizona, and with Mrs. Kendall, who accompanied him on the trip, attended the CaliforniaU. S. C. football game on Saturday, October 20:
A. C. Horner, manager of the Western Division of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, San Francisco, will leave on November 7 on an eastern tour which will keep him away from his headquarters until late in December.
Mr. Horner is scheduled to speak at the University of Nevada, and the IJniversity of Utah, and will also address
John Olson, Los Angeles, District Manager for the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., has returned from a trip to Arizona. He reports that conditions in the Arizona territory are very satisfactory. During the first of the month, Mr. Olson made a two weeks'trip to the Northwest, where he visited the company's mill operations at Port Ludlow and Port Gamble, Washington, and St. Helens, Oregon.
Major A. W. Bird, D.S.C., M.C., Assistant Managing Director of Millars' Timber and Trading Company, Ltd., London, recently spent two weeks in Los Angeles, making his headquarters at his company's offices at 910 Central Building. Major Bird is on a tour around the world inspecting Millars' Timber and Trading Company holdings in the United States, China, Japan, the Philippine Islands, Australia, India and South Africa.
a meeting of architects, engineers and city officials on Building Code requirements at Salt Lake City. From .GOLF FEUD SETTLED AFTER THIRD MATCH there he will go to Chicago to attend.a sgiel of trade n/11t, Ted Lawrence and Cliff Berstrom versus Max Lan- extension meetings, and meetings of the Central Com- - dram and ,,Bunn,' Sailor golf classic has finally been set- mittee on Lumber Standards.
He. arso.expecrs to- r" p....nt at the.annuar m-eeting or ilil ?tSJ
the American Petroleum Institute, and to spe-ak_on. the 19 holes; Landrrim and Sailor winning one up. The sec- su-hject of the proposed standard-s. for wood derricks, ond melee took place at the California"Golf Ciub and was which are to be submitted to the oil industry at that time. .nothe, tiair-i"iJ., ."airg-";-ih;."1;J;;*;";;*il*
DoN CLARK \tls'rrs sAN FRANcIsco lJergstrom and La*'rence as the *ictors' (It is rumored
Donald H. clark,. -"n"g., of Starks Stained Shingres, il$ ?H-fr-?.",i1,,n?J"fui?lt&.tlXHj:'":lilJlTt] ;It: Inc., Seattle, arrived in San Francisco, October 18 on a ;h;;t b;ri;.'r" lrip. -q" i.po,!, increasi-ng interest on the lJ"Jt"tTJiil'$i[n'ilt"*"ffi:"""*lfo;:::['"":Ttsosl part of the retail dealers in the sale of stained shingles. phillips. It di. T;4k.d"),, 1'u}ifi th; i;; score, oi-.-_,
FLoyD garnD RETURNS FRoM HUNT well' anyway'n" n"o:t to*"t*
Floyd. Baird,. F; L. Baird Lumbgr .C":: Redwood .City, NE"'T ISAACS GETS A DEER returned recently lrom a nuntlng tfrp ln tne K-eowooq emp;r.. H" *". 'accompanied b! his wifeand daughter. Newton (Newt) rsaacs, Corning Lumber Co., recentlyhi, "orr., Floyd Jr. and Ernest, took ltod ""r" o-f th. spent a week on a hunting !r1p in the northern part -of business in hiJ ablence. the state, as one of a party of four. Each was successful in getting a deer.
Cliff Kelly, Gilroy Lumber Co., completed a vacation spent in the Northwest, on which he was accompanied by his wife and son, by going on a hunting trip in the Gilroy vicinity. He bagged two deer.
Charlie Moorhead, Irwin Lumber Co., Escalon, recently spent a week in bed due to an injured knee sustained on a hunting trip in Modoc County, but is now back to work.
Teleeraph and Telephone Poles Lumber - Ptling
Creosoted Wood Block Floorc
WE OPERATE OUR OWN BOATS. WE MAINTAIN OUR OWN WHARVES AND DISTRI. BUTING PLANT AT LONG BEACH.
Which Meanr Absolute Senvice and Setidaction.
President J. p. (Ted) Higgins presided at the regular meeting of the San Francisco Hoo Hoo Club held ai the Palace Hotel, October 11,
I
rL was vv. tI.. unamDerlrn lJav. took charge of the meeting, calii of calling on several of those p_les_el1t for short talks. These included Harry Gaetjen, W. M. Beebe. H. I. DeVries. Eddie Tietien. Rrsiell Gheen
It was W. Chamberlin Day, and Eddie Peggs who
9.J!., H. J. DeVries, Tietjen, Russell Gheen, H. J. McPhee and G. W. Fraser.
Russell Gheen told members about the success of the recent golf tournament. Eddie Tietjen entertained the gathering with a vivid description oi some of the new football plays being developed -by Stanford. G. W. Fraser described the Hoo Hoo picnic as the most successful that had been held in recent years, and proved it by figures.
_ H. J: McPhee, manager of the American' Stivedorine Co., talked on the new San Francisco lumber terminaf which h_e_ hoped will be completed inside of a year from now. Work on the rebuilding of the l6th Street dock which will be used as the terminal, is expected to start soon, he said.
.C. C. Stibich-provided the musical part of the program with a couple of numbers on the Diano.-
Paql Overend, field representative of the California Re- tail Lumbermen's Association, returned to San Francisco October ?-O f.rom a trip to Los Angeles. Ffe also attended the annual meeting of the Pacific eoast Building Officials; Lonlerence at -trresno.
. T!. Los A-ngeles IIoo Hoo Club held their regular luncheon on Thursday, October 18, at the CommJrcial Club, Los Angeles. President Harry Hanson presided. Short talks were made by Ken Smith,-John Truyens, Clifi Estes and Luren Foster.
Max Landram, the new chairman of the golf committee. announced that the next tournament will be held at the Riviera Country Club, November 9.
The next luncheon will be held on Thursday, November 1. _Clitr lferd, assistant football coach at thl University of Southern California, will be the speaker of the day.
Chas. G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton, is back at his desk after a trip to Kansas City, Mo., where he at- tjnded a- -meeting of the Hoo Hoo Supreme Nine on October 20, 2l and 22. Mr. Bird is Custocatian on the Supreme Nine. He states that the Supreme Nine will hold their next meeting at Chicago during the month of December.
The Peninsula Hoo Hoo and Lumbermen's Club met at Palo Alto on Monday evening, October 29. Dr. Walter Morrill was the speaker, his subject being ,,Mussolini and the New Fascistic State." Dr. Morrill foimerly resided in Italy, where he was instructor of English to the Italian Army.
Wholesalers
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The age in which we live has been called the "Age of the Machine," users of the phrase pointing to the thousands of mechanical devices subject to the will of Man, both in peace and in war. A very interesting and instructive comparison has been made between the huge cemeqt kiln of the Monolith Portland Midwest Company at Laramie, Wyoming, and one of Uncle Sam's powerful 10 inch Pacific Defense guns, which follows.
"The massive rotary kiln is 341 feet long, from l0 to 11 feet in diameter, weighs nearly 1000 tons, and accepts a load of 300,000 pounds. The gun is much smaller in every way, in length, in diameter, in weight and in load,-yet should man, the master, direct the weapon at the kiln, the smaller machine would blow the larger one in all directions so far that many parts of it could never be found.
"On the other hand, were the gun to be placed inside the maw of the monster kiln, in a few minutes what was a terrible engine of power would be reduced to a mass of liquid perhaps not even metal. For this peace-time machine, under its extremes of 300 degrees fahrenheit temperature, changes the very elements themselves.
"A blast from either one is hot enough, the difference being that the heat of th-e one stays within and that of the other is used to propel projectiles several miles away, there to destroy whatever it may strike. Both machines are perfectly harmless, and perfectly useless also, except as.man directs. But when he gives the word, the gun rocks the earth itself, and the giant kiln turns out material to build houses, roads, bridges and many other things.
"So it would appear that man, for peace and for war, has produced two great machines, similar in many ways, yet different in nature, that under certain given circumstances, could each destroy the other. And the greatest point of similarity is that big guns of the United States have never yet been put to use but in defense of hrtmanlty, and never will, just as the kiln is only used to make a product to make man happier."
Much has been said about the tree planting of the Redwood industry in California, where 30 young trees are planted for every tree that is commercially cut, and where at least ten of these young'trees, it is believed, rvill survive and grow into timber trees.
And the Pine regions of California are also entitled to great credit for their reforestation efforts. These efforts are carried along on different lines than in the Redwood regions, due to the entirely different problem to be solved.
The rapid change from donkey engine to tractor logging is one of the things that is helping reforestation in the Pine areas of California; and this is backed up by determined and intelligent efforts of the manufacturers to grow a new crop. Just how this is being done is tersely and interestingly told by Mr. S. R. Black. This statement was written by Mr. Black and furnished The California Lumber Merchant by The California White & Sugar Pine Association. It is as follows:
Second growth on cutover lands or reforestation in the pine region of California is largely a matter of natural
In general it may be said that where a considerable amount of young growth is left standing after logging, the land will in time be covered by a second crop of timber.
Where tractor logging is in use a large percentage of the young growth existing upon the ground at the time of logging is preserved. In donkey logging the greater the amount of large timber left during logging the greater is the protection of young growth upon the ground. Following is a summary of the methods of logging and general effect upon reforestation of cutover lands of the larger logging operations in the State of California.
In northern California and on the so-called Eastside types tractor logging is now used almost 'exclusively. Donkey logging is confined to the rough mountains Westside Sierra region.
The McCloud River Lumber Company is using tractors, and in general is leaving uncut all fir timber. The LongBell Lumber Company is using tractors and is cutting nothing under eighteen inches in diameter, and has announced its purpose of so logging that its lands will al-
"The new togging power that is d,oing much to het\ the manufocturers i,nsure future forests for California." rcgeneration on both federally owned and private lands. Logging on National Forest lands is conducted with the definite objective of securing a second crop of timber of the species of greatest present value, even to the extent of sacrificing immediate returns in the way of income from the lands logged. Logging on privately owned lands is conducted primarily with the objective of securing profits from the operations of the company owning and cutting the timber.
Neither the federal g'overnment nor private owners are planting trees on cutover pine lands on any commercial scale. Natural reforestation on cutover lands is obtained from re-seeding of the areas from adjoining uncut timber, from seed trees left standing after logging, from seed left on the ground that sprouts after logging, and from the growth of small trees left uninjured during logging. The amount of reproduction secured depends..upon the character of original timber stand, soil, climate and method of logging which is carried on. Other things being equal, and granted that the cutover lands are given protection from fire, the amount of reforestation following logging depends upon the amount of young and old trees left standing after logging and upon the amount of seed scattered upon the area from timber adjoining the area.
ways be productive of timber. The Fruit Growers Sup- ply Company of Susanville is working upon a sustained yield basis for its own lands in connection with a similar operation of National Forest lands. It cuts no pine under sixteen inches in diameter, and logs with tractors. The Lassen Lumber and Box Company is operating largely upon National Forest land, and is using tractors upon its own land. The Red River Lumber Company is using tractors only, in its logging and in addition to srnall pine is leaving a very large percentage of all fir on its lands.
The Clover Valley Lumber Company is logging only with tractors, and operates largely upon National Forest lands. The Davies Johnson Lumber Company uses tractors only and operates partly upon National Forest land. The Hobart Estate Company is using tractors, and in the past where it has been using donkeys has a fair stand of second growth timber. The Feather River Lumber Company is using tractors and logs largely upon federal land.
The Quincy Lumber Company is using tractors, as is the Spanish Peak Lumber Company which is definitely operating upon a sustained yield basis, that includes its private as well as National Forest timber lands. The California Fruit Exchange is securing about half of its
production with tractors, and where donkeys are used, has preserved a fair percentage. of the natural second growth timber on its lands.
The Diainond Match Company is securing about half of its logs by means of tractors, and half by donkeys. The Company cuts nothing under twenty inches in diameter, and is endeavoring to preserve small trees from damage while logging. The Swayne Lumber Company operates largely upon federal land, uses donkey engines and on its orvn land cuts very little fir, which results in .leaving a large amount of tree growth upon its cut-over 'lands.
The Michigan-California Lumber Company has definitely announced its policy of operating upon a sustained yield basis. The Company uses donkey engines, but leaves nearly all fir standing, and cuts no pine or other timber under about eighteen inches in diameter. The cutover lands are left in splendid shape from the standpoint of the probability of the production of new crops of timber. The California Door Company operates in a similar type of timber, .uses donkey engines of greater power than those of the Michigan-California Lumber Company, but as the company leaves most of its fir and cedar timber standing, the majority of its cutover lands carry a good stand of timber as a nucleus of a ne$' crop.
The Pickering Lumber Company operating two sawmills in the sugar pine district, cuts nothing under about twent)' inches. fells snags as a fire prevention precaution, operates largely with donkeys, has a few tractors and is leaving the bulk of its cutover lands in very good shape from the standpoint of ability to produce new crops of timber. The Madera Lumber Company is logging almost entirely on National Forest land and operates largely with donkey engines. The Sugar Pine Lumber Company uses donkey engines and is securing about ninety per cent of its production from National Forest lands. On its private lands some young timber is saved from injury during logging, with the result that its private lands are nor,v left in much better condition than in the past.
There are a number of small mills in operation in the state that are not mentioned above. Some of them are logging with horses, some with tractors and a few with donkey engines. Many of them are cutting only National Forest timber. In general most of their operations are so small that the total acreag'e cutover is nearly negligible, and in many cases re-seeding of the area cutover each year can take place from adjoining uncut timber.
The total annual production of the companies mentioned above in 1927 was one billion board feet, out of a total cut for the pine region of the state of 1,100,000,000 board feet. Of the total cut of the mills mentioned about twothirds is now logged by means of tractors, a method rvhich as previously stated results in very little damage to young unmerchantable timber, and consequently satisfactory reproduction is obtained on such areas. The remaining one-third of the total production is logged by means of donkeys. One-half of all donkey logging is now on National Forest land where the logging is definitely planned with the object of securing satisfactory reforestation.
Practically all private and federal cutover lands in California are protected from fire and this factor is perhaps the 'most important of all in so far as the success of reforestation in the pine region is concerned. Where young trees are left standing after logging and where the areas are protected and escape fire damage a new crop of timber is assured.
As indicated by the above description of logging methods, company by company, the great bulk of all cutover land is now being left with a fair covering of young timber, which is being protected from fire.
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We operate one of the biggest and most eficient millwork plants in the whole country, and manufacture everything from stock doors to radio and automobile equipment, from Western softwoods and the cabinet woods of all the world.
For stock or epecial trim, doors, windows, sash, screens, mouldings, panels, veneenr, etc., our products are marvels of quality, and our service is of the radio sort.
A new minister had come to take charge of the flock of the Pilgrim Center Colored Baptist Church. The morning of his first app€arance, the Chairman of the Board of Deacons rose and said:
"Deacon Jones, youse de mos's prolifick speaker in dishere congregashun. Dey's plenty ob mean niggahs in dis chu'ch, an' plenty ob trouble ahead fo' de new Pahson. Ah suggests you gits up an' leads we all in pra'r fer de success ob de new prechah."
So Deacon Jones knelt, and prayed:
Russell T. Gheen, C. D. Johnson Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned October 19 from a Northwest trip, during which he spent two days at the company's mill at Toledo, Ore., and ohe day at the head office in Portland.
"Oh, Lawd! Bless Bruddah Srnith! Give him de eye ob an eagle so he may see sin afah; Gib him de mout' ob a trumpit dat his voice may be hea'd to de ends ob de yerth; 'luminate his brory wid .de light ob Heaven dat will make de fiah's ob Hell look lak a tallow candle; nail his hands to de plow ob salvation an' keep his feet in de straight furrow what leads to de shade at de end ob de row; glue his eah to de gospel telephone an' conneck him wid de central skies; anoint him all oveh wi.d de oil ob dy salvation, an' set him afiah, Lawd, set him afiah !"
T. J. Seufert & Sons have started a retail lumber business at Redwood City. The yard is located at the corner of Spruce and Shasta streets. Mr. Seufert was formerly in the manufacturing business at Eugene, Ore., and -ot. ,"cently in the retail business in that city.
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Consideration of the proposal of a large number of California lumber dealers to purchase straight grades of common lumber, and further discussion and recommendation of moisture content specifications were the principal features of the special meeting of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association held at Tacoma, October 12.
After considerable discussion of the subiect of mixed grades of common lumber in the Californii market, Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the association, was instructed to notifv the various California associations that Northwest milis will furnish straight grades of common, based on American Lumber Standards.
The following recommendations on specified moisture content to be made to the Central Committee on Lumber Standards were adopted:
Specifications fdr Seasoned Lumber
1. Clears (Select) Lumber-Shall be seasoned to an average moisture content of. 12 per cent or less. This includes all grades and items of clears known as "shed stock" of the following sizes and lengths:
Up to and including 2 inches in thickness.
Up to and including 12 inches in width.
Up to and including 20 feet in length. In larger sizes and/or lengths the degree of seasoning or moisture content shall be agreed upon between buyer and seller.
2. Industrial and Factory LumberThis includes clears and shop lumber used' in fabricating plants, sash and door factories, etc. The items under this class unless sold on special contract for seasoning take the same specifications (No. 1) as for clear lumber.
3. Common Lumber-Seasoned common lumber mav be obtained if desired, but the degree of seasoning shali be agreed.upon between buyer and seller. When condition of seasoning is not specified, it is at the option of the shipper.
1. American Standard sizes apply to the stock in the condition of seasoning as sold and shipped. Any change in size due to a change in moisture Content can not be considered a claim for off size.
1. fn case of complaint regarding seasoning, if the grading rules provide a moisture confent or if t-he moisture content has been agreed upon by buyer or seller, the buyer is required to hold entire shipment intact for rernspectron,
2. The complainant buyer shall properly stock from the elements and make claim to five days from receipt of shipment. protect the seller within
3. The average mdisture content of the shipment will be determined from twenty samples selected by the inspector as representative of the shipment.
4. Determination of moisture content will be by the use of approved methods for determining moisture content.
WINFIELD SCOTT BACK FROM NORTHWEST
Winfield Scott, director of public relations, National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, has iust returned to his San Francisco headquarters from a speaking tour which included points in Northern California, Oregon and Washlngton.
I . Strength: H:"1!'H :il;*.'it: unusually large surplus of the Association in proportion to premiums written assures extraordinary strength.
2. Service: This is of extreme importance when claims ariee. The Association has branches conveniently Iocated to provide the best possible service.
3. Savings: lilJ"",l#' ::il T",t": strength and service have been furnished. The Association, after setting up adequate legal reserves each year and allowing for a substantial increase in surplus, has paid dividends of more than THREE MILLION DOI-LARS.
Losscs Paid Since OrganizationD€c. I, l9l7
The downtown or retail lumber store featuring building service, house maintenance and manufacturers display is rapidly becoming one of the present day mercantile institutions. Of couise, the same kind of display establishment may not answer for each community and there would have to be local adaptations but. in any place of eight.to ten thousand people, it is being demonstrated that the lumber store can be made a paying proposition' Women are becoming the leading pui.hasE.t- "ttd tto longer desire.to walk upon 6ack streetJ or through some outlying portion of a city or town in order to see rvhat they want in the forest products line and make a selection. Life is too short in these days of convenience and economy; the lumber store appeals ltrongly to women, whether single or married.
Wood can be fashioned, shaped, carved and moulded into so many beautiful objects and household conveniences that it is really a wonderful material. The store furnishes service for those who wish to plan a home, erect a summer cottage, an outside kitchen, a garage, a hen house, a verandah, a dog kennel, a pergola, a fence, an arbor, etc', as well as any built-in features.
The McDonald Lumber Stores, of Minneapolis, have been established for twenty-seven years and their slogan "one piece or a carload" is known by builders everywhere. Lately the McDonald Co. have added a certified guarantee which means that everything bought in their store is exactly as represented to the customer and is guaranteed by bond. Recently the firm sent out a sample circular which would arouse interest in any home. On the front page is shown attractive dwellings, spacious lawns and beautiful trees. The announcement was to the efiect that the recipient was cordially invited to visit and make use of the retail store. Continuing, the notice said: "It will be worth your while to drop in and get acquainted-a retail lumber store has something for men and women of ail ages."
"Perhaps you have a workshop in the basement and need a little lumber. The house may need repairing-an extra room in the basement or attic, storm sash to fix, etc.
"Just take a moment and read this folder-maybe we have just the items you are looking for.
"A pleasure to be of service-would consider it a favor to have you telephone us for an estimate-better yetcome in and see just how useful a retail lumber store can be to you."
Just imagine how timely and acceptable would the following suggestions, on the second page, be to the average householder and particularly the lady of the home if she received a nicely illustrated'publication in the spring of the year. The statements therein are well worth reproducing and here they are under the catchy caption of "House Repair Service for Home Olvners."
Re-Roofing-Application of hew roofs over old, of cedar shingles, asphalt or asbestos shingles by expert workmen. Surveys and estimates made on request. Terms if desired.
Insulations-All form of insulation installed at a blanket price for the com,pleted work. 'We recommend the type of insulation best suited to the particular case for the greatest efficiencv. Terms if desired.
Cracked Walls and Ceilings-May be attractively renewed without the muss of plastering by the use of fibre boards and gypsum boards. We work out the necessary panel designs. Terms if desired.
Exterior Walls-An astonishing change for the better in the exterior of an old house is made by the application of colored shingles over old siding or over old cracked and. discolored stucco. It "dresses up" a house just as a fine new suit of clothes dreses up a man and provides much additional protection in cold and hot weather.
An Extra Room-In basement or attic is easily and cheaply attained by the use of wallboards of various manufacture.
Frigidaire Refrigeration-McDonald Lumber Store is a "display dealer" for this rvonderful household necessity which does away with many of the drawbacks in iced refrigerators. The expense of upkeep being much less than ror lce.
Built in Features-We carry in stock a fine line of ironing boards, folding breakfast tables, breakfast nooks. book shelves, kitchen cupboards, telephone cabinets, boy's carpenter benches, unfinished furniture.
Porches-We make up and install glazed-in porches and screened porches.
Repairs-We call for, repair and return storm sash and screens, cut new window or door openings and install attractive casement windows and rvell designed doors.
Fences-Back yard attractiveness is much enhanced by a good looking and well built fence. One's back yard should be private and protection to flower gardens and shrubs should be supplied. We have many handsome designs which we are prepared to build at reasonable prices.
The third page of the leaflet contains a picture of the store with the announcement: "If you need any lumber for any purpose you can select just the quantity and size of piece or pieces desired from our convenient display racks and retail lumber sales floor."
On the back of the colored ticket attached to the circular, is the following: "'We are anxious to have the following s'ork done." Ffere are spaces for checking whatever is required. The text continues: "You may send a competent mah to advise how and to give us estimates. We want the job done at once or not later than-. Come in and see the useful and worth while items."
The last page illustrates a section of the retail lumber sales floor. with reference to the McDonald service in planning a home, building a garage, etc., and last, but not least, is an appeal to the house owner who rejoices in a well kept lawn.
It is also stated that now is the time to stari -
gifts and the store will furnish material cut to pattern, knocked down and unfinished. Among these items on display on the sales floor which adults and children are invited to inspect are-arbors ($15), bird houses ; dog houses ($10.50) ; play houses; lawn seats; trellises ($1.10 and up) ; swings ($1a) ; sand boxes $7 with sand) ; teeters ($10); toboggan slides; rvork benches $7.50; shoot-thechutes ($23)' etc'
(From The canada Lumbermen).
Supplementing the 6O million feet of lumber always in stock at Hammond distributing yards, are regular rail and water shipments en route from Harrrmond mills in Washington, Oregon and Northern CaIifornia; an irrrmefiate and continuous supply service on Western forest products.
I)ealers find the Hammond organization geared to handle unusual derrands for all grades of Douglas Fir, Redwood, Hemlock, Spruce, Pine and Cedar, for Hammond affiliations provide an elastic service that is definite in supply and shipment.
And the same degree of service is available on Hard. woods, for Hammond stocks include 50 varieties of domestic and imported woods in l5O grades and l9O sizes.
In all, a lumber service that em-braces quality stocks and ready shipments.
The San Toaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club met at the Hotel Californian, Fresno, Saturday, October 13. The meeting was called to order by President F. Dean Prescott at 10:3O a.m.
President Prescott made a report on the Merced meeting which was held at Merced on April 14, at rvhich time the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club, Central California Lumbermen's Club, and the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club, were guests of the Yosemite Portland Cement Co. Mr. Prescott reported on the activities of the cement committee up to date, also on the meeting held at Oakland on October 12. bv the Material Dealers Association of Oakland.
Treasurer Ben Maisler made his fourth financial report and the same was ordered, accepted and placed on file.
J. C. Ferger, chairman of the entertainment committee for the dav, notified the members and visitors that the Club would have a dinner dance in the ball room in the evening and that tickets could be obtained for the same from the Secretary.
H. M. fsenhower, Hugh lfalderman, and Fred Burgess all spoke on the condition of the redwood market at the present time. They all ag'reed that the volume of sales over the whole territorv \4'as verv satisfactorv. The also stated that the mills were running five days of the *eek with a few of them running a night shift.
H. B. Chadbourne, Jerrv Stutz, and .I. C. Snead, Jr., spoke on the condition of the Douglas fir market at the present time. Thev stated that the curtailment program is still in effect at the Oregon pine mills and that business is very good with all the mills. The eastern and middle west market is good and the cargo market is picking up. Taking these factors into consideration probably a slight advance in the Oregon pine market may be expected.
B. A. Cannon of the Sugar Pine Lumber Co. spoke to the Club in regard to the soft pine market. He stated that the volume of sales this year up to date was a little more than at the same time last year and that business is very satisfactory with their mill in the valley and the east. Mr. Cannon complimented the Oregon pine manufacturers on the curtailment plan.
President Prescott introduced Frank Burnaby of the Sun Lumber Company of Beverly.Hills. He spoke on business conditions in Los Angeles and surrounding territory. He stated that business conditions at the prdsent time were much better than at this time last.year.
The Club then adjourned for lunch and the following list of guests and friends were present:
J. C. Ferger, Swastika Lumber Co.; Ben Maisler, Maisler Bros.; B. A. Cannon, Sugar Pine Lumber Co.; F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co.; F. Burnaby, Sun Lumber Co.; R. O. Deacon; E. M. lfoward, Tulare County Lbr. Co.; H. M. Isenhower, Holmes Eureka Lbr. Co.; O. H. Carter, Fresno Lumber Co.; Jerry Stutz, Coos Bay Lbr. Co.; Hugh Alderman. The Pacific Lumber Co. ; J. G. Ferguson, Shaver Lake Lumber Co.; A. J. Crow, C. S. Pierce Lumber Co.; F. W. Burgess, IJnion Lumber Co.; E. E. Schlotthauer, Tilden Mill & Lumber Co.; J. C. Snead, Jr., Wendling Nathan Co.; T. D. Northcutt, Kellner Lumber Co.; Hal Baldwin, Fresno; L. L. Ellis; A. E. Johnson, Laton Lumber Co.; W. T. Baird; W. K. Kendrick, Valley Lumber Co.; Martin Johnson; Clifford Kofoid, Redwood Mfg. Co.; Chas. L. Koffoid, Redwood Mfg. Co.; H. I\I. Kofoid, Kofoid Lbr. Co.; Virgil G. Schoeneman, Citizens Lbr. Co.; Aaron Maisler, Maisler Bros. ; Erurn Frane, Frane and Son; Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spalding Lbr. Co. ; Chris Sornmers, Halstead Lumber Co.; M. D. Bishop, Routt Lumber Co.; L. W. Routt, Routt Lumber Co.; Geo. Kennedy, MP Sales Agency; H. C. Kofoid, Kofoid Lbr. Co.; Dan C. Desmond, MP Sales Agency; J. F. Wright Brey Wright Co.; L. L. Walker, Valley Lumber Co.; Leonard Jacobson, Maisler Bros. Lbr. Co.; C. S. Denham, Central Lumber Co.; Paul G. Galle, Western Lbr. Co.; H. B. Chadbourne, E. K. Wood Lbr. Co.; Wm. J. Crosby, Mountain Pine Sales Agency.
Following the luncheon, Frank Burnaby explained the workings of the Chicago Plan at length. At the conclusion of his talk, he answered many questions regarding the plan. His talk was of great interest to all present.
After the meeting the retailers and wholesalers had a baseball contest at Holmes Playground. The retailers were the winners, the score being 56 to 34.
A dinner dance was held in the ball room of the hotel at 7:30 p.m. One hundred and fifty attended the dinner dance and everybody reported an enjoyable time.
Arthur Hayward, Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., Salinas, recently spent a few days in the Gustine district hunting ducks. He returned rvith the limit.
The McCloud River Lumber Company announce that they will open a sales office in Los Angeles on the first of lanuary, 1929.
This office will be in charge of L. S. Turnbull, who is now assistant sales manager at San Francisco, and who has been with the company for the past six years.
Fletcher & Frambes, Los Angeles, who have been Southern California representatives for The McCloud River Lumber Co. for some years, are giving up the account, and will devote partieular atteu_tion to the sale of Masonite for which they are agents in this territory.
Max Landram, chairman of the golf committee of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club, announces that the next golf tournament will be held at the Riviera Countrv Club. Los Angeles, on Friday afternoon, November 9. A1l lumbermen are invited to participate in the tournament. Mr. Landram has appointed the following to serve on the golf committee for the coming year: Handicaps and Starting, W. R. Vanderwood; Prizes, Roy Stanton; Publicity, Ed. Martin; Secretary-Treasurer, Mel Coe.
Following the golf tournament, there will be a dinner and entertainment in the evening at the Riviera Country Club when the prizes will be awarded. Send in your reservations to Mel Coe, 460 ll5th Place, Los Angeles.
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Age is a quality of mind. If you've left your drearns behind, If hope is cold, If you no longer look ahead, If you ambition's fires are dead, Then you are old!
But-if from Life you take the best, If in life you keep the zest, If love you hold; No matter how the years go by, No matter how the birthdays fly, You are not old!.
(By Edward Tuck, European Banker, age 85.)There is hardly anything in this world that some men cannot make a little worse, and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.-Ruskin.
A Scotchman wishing to know his fate at once, telegraphed a proposal of marriage to the lady of his choice. The answer did not come until late that evening, and then was in the affirmative.
"ff f were you I'd think twice before marrying a girl who kept me waiting all day," said a friend.
"Na, Na," said the Scot, "The lass who waits for the night rates is the lass for me."
To constantly increase your circle of acquaintance among people whose acquaintance is desirable-to develop your acquaintance with these people into friendship throirgh the warmth of brotherly love and a spirit of helpfulness, is both a duty which pays big dividends, and a pleasure that rounds out the happiness and matures the development of a man.
A correspondent wrote the country editor for a cure for nose bleed. "To prevent nose bleed," the editor replied, "keep it out of other people's business."
The architects dream, they are dreamers of dreams, And the builders make dreams come true, And from steel and stone and from clay and sand They fashion the world anew; But whether they work with marble or sod, The builders are hand in hand with God.
They go to the forest for oak and fine, The stuff for the humbler homeq And the mountains render their granite gifts For the statelier spires and domes; But whether they work with marble or sod, The builders are hand in hand with God.
They rear huge piles that pierce the shy, And the ships that master the sea; They bridge the rivers with spans of steel In a service for you and me; But whether they work in marble or sod, The builders are hand in hand with God.
The dreamers dream and the builders build, And the work of the world goes on; And the work of the dreamer and builder stays, When the dreamer and builder are gone; But whether they work in marble or sod, The builders are hand in hand with God.
-Author Unknown.
Nitrogen has taken the most important position in the affairs of the world and is by far the most active in the world markets. Every square mile of air over the earth's surface carries 20,000,000 tons of nitrogen, enough in each square mile to last the world twelve years at the present rate of consumption. It is absolutely indispensable to mankind in peace or war, and a necessity to all animal and vegetable growth.
"That old Scotchman has become a great baseball fan.
"Does he go to the game often?"
"Every time there's a double-header."
-The Insuliter.
Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, announce their appointment as exclusive representatives in Northern California for Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles. In maf<ing this announcement they wish to stress the fact that all sales of these nationally advertised stained shingles will be made through lumber dealers, there being no exceptions to.this rule.
P. A. Dame, 'Western Sales Manager of Creo-Dipt Company, Inc., was in San Francisco recently for the purpose of completing this arrangement rvith the Santa Fe Lumber Co., told a representative of this paper that there is a steady increase in the popularity of stained shingles in California and Arizona, both for roofs and sidewalls, and that they are being used quite extensively in remodeling jobs, over frame and stucco sidewalls.
"The outstanding quality of Creo-Dipt, the original stained shingle, backed by aggressive advertising and selling, has made them one of the most profitable items the lumber dealer sells," said Mr. Dame.
Chester Ffogue, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Seattle, was the principal speaker at the regular weekly meeting of the Douglas Fir Club, held at the Commercial Club, San Francisco, Oetober 16. Mr. Hogue left the same evgning for Fresno to attend the Pacific Coast Building Officials' Conference.
_ Ed Culnan, sales manager of the Chas, R, McCormick Lumber Co., Los Angeles, was a guest of the club. President J. Walter Kelly presided at the meeting.
Decision to have one set of grading rules to cover the western pine producing territory tvas an important forward step taken by the directors of the California White and Sugar Pine Association at their meeting held October 19, at the offices of the association in San Francisco, according to C..Stowell Smith, secretary-manager. The chief inspec-tors of the California White and Sugar Pine Association and the 'Western Pine Manufacturers' Association will get together and find out what differences there are in the rules, and recommend changes necessary to bring them into absolute conformity.
A definite policy with regard to moisture content specification was also developed at this meeting.
The attendance was as follows: J. M.-White, Long-Bell nmber Co.. president: B. W. Lakin. McCloud River Lum- Lumber Co., president; Lakin, ber Co.: F.. B. Hutchens- Frrrit Growers' Srrnnlw Co-: 'W'- ber Co.; F. Hutchens. Fruit Growers' Supply Co.; W. G. Kahman, McCloud River Lumber Co.; Jamei Danaher Jr., Michigan-California Lumber Co.; B. W. Adams, Fruit Growers' Supply Co.; Jas. H. Owen, Owen-Oregon Lumber Co.; Ward A. Dwight, Dwight Lumber Co.; p. D. Terwilliger, Clover Valley Lumber Co.; Frederic P-almer (proxy for J. P. Hemphill), Madera Sugar Pine Co.; J. W. Rodgers, (proxy for R. D" Baker), Lassen Lumber & Box Co., and C. Stowell Smith,'secretary manager.
J. A. PRMTT RETURNS FROM NORTHWEST
J. A. Privett, Assistant Manager of E. K. Wood Lumber Company, T os Angeles, has.returned from a two weeks'trip in the Northwest, where he was visiting the mills.
ond the dealer or rooler who is making the biggest prolits in any community is the man who is glving his customers greatest value per dollar. Ollnto every WEAVER product, whether it be shingles, roll roofing or insulation lelts and building papers,there is woven the greatest strength and the most vivid beauty that skilled engineers and craftsmen can produce. \9 That's why reroofing time brings Wnawn dealers nsrea"*d proportions of profits with every passing year.
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WEAYE R.H E N RY M FG. CO.
The ostrich is a queer bird.
When it has stuck its head in the sand and obscured its own vision, it assumes that its entire body is out of sight. In other words, the ostrich believes that what it cannot see is likewise invisible to others.
There are a lot of business ostriches in this worldmen who pull all kinds of tricky deals and trades and who are guilty constantly of sharp business practices. Like the ostrich of the desert these men give no credit to others for either intelligence or common sense.
But-
Sooner or later men just as wise as themselves get wise to them and they beeome numbered among the business outcasts. This is the age of square dealing in business and the fair and square trader is bound to win out.
The Hipolito Company, Los Angeles, the well known manufactulers of window screens and screen doors, announce that they are acting as wholesale distributors of the Creo Dipt Stained Shingles for Southern Galifornia and the Arizona territory. T-he Creo Dipt Company head offices are at North Tonawanda, New York, and they operate plants at North Tonowanda, Kansas City and Vancouvlr, B. C.
The Hipolito Company are now carrying a stock of Creo Dipt Stained Shingles at their Los Angeles _walehouse and for the present will handle the stained shingles through their regular sales force.
P. A. Dame, Western Sales Manager of Creo Dipt Co., Inc., is a Los Angeles visitor where he is conferring with Messrs. Herman and Leo Rosenberg of the Hipolito Company. Mr. Dame will be in Southern California for about six weeks.
Roy Stanton, President of E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles, has recently returned from an extensive trip to the leading eastern cities and states that he was favorably impressed with the conditions of the lumber industry. ir-r th,at iection of the country. Mr. Stanton says that while the volume is nothing unusual, the dealers are getting good prices and are well satisfied with the present situation.
Manufacturers of Dowlas Fir and Port Orford Cedar Sawmills, Marshfield, Oregon
Distributing Plant - Bay Point
Annual Production
200,000'000 Feet
GENERAL SALES OFFICE Bay Point, C"L
San Francirco Sales Oftce
1208 Balfour Blds.
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Moving pictures of the Redwood operations of The Pacific Lumber Co. were exhibited by Jim Farley before a full attendance of members at the weekly luncheon of the Mountain View Rotary Club on October 18. The showing of these interesting pictures was sponsored by Edward Dean of the D. & S. Lumber Co.
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At the annual meeting of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club, held at the Hacienda Country Club, Friday evening, October 26, H, A. Lake, Garden Grove Lumber Co., Garden Grove, was elected president. Glenn Merrill, Patten & Davies Lumber, Anaheim, was elected vice president and Wesley Pearson, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Santa Ana, was elected treasurer. The following directors were elected; Jack Collins, Brown & Dauser Lumber Co., Brea;
H. A. Lake, Garden Grove Lumber Co.. Garden Grove: O. H. Barr, Barr Lumber Co., Santa Ana; Lester Isbell, Newport Beach Lumber Co., Newport Beach; Arnolden Earl, San Pedro Lumber Co., Whittier; and Glenn Merrill, Patten & Davies Lumber Co., Anaheim. The board of directors will elect the club secretary at an early date.
The following were appointed to serve on the Ladies' Comrnittee: Frank Gibbs, Gibbs Lumber Co., Anaheim; Henry Adams, Adams-Bower Lumber Co., Anaheim; O. H. Barr, Santa Ana; and E. Steffensen, Secretary of the Orange County Lumbermen's Club.
President A. C. Bowers presided over the business session of the meeting. Over one hundred sat down to dinner, which included the members of the club, together with their wives and guests. Following the dinner, tfie Collins Twins of Anaheim sang several pleasing numbers.
-Dr. Moriarty, professor of economics at the University of Southern California and educational director of the Loi {ngeles Advertising Club, was the speaker of the evening. His subject was "Turning the Spotlight on the Home]' which dealt with the development of the professional attitude in business. He urged the lumbermen to become professional advisers in their business, so that home builders would look to them for expert information.
Kenneth Smith, Secretary of the Lumber Dealers Association of Los Angeles, and H. A. Lake, the newly elected president, spoke on Cooperation.
Paul Hallingby, President of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, extended an invitation to all the lumbermen to attend the annual convention to be held at San Francisco on November 15, 16 and 17.
A golf tournament was held during the afternoon in which the following contestants played: Bill Wright, C_harlie Chapman, Charlie Lyons, Al Muel-ler, Earry Westover, Glenn Fogelman, Verne Whitson, R. Zinn, Frank Yordy, L. B. Eyer, E. Steffensen, W. B. Wickersham, Bill Vanderwood, Max Landram, H. B. Van Dien, Stanley_CleT, ,W. A. Sampson, Herman Rosenberg, John Olson, Ed. Culnan and Ed. Martin.
The winners in the golf tournament were as follows: first low gross, golf club donated by Schumacher Wall Board 9orp., A. Mueller, San Gabriel Valley Lumber Co.; second low gross, box of golf balls donaied by the California Door Co., H. B. Van Dien, Van Dien-young Co., Santa Ana; third.low g-ross, golf club donated by-the Hipolito Company, P. Steffensen, secretary, Orange County iumb_e_rmen's _Club; first.low net, the Secrelary,s Cup, Bill Wright, Smith Lumber Co., Anaheim; second low net, box golf balls donated by the California Portland Cemeni Co., Charlie Chapman, C. H. Chapman Lumber Co., Santa 4na; third low net, box golf balli donated by the Fioneer P-"p.t Co., fnc., L. B. Eyer, California Door Co.; first high score, hardwood nut bowl donated bv the Hammond Lumber Co., Verne Whitson, Whitson Lu-mber Co.. Santa Ana; second high score, W. B. Wickersham-, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. Walter McDonough, Hammond Lumber Co., acted as starter at the tournament.
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Hotel and office rooms and even kitchens are often dif- in the new style of construction. Other disadvantages ficult to ventilate properly without transoms, which re- are the necessity for special hardware and difficulty of quire more ceiling height than most builders care to devote operation. The problem of ventilation, however, may easily be overcome by means of a new style of door, with a ventilating aperture embodied in the upper panel and shown in the accompanying illustrations. The new Dor Vent will be manufactured by the Red River Lumber Co. in white and sugar pine and may be ordered either with sblid or glazed ventilating panel. The advantages for the new product are set forth by the company as follows:
"Our doors. are of a most artistic proportion, following correct architectural lines and have no attachments foreign to the appearance of a regular door. When the Dor Vent is closed it is flush with door panels and has the appearance of a panel. It has no unsightly transom hardware or none of the dirt-catching slats of the louvre.
"The principle of ventilation is correct because the Dor Vent unit is near the ceiling where foul air can pass out or fresh air in. The ventilating area is unobstructed by slats which affords much more efficient ventilation than a larger obstructed area. The Dor Vent hinges open or close the tilting panel by finger tip effort which is a decided improvement over squeaking, jamming transom lifts. The Dor Vent
door is delivered to the contractor complete with the ventilating unit ready to use. The door is finished on the job which eliminates the possibility of a mis-matched finish appearance. With the ventilating unit closed, the Dor Vent offets the same resistance to sound as the door without ventilating unit. A man or even a child cannot crawl through the ventilating o,pening and the hinges cannot be forced.
"The Dor Vent hinges cost less than the transom hardware, the casings, jambs and labor required to install same. The soace saved bv the elimination of a transom reprejents a l2r/z per cent saving in cost usually required for wall materials for the space.
The Pacific Door & Sash Company, Los Angeles, have recently worked out a color scheme for their entire fleet of trucks. The trucks, thirty in number, will all be painted orange and black.
The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Millwork Institute of California will occur at San Francisco, on Thursday and Friday, November 22 and 23, 1928, in the Hotel Whitcomb. The sessions will be held in the Roof Garden of the hotel.
On the day preceding the general meeting, Wednesday, November 2I,lhe Board of Directors will meet in an important all-day session to pass upon details of the Certification Plan, approve the Standards for 'rArchitectural Woodwork," set up a budget and dispose of the routine Board business.
There will be an election 'of Directors from among which the new Board will elect officers for the ensuing year.
President J. A. Hart of the San Francisco grottp has named five special committees which are already busy with arrangements for the meeting. Their personnel follows:
General ArrangementsJ. A. Hart, Chairman; Will Goddard, Vice-Chairman.
Entertainment-G. L. Wayne, Chairman; Ralph Button, George Gerken, Robt. Leishman.
The twentieth semi-annual meeting of the Board of Directors of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen will be held at Portland, Oregon, on November 19.
HotelHenry Harder, Chairman; Andrew Downing, C. E. Reinhart, Gus Wagner.
Banquet-Chas. Monsbn, Chairman; K. Tikeli, Albin Warden, J. O'Brien.
Reception-Fred Spencer, Chairman; R. Crothers, J. G. Kennedy, J. H. Kruse.
Refreshments-Elmer Anderson, Chairman; E. J. Nutting, Chas. McFarland, Frank Portman.
Both President Frlart and Director General Goddard wish it distinctly understood that the San Francisco organization wants every millman in California, whether member or non-member, present at the meeting. They are after an attendance record and every member is urged to get busy now on rounding up delegates.
The big California-Stanford Football game takes place on Saturday, November 24, the day following our meeting. Hotels are bound to be over-crowded, hence the thing for you to do, is to make your reservations at once. Eithir write to the hotel direct, or list your wants with Mr. Harder or Mr. Goddard, Room 302, 1179 Market St., San Francisco.
P. L.
P. I.. Heron, Pickering Lumber Co., Standard, spent his vacation in the San Francisco Bay district, returning to Standard early in October.
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Jewel Lowe, head of the Veneer Plant of the Red River Lumber Company at Westwood, produced a }foo Hoo "Nine" which certainly lived up to the standards of the "Knights of Ninedom" during the season of.1928.
The team, playing under the title of "Lowe's Kittens," was built around four of the '27 regulars, Mathews and Miley, fielders; Smith, pitcher; and Martin, third base, to which Lowe added the balance of the team. who seemed to fit into the vacancies perfectly.
Some of the victims of this "Airtight Club" include: Janesville, Quincy, Alturas, Red Bluff, Reno, Nevada, and Ed Martin's Black Cats. The only defeat the "Kittens" suffered was at the hands of the Red Bluff team which was composed of all stars of the Sacramento Valley League. This team lost two straight to the "Champs," but at a return game, at Red Bluff, turned the ball was thrown, but the "Kittens" nosed them out, 4 to 3. Jack Shere and Moman Dadigan, business managers for the team, are trying to arrange some practice games with the New York "Yanks" for next spring so that the boys will be in good shape for the 1928 season.
Lowe's men had the hardest game of the season at tide. their annual Con Cat at Fall River Mills against Ed Martin's Black Cats. These boys fought stubbornly until the last
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of the East Side Lumber Company, recently buined, announced that he yard at the same location, within
Bill Dinning, South City Lumber & Supply Co., and Elmo Phillips, Burlingame Lumber Co., attended the StanfordIdaho game, October 19, and the California-U. S. C. game on the following day.
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For circular and quotation address:
Riviera GoU and Country Club
Los Angelel
Friday, November I, 1928
Get there earlv-l2OO o'clock if poorible Lrmcheon will be served at Club House Dinner and Entertainment at 6:3O P. Ilfr. The Tournament ie open to all Lumbermen.
Charles Moorehead, manager of the Irwin Lumber Co., and Mrs. Moorehead were recent visitors to the San Francisco Bay district.
The news has just leaked out that Don Severi, Progress Lumber Co., made a brave rescue of an elderly man from drolvning in the Russian River, while on a recent vacation trip.
A most interesting and happy event occurred recently in San Francisco, when a dqughter, Marion Clare Nolari, was born to Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Nolan at the Stanford Hospital.
Mr. Nolan is assistant 'Western sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco.
Four new active members have been added to the M.I.C. Roster within the last few weeks: The Nicolai Door Co. of California, San Francisco; the Valley planing Mill, Van \uy.j the Ruilt-In Fixture Co., Berkeley, 'and iVood'Bros. Co.,. Sant-a Cruz, indicating increasing interest and appre- ciation of the Institute's aitivities.
Gustine Athletics r_ecently won the championship of the Don Pedro Baseball Leagul when they defiated tf," nfa"_ teca Maulers at Stockton, before a big crowd of rooters by a score of 5 to 3.
The Don Pedro Baseball League is the oldest non_pro_ fessional league in the state of C-alifornia. Charles M;;;_ head,. manager of the Irwin Lumber Co., Escal,on, i;- i; president.
Al Banchio, manager of the Gustine Lumber Co., is shorts-top _of th" Gustine team. His sacrifice hit;;; ,."1""_ sible for the last run made i_n the winning game.
Lindbergh has done a much bigger thfury than fying the ocean alone. He has kept his moulh shut.
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This Column of "Wants" and "Don't Wants" is fon The Fellow Who Wants to Buy The Fellow Who Wants to Sell The Fellow Who Wants to Hire
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Yardman for. retail yard in city of 40,000 population' Must be hard worker, sober, and have had experience as tallyman. Excellent opportunity for advancement if capable. Give full particulars of past employment, age, reference. Address Box 227, California Lumber Merchant.
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Superintendent to take full charge of planing mill in Santa Barbara"
We will consider only t[ose applicants who have demonstrated their ability by actual past performance. Applicant must be able to prove that he har goften and held trade by hir knowl,edge of tte buri. necl, rervice to custom€rs and their friendrhip for him.
Give full particulars of trrining, past experience, age, condition of health and reference* Repliel confidential if requested. Sdary and portion of profitr.
Experienced wholesale lumber salesman, preferably familiar with the cargo business, for work in the San Francisco Bay District. Address Box C-226,. care California Lumber Merchant.
Young man, age 34, married; thoroughly familiar with all phases of lumber business from stump to retailing. Expert accountant and office manager, purchasihg agent and extensive export experience. Will buy interest in financially sound, money-making business which will stand the strictest investigation. Box C-225 Care California Lumber Merchant.
Former owner of sash and door company. Nearly ten years local experience in lumber, sash and door office detail. Married, 32 years old and can furnish excellent references. Would like permanent position as working- manager in lumber yard in Southern California. Address Box C-228 care California Lumber Merchant.
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Telephone Doughr 9117
A trade-mark, more than be:ng simply a mark of identification and pride in a product, is the manufacturer's pledge that by careful manufacture the commodity pledges maximum service to the user. That is the meaning of the Long-Bell trade-mark on lumber, representing as it does the long experience, skill and high standards of a nationally known organization. Aggress;ve dealers are using this trade-mark and its meaning as an effective talking point, the more easily to sell good lumber at fair profitsl
R. A. Long Bldg - Lumberlnen since 1875 l(ansas Citv'jMo. Douglre Fir Lumber, Timbers, Dor and Window Frmes, Trimpak; Western Hem- lck Lumber; Westem Red Cedu Siding md Shingles; Southern Pine Lumber and Timbers; Southern Hardwood Luber and Timbers; Oak Floring, xCELLized Oak Flwing Strips, *CELLized Oak Flor PImks, *CELLized Oak Floor Blocks; Califomia White Pine Lumber, S*h and Dmrs, Box Shoks; Cresoted Lumber, Timbers, Pcts, Poles, Ties, Guard-Rail Posts, Piling.
Where the very best is demanded-where price is secondary to quality-you'll 6nd Hipolito Screen Doors and Window Screens on duty. They were chosen for the Flintridge Country Club, one of Pasadena's most exclusive clubs; they have been chosen for hundreds of other artistic, high-class buildingssmart hotels, fashionable apartments, luxurious mansions and small homes. 'Wherever humans dwell and use screens, Hipolitos meet all the requirements.
The task of satisfying th:s exacting demand year after year is no small one. Yet Hipolito Screens never fail. Built of California Sugar Pine, famous for its non-warping, non-shrinking qualities they long outlive ordinary screens. So well do they uphold their reputation that their makers guarantee thern unconditionally. Each "Hipolito" carries an unqualifred pledge to completely satisfy its owner,
Special features of construction have done much to build Hipolito's reputatiqn-the famous "corners of strength", for instance. In a remarkable test one of these corners from a regular stock screen door held the weight of eight men without breaking. Features such as this, together with modern production methods, have produced a screen that makes profits for Hipolito dealers.
