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Arkansas Oak Flooring Co. ............19

Arociated Lumhr Mutuels

Blinn, L. W.. Lumber Co. ..............41

Bookgtaver-Burns Lurrber Co. ..

Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. .. ..29

Brown, Geo. C. & Co. .........21

Built-In Fixture Co. ...

Cadwalladcr-Gibeon Co.

Calaveras Cemcnt Co. .,.

Californira Panel & Vcnecr Co. *

Central Cokc

How Lumber Looks

Douglae Fir-A total of 303 rawmillr rcporring to the Wegt Coast Lumbermen'c A$ociation for the week ending October 18 operated at 47.67 per cent of capecity, ar compared to 45.29 per cent for tte previour week and 65 per cent during the early monthr of f93O. In the 2l-wcek period since the week ending May 24 the indurtry har operated on 'n av€f,age of 48 per cent of capacity, whic! has rerulted in a reduction of output duing thir time of almost one billion boerd feet, or more than rir weekrt production at tte preeent rate of cutting for the entire indurtty of Oregon, Washington and Britirh Columbia.

Production of lumber in the Dotrglar fir region acoording to tte Arsociation, is not expected to increare over prerent levelr until after January l. Mill inventories have been re' duced'almost lO per cent during the part 21 weekr and are now lower ttan at Januar5r l. Inventoriee are expectcd to decrease further duing the fall and early winter. Milb report increaring difficulty ia Glling orders calling for a mixture of itemr.

Production at 228 millc for the week ended October 18 totaled 123,864,626 feet, orderr were 125,O5O,37O feet and rhipmentc 112,223,936 feet. Ord'er wcre O.97 per cent over production and ehipmeots 8.39 per c€nt rmder the output. Ordere received by theee 228 milb during the 13' week period from July 2l to October 18 exceeded thc lumber output by 4.81 per cent"

Detailr of orders and sbipmentr as reported by thac 228 millr followr: Orden-Rail" 46,tA6,187 feet; Domedic Cargo, 53,430193? feet; Export, 1614251402 fed'1 tC4 g,ZlZ,gU fea. Shipmentr-Rail', 4d.r9{J.2,788 fcct; Do' mestic Cargo, tL4r286r7ll feet; Export, 131287'693 fcct; Local9,747rBtA Seet

Wholeraier: in thc Lor Angeler dirtrict reported an im- provement in buying durbg Sc pe* fc,r rrGIL Crryo arrivalr at San Pcdro are [s[t end for tbc sccL codcd Oc{ober 25 enorntcd to ll,735r(XX) fcct. Un old docfr on the public docer at Sen Pcdro totatcd ll'457,(n0 fcct o October 29, a decrcrrc of ocr l million fect ar comparcd with two we& ago. Thcrc erc 53 lunber verrcb in thc Calirfornia rerrice laid np er rgrir.t 50 vesdr for the ptwiour week RGtail do& erc lor rDd S. dclcr rc brybg oly for thcir immcdidc nccdr

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The Cdifornie Whitc end Sorrr hc MdecEt:n Arrociation reportcd for tbc uGGt adcd Oco,bcr lt pro' duc{ion iram 24 nilb er 19,026,mO ft+dfimtr 19r O16,(X)O feet and ondcn 17,235rqn ftGL Fc tLc ncl ended Octobcr 18, thc Celifqtir R.dmod ArocLlitn rcportcd production fim 13 nilb r q325'(In fGGt' Ab mentr 6,692,fi10 fccr and orrdcnr 5'663'qn fc.L Ttc Pirc and Redwood nerkctr rhw no prrticdlr chugc end pria are *eady.

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For tte 6fth coorecutive ucch hbcr cdrs dcd production dEfory tbc wGcL codcd Ocrobcr fqil L idL cated in rcporb fron 87O lcrdiog berdrcod udrttwood rnillr to thc NrtiDnrl lmbcr Mrnilrclrcn Andr' tion. Report from thc* tdb rbo idicrftcd cmimd cuteilment of cut' combincd poduaio emrnting to 264,97O,(X)O fcct. Ner buris rccivcd by thcn wer 2 per ceot norc rhan tLb ftlrc, rnbugf rbipmtr wcrc only 99 per cent of tbc o@ut.

A wcck carlbr, t9l 'nill. rceottcd thipmb 6 pcr ccnt br and orden 2 pcr ccut in cccl of e totrl prodrrction of 2$,U4,0n[.1O

B. K. Wood Co. Appointed McCormick Buys Retail Yard California Distributor at San Francisco

The E. K. Wood Lumber Co. of Los Angeles has been appointed the California distributor for Flax-li-num and BiFtix. Flax-li-num is a well knorvn insulation board, while Bi-Flax, which is something new in building materials, is a plaster base of steel with Flax-li-num insulation. 9tanley E. Haber, Los Angeles factory representative of the Flax-li-num Insulating Co., of St. Paul, Minn., will make his-headquarters at the E, K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles office.

San Francisco, Catif., Oct. 30.-Purchase of the large retail lumber business of Pope & Talbot, at Third and Berry Streets, San Francisco, was announced here today by the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co. efrective November l. It was stated by the McCormick executives that no changgs in the operating personnel of the yard are contemplated. Lumber stocks at the Pope & Talbot yard are estimated at 10,000,000 board feet, valued atP25,ffi.