Announcing the New Creo-Dipts

The Creo-Dipt Company is announcing improvements on Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles so radical that they are now called the "New Creo-Dipts".

Among the changes and improvements, the company lists uniform colors which prevent pronoun.ced variation in the shade of the timber from showing through, a'heavier coating of stain forced into the wood to double the shingle's color life, and dustproof cartons which prevent spoilage and waste in transit, in the dealer's stock and on the job.

A recent announcement to the trade points out the advantages to the lumber dealer in selling the New Creo-Dipts. It says, "The dealer wants the New Creo-Dipts because they build satisfied customers and eliminate complaints that reflect on him. Because they are packed in cartons that keep them clean and eliminate the loss of stock damaged and soiled in his sheds. Because he can now take back unbroken bundles of any standard size and color from his

Back From Vacation

Forrest Wilson, of The Little River Redwood Co., San Francisco, returned recently from a short vacation spent in visiting Yosemite National Park.

contractor for, the shingles being in perfect condition, he can send them out on the next job with no loss. Because it elminates the waste and nuisance of repacking broken bundles. Because the shingles cannot be injured in transit".

Explaining the reasons for these changes, which took months to make and involved the entire rnanufacturing process, the Creo-Dipt Company says, "To sell merchandise whether it is automobiles, refrigerators or shingles, you must keep pace with the times. People today won't buy the things that were good. enough for dad. They demand new and better products or they turn to something else. They want a better stained shingle, for exampl*and the New Creo-Dipts give them exactly what they want at no increase in price".

The New Creo-Dipt Stained Shingles are being extensively advertised in builder and dealer trade papers, through direct by mail, and in national consumer magazines.

Back From Southland Visit

H. B. Gamerston, of the Reynier Lumber Co., San Frapcisco, returned home October 23 from a business trip to Los Angeles.