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Harmony of interior and exterior is enhanced with woodpanelled walls. CALIFORNIA PINE PLYWOOD offers a surface for enamels and lacquers that will not grain raise. Mouldings are clean-cut and the most delicate profiles can be run. Doors and trim have the same advantages. RED RIVER COLOR FINISHED panels, doors and trim in complete or semi-finish have an inimitable decorative value with greatest economy. Ask for consumer advertising and exhibits.
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The California situation shows no definite changes. The volume of business and prices remain about the sanie. Lath continues to be scarce. Cargo atrivals and unsold lumber at San Pedto for the week ended October 24 were the lowest oll r€G. ord; unsold stocks totaled tr9g2roo0 feet, and seven cargoes of lir -carryilg 5r444rOOO feet were received. Sixty lumberlessels in the California service are laid up, with one-vessel, the Missoula, operating ofi shore; the previous week 59 vessels were laid 1n. Loo_ Angeles building-permits for the first twenty- four days of October totaled $217501965.
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Lumber Manufacturers Association. Shipments were 6 per cent above their productionn which amountedio 173,869,000 feet for the week. The previous week 834 mills repotted orders 3 per cent below, and shipments 9 per cent above a combined pre duction of. 175,799,O00 feet.
The Southern Pine Association for the week ended Octob€r 17 reported production ftom 134 mills as 28r534rOOO feet, ehip. ments 30r807rC{JlO feet, and new business ,21046.1000 feet Ordcrs were 72 pet cent above productiono and 4 per cent above shipments.
total of 344 mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen'e Association for the week ending Ocober 17, operated at 31,'.t per cent of capacity, as compared to 31.8 per c_ent of capacity,for the preceding week, and 47.8 per cent for the same week last yeat. For the first 41 weeks of 1931 these_ mills have operated at 39.8 per ceqt of capacity as compared to 56.7 pet cent for the sami period of 19i0.
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Producion, orders and shipmenti reported to the Association by 224 identi'cal mills for the week ended October 17 vtere as follows: Production, 8l'r822rt6l feet; Shipments, 8318851318 feet; Ordersr77r025r497 Leet. Orders w.re -5.9 per cent under production, and shipments for the week 2.5 p.r cent over the cut.
Lumber orders returned to a favorable telation with produc. tion for the week ended October 17, and. were approiimately I pet cent ab_o-rre the ,cut, it is indicated in telegraphic rcports from 811 leading hardwood and softwood mills io the National
The Vestern Pine Association reported production from 86 mills as 20,1111000 feet, shipments 21r394rflX) feet, and ordets 19,210,fi)0 feet
The California mills of the Vestern Pine Association reported production fuom 24 millg as 2I.r4gSrOOO feet, shipments t7r657.000 feet, and orders 181069,000 feet.
Reports f.torn 257 hardwood mills for the week give neru business as2116771000 feet, shipments 20J91'OOO feet, and production l5r482ro(X) feet. Orders were 4O per cent above, and shipments )3 per cent above production.
For the month of September, t{re California Redwood Asrociation reported production ftom 12 millc as 12r841r(XX) feef, orders received tr926r00{J feet, orderr on hand l5299r00/J feq and shipments 1316891000 feet. Distribution of ordets for the month were as followe: Northern California Tr04lr0flo tee/,, Southerrr California 216321000 feet, Vestern .114000 feet, Eartern 3r906,(X)0 feet, and Foreign 233r0O0 f.et
Extensive curtailment of lumber production urged by the Timber Conservation Board as a restoring stability to the industry. The board port submitted on October 27 to Secretary Lamont on the needs of the remainder of the year and the first half of 1932, stated that there has been a material reduction of stocks throughout the country. However, the report said, there was an excess of stocks over anticipated requirements of 4,500,000,000 board feet on October 1.
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Floyd Dernier, Lumbermen's Service Association, Los Angeles, has just completed a three weeks' trip calling on the retail dealers in San Francisco, Oakland, Sacra-mento and San Joaquin Valleys, Coast territory, and other Northern California points.
The Patten-Blinn Lumber Co. are remodeling their Redondo Beach plant and are arranging for an attractive retail yard where all their stock will be under shed. The mill and dry kilns at this plant will be discontinued and the machinery will be moved to their Wilmington plant where they have extensive mill and dry kiln operations.
J. Walter Kelly, district sales rhanager of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, is one of those busy lumber executives who travels by air to save time. He recently had occasion to make a fast trip from San Francisco to Sacramento, and accomplished this by traveling by Air Ferry and Varney Speed Lanes planes, arriving at the Senator Hotel, Sacramento, 67 minutes after leaving his office.
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Since this world seldom produces a great man, it likewise seldom buries one. Therefore, the passing from this life of one whose service to mankind and humanity challenges that of all other men since this world was born, is a momentous event.
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Too tremendous an event, by far, for this wildly rushing modern world to immediately measure or appreciate. But in retrospect the name and fame of Thomas Edison will grow with every year, with every generation, with every century, until the shadow of this recent Titan overshadows all the rest. d<*t
Viewing the human beacon-lights of this world through the vast expanse of time, few are the names that pierce the clouds. Using as the measuring stick of greatness benefactions to humanity, Edison was one of the greatest men the tide of times has developed.
A few days since mankind could point with pride and say-'(One of the great thinkers and doers and benefactors of all time lives in our rnidst". We had one great man in the world. Today we have none. Truly, the world should mourn' t :r ,t
A few years ago the world possessed another great man, Luther Burbank. Both Burbank and Edison were great, free souls, who faced the life to come as they did this one
-fearlessly-smilin gly.
The same birds that two years ago were swearing that the high tide would last forever, are now equally positive that the world is coming to an end. Their judgment wasn't worth anything then, and it's worth less now. ***
It galls me to have to admit that the stock market-an exaggerated crap game-has become the arbiter of our business fate. But since it apparently IS, we may as well accept it, and pray for a steady improvement in stock values. If the value of stocks would gradually climb the hill for a whilg people would begin buying lumber-building homes. ***
A retail lumberman of prominence is recommending, as an unemployment assist, that the Federal and State Governments furnish the cash through bonds or otherwise to finance a great home building campaign, loaning prospective home builders the cash to build their homes at not more than 5 per cent interest, with ten years to pay the
principal. He thinks this would furnish a tremendous arnount of employment throughout the land, and start a great home building movement. He deplores the fact that stock market gamblers can borrow money to finance their operations far cheaper than the average prospective home builder'
Another line yard head who operates a big string of yards writes me at length about developments of present business conditions. He says he finds that there is evident today a tendency on the part of employees to pilfer from the company till and pocket to a degree heretofore unknown to him, and wonders if other big firms find the same thing to be true. He likewise deplores what he believes to be a hesitancy on the part of employees to fall in with the spirit of the times and get back to the old-fashioned habits of thrift and economy.
I don't agree with my friend, and feel that he has been the victim of unusual circirmstances, and unfortunate ones, and that his experiences are individual rather than general. I believe that in these times the average man, knowing the trouble his employer is having to "get by", gives more diligent service and more honorable support than usual to the institution from which he draws his bread and butter. And, as far as thrift is concerned, I believe that all of us in every walk of life, are learning lessons of thrift and economy that will stay with*us "from now on".
When someone asks you the guestion-"What brought about these present business conditions?"-is3d the following words, uttered by a man named William Feather, and you will be furnished*a well nigh perfect answer:
"I{ereafter I shall pay no attention to car-loadings, bankclearings, crops, or commodity prices. I shall concentrate on just one indicator-the rise and fatl of FOOLS. When I look about me and see young men driving high priced cars, leaving their offices at three in the afternoon, boasting of the thousands of dollars they made last week and exchanging tips good for a thousand dollars over the weekend; when I see boys rolling in money, boys whom I wouldn't hire to wash the rollers in my plant-when that day comes round again I shall rush to my bank and sell every share of stock that I own. Because God never intended that fools should make a better living than honest workers. Whenever a situation arises in which they DO, I know it is contrary to the fundamental laws of the universe, and cannot last".
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It looks like the Red Cedar Shingle makers of the Northwest have made more actual progress in the past few months than in the previous decade. Under the banner of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau more than g5 per cent of the shingle production of Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia have joined their "Certified Shingle" movement, to manufacture and guarantee a better shingle than ever before, and throw into the discard the old line of thin. flat grain shingles that have done more than all other things to destroy the wooden rnl.r*t_" b*usiness.
They now manufacture 100 per cent edge grain and 100 per cent heartwood shingles, and label them as such. Fre. quent inspection to keep the product of each mill up to standard, and methodical, intelligent supervision of the entire industry enrolled under this movement, are the order of the day. The thing is going good. Higher classification of such shingles by the Fire Underwriters, and elirnination from the building code of the National Board of Fire Underwriters of the.usual clause prohibiting the use of such shingles within city limits, were among the benefits prom_ ised, besides the innumerable natural benefits of mat<ing better shingles and standing tehind them.
One of the effects of the campaign has been a strength_ ening of the price of flat grain shingles, because of their present scarcity. This was natural. AII these Certified Shingles are packed square pack. Now the shingle industry meets all the requirements of Commercial Standard C. S. 31-31 as issued by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. If they stick together they may make something of the
S. M. Hauptman, president of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Frlncisco, returned October lZ from an extended trip to the company's mills and offices in the Northwest.
Red Cedar Shingle industry yet. On the old basis it looked Iike a disappearing industry.
Everything that a rr"-J", ir"Ju ""u" isn,t lumber. But there are evidently people who fail to realize that. A lumber dealer writes that a colored girl came into his ofEce the other day and asked: "Is dis de lumbe'ya'd?" Being informed that it was she said: "Ah wants some ob dat white lumbe'what looks lak flour". It was fifteen cents worth of LIME she was after.
A roofing tile made from Red Cedar is one of the newest products of the shingle districts of the Northwest. It makes a very beautiful roof, and an entirely practical one. It might become a great seller, properly merchandised.
A very intelligent lumberman friend of mine is seriously engaged at the present time in experimenting with a fire proofing effort for wood. ft is a liquid, is applied by dipping the wood, and has tremendous impregnation through simple dipping. So far as he has gone he makes wood entirely impervious to ignition. A blow torch applied to wood that contains his treatment, will char away, but will not ignite.
Talk about important things that might be done for the lumber industry ! Find a way to make wood fire proof and you have done more for the industry than all other efrorts at progress combined. Let us hope that my lumber friend, mentioned above, has found the way. It would indeed be a life-giving draught for a suffering industry.
E. A. Middleton, superintendent of the Anderson & Middleton. Lumber Co., Aberdeen, Wash., recently visited San Francisco where' he conferred with his firm,s California sales agents, W. R. Chamberlin & Co.
The Millwork Institute of California will hold its annual meeting at the Hotel Oakland, Oakland, Calif., Friday, November 20. The meeting will be a one-day session. The directors will meet at the Hotel Oakland on Thursda/, November 19. The convention program is well under way and will be sent out to the Institute membership at an early date. A large attendance is expected and many of the mill-. men are planning to attend the California-Stanford game at Palo Alto gn Saturday afternoon, November 21.
The Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Los Angeles, have purchased the Culver City Lumber Co., Culver City, Calif' Warren S. Betts, formerly with the Culver City Lumber Co., has been appointed yard manager. T. C. and J. H. Montgomery, former owners, are now located at Winner, North- Dakota, where they are connected with the retail lumber business.
The Patten-Blinn interests have also announced the purchase of the H. W. Newton Lumber Co. yard at San Bernardino, Calif. F. W. Chase, formerly with the L. W. Blinn Lumber Co., is yard manager. H. W. Newton, former owner, has been connected with the lumber business in San Bernardino for the past twenty years and h'as been appointed assistant manager.
Seattle, 'Wash., October 15.-In an unusual test recently made at a Seattle lumber mill, an ordinary 4'x8' Douglas Fir plywood panel only r/4" thick supported' 12 men weighing'lfu3 pounds-wiihout showing a trace of cracking, splitting or splintering.
A stock panel was selected at random for the trial. This was set three feet above the mill floor on a loose steel framework, in such a way that it held the full test weight on its own surface. Turnbuckles braced its edges against slipping. ttre -tig board on which the group stood weighed -only 22 pounds-each pound of plywood carrying 83 pounds of human weight.
As the piywood was absolutely undam.aged in any way: further teiti with compact, inaniinate weights are expected to show a maximum indurance considerably greater than that proved bv the local demonstration. Plywoods, be."u.i of theif laminated, cross-grain layer construction, are the strongest form in which lumber is made.
A. W. Ninemire, well known Pacific Coast lumberman, died at Phoenix, Ariz., on Ocfober 9. He was connected with the John A. Johnson Lumber Co. of Phoenix. Before coming t6 Arizona-, Mr. Ninemire had been associated with the ltimber industry in the Northwest f9L " lon-g period. The remains were sent to Montesano, Wash., for interment.
A program of unusual interest has been PrePared for the profit and enjoyment of all who attend the l93l convention of the Califotnia Retail Lumberments Association at Hotel Oakland, Novem' ber 19th, 20th and 2lst.
Our best wishes afe extended for the convention's success. Ve hope to greet many friends of McCormick during these three days devoted to good fellowship and welfare of the indusay in this state. Be sure to attend-and if you possibly can sPare the time, we believe you will be well repaid by a visit of inspection to the new McCormick Terminal at Islais Creek, San Francisco.
I have watched with much interest Mr. Wiiliam Randolph Hearst's five-billion-dollar prospective loan propaganda, and naturally it has caused me considerable concern as to what the outcome of this might be. I am concerned from the standpoint of the taxpayer and the throwing of this huge sum of money into public building enterprise or public enterprises of any kind which will naturally have to be paid in the future by taxation of one form oi another.
--I-"- wondering if it would not be possible to accom_ plish the results which Mr. Hearst has in mind and at the same time create the indebtedness in a \May that would nol eventually have to be paid from taxes. -I have in mind the apparent complete breakdown of the financial institu_ tiorls. in not being broad-minded enough to meet the crisis whrch we are now in. We have watched for the past several years the public as a whole looted by high-powired rnvestment trusts so closely allied with banking insiitutions that in a measure in the iublic mind today ;h"
Iog\:4 upo_n with little respect and at the'same ti-t th; publlc's reflex is that he is not functioning as he should.
W.e see large numbers of banking institutions, building and loan companies,.mortgage- comfanies continu"liy cali ing loans .and insisting. upon building up tremendols ,"_ serves of idle money, havlng in mind" thi one thoueht of their own self-preseivation ither than lfr" "lrii""ti#'i"h; owe- to the_ public in that they are custodianj of publii tunds. A bright spot is a few outstanding indep6ndent bankers who are doing- their part and fulfilfing thiir obli- gations as they feel their duty-calls.
I am wondering whether or not Mr. Hearst,s worthv pro-posal would not better serve its purpose if the federil and state government would provide a bond irsu. prorrid- ing.the nec€ssary money to stjrt a home building cairpaigr and loan this money to the prospective home ownei a{ + per cen-t or J per cent on a ten-year period and the govern_ ment. thereby not only recove? its-principal inves"tments but also its interest accruals. This, in my judgment, would put thousands of men to work, all the way fiom the lumberman in the woods to the finished projeci of a home, not only the building material and labor but the refinements of the home of the appliances, furniture, etc.
The thought I have in mind is a constructive desire to induce the.young-man of today who has had ten years of wild speculative life to a realization of the neceisitv of owning his own home, which at the same time will ma'ke a better citizen of him as well as build up additional taxable
property. I believe the time has arrived when it is neceesary for the financial institutions to realize that the home owner should not be penalized with the highest-prieed money and continually loaded with parasiticaf charges of one form or another, but on the otheihand he should-have the -cheapest money available. Why should stock gamblers be.favored by financial institutioni with money a-s low as lr/2 per cent to 2 per cent and at the same time the man who is enleavoring to put a roof over his family pay an average of 8.4 per cent plus many additional penaliiei for having the -thrift of trying to build a better community as well as make for better citizenship?
Is this not a probable partial solution of the unemploy- ment problem and at the same time is it not sound arid constructive ?
Announcement is made by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association that the new publication ..Standard Wood Mouldings-700o Series-Revised 1931" is now being made available for distribution.
This new publication by the Central Committee on Lumber Standards makes a timely appearance following President Hoover's announced advocacy cif home building, and designers and builders now will be able to specify from stock beautiful effects in beamed ceilings or paneled walls; properly constructed door and window sections; assemblies of authentic Colonial and Gothic designs-in fact, some 250 different moulding patterns, each coisistent with good architecture. Heretofore such details were possiblc largely for luxurious homes where specialized niillwork and high architectural fees prevailed. Now the modest home at standard prices can be an architectural gem, as far as interior accoutrement is concerned.
The book contains some 25O patterns, each with serial designation; eighty-one typical assemblies; a cross-index from the revised to the old series, and an extended index to the various types of mouldings. It is available from the Central Committee on Lumber Standards, Washing- ton, D.C.
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lowet costs-and better priccs for more perfect lumber are the big reasons why 92.7/s of thekilns built during the past two years have been Moore's Reversible Cross tirculation Kilns. "
Above: Plant of The Shevlin-Hixon Company at Bend, Oregon. This mill has an annual capacity of 8000 carloads of Ponderosa Pine.
Below: Plant of The McCloud River Lumbet Company, at McCloud, California. This mill has fifty-two modern dry kilns, and an annual capacity of 8000 carloads of California Ponderosa Pine and Sugar (Genuine White) Pine.
The dedication of one of the largest Sequoia Gigantea trees in the Calaveras Grove to the memory of Parson Peter Simpkin, late Supreme Chaplain of the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo, took place on Sunday, October 11, before a gathering of more than 100 of Hoo Hoo, many oi whom have held high office in the order and were close personal friends of the Parson.
The solemnity of the ceremony was heightened by its setting in a natural amphitheater at the base of the giant Redwood which has stood for thirty centuries in the heart of the forest of Big Trees.
Frank W. Trower, of San Francisco, a past Snark of the Ifniverse, and an old personal friend of the Parson, was chairman of the day, in charge of the program, which was opened by prayer by Dr. Tully Knoles, president of the College of th'e Pacific, Stockton. This was follorved by the singing of "America" by the gathering.
Mr. Trower then gave a biographical sketch of the Parson which follows:
"From time immemorial it has been a longing of the human heart that a man might perpetuate his own memory or that of his honored and loved ones. That is the appeal of the Taj Mahal, the Egyptian Pyramids and the tombsi in the Valley of the Kings, the University of Leland Stanford, Junior, the Washington monument, the Lincoln Me..
morial, as well as the simple shafts in any humble country churchyard.
"Today we are gathered amid these towering and an.. cient sentinels of the Sierra for a similar purpose, as we dedicate this noble Sequoia and unveil this bronze tablet in this granite boulder io the memory of our beloved 'Parson' Peter A. Simpkin, who was for nearly nine years the Supreme Chaplain of our Lumbermen's fraternity, known as the Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo. This organization, formed in 1892 in a spirit of fun, whose primary purpose was the promotion of friendship among men in this great industry, later developed a more serious program. 'Parson' Simpkin became the national field officer in l92l and was a leading factor in the ensuing years of successful effort to promote the best interests of lumber and to build up the fraternity on a firmer foundation.
"Gifted with a brilliant intellect, a magnetic and lovable personality, an eloquent tongue, he numbered his friends by legions. IIe was easily the most widely known and best loved man in all the lumber circles of the United States and Canada. Never in robust health in recent years, yet he was a veritable dynamo of power and persistence, overcoming obstacles that would have appalled a weaker spirit. He traveled thousands of miles each year, speaking not only before lumber groups but to various service clubs
and many other organizations. He taught them the vast contribution which our lumber industrv has made to the: progress of our people. He showed thai by using our ripe timber we helped to perpetuate our forest wealth. In tho Friends of the Forest movement organized by the HooItroo Order, he took a leading part, speaking at many treeplanting exercises throughout the nation and encouraging Jroung folks to lend their aid. He told of the Reforestation programs of our Western timber owners, especially those in the Redwood and White Pine regions of California. He $'on appreciation and friendship for lumber when they were sorely needed.
"To the lumbermen themselves, struggling against chaotic and crazy competition, he everlastingly preached the need of friendly cooperation and good will. A deep student of economics, he seemed to foresee to a great degree the present situation, and he often warned the industry to put its house in order. He believed profoundly in that part of the Hoo-Hoo Code of Ethics which refers to lumbcrmen as the Nation's home-builders. He had a vision ol an ordered industry, serving a public need on a fair basis to all concerned.
"The term 'Palson' meant no loss of dignity, but was indeed a symbol of affection. It is of course not unusual for church members to confide in their men of the cloth, but it fell to 'Parson' Simpkin to win the confidence of hundreds of men who had not allied themselves with anv particular faith. Kindly and tolerant, he found friends in all branches of religious belief, and in all walks of liie.
"Peter Atherton Simpkin was born in 1866 in England, in a town that, curiously enough, was named Lumberhead Green. Coming early to America, one of his first pastorates was in the timber region of Wisconsin, where he gained the title of 'Lumberjack Sky Pilot.' He spent twenty fruitful years as pastor of Phillips Congregational Church in Salt Lake City, where he also endeared himsell to the lumbermen and made countless friends among the Mormons. California claimed him as an intermittent resi dent for several years; much of that time he spent in Santa Monica and the Bay region. His untiring labors and the final illness of his wife broke down his frail body, and this noble and unique spirit passed on in August oI l93O at the home of his physician son, Dr. John Simpkin, at Marshfield, Oregon.
"Always a lover of the California forests, it is most fitting that this stately Sequoia Gigantea be dedicated to the memory of 'Parson' Simpkin. Those of us who were present at that great closing meeting of the Hoo-Hoo International Convention in Fresno in l92I will vividlv recall the memorable address of the ParSon as he stood in front of that great Sequoia in General Grant National Park named after Scotland, the home of the Parson's forebears. I wish I had time to read some extracts from that' brilliant portrayal of the likeness of human life to that of these trees, which are the oldest of living things. And
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a few years later many of us heard him on this favorito subject again in the grove of Sempervirens near Garberville on the Redwood Highway, when we were endeavoring with the help of the Save-the-Redwoods League to interest Hoo-Hoo International in the preservation of some of these wonder groves of the ever-living redwood of the coastal reglon.
"And so it is with a peculiar pride and affection that we today honor the memory of this good man, this wise counsellor and faithful friend, this talented servant of a great industry and of the common welfare. Of this genial, humorous, great-hearted Big Brother, it can be truly said that, like Him of old, 'He went about going good.' The song that was his life and character may be ended, 'but the memory lingers on'."
The chairman paid a tribute to the fine work of Chas. G. Bird, of Stockton, executive chairman of the Parson Simpkin Memorial Committee, and expressed appreciation of the work of the individual members of this committ€e, particularly that of Bert Bryan of Oakland, Vicegerent Snark of the Golden Gate District. He also said he hoped this gathering would be the precursor of many other gatherings of lumbermen, and that the memorial tree would become a lumbermen's shrine.
A letter from Henry Isherwood, St. Louis, secretarytreasurer of the Order, was read by the chairman, who also read letters from three past Snarks of the lJniverse, Everett G. Griggs, Tacoma; Melvin M. Riner, Kansas City, and Julius Seidel, St. Louis.
Letters were also read by the chairman from J. E. Martin, of Los Angeles, Supreme Arcanoper, extending best wishes for the success of the dedication from Los Angeles Hoo Hoo; from David Woodhead, of Los Angeles, and from Roy H. Felt, of Salt Lake City, all of whom regretted their inability to be present.
Short talks were given by Col. Chas. B. Wing, of the State Parks Board; D. Fricot, of Angels Camp, vice-president of the Calaveras Grove Association, who expressed the appreciation of the association for the assistance given by Hoo Hoo in the purchase of the grove for a State Park; and by past Snarks of the lJniverse R. A. Hiscox and C. D. LeMaster.
Joyce Kilmer's poem "Trees" and Kipling's "Recessional" were then sung by Miss Francis Bowerman, accompanied by Mrs. J. B. Baird.
Miss Betty B. Trower, daughter of the chairman, read with fine feeling Douglas Malloch's poem "Brotherhood of the Forest."
George M. Cornwall, editor of the Timberman, Portland, read Edgar A. Guest's poem "Compensation."
Mr. Trower then introduced two sons of the Parson, Dr. John Simpkin, of Marshfield, Ore., and Joseph W. Simpkin, of Salt Lake City, who briefly expressed their
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appreciation of the honor done to their father by this memorial.
Dr. Tully C. Knoles in his address said he considered it a privilege to pay a tribute to this man who had had such an influence on the Hoo Hoo Order 'and on the industry he represented. He concluded by reading Douglas Malloch's poem "The Parson's Creed."
Tom Gardner, secretary of the Central California Lumbermen's Club, Stockton, who was the originator of the idea of the memorial tree, was then asked by the chairmal to unveil the bronze plaque, which was set in a laqgre boulder placed close to the base of the tree.
The inscription on the plaque is as follows:
Io the Memory of ..PARSON'' PETER A. SIMPKIN
Supreme ChaPlain
Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo
The Fraternal Order of Lumbermen
He Knew and Loved the Forest And Was a Friend to Man
Dedicated
October 11, 1931
1866-1930
The tree is 280 feet high, and 18 feet in diameter five {eet above the base. The Calaveras Grove of Big Trees is approximately 80 miles from Stockton, over a splendid highway.
Many Hoo Hoo notables were in attendance, and in addition io those already mentioned these included the following: H. S. Morton, Oakland, late Supreme Jjrbberwock; Bert Fryan, Oakland, Vicegerent Snark of the Golden Gate District; Ray B. Cox, Berkeley, past president, East Bay Hoo Hoo Clirb; Larue Woodson, San Francisco, president, East Bay Hoo Hoo Club; Geo. W. Robinson, Viceg_erent Snark, Stockton District, and Robert S. Grant, former Vicegerent Snark, Golden Gate District.
The Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co. announces the removal of their Los Angeles office to 305 Union Insurance Building. Their telephone number will be the sameVAndike 8792.
Redwood Piling is now specified on many State, County' and other jobs?
BECAUSE it is lowet in price than othet Pilng' lasting qualities consideted. ft is a California product.
We sell it to lumber yards at prices which enable them to meet competition.
start on Thursg-ay morning, November 19; th9 !u.s1ness sessions wrll begin in the afternoon at 1:00 P.M. E. T. Robie, Auburn Lumber Co., Auburn, is chairman of the program committee and is being assisted by the following: W. K. Kendrick, Valley Lumber Co., Fresno; Chas. G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton, and M. D. Bishop, Secretary of the Coast Counties Lumbermen's Club.
The Oakland Hoo Hoo Club are arranging for a '. Hoo Hoo luncheon to be held on Friday noon, No' vember 20. The annual banquet and dinner dance will be held on Friday evening at the Hotel Oakland i and there will be an excellent entertainment program provided for during the evening'
The annual convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association will be held at the Hotel Oakland, Oakland, on November 19, T and 21. Registration will
The entertainment program for the ladies attending the convention is being arranged for by Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Dalton, Melrose Lumber Co., Oakland. The Hotel Oakland offers excellent facilities for the convention and they are making special hotel rates to the delegates. A large attendance is expected at the convention and many of the lumbermen plan to take in the annual California-Stanford "big game" that will take place at the Stanford stadium, Palo Alto, Saturday afternoon, November 21.
Although announced to the trade only four weeks ago, Setab Shingles have already gained a large volume of sales throughout the eleven Western states, according to an announcement made by the manufacturer, The Pioneer Paper Company.
"The enthusiastic reception given our newest product, Setab Shingles, has been largely due to the fact that the ptoduct meets a long felt need," stated Mt. J. H. Plunkett, General Manager of the concern. "Setabs give the lumber dealer genuine sales advantages over ordinary asphalt shingles, and he has been alert to grasp the profit possibilities in presenting these advantages to his customers, Our production of the new product is being increased weekly, and an aggressive advertising campaign has been launched to familiarize the homeowner with the economy and long life of Setab Shingles."
Setabs are a distin,ct improvement over the ordinary type of asphalt strip shingles. Heretofore, the cut edges of the shingle allowed the asphalt saturant in the felt to slowly dry out, and also permitted moisture to enter. This disadvantage has been eliminated in Setabs, by sealing in the saturant with a coat of asphalt into which has been embedded a surfacing of crushed rock. -. This added coating, besides materially lengthening the liiL of the shingle, also gives it a thicker butt resulting in the heavy shadow line effect so favored by architects.
The surfacing of Setab Shingles carries the beautiful Forestry Blend ,colors. Reds, blues, g'reens and greys drift and intermingle over the entire roof, a process controlled by The Pioneer Paper Company on the Pacific Coast.
The advertising campaign to consumers features the saving which Setabs offer because they have double the life of an ordinary asphalt shingle, and therefore cost half as much to the homeowner.
Joseph Stulman, of Stulman-Emrick Lumber Company, New York, died in New York, October 17. Mr. Stulman was well known to many of the pine and Douglas fir manufacturers on the Pacific Coast. He had suffered for some time from an intestinal trouble, for which he had sought relief from physicians in this country and in Europe, but died from beri-beri, a rare disease said to be caused from vitamin deficiency in diet.
The officials, department managers and office employees of the Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Los Angeles office, and yard managers and office employees of all their branch yards inspected the company's Los Angeles harbor operations at Wilmington on Saturday afternoon, October 24. In the evening they met at the Hotel Alexandria, Los Angeles, for dinner and a business meeting. About M attended.
George H. Corliss, who for the past fifteen years has been advertising manager of the S. A. Woods Machine Co., of Boston, has recently been appointed advertising and sales promotion manager of the J. A. Fay & Egan Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Corliss, who is a member of the California bar and a writer of special articles appearing-in newspapers and magazines on business and economic subjects, has had a broad experience in advertising, as well as in domestic and foreign sales promotion. In addition to his former duties as advertising manager for l5 years with the S. A. Woods Machine Co., he handled from the beginning the publicity for the National Association of Manufacturers of Woodworking Machinery.
According to figures supplied by the Section of Customs Statistics of the Department of Commerce to the Lumber Division, softwood imports into the United States during August, 1931, were as follows:
Sawed lumber of fir, hemlock, spruce, pine or larch, dutiable; from Canada, 34,872,W board feet; from Germany, 524,ffi; from Mexico, 307,00Q.; and from Yugoslavia, 20,000.
Boards, planks and deals in the rough or planed and dressed on one side; of fir, hemlock, spruce, pine or larch; from Canada,22,469,O0O board feet; free of duty.
Other kinds of softwood lumber, free of duty; from Canada, 1,857,000 board feet.
George Adams, Noah Adams Lumber Co., Walnut Grove, Calif., is spending his vacation visiting in Los Angeles, San Diego and other Southern California points.
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"Communists, Socialists, Liberals, Ultra-Conse1v2livs5in fact, all political factions-are cooperating with forest owners in Sweden in formulating the most progressive and farsighted forestry legislation in force in any country," accoiding to Axel H. Oxholm, director of the National Committee on Wood Utilization oi the Department of ..Commerce, who has just returned from a three months' trip to Europe, where he investigated European forests and forest industries.
"As a result of this unity of action, the Srvedish forests, which are the backbone of that cottntry, are in a better ' condition at present than at anv time in the country's history. Other countries in liurope are now following the Swedish example in order to saf eguard this important national resource. Regulation of timber cutting and timber growing is recognized in Europe today as the mos.t pow&ful medium of stabilizing European forest industries."
Great Britain, in common with Germany and Sweden, is making important strides in the better knowledge of wood, its conversion and uses. Forest products laboratories are springing up in these countries, with public. support, since- it ii realized that past wood-using practices have 'not always rested on a scientific basis, and much waste has therefore resulted.
marketing practices, and will report his findings to the United Statts Timber Conservation Board, as a member of its Advisory Committee.
The American forest industries have excelled those in all other countries in educating consumers, and in his report to the Department of Commerce on European markels {or American lumber he will emphasize thc need of extending this educational campaign to European consumers of American wood products.
"In proportion to its real worth, American lumber today is probably sold at lower prices than lumber from any other country," he said. "We have quality products, and apparently do not know it."
Mr. Oxholm also made a study of European wood construction methods, and reports that Europeans have gone farther, in some respects, in the efficient use of wood in construction than we have in this country. "By the application of certain engineering principles to wood construction in connection with the use of other materials, European engineers and builders are today employing, for conitruction purposes, certain qualities and species of wood which we in this country consider unsuitable for the purpose." "This may," he said, "open up entirely new fields lor our forest owners, and bring about important economies in our construction industries."
Charles Harry White, vice president and general manager of White Brothers, the oldest hardwood concern in San Francisco, is a prominent and colorful figure in the hardwood industry of the Pacific Coast, and also in the councils of the National Hardwood Lumber Association.
Born in San Francisco in 1875, he is the son of Jacob W. White, an associate of White Brothers, and a nephew of Asa L. White and Peter White, founders of the firm. Brought up .in the Mission District o'f San Francisco,.he attended the Mission Primary and Mission 'Grammar Schools, and later graduated from the San Francisco Commercial High School, after which at the age of 15 he went to work as an assistant bookkeeper in a butter and egg commission business, but soon decided to go back to school and attended Anderson's Academy. From this school he -entered the University of California, graduating in the class of 1896.
His first experience'of the hardwood.business was gained right after'leaving college as a laborer and tally clerk in White'Brothers' hardwood yard. About this time a desire to see far off countries developed, and soon youqg Harry was spending all his spare time studying'spanish. Armed with'a good working knowledge of the language he obtained a job.as a railroad clerk in Guatemala, on-the Guate,mala Central Railroad, where he remained three years, incidentally perfecting himself in the Spanish language.
Leaving Guatemdla he became storekeeper and freight clerk for two years on ships of the Pacific Mail Steamship Co., running from San Francisco to Panama, and to China and Japan. At the end of this period he returned to San Francisco where he became a customs broker as a member of the firm of Mattoon & Co., where he put his knowledge of Spanish to good use in handling Spanish invoices, translations, etc.'-
In 1906 he returned to his first love, the hardwood business, joining White Brothers as a stockholder, later being 'made vice president and general manager of the firm.
Through his service of six yeats as a director of the National Hardwood Lumber Association he has developed a large acquaintance in the hardwood trade throughout the country. He was the first president of the Pacific Coast Hardwood Dealers' Association, and served in 193O and is again serving this year as vice president.
He married Miss Louise Campbell Frier in 19O6, and is the father of three children, two sons, Donald F., who has just graduated from the University of California, and has now started to work for White Brothers; Charles 8., who is attending the University of Oregon, and a daughter, Shirley, who is in high school'
Mr. White'lives in Alameda. His main hobby is gardening. His 'dahlias and other flowers have won many prizes at flower shows. He is a member of several golf clubs, but doesn't seem to find time for playing golf except at occasional convention tournaments. He is a Shriner and an Elk, and a member of the famous San Francisco Olympic Club. What might be called one of his hobbies
is his country place in the Santa Cruz Mountains, where he spends as much time as he can spare from his busy life, entertaining his family and friends.
Mr. White has played a big part in the growth and development of the firm of White Brothers in the last quarter of a century. This concern was established in 1872 by Peter and Asa L. White, who bought out the old firm of Walrath and Hunter (who went to Nevada County and developed the Brunswick Mine which produced millions). Peter White had come to California from New Brunswick, and in 1868 was in the hardwood and wagon material business of Straut White & Co. In 1872 the two brothers joined forces and formed the firm of White Brothers, which is therefore almost 60 years in existence. W. T. White, the president of the firm, is the son of Asa L. White.
Mr. White is the possessor of a very fine library, of which he is justly proud, and has always been a great reader of the best in literature. He has written a number of poems and songs, and some articles which show much ability along this line. Possibly he may some day develop this talent when he is able to spare the necessary time-
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Here is one that has been told in the Ozark mountainc since time immemorial. In the October 1 issue I told onc of a big Ozark mountain family, and their politics. Thir one regards their dress.
The visitor from the city noted with wonderment the almost countless nurnber of children in this family. And most of them, both boys and girls, wore the same costume, just a gunny-sack kimona of a flowing sort, that hung from their shoulders to their shoes. Others wore regulation clothes. So he asked the father of the generous flock about these costumes, and he explained.
R. A. Clark, sales manager of the Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, Bellingham, Wash., has left on an eastern business trip wh-e1e h_e will visit the company's offices at Chicago and New York.
"You see, we're pore folks, an' we got to dress all them children economical. So we uses that gunny-sack dress fer both boys an'gals till they're eighteen years old. Then wo puts pants on the boys, an' petticoats on the gals".
A little later the visitor discoveredi one of the ,,boyg', with a full growth of whiskers, who wore the gunny-sack robe, so he pointed him out to the old man, and inquired if he was not more than eighteen.
"Shore", said the old man. "Zeke, he's twenty-three. But the reason he's still wearin' the gunny-sack is that he cussed at the table when the preacher was eatin' dinner with us, an' we sot him back seven years".
^ D"gl Cook, sales manager of the Madera Sugar Pine Co., Madera, Calif.., was a Los Angeles visitor around the middle of October where he spent several days calling on the lumber trade.
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Washington, D.C., Oct. 26.-The President's Organization on Unemployment Relief has recommended to communities the devel6pment of home-modernizing campaigns with a fall and winter impetus as a means to stimulate employment and business, ii was announced today by Fred C. Croxton, Assistant Director.
. "The promotion of campaigns to increase home improvement anl repair is a logicil dbmmunity activity to increase employmend" Mr. Croiton said. "In suggesting-it to Sommuniti.", however, it is not our intention to make a blanket recommendation. Whether such a campaign would fit the employment program of a specific locality must be decided by the locality."
The Oiganization'i recommendation is contained in a soecial builetin which has been sent to community civic, welfare, and business groups throughout the country. Calling attention to the potentiil efiectiveness of the- campaigns, it "offers suggestions f.or organizing them and sets forth several illusiiations of such- community efiort. The title of the bulletin is "Community Home-Modernizing -CaPoaisns to Stimulate Employment and Business." Copies i""i t" obtained from thi Piesident's Organi-z-atiog o-T-Ul-
Relief, 1734 New York Avenue, N. 'W., Washingiorl D. C., without charge.
President Larue J. Woodson presided at th9 regular dinr meefins" of the East Bav Hoo Hoo Club held at the ner meeting of the BaY Athens Athletic Club, Oaklanc Ath-letic Oakland, October 19.
A pleasant feature of the meeting was the presentaiion of a Gladstone traveling bag to the rEtiring president, Ray. B' Cox. Vice-president Joe Todd made the presentatton speech.
^ Frank W. Trower, master of ceremonies at the dedication of the Redwood tree at Calaveras Grove to the memory.of F"ruor, Simpkin, October 11, gave the meeting a very interesting outline of the proceedings.
- Victoi C. Cole, an exicutive of the Pacific Manifolding Book Company' was the speaker-of t-he.evening. Hi.s sub ject was "The New Search for Profits," and the talk was much enjoyed.
H. Se#att Morton, retiring Supreme Jabberwock, $aY€ I brief talk on what took placd at {he Hoo Hoo Annual Convention at West Baden,-Ind., September 23 to 25' President Woodson announced that instead of the usual monthlv dinner meeting in November, Hoo Hoo Club No' Sq ;itt intertain the del-egates to the California Retail Lumblr-"tt't Convention on-Friday noon, November 20, at the Hotel Oakland.
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E. A. Ferris has been elected president of the Westwoo4, Calif., iloo Hoo Club for the coming.year'.succeeding W' i. Morrison. R. H. Conly was elected president,-and Jack Shere re-elected secretaiy-treasurer. All the officers are connected with The Red River Lumber Co' The club pla-ns an active year and many activities are now under way for the coming Hoo Hoo Year.
When the "President Coolidge," the new $8,000,000 turboelectric express liner of the Dollar Lines arrives in San Francisco early in November, she will carry back to California the product of a California industry which was shipped across the continent to the Atlantic Seaboard wheie the vessel was built.
The "President Coolidge" and the "President Hoover," twin ships, are the largest and finest commercial vessels ever built in America and will ply between New York, San Francisco and the Orient in the regular Dollar Line sailings. Their length is 653 feet, depth 52 feet, beam 81 feet, displacement 33,800 tons and they will carry a crew of 30O and !.260 passengers.
These palatial liners mark a new era in trans-Pacific
travel and another achievement for the Dollar Lines. The many years of pioneering work by the veteran Captain Dollar and his struggle to establish the American flag in world shipping is one of the outstanding epics of our merchant marine.
Every known device for safety, comfort and luxury has been built into these boats with many entirely new innovations. From Arctic cold to tropic heat passengers experience a degree of comfort only obtainable by the latest achievements in heating, refrigeration and air conditioning. The nine decks contain the finest appointments of the modern hotel and home, a sound-picture theatre, swimming pool and sand beach, stock exchange room, garage, gymnasium, childrens' playroom, shopping corridor and 51
radio loud speakers are among the entertainment features.
The interior is a distinguished example of marine architecture featured by the paneling of hardwoods on walls and ceilings. The finest American and imported woods were used including many of rare and beautiful tropic. growth. These panels were made by the Red River Lum'\ ber Company at \Mestwood, California, and shipped to/ Newport News, Virginia, where the vessels were built./
The manufacture of the finest grade of hardwood plywoods on the Pacific Coast is another example of pioneering a new field. The hardwoods are mostly shipped to this California factory from the Atlantic seaboard, built onto California Pine cores and shipped back to compete in .cost and quality with products built in the East. Extensive factory facilities, highly organized production and superior quality of product are necessarY.
Hardwood veneers manufactured by the Red River Lumber Company are being used in the finest ocean liners and private yachts as well as in notable office buildings, hotels and homes in the East and Middle West.
William Blaine March, San Joaquin Valley lumberman, died at the Cottage Sanatarium, Santa Barbara, on October 13 following an illness of about a year. He was 59 years of age. Funeral services were held at Ivanhoe on October 16 and were attended by many lumbermen of the San Joaquin Valley. Ray Clotfelter, James Hyman, E. M. Howard, W. W. Boyd, C. L. Burnett and Arthur Kelly, all retail lumbermen from surrounding towns, acted as pall bearers. Interment was at Visalia.
Mr. March was born at Santa Cruz, Calif., March 26, 1872. He became associated with the lumber business at an early age, first locating at Monrovia, where he was connected with the Blinn Lumber Company for about 14 years. He purchased an interest in this concern and the name was changed to the Monrovia Lumber Company. In April, 1913, he established the W. B. March Lumber Company at Ivanhoe, Tulare County, Calif., where he made his home and conducted his retail lumber business until his death' In addition to the lumber yard, he owned the Ivanhoe Water Company, and was interested in the Venice Hill Townsite Company.
The deceased was a member of Four Creeks Lodge No. 94, I.O.O.F., Visalia Lodge No. 1298, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Fraternal Brotherhood of Los Angeles, and the Fraternal Aid of Monrovia. He was a member of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club, and for many years a member of Hoo Hoo.
Surviving Mr. March are his widow, Ada H. March, of Ivanhoe; two daughters, Mrs. William Mixter of San Francisco and Miss Lucille March of Ivanhoe; a sonr Claude March of Los Angeles; and his mother, Mrs. A. p. Armstrong, who lives at the old home in Santa Ctuz. f
M. H. Jones, president of the Jones Lumber Co., Portland, who recently completed 20.hours of solo- flying, has purchased a Waco three-place biplane which he will use both for business and Pleasure.
This extraordinary shingle designed f or Vestern homcs by \Ueover - Henry Corporotion hos many imitotions sponsored by other rooling companies. Always good things are copied . remember that. Remember olso that the Veaver-Henry Thotch-Lock is the Originol Thatch-Lock on thc coost. Only Veaver- Henry dealers or prospective dealers con handle this product. lt is monufoctured for our deolers to prolit by.
"Johnny, can you tell me what a hypocrite is?', "Yes, ma'am, it's a boy who comes to school with a smile on his face."
I bargained with life for a penny, And life would pay no more; However I begged at cvening, When I counted my scanty scorc.
For life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wage6 Why you must bear the task.
I worked for a menial's hire, Only to learn dismayed, That any wage f had asked of life, Life would have paid.
-Jessie Rittenhouec.Home from the trenches on leavg Jock wandered into the finest restaurant in London. He selected a comfortable table, sat down and called a waiter. To him he said in a commanding voice:
"A glass of water."
The water was brought, and Jock took a sandwich from his pocket and settled back to enjoy himself. The waiter, amazed at such nerve, called the manager, and escorted hirn to the table where.the Scotchman sat eating. The waiter said:
"This is the manager-"
Whereupon the Scotchman looked up and demanded:
"So you're the manager? I was just on the point o' sending for you. Why isn't the orchestra playing?',
When a man becomes bitter and sour and begins to think and feel that every one is against him, he will inevitably begin to treat them in such a manner so that they will be. If he thinks and acts as though everyone is a friend, unconsciously he will conduct himself so that all will be his friends. If we put into our relations with our fellow men a full and overfowing measure of cheer and good will, we may rest assured that even so it will bc returned to us. The hand rnay be cunning and the head may contain the brain that can conceive the most britliant thoughts, but every good worthy impulse comes from thc heart. Strengthen your faith in men, think kindly of them, believe that they ARE your friends, and in thc long nn thcy will be.-Thc Kalends.
An Optimist is a man who, when he is told the wolf ir at his door, refuses to believe a word of it and thereforo, upon opening his door thus unprepared, is promptly gobbled up by the wolf.
A Pessimist, upon learning that the wolf is at the door, believes it is no use to struggle, so he opens the door end gives himself up to the wolf.
An Opportunist, however, learns with lnterest that tbc wolf is at the door. After studying the situation thoroughly he lures the wolf into the house and then emerges aftcr a brief interval, clad in a new wolf skin coat.
"Can you tell me why it is that there are so many morc automobile than there are railroad accidents?',
"Sure I It's because the engineer of the train isn't always hugging the fireman."
"What do Scotchmen do with their old razor blades?.
"Shave with 'em, fool, shave with 'em.,t
Washington, October 21.--The opinion was expressed at the offices of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association here today, that the lumber industry had fared comparatively well at the hands of the Interstate Commerce Commission in the decision handed down yesterday in the matter of the application of the railways for a 15 per cent increase in freight rates.
It was pointed out that in its suggested plan for increasing certain freight rates, in lieu of the blanket increase asked by the railways, the Commission excepts only agricultural products and logs, fuel wood, railroad ties, wood excelsior and sawdust.
Lumber, shingles, and lath are placed in the class to have the lowest rate of increase per car in case the railways accept the Commission's suggestion. This rate is $3 a car which, on the basis of an average of 25,000 feet of lumber to the car, means an increased freight rate of only 12 cents a thousand feet for lumber. This is considered virtually a victory for the industry which has consistently maintained that it was entitled to especially favorable treatment in the matter of any increase in freight rates permitted by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Moreover, in the group of commodities on which rates may be increased more than those on lumber are such competitors of lumber as rough and finished stone and artificial stone, cement, brick, and other substitute building materials.
The fact that lumber and lumber products have fared so well is cited as proof of the benefits derived from a united front of the industrv. While the intrinsic merits of the position that lumber-should be accorded special consideration are undeniable, it is held to be certain that if the industry had not been united in presenting the Commission with irrefutable statistics and other facts. the outcome might have been far different.
The Red River Lumber Company, Westwood, California, rccently installed a panel re-dryer of the Moore Cross Circulation type in their veneer factory for redrying Ponderosa pine plywood and also high-grade furniture panels made with pine core and hardwood faces. It has been found dcsirable to redry the glue moisture from the panels. Thir redrying eliminates the tendency of panels to warp and algo places the panels in proper condition for interior use.
The kiln was designed and equipment furnished by the Moore Dry Kiln Company of North Portland, Oregon.
The San Diego Hoo Hoo Club at its annual meeting elected John Lupton, president; Mearl Baker, vice president, and Russell Piersall, secretary-treasurer. Mr. Lupton was vice president of the club last year and succeeds Robert W. Reid. At the business session plans for the coming yearwere discussed and retiring President Robert W. Reid and George F. Nolan, vicegerent snark of the district during the past year, were complimented for their fine work.
George MacFarlane, of San Diego, has been appointed vicegerent snark for San Diego and Imperial counties for the ensuing Hoo Hoo year, succeeding George F. Nolan.
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Polson Lumber & Shingle Co. Hoquiam, Wadr.
Anderson A Middleton Lumber Co. Abctdeen, Varh.
Prouty Lumber & Box Company
Varrenton, Oregon
Operating Steamers Stanwood
The log cabin of the days of '49, modernized with all the latest conveniences, has again made its appearance in California, according to Isaiah Hartman, of Hartman & Peery, Boulder Creek, Calif. Set in the clearings of the redwoods of Santa Cruz mountains, these bark covered cabins have been made of green redwood logs treated to destroy all insect life.
One of these cabins has been fitted up like a hunting cabin of pioneer days. A large fireplace extending to the rafters with built-in bookcases on each side is at one end of the living room. An elk head hangs over the fireplace and specimens of deer heads have been placed above the doors leading to the bedrooms, hall and bath. Fur rugs with the heads of mountain lions, timber wolves and bob cats cover the floor. The logs forming the exterior and interior walls have been mortised in so that a smooth weatherproof finish is obtained. Furnishings, including tables, benches, chairs, and even the floor and table lamps, have been made by hand from bark covered logs. Equipped with built-in closets, medicine cabinets and shower baths, it has all the comforts of the city home.
John Olson, Los Angeles, manager o-f the Southern Califoinia and Arizona operations of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., was a recent Northern California visitor where he spent a few days in the company's San Francisco office.
E. C. Hallinan, representative of the Posey Manufacturing Co., Hoquiam, Wash., returned October 19 to his San Francisco headquarters from a business trip to the Northwest that included visits to Portland, Grays Harbor, Ta'coma, Seattle, Everett and Bellingham.
Washington, D.C., October 12.-The United States Timber Conservation Board, recently organized under the chairmanship of the Secretary of Commerce to survey underlying economic factors affecting the nation's forest industries and to recommend a cooperative program between industry and government for the amelioration of conditions, will undertake.a study of the naval stores industry in the ,course of its work, Ripley Bowman, Secretarv of the board, announced today.
Tentative pldns for launching the study were considered at an informal meeting' between repr.esentatives of the forest conservation movement and government officials at the Department of Commerce last week. As the result of a general belief that the study is needed'and that it should be undertaken with the naval stores industry cooperating as a unit with the Timber Conservation Board, -Carl F-. Speh, of Jacksonville, Florida. Secretary of the Pine Institute of America, is now in Washington for a discussion of the detailed aspects of the plan.
In commenting on the proposed program, Mr. Bowman said that naval stores is an important unit of the nation's forest industries. "The Timb"f Conser'uation Board naturally is concerned with making a complete study of the economic phases bearing upon its present welfare and future prosperity. This same program is being followed in other branches of the forest industries. In order to be comprehensive the board's Naval Stores study must have the full cooperation of the industry. It is hoped that such an arrang'ement can be completed with Mr. Speh."
Those present at last week's conference were: Dr. Austin Cary, U. S. Forest Servi,ce; Franklin Reed, Secretary, Society of American Foresters; Thomas Gill, American Tree Association; C. H. Collingwood, American Forestry Association; Axel H. Oxholm, National Committee on Wood Utilization of the Department of Commerce; Dr. E. B. Veitch, Bureau of Chemistry, Department of Agriculture; E. D. Demmon, U. S. Forlst Service; C. C. Concannon and E. C. Wood, Chemical Division, Department of Commerce.
Mr. Oxholm and Mr. Gill are members of the Advisorv Committee of the Timber Conservation Board.
The Valley Lumber Co., Lodi, Calif., has remodeled their office 'and are arranging for an attractive display room. They have also added a complete line of building hardware supplies.
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AMERTCAN MILL CO.
Abcrdcm, Warh.
HOQUIAM LUMBER & SHTNGLE CO.
HoquLn, Wa!h.
HULBERT MILL CO.
Aberd*n, Warh.
J. A. LEWIS SHINGLE CO.
Soth Bend, Wuh.
WILLAPA HARBOR LT'MBER MILLS
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Southern Californie E. J. Stanton & Son
2050 E. 38th St., Lor Angcler
Northern California
Hill & Morton, Inc.
Dcnniron St. \[rbarf' Oakland
Central California Geo. lV. Robinron
266 Wilhoit Bldg., Stockton
The September sales for 4-Square lumber more than doubled the September 1930 figure, according to the recent statement of F. K. Weyerhaeuser, President of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, to the American press.
In commenting further on this announcement, Mr. Weyerhaeuser went on to say: "The reason for this remarkable increase can be attributed in a large measure to aggressive advertising and selling methods which have made the American public conscious of the need for precision-made lumber which makes for better construction. This interest in better built homes has been greatly intensified through the introduction of a new framing lumber this spring. The results to date substantiate our hopes that this new merchandise, if properly publicized, could be successfully sold in the present market.
"The analyses of September 4-Square sales show also that this month's figures are 72 per cent higher than any previous month since this line of lumber products was introduced in 1928.
"For a ten month period, ending October lst, the 4Square sales show a 63 per cent increase which is due in part to the addition of the 4-Square framing stock introduced last spring. The sales of 4-Square finishing items, which have been marketed for over three years, have increased 23 per cent during this period."
To those members of the industry familiar with Weyerhaeuser activities, this announcement will be interpreted as the successful conclusion of a September sales drive. As announced to the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company representatives just prior to the first of September, this contest with appropriate prizes was open to all district offices from coast to coast.
The winning district office was New York, under the direction of Max Williamson. Second honors in the 4 Square contest went to the Philadelphia District, under the management of C. M. Cooke, with L. W. Rick's Pittsburgh District a close third.
This announcement follows closely on the heels of the Weyerhaeuser decision to further the theme of better construction in their national advertising. The two selling weapons-advertising and field salesmanship-have apparently worked hand in hand in the furtherance of the ,lSquare program.
As pointed out in the statement of F. K. Weyerhaeuser, the results of this contest are significant for three reasons: First, national advertising, if properly utilized in selling efforts, can sell merchandise in the present market. Seconly, the public as reflected by dealer experience, is responding to the war cry of better construction. Thirdly, the introduction of Guide-Line Framing has been enthusiastically accepted by the retail trade even in the face of a seemingly price market.
E. L. Clark, of the Sun Lumber Company, has taken over the management of the company's yard at Oxnard, succeeding Bruce Watt, who has resigned. Mr. Clark has been connected with the Sun Lumber Company at Ventura for the past six years.
Max E. Cook, farmstead engineer, manager of the Redwood Farm Structures Bureau, San Francsico, left October 26 f.or a three weeks' field trio in Southern California.
A fire that might have been prevented is a double calamity. Eternal vigilance is the price of safety-and especially so with the fumes of gasolines and oils. You cannot be too careful when a spark from a motor, the scratch of a match, or the flame from a cigarette may touch off an explosion to start a destructive fire and end in serious loss. Gasoline must be handled with gloves.
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Washington, Oct. 22.-To paraphrase the advertising slogan of 1 well known cigarette manufacturer, wood, to occupy the place it does in modern airplane construction, has 'igot to be good". Wood has held a commanding position in what w1 consider the present advanced stage of aviation, despite efforts to find better qualities in alternate materials. It is the one material upon which scientists are counting in the projected and, now considered thoroughly practical, navigation of the upper stories of the air-the stratosphere.
The French Air Ministry, it has become known, is actually building a plane that is expected to fly from Paris to New York in from five to seven hours. It will follow levels, high above the airplane "ceiling" we now know. Wherever possible, principally because of temperature requirements in such cold levels, wood and silk will be used fbr construction. What will happen to control wires and other parts where it has been found necessary to use metal, is the problem causing the engineers the greatest present concern.
The Farmans, building the new plane, have always been partial to wood construction. In their factory at Billancourt, wood is reckoned the one construction material for bodies that has stood the test of time and shown itself the superior material for such purpose through all periods ol llesign development. Because of the "strength per pound of weight" factor which it offers, its resiliency and toughness, and its ability to withstand low temperatures, it was chosen for the new ship.
It should be remembered that the French are not merely seeking to establish a speed record. They at'e attempting to establish French military supremacy in aviation through superior development rather than quantity production of plines. The new plane, though based.on the Farman "19O" model and strongly resembling a medium-sized monoplane, is said to excel in effective design any plane yet practically conceived. It is this superiority that gives importance to the place that wood has already achieved in its design and whiih practically assures its future preeminence in plane construction.
"The moment the news of this momentous flight flashes around the world" a recently published account of the project states, "all commercial and military planes in ex' istence will be as obsolete as a horse and buggy." And further speaking of the wood construction, this same ac. count says:
"The plane itself is of wooden and linen construction, partly because the Farman engineers are convinced that wooden framework has many advantages like resiliency over metal, and also because all metals except pure aluminum become extremely fragile and delicate at the low temperature encountered at 65,00O or 75,000 feet (12 to 15 miles). There is no trouble about the motor, as it will remain warm, but the air ministry experts are still uncertain how control wires and other metallic parts, unheated by the motor, will act. The strongest steel cracks like a thin china plate if cold is sufficiently intense."
There is no certainty just what conditions beyond low temperatures will be met in the stratosphere. Moderate currents are hoped for. Strong headwinds, it is pointed out, will delay flights while tailwinds may add one hundred miles per hour to speed. An average speed of 400 or 500 miles per hour through the stratosphere is looked forward to.
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Planing Mill Machinery for sale. All modcrn, new ! ]rears ago. Los Angeles Planing Mill Co., 1800 Industrial St., Los Angeles, Calif. Phone VAndike 8460.
Lumber buyer-years of experience in Washington and Oregon-knows the mills, grades, etc. Open for position anywhere. References. Address Box C-4O9, California Lumber Merchant.
Experienced manager of retail yard, age 32, wants position. Last three years managing for chain yard concern. Also interested in wholesale selling. Address Box C-414, care California Lumber Merchant.
Several years' experience Los Angeles lumber industry. Credit, Collections, Books, Properiies. Have auto. Honest, reliable and hard worker. Good references; will appreciate an interview. Address Box C-416, California Lumber Merchant.
Wholesale selling connection wanted by salesman, age 30, with ten years' selling experience all Western lumber products. Familiar with both Northern and Southern California retail trade, and will accept positiop in either territory. Highest references. Forrest W. Wilson, 43O Adams St.. Oakland, Calif. Phone Glencourt 9862.
Why not save yourself the Worry and Energy of doing your own Bookwork by having a thoroughly experienc€d Lumberman call in once or more each month and give you accurate information and keep your books in balancePosting, Financial Statements, etc., at a very nominal fee. Phone LAfayette 8241, or address Box C-4I2, California Lumber Merchant.
Wanted: Experienced Burroughs Machine Bookkeepcr for a retail lumber yard in Northern California, town of 3000 people. Steady employment. Answer to this magazine if you qualify. Box C-415, California Lumber Merchant.
Wanted-A good lumber yard in exchange for 6rst class Long Beach real estate. P.O. Box 36, Sierra Madre, California.
The office of the California Lumber Merchant is constantly receiving applicatigns, from both men and women, desiring work with lumbir concer;. - Mct of these have had previous lumber e:rperience.
.Wltg. you qre in ne_ed of help of any kind, either office or yard, why not get ttre hab_it of calling us first and gtving ur an opporhmityto bi of ie"vite to iou as well aB to those n_eeding employment? Thirl is no ch"rgu with tftis service, to employer or employee.
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"A good football team rarely fumbles"-s3yg "Little Hip." It takes experience, practice, ability and "something between the ears," to insure perfect football. Our Hipolito Sales Team rarely "fumbles" in going after business. ln 36 years, through good business and bad, our organization has learned what to do as well as what not to do in digging up business for us all during these trying times.
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