State Annual Will Be Held at Oakland November 19-20-21

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'

Hotel Oakland', Conaention Head,quarters

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.

Setabs Gain \(/ide Distribution

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

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.

Patten-Blinn ^71i" Employ es /

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.

Appointed Advertis g Manager ln

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.

Sofitwood lmports

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.

GEO. ADAMS SPENDS VACATION IN SOUTHLAND

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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