THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCIil\NT

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How Lumber Looks

There is no change in the situation at Portland, Ore., the jurisdictional controversy between the A'F. of L. and the C.I.O. for control of the sawmill workers being still on.

As we go to press, it is reported that only two sawmills are working there.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its news release of October 23 states:

Reports from 177 down and operating lumber mills in Washington and Oregnn for the rveek ended October 16 show thit market conditions contintle poor and uncertain. Orders taken by these miils total 81,95i,777 board feet, approximately 2,000,000 feet less than during the previous week. The production reported by the 177 down and operating mills of 92,882,402 board feet shows that the entire industry produced lumber at the rate of 5B'2 per cent of its averagi weekly cut during 1926'n. This compares with 85.9 pir cent, the peak of the year's production during the week of May 29.

When the industry early in late spring and early summer was operating at from 75 to nearly 9O per cent of its 1926D greater average production, the I77 identical mills reporaing to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association had i back--log of orders on hand of from 700,000,000 to 800,000,000 board feet. Orders taken by these mills averaged 113,000,000 feet per week during April, May and June, compared with less than 84,000,000 feet during each of the past two weeks. In the week ended October 16, these mills ieported total unfilled order files of but 316,000,000 board feit or considerably less than half the back-log during May and June.

Most of the medium size and larger units have been operating on short work weeks for some time. More extensive curtailment in production is indicated by mill advices. With lessening log consumption, camps are being closed or production considerably curtailed.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended October 16, 121 mills reporting, gave new business as 53,225,000 feet, shipm ents 67,022,000 feet, and production 79,340,000 feet. Unfilled orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 148,064,0@ feet.

The California Redwood Association for the week ended October 9 reported production from 13 mills as 9,844,WO feet, shipments 8,154,000 feet, and new business 5,981,000 feet. Week-end orders on*hand*totaled 33,129,00O feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended October 16, 125 mills reporting, gave new business as 29,I79,000 feet, shipments 3;2,591,W feet, and production 30,512,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 64,D5,W feet, equivalent to*3,062 *cars.

The lumber industrv during the week ended October 9 stood at 67 per cent bf the 19n weekly-average of production and -60 per cent of dverage 1929 shipments, according to reports to the National Lumber Manufacturers Associition fiom regional associations covering the operations of important hardwood and softwood mills.

524 mills for the week ended October 9 produced 228,719,000 feet of hardwoods and softwoods combined, shipped 200,113,000 feet, and booked orders of 185,350,000 feet.

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New Racing and Exposition Plant at Eureka Hammond Steamer Unloads Lumber Cargo

California's Redwoods entered a new field this year with the construction of Redwood Acres, a modern racing and agricuftural exposition plant at Eureka, California.

Not only is the physical property constructed entirely of Redwood lumber, produced in the same county, but the track and buildings are nestled in a cleared area surrounded by beautiful Redwood trees. With Eureka's Sequoia -Park as a backdrop to the setting, Redwood Acres is described as the most beautiful racing site in America.

The first race meeting was held from September 30 to October 5, and was an outstanding success despite a heavy rainfall on the second day. More than 30,000 people attended the four days devoted to racing.

More than a million feet of redwood lumber was used in construction of the initial buildings of the plant with as much more construction expected to follow next year. Redwood lumber firms participating in the project were the Hammond Redwood Company, The Pacific Lumber Company, Holmes Eureka Lumber Company, Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Company and the Elk River Mill and Lumber Company.

Contract for the grading and removal of more than 400 redwood stumps from the 40-acre site was held by A. N. Ball & Sons, general contractors of Berkeley. E. S. Mackins, Eureka contractor, supervised the construction.

At the Exposition itself, the Redwood industry provided an outstanding educational exhibit of more than 200 products of the industry, said to be most complete display of forest products ever shown in the county.

at New Redwood City Port

The steamship Redwood, owned by the }lammond Lumber Company, San Francisco, was the first commercial vessel to enter the new Port of Redwood City. The Redwood arrived on the evening of October 23 with a cargo of Redwood for Peninsula and Santa Clara Valley yards, and unloaded her cargo on Monday, October 25,

On Sunday afternoon an official welcome was given to Captain F. H. Johanson and his crew by Mayor Paul A. McCarthy of Redwood City, who remarked that the captain was really reversing operations begun there 84 years ago by bringing Redwood to the point from which much of this wood was shipped from the hills behind Redwood City to San Francisco.

Mayor McCarthy presented Captain Johanson with a scroll commemorating the visit of the freighter to the new port.

Others introduced at the ceremonies were S. L. Rea, secretary of Hammond Lumber Company; R. E. (Bob) Caldwell, salesman for the company, and Vice-President R. C. Robinson of the Hammond Shipping Company.

In responding, Captain Johanson commended Redwood City on its splendid terminal.

Keep December 17

The lumbermen's annual Hi'Jinks Cafe De Paree, 2312 West Seventh Friday evening, December 17.

OPEN will be held at the Street, Los Angeles,

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