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Plyvrood is doingr mcrny big iobs for the wcr eflort. \ltle will hcve many interesting stories to tell crbout this lqter, crnd tr lot of uselul suggestions to mcke crbout postwcr uses lor pllwood.
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Celotex Corporation,
Cobb Co., T. M.
Kuhl Lumber C.o., Carl H.---------------
Lamon.Bonningtoa Company --------.---...-_-_26
Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co.-------------
Lumbermen'a Credit Agociation--------------- t
McDufree Lumber Saler Corp.--Michigan.California Lumber C.o.---------Moore Dry Kiln Co.------- -------24
Oregon Lumber Saler---------------
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San Pedro Lumber Company---------11 Santa Fe Lumber oa.c. Schafer Bros. Lr'-ber & Shingle Co.--- 3
Schumacher \ffall Board Corporation--- *
Shelvin Pine Satee e'r..------27
Southwestetn Portland C,ement Co.--------- *
Stanton & Son, E. J. Sudden & Chrictenson, Inc.--------------------22
Tacoma Lumber Timber Engineering Co. of Californio --|
Vendling-Nathan Wert Coart Screen Vert Oregon Lumber Co
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Vertern Flardwood Lumber Co--------- 9
Seattle,'Wash., October 15, 1943.-The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in September (5 weeks) was 161,919,000 board feet, or 106.6 per cent of L939-1942 average, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly survey of the industry. Orders averaged 173,162ff0 board feet; shipments, 163,204,000. Weekly averages for August were: Production, 165,163,000 board feet (108.7 per cent of the 1939-$A average); orders, 173,477,000; shipments, 167p89,000.
Tlie industry's unfilled order file stood at 1,126,507,ffi0 board feet at the end of September; gross stocks, at 511,064,0@.
Notwithstanding dwindling manpower, the West Coast lumber industry continues the battle for production with fair success. The September lumber cut brought the total for the year to 89 per cent of the volume produced in the corresponding months of 1943. This is the highest point yet reached in comparative production for the two years. Closures of logging camps on account of hazardous forest fire weather cut down log production in September; nevertheless a slight gain was made in the crucial tidewater log inventories upon which the steady production of lumber and plywood during the winter months will depend.
Centralized lumber purchases for the Defense Agencies increased to about 4O per cent of the production. Other war requirements supplied through wholesale and retail yards,
farm needs, railroad needs and additional defense housing are crowding priority ratings to obtain the rest. Unfilled orders of.l,l% million feet are near the all-time record for West Coast lumber mills.
The main handicap of the industry remains the shortage of men. averaging from fr to 25 per cent of normal employment.
The Western Pine Association for the week ended October 9, 97 mills reporting, gave orders as 71,585,000 feet, shipments 71,78900o feet, and production 75,718,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 389,477,N0 feet.
The Southern Pine Association for the week ended October 16, 82 units (153 mills) reporting, gave orders as 21,199,000 feet, shipments 19,112,000 feet, and production 17,782,00O f.eet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 132,776,W Leet.
The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended October 9 reported orders as 135,218,00O feet, shipments 110,646,000 feet, and production 114,190,000 feet.
For the week ended October 16 orders were reported as 107,568,000 feet, shipments 18,706,000 feet, and production 116,160,000 feet.
Bcryt keynotes Amedccr's qnswer todcry to Gerncmy's U-bo<rt woII pctck Bigger cqrgo lleets nrust neet Hitler'E chcllenge with two new ships lor ecrch one sunk.. with olhers building in swift succession. Only with ships cqn we win the battle ol the Atlcrntic or supply lhe boys "down under."
To this princry nerye cenler ol Anericcr's war efforl lunber irs flowing in enormous volume: lor ship wcrys qnd scqllolding in every ycnd; Ior ship interiors cmd ftunih,rre; tor pcckcAing munitions qnd natericrl which courprise their countless lighting ccrgoes.
With our lellow ncnrulachrrers oI ihe industry, wo cre committed to the proposition that ships cmd ccngo pccLcrging cone lirsb thct lumber needed for both rhcll be supplied to lhe utnost ol our resourcee crnd
lacilities, so that Americcr's service ol sutr> ply shcll not lcil c single lront line lighter.
Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., Visalia, Calif., was re-elected president ofthe Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California at the annual meeting and war conference of the Association held at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, October 13.
financially to the Association's support, he said.
The secretary stressed the need for postwar planning and stated that they must take leadership in the building of thousands of new homes, barns, and repair and remodeling jobs when materials are again available. He concluded by saying that in spite of gloomy predictions the retail industry has shown itself to be resourceful, and is still doing a considerable amount of business.
The secretary announced that the Association has contracted with Fulton Lewis, Jr., to give a talk at the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on March L8,1944.
Secretcry Ecnrcrd E. lcrborurer, and Bernard B. Barber, tary.
J. H. Kirk, Southern Pacific Milling Co., San Luis Obispo, ,was elected vicepresident; I. E. Horton, South City Lumber & Supply Co., South San Francisco, was re-elected treasFresno, was re-elected secre-
The new directors are: San Francisco County, F. L. Dettmann; Peninsula District, I. .E. Ilorton, South San Francisco, Z. T. Thorning, Redwood City; Santa Cruz County, E. E. Carriger, Santa Cruz; Tulare County, Ray Clotfelter; San Joaquin Valley, E. E. Schlotthaeuer, Fresno, Milt Cross, Merced; Redwood Empire, Henry Laws, Santa Rosa, Russ Stevens, Healdsburg; Alameda County M. D. Bishop, El Cerrito; Coast Counties, J. H. Kirk, San Luis Obispo, Earle Johnson, Watsonville; Santa Clara, Leo Cheim, San Jose; Kern County, Walter Peterson, Bakersfield; Northern Counties, George Adams, Walnut Grove, Charles Shepard, Sacramento; Central Valley, C. H. Garner, Stockton, Robert Fuller, Lodi.
Joe Rogers, Square Deal Lumber Co., Salinas, was chairman of the Nominating Committee.
Secretary Bernard B: Barber in his report told of the splendid increase in membership of the Association in the Iast year. In spite of losses through liquidation there are now 275 paid up members, plus 48 firms that contribute
George M. Cornwall, The Timberman, Portland, spoke briefly on the subject of lumber production. E. P. Hoener, Western Building, Portland, read an outline of the work of the Home Planners fnstitute, now operating in Portland, and largely financed by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.
At the annual banguet in the evening, Kenneth Smith, president of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, was toastmaster. He addressed the gathering on the subject of "Lumber Merchants and Postwar Planning."
Col. Willard T. Chevalier, vice-president and director of McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, and publisher of Business Week, gave an address on "'What Shall We Do With Victoryf'
To cover higher costs OPA increases ceiling prices for stock millwork specialties made of Western and Northern pine lumber. (Amendment I to Revised Maximum Price Regulation 293), effective Oct. 26. Jobbers are authorized by OPA to use their usual method of pricing in passing on to buyers the recent 3/o increase in manufacturers'ceiling prices. (Amendment 2 to Revised Maximum Price Regllation 293), effective Oct. 26.
Dennis Gilchrist, salesman for Pope & Talbot, fnc., Lumber Division, at Los Angeles, is in the Merchant Marine. He reported for dirty on October 1.
Jack Dionne, publisher of The California Lumber Merchant and The Gulf Coast Lumberman, will be the speaker of the evening at the next dinner meeting of East Bay HooHoo Club, to be held at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Wednesday evening, November 10.
In making this announcemient President D. Normen Cords said: "'We are pleased to have the opportunity of hearing Mr. Dionne again, and have invited men from all branches of the lumber industry to attend. We expect a large crowd. Dinner will be served at 6:39 p.m."
Ralph S. Sturgeon and James E. Henningsen have purchased Sturgeon's Mill at Route l, Sebastopol, Calif., fron Ralph Sturgeon's father, Wade Sturgeon, and his partner, J. W. Gonnella, who have been operating the plant at the same setting for the past eighteen years. The new owners have nearly a half million board feet of splendid Redwood logs to start sawing oh. No change will be made in the name of the establishment.
Russell B. Stevens, A. F. Stevens Lumber Co., Healdsburg, Calif., was named Governor-elect for the CaliforniaNevada district of Kiwanis International, succeeding Thomas E. Gore of Riverside, Calif., after the close of the convention held at Santa Cruz. October 11.
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Little Willie was kneeling at mother's knee, saying his evening prayers. He prayed for protection for his daddy "over there." He prayed for mother, sister, brothcr, and for all other loved ones he could think of. And he concluded: "And O Lord, please take care of Yourself, too. If anything happened to You, we'd all be 8unk."
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What a simple, faith-packed remark it was tfiat I read the other dan coming from the lipa of an American pilot who had just escapcd death. His plane nrent into a spin and stafted for the earth at more than 8OO miles an hour, ao the report said. He tried every trick he had becn taught to pull her out of the spin. No use, Scaight down she wcnt. So, finding he could do nothing, hc let go the controls and waited for what Providence was bringing him. Suddcnly tbe ship began straightening out, and the next thing hc knew she vyias on a level keel. The peril was past. So he reached for the controls, and remarked: "I'll take ovcr now, God"" Beautiful, eh?
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firat brave boy knew the answer to a question that Napoleon asked. In 1798, Napoleon, seeking more worlds to @nquer, sailed for Egypt, and took with him many of the foremost engineers and scientists of that time. One night on ship deck these mcn got to discussing religion. Most of Orem were atheistic in their beliefs, and told why. They argued scientifically against the existence of a God and the truth of the Bible. Napoleon only listencd. Finally he rose to go to bed, and as he did so he pointed with his hand toward the ca$opy 0f the heavens where billions of stars were shining, and remarked to that learned audience: ..Very lngcnius, Messieurs, but who made all that?"
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Winston Churchill handed the world a phrase that was copiously copied and quoted when he referred several months ago to the Mediterranean shores as the'.soft underbelly of Europe." What did he mean, .'soft',? At Salerno, and elsewhere, brave American boys learned different.
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American Senators returning from an inspection trip abroad, reported to their colleagues that American LendLease is really a game of give and take with us; give everything-take nothing.
An old philosopher remarke that the way they are beating the &ums right now to enlist women in the various branches of our armed services, it looks like the duty of every man abovc the gun-carrying agc to get a job cooking and thus rcleasc an ablc-bodied woman for war work.
"A bureaucrat,'f salzs Luke Mcluke, "is a man who loves regimentation for its own sake." "And a politician," hc adds, "is one who sees nothing wrong with Bubonic Plaguc if it's a member of his oT f**t that has it."
I don't know who Louise Lindsay is, but that name is attached to a four-line rhyrne that somconc mailed me the other dan that reads:
"Thc iartime boom isnt all in the tankr, Or in planes, or men to fill the ranks; On tfie old home front at a giddy rate, The STOR* *".**:Y likc a P-38."
Brother, you may not like Harold Ickes, but you'll have to admit that the way things are going now he's fixing to put a car in every American it*;"*d leave it thcre.
And thcn there was the boy in uniform who went into the Stage Door Canteen onc evening, who ate two pieces of pie, four doughnuts, drank a cup of coffee, danced twice with Betty Grable, and was kissed by Hedy Lamarr before he had a chance to explain that he was only a Western Union messenger trying to deliver a telegram.
"Lfncle Joe" Cannon, of lllinois, for many years Speaker of the ffouse of Rcpresentatives, was a vigorous critic of this country's habit of sticking its nose in the affairs of other nations. Once nrhen the U. S. was interferring with something that was going on in South America, "'lUncle Joc" was heard to snap out: "\il/hat wc Americans need is a darn good licHng!" Then he thought a moment, and added: "The hell of it is T.T'r lobodf can do it !"
And then there was the woman who kissed hcr buck private husband good-bye at the depot, and then burst into wild tears as the train pulled out. Another woman tried to comfort her. "Don't worry so, honen he'll come bac\', she said. The weeping one wailed: "I ain't worrying about him. I'm sorry for the Germans. I know what Bill's temper's like !',
What lumber has done in the war efrort was tersety and brilliantly erplained by Col. F. G. Sherritl of the Army Engineers, in awarding the Army-Navy "B' award to the Longview plant of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Compann when he said: "First, you have produced the lumber to shelter the troops. Then carae the great manufacturing plants with storage and port facilities; followed by the air fields and the lumbcr to put and keep our airmen in thc sky; then for boats to drive the submarines from the Seven
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For some time before the war a new trend was noticeable in the use of more hardwoods for interior finish in moderately priced homes.
'We predict that retail lumber dealerg will feel the bene' fit of this trend immediately on the return to normal business.
'It has been indiccted lhcrt even our monster, steel-hulled bcttleships require vcrst conounts ol wood-over 300,000 boqrd leet eqch lor decking alone. Nor ccn construction work be conducted without wooden shipways qnd sccrffoldingt.
"For qn crircrqft carrier like the new Lexington' over 250J100 leet oI edge-grrcin Douglas Fir must be provided lor the flight deck"
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Seas; landing barges and ponton lumber; ships and more ships; and last came the lumber to box, to crate, and to pack the ammunition, the bombs, the torpedoes, the guns, the planes, the tanks, the automotive equiprnent, the food, the clothing, and the other impedimenta of war necessary to move to the fighting fronts to properly equip our forces in order that they may destroy the enemies of mankind. You are producing the material of victory, complete and overwhelming. Your industry is thq prime war industry in the arsend of Democracy. Upon you and each of you in the lumber industry depends the duration of the war." Thus spoke a man well qualified to speak. So, when anyone asks you the part lumber is playing in the war effort, you may safely quote Col. Sherrill.
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"The infantry, the infantry, with dirt behind their ears," they used to sing a lot in the first World War. That was an infantry and artillery war. This one is more varied, and air fighters seem mostly in the limelight. But those infantry boys are in there pitching like they always did, and before "this cruel war is oveC' it will be proven that the foot soldier is still the dominating factor, and that the musical opinion that "you couldn't lick the infantry in a couple of million years" is stiU true as it ever was.
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This is an engineers war, too. In fact, the whole thing is so unbelievably big that it's easy to overlook many of the foremost factors. But ttrose engineers have a varied role to play in this great drama of violence and sudden death. In the first World War the engineers were often quoted as saying in France: "\tr/e got the easiest job in this man's army. All we gotta do is make the roads, build the bridges, and take the infantry by the hand and show them where to go." Those blessed engineers still have to take all the other departments-including air-by thc hands and show them where to go. Ar-y engineering in this war compares with army engineering in past wars like a P-38 compares with the fnng machine that Darius Green made in the old poem. They've got to.know more, know it all better, and be able to do it surer and faster ttran engineers ever dreamed of doing before. And they both can and do.
Napoleon could tell, if he were here, what marvelous things the army engineers could do, even in his days. His "Grande Armee" began its invasion of Russia with about 450,fiX) men. By the time it got back as far as the Dnieper River, it hatl become largely a disorganized mass of strag- glers. They crossed the Dnieper sweeping wildly westward, and came to a lesser river, the Berezina. Napoleon sent his engineers to build bridges across that river which was running htgh with foods. Those heroic men, working in ice-filled water, completed the bridges on time, and made
it possible to save some rcmnants of the army of Napoleon. Three Marshals of F'rance-Ney, Victor and Oudinotfought on the eastern side of the Berezina to hold back the Russian hordes, while the great rout of French stragglers passed over the new bridges. Those three fighting generals had about zS,W men, it is believed, when they reached that river. Three days later when the mob had gotten across, there remained 8,80O men fit for duty. And that was what was left of the "Grande Armee" that started out to take Russia. And the engineering corps had made that l,ast great stand possible. A small spot on the Russian map called Borisov is where the engineers built the bridges for that last stand.
Keeps a fellow busy trying to learn even a smattering of the history of many of the places where fighting has been taking place of late along thc Mediterranean. Bloody fighting between British and Germans took place on the island of Cos. I had to look hard to find the spot, just off thc west coast of Turkey. Yet Cos has made world history for centuries. It is called the birthplace of the art of healing, and was the site of the first medical school in Europe. Aesculapius was, as you know, the more or less legendary father of the medical profession, and a caste reported to be of his deecendants built a great temple at Cos. One of the graduates of this school was Hippocrates, an historical character, and the father of modern medicine. From his writings come the celebrated oath of the world's doctors. The site of that medical temple has been unearthed and verified. Many other interesting people of history left their marks on Cos. But when you read of that little Mediterranean island, it is interesting to think that here the scienee of medicine had its birth.
Wonder what orvilt" iottt# thinks these days, as he looks upon the wonders being wrought in war by this flying thing that he and his brother created? The airplane comes out of this war, of course, a million times bigger and more important than when it went in. fn fact, all intelligent plans for a trcstwar world are built largely around the prospcct of a world on wings. Many an American will recall with deep regret the fact that that first plane which the Wright Brothers few nearly forty years ago at Kittyhawk, N. C.-that strange-looking, history-making contrivanceis not to be found in the land of its birth; in the land where flying was born. It has been in the South Kensington Museum in London for twenty years, and is at present buried deep under ground for protection against bombs. It is still the property of Mr. Orville Wright, the surviving brother. It will be remembered that the Wright Brothers did not think their invention had been properly appreciated in this country, so they loaned it to England. Perhaps, after this war is over, the Wright plane will be brought back to America, where it belongs.
crrd Uncle S."'' comes first. It must continue to have the right-of-wcry ior wcr,needs.
We cre supplying mcrteriols lor mcny wcr projects but wcrnt to serve the retcdl tqde too. If moteriols cre crvailcrble, we will get them.
For 60 yecrs we hcrve been serving the Southern Cclifornic lumber bode.
Jobbers who customarily price products from a list price and discount sheet are authorized, by OPA to use their usual method of pricing in passing on to buyers recent 8.9/o inctease in producers' ceiling prices for Douglas fir doors. (Revised Price Schedale 44, Amendment 3), effective Oct. 26.
Increases in ceiling prices of northern hardwood and northern softwood lumber to compensate producers for higher wage costs resulting from wage increases for lumber workers approved by WLB are made by OPA. These increases may be passed on by sellers to ultimate consumers. (Second Revised Maximum Price Regulation 222), efrective Oct. 15.
Ralph L. Smith, president of the Ralph L. Smith Lumber Co., Kansas City, Mo., has announced the purchase of the Pondosa Pine Lumber Co. at Elgin, Ore., which will continue to operate under the same name.
Only recently Mr. Smith acquired the Walker-Hovey plant at Canby, Calif., and 250 million feet of Ponderosa pine timber.
Ife now operates two sawmills at Canby, Calif., a molding plant at Klamath Falls, Ore., and a box shook factory at Alturas, Calif. Sales offices are located at Kansas City, Mo., and Portland, Ore.
Advances of $l to $10 per 1,000 board feet in producers' ceiling prices for standard grades of hardwood lumber produced in the south central region are announced by OPA (Maximum Price Regulation 155, Amendment 9), effective Oct.20.
OPA sets "interim" ceilings for retail sales of lumber from softwood distribution yards in Oregon, Washington, 'Wisconsin, the upper peninsula of Michigan, Idaho, Montana and Nevada. (Second Revised Maximum Price Regulation 215) effective Oct. 21.
E. A. Carley has been named sales manager of the Rosboro Lumber Co. at Springfield, Ore., according to announcement by General Manager B. S. Cole. Mr. Carley was formerly connected with the sales department of the Westfir Lumber Co. and Ingham Lumber Co.
Leonard Lampert, Jr., Lampert Lumber Co., St. Paul, Minn., was elected president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association at the annual meeting of the board of directors held at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, on October 18-19.
S. L. Forrest, Forrest Lumber Co., Lamesa, Texas, was named vice-president, and George W. LaPointe, O & N Lumber Co., Menomonie, Wis., was re-elected treasurer. H. R. Northup was re-elected secretary-manager.
When lumber was declared a critical war material and restrictions were placed on building, Wilbur Barr, executive vice-president of the Barr Lumber Company at Santa Ana, California, was of the opinion that their large, wellequipped yard and mill could be used to good advantage in getting out war materials, so he decided to talk the matter over with the War Production Board officials in Los Angeles. When he familiarized them with the company's setup, they suggested building wooden barges.
Mr. Barr was enthused at their suggestion and discussed the proposition with some of his boat building friends in the Harbor district. Then he had pictures taken showing various views of the company's plant, got together information regarding its operations as to what they had to offer, and assembled this information in a brochure. He made a trip to Washington, D. C., where he consulted with the heads of the various war agencies, leaving with them a copy of the brochure. It was not long after his return that
the company received from the Maritime Commission specifications and bid for knock-down wooden barges. They submitted the bid and was awarded a contract for fifty barges.
Barge construction is not simple-cut lumber and finely finished cabinet work, but involves a large volume of intricately cut timber, semi-prefabricated, precisely pre-fitted, and drilled for bolts and fastenings. The final assembly of the barges at. some "remote port" must necessarily be speedy and fool-proof. Unskilled men may have to do the assembling, and there will be no reserve lumber yard to draw on should a single section of any one of the barges fail to fit. All parts are machine sawed so they fit perfectly.
The Barge Division is entirely separate from the lumber department. The company acquired a tract of land adjoining the lumber yard to be used exclusively for the barge operations. They built a mill and equipped it with the latest types of machinery, including 12 cut-off saws,
dado machine, band saw, stationary boring machine, heavy duty rip saw, heavy duty cut-ofi saw, electric drills, pneumatic air hammers, etc. The offices are adjacent to the mill.
H. G. Larrick, well known Southern California lumberman and manager of the company's yard at Solana Beach, was called to Santa Ana to manage the Barge Division. William Eckles, who has been superintendent of the company's Santa Ana mill for many years, is superintendent of this division. There are five departments, each one under an experienced supervisor: Frank Runge, gussets; George Telford, miscellaneous fabrication; Sid Babcock, saw and assembly line; John Dohmer, boxes; and Frank Fitzpatrick, loading and unloading crews. LaVerne Knox is purchasing agent; Tom Harper, receiving clerk; Lawrence Van Vliet,
shipping clerk, and Mrs. Pauline Allison, office secretary. Eighty-four men, all skilted and experienced, are working specifically on the barges.
Barr Lumber Company has had many years experience in the operation of lumber yards and prefabrication work. To do the barge job, streamline factory methods were adopted, a saw-line set up, assembly tables installed, and new devices of their own were developed to speed the barges to destination.
Actual construction calls for the use of patterns of dozens of various shapes and sizes. In the lofting room, the architect's plans for the barges are translated line by line, angle for angle, to the mold floor. From these full-sized plans, proven for accuracy, templates are made. These patterns, also made from wood, are cut for every piece of
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lumber going into the barges. Each template shows the various cuts, angles, and markings for drill holes to be followed on the assembly line.
In one corner of the yard., a mock-up, or the model of a full-size actual barge, has been set uP to see that all parts fit perfectly. Each barge must conform to the model. The barges arre 78 feet long, and the hold which has a capacity of 160 tons of cargo, is 54 feet long and 8 feet in depth.
The barges are floating warehouses, and especially useful where there are no port facilities. As they are covered with removable hatches, goods can be stored in them indefinitely.
The actual beginning of the barge construction starts at the saw-line where there are 12 cut-ofi saws, canted at the proper angle, each saw performing one operation to the timber or plank. At the end of the saw-line is the dado machine which cuts a notch for the limber chain. The material coming from the sawline is turned on a simple pivot as it comes from the mill, and rollers convey it to storage in different parts of the yard where it waits until needed in assembly. There are seven acres of yards adjacent to the mill.
The cut mqtericrl rolling ofl lhe raw-line is turned oa a ainple pivot qr it cones lrom lhe rrill. Bollerr convey it to slorcae in diferenl pcrtr ol the ycnd where it wqitr until aeeded in as:enbly.
It takes 46,000 feet B.M. of lumber, of various sizes and lengths, to construct a barge. The longitudinal hatch beams are the largest single pieces of lumber in the barges; they are made from timbers l0xl2 inches by 34 feet. The ribs of the ,frames are made from 4x12's, framing members from 8x1?s, planking on bottom from l/sx8's, and side planking from 2x8's. There are numberless smaller parts used, and as these come from the saw-line they are stored in bins near the assembly line. A lift truck carries all the lumber and timbers lrom the yard to the mill, and on the assembly line the heavy members are moved around by an overhead chain block.
The bulkheads are the heaviest members of the barge, each weighing 5,000 pounds. Each bulkhead includes the frame made of 8x12's, 4x6 studding, a layer of 2x8 planking laid diagonally on which is laid a layer of canvas mopped on with marine adhesive, then another layer of 2xB planking which is laid diagonally to the first layer of plank. Two bulkhead units go into each barge, fore and aft, and they are absolutely watertight.
All the framing members are made from Select Structural
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The gussets, or ship knees, are made from precut material in the "gusset factory" section of the mill. Laminated with a lfu-inch core and with a /s-inch plywood face on each side, they are run through the glue roller, then stacked in hydraulic presses which the company made specially for this job-where they are left standing for two hours under 25 tons of pressure. These presses are unique as pressure is applied from four opposite directions at the same time, performing three glue operations, side, top and bottom. IJrea resin glue, impervious to water, is used as a binder.
Making the gussets is the most difficult job in the whole operation as they have different kinds of notches cut at various angles. The company built a special saw for this work. There are 22 different types of gussets used which brace the many members that make up the barge.
After the material leaves the mill, the various parts that are used in the barge are assembled. This work is done on the assembling tables. There are three tables for assembling the center section frames; two tables are used to put the short deck beams onto the ribs; two tables for putting together the frames for the bow and stern, and another table to assemble the budget and rider beam. Then there is also a large table for building up the bulkheads.
The final step is the binding of all the parts into packages for shipment. The parts and members, fittings and fastenings, for each barge, are shipped as a unit, and it takes four gondola freight cars to transport each unit from the plant in Santa Ana to the ship which will take it to some "remote port."
. The company sent a man to the United States Forest Service Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin, to attend a course in crating and boxing to make certain that all parts
would be properly packaged. A variety of ingenious packaging devices is used.for the oddly assorted shaped parts and members to be shipped. Three center section ,frames are shipped in one parcel, and they are held together by several pieces of plank that are well nailed. Steel strappings tie the head logs to other frames of the same length, and this bundle will nest in a package of center section frames. Planking for the sides, bottoms, and decks is tied together with steel strapping; most of the bound planks are of uniform lengths, however, every shipment includes two or three packages containing miscellaneous planking of odd lengths. All the equipment used to fit the barges for service is shipped in boxes. There are 52 separate packages for each barge unit.
The barges would be incomplete without the materials, fittings, fastenings and equipment to fit them for service afloat, including such items as paint, waterproofing, adhesive, nuts and bolts, steel bindings, canvas, lanterns, anchor chain, 6CI feet of hawser for mooring, four oars, kegs of nails, shovels, sand-box and buckets for fire fighting, one 285 pound anchor, etc. Like a prefabricated house, each barge is complete to the last detail. It even includes a small cabin, 4x6 feet, with a stove for the watchman.
The company is turning out a eomplete barge every day, and when the present contract is completed will have made 100 barges, and shipped 400 carloads of parts, or 154,000 individual items.
The Barr Lumber Company is doing a fine job, and can feel mighty proud of the part they are taking in the war effort. The officers of the company are: O. H. Barr, president; Wilbur Bair, executive vice-president and general manager; Gilmore Ward, secretary, and Frank l{arrington, treasurer.
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Twenty months ago AMERICAI{ FOREST PRODUCTS INDUSTRIES was gr*r a task new to our industry.
The job was to find the means of dispelling prejudice and misunderstanding about the forests, forest enterpriseo and forest products. This undertaking is of great personal importance to everyone who works with wood . . . whether lumbern, plywood, pulp and paper, shingles or wood plastics . . . whether stockholder, manufacturer, worker, distributoro or salesman.
Never before had such a substantial proportion of the forest industries banded together in a cause of such basic interest to the one million workers who d,epend, upon wood lor their liaing.
The most common-sense type of post-war planning for our industry may be the cementing of old friendships and the building of new ones through the simple process of truthfully explaining ourselves and our operation of Americaos only renewable natural resource.
'We are getting on with the job but it is now YOUR turn to help.
For months a staff of writers, radio, and motion picture people has been telling the fascinating story of our industry . . . but it \^'ill take a long time to reach one hundred and thirty million people. You will be pleasantly surprised to observe how eagerly the men and women in your own community will welcome goodwill information and how guickly understanding will improve.
Many hands hasten any job. Your AFPI staff can never duplicate the results which can be achieved by an explanation of forest facts in thousands of communities by the citizens of those communities. . .
Yoa are orte of thern - - - VilI gouhelp?
Making friends is often a job we must do ourselves, each in his own community. Understanding cannot be hired, borrowed, or bought over the counter. And yet, goodwill is your best bulwark against the future.
For our industry it consists of such things as freeing the public mind of groundless fears of a "timber famine" . of explaining how much wood grows in America each year . . . of informing the six out of ten people who believe wood outmoded that, actually, it is the most versatile of materials, sprouting exciting new uses like a June rose.
You'll need factual material to explain the o'New Age of Tflood'o to your community. Your next step is to learn about the booklets, posters, charts, maps, motion pictures, speeches, newspaper stories, features, and advertising which are ready for you, without cost. Send for the little booklet illustrated below.
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Fred V. Holmes, president of Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., San Francisco, left October 16 on a business trip to Chicago. He was accompanied by Mrs. Holmes and expects to be back about the middle of November.
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Lieutenant Robert F. (Bob) Duttle, now on overseas service with the Quartermaster Corps, has been promoted to Captain. He is the son of Frank G. Duttle, president of Sterling Lumber Company, Oakland.
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Eric Hexberg Cclilornic Visitor
Lieutenant Eric Hexberg, pilot in the Army Air Force, recently visited his home in Los Angeles, and relatives in San Francisco. He was formerly sales manager of Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles.
Mcx Cook Bcrck on Job
Max E. Cook, agricultural engineer, The Pacific Lumber Company, San Francisco, who has been absent from his office for several months on account of illness, has made a good recovery and is now back at work.
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Smith Lumber Company, which has operated a distributing yard along the Channel since 1915 in San Francisco, is moving to a new site between Sixth and Seventh, and Irwin and Hubbell Streets. The phone number remains the same, MArket 0103.
The move has been made necessary because the Government has taken over the property and is building warehouses for surplus stores for shipment overseas.
The company's large sheds, office building, and lumber stocks are being moved, and it is expected the job will be completed about November 10.
Looking to the future this concern purchased a waterfront site about a year ago, which is now leased to the Government, and on which they hope to build after the war.
Smith Lumber Company also operates a large distributing yard in Oakland. They have for many years been a big factor in lumber distribution in the San Francisco Bay district, and prior to the war did a wholesale and retail business.
William Smith is president of the company, and Reginald Smith is vice-president.
Acquisition of the controlling interest in Coos Bay Lum' ber Company by Charles E. Dant of Dant & Russell, fnc., Portland, and associates was recently announced. It is understood that close to 60 per cent of the outstanding shares of the company have been acquired.
Announcement is made that Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co. was formed as of October 1, 1943, and is carrying on as a successor to Hallinan Mackin Co., Ltd.
E. C. Hallinan and R. A. Mackin, the general partners, will continue in the active management of the business. Coincident with the change of name there has been an increase in the capitalization of the company.
The home office and yard of Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co. are located at 725 Second Street, San Francisco.
The Southern California office is in the M. W. Garland Building, 117 West Ninth Street, Los Angeles. Elmer Williams is Southern California manager.
Frank G. Duttle, president of Sterling Lumber Co., Oakland, returned recently from a business trip to the Northwest. He met two old friends from the Middle West in Portland and took them on a tour of most of the Ponderosa Pine mills in Southern Oregon and Northern California. The friends were J. C. Collier, president, Carr, Adams & Collier sash and door manufacturers, Dubuque, fowa; and W. A. Cullen, president of Carr-Cullen Co., Minneapolis, sash and door manufacturers and jobbers.
George Adams, Noah Adams Lumber Co., Walnut Grove, was injured when he was thrown from a saddle horse September 26. Ife was taken to Sutter Hospital, Sacramento. He is making good progress and expects to be home by November 1.
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Leo Hulett of Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, is back from a trip to the Redwood Empire where he called on the firm's sawmill connections. He confirms the rumor that he caught a 27-pound salmon in the Klamath River, and says he had a lot of fun landing this beauty with his light rod and tackle.
Dick Welton, Victory Lumber Company, Chula Vista, was a recent Los Angeles visitor on business.
Albert A. Kelley, wholesale lumberman, of Alameda, Calif., returned recently from a business trip to the Northwest. He attended a lumber auction at Portland, and called on a number of Oregon sawmills. He made the trip to Portland and back by the air route.
R. A. Mackin of Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned October 23 from a business trip to Oregon, Washington and British Columbia
Earl Johnson, Johnson Lumber Company, Altadena, who is on the sick list, is reported to be making steady improvement.
Bernard B. Barber, secretary, and J. H. Kirk, vice-president, of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, returned October 22 trrom attending the annual meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, held at the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago, October 18 and 19.
Bill Chantland and Ray Klots, Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Los Angeles, are in the Northwest where they attended the company's annual sales conference at Aberdeen, Wash.
Ernest Muzio, for many years with Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton, is now associated with Pacific Coast Aggregates, Inc., building material dealers, Stockton.
Harry L. Lake, Garden Grove Lumber & Cement Co., Garden Grove, has returned from a trip to Northern California and the Northwest.
E. A. Walker, who is with the Seabees, is now stationed at Hueneme, Calif. He was formerly purchasing agent for the Summerbell Roof Structures at Los Angeles.
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What is probably the most thrilling an authoritative book ever written on the subject of great American forest fires has been published by the Macmillan Company, and should be of highest interest to everyone connected with the timber industries.
Entitled, "Burning an Empire," the book was written by Stewart H. Holbrook, who already is widely known for other writings related to the forest industries and the people in them. His newest work includes a foreword by Col. William B. Greeley, secretary-rnanager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association.
In preparing this book, Mr. Holbrook has gathered the principal facts of all the great fires of American forest history and presented them in a manner that literally will make many a reader's "hair stand on end." In all, he deals with probably a hundred fires, with special chapters devoted exclusively to those known by the names of Hinkley, Cloquet, Miramichi, Peshtigo, Tillamook, and others.
He describes the fires which raged in Idaho, Montana, and Washington in 1910, as "The Milestone Blaze" because it marked a turning point in public apathy and led to adop-
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tion of the Weeks Act to provide federal aid for state and private forest owners in maintaining forest protective organizations.
Practically every big fire, he notes, originated from the merging of several smaller fires. Blame, he says, is widespread, but he particularly criticizes such immediate causes as brush burning to clear lands, incendiarism, and such distant causes as the excessive draining of swamp lands.
Progress in fire prevention and control, and in reforestation of burned areas are described in detail, including tlre factor of taxes as an influence discouraging to reforestation in certain instances.
Mr. Holbrook also devotes considerable attention to fire fighting techniques and equipment. Among the most spectacular items he mentions in this category is a device for bombing forest spot fires by airplane with containers of mono-ammonium phosphate, which spreads a fire-extinguishing vapor.
An announcement by the Macmillan Company indicated that "Burning an Empire" would be in general distribution by early in November.
The following change in the schedule of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad was announced, effective October 17: The train for Eureka leaves San Rafael at 8:00 p.m. instead of 9:00 p.m. and arrives at Eureka at 8:25 a.m. Southbound it leaves Eureka at 7 :ffi p.m. instead of 8:00 p.m. and arrives at San Rafael at7:55 a.m., instead of 6:50 a.m.
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C. W. Pinkerton, Whittier, was re-electea presiae"t cri the California Retail Lumbermen's Association at the annual meeting held in San Francisco on October 26-27. Other officers elected were: F. Dean Prescott, Fresno, first vicepresident; E. q. Robie, Auburn, second vice-president; M. A. Harris, San Francisco, third vice-president, and J. H. McCallum, San Francisco, treasurer.
Curtis Williams, retiring Vicegerent Snark of the Los Angeles district, was presented with a pair of binoculars by the members of the Los Angeles lfoo-Hoo Club at the club luncheon meeting on October 18.
The Wm. Smith Lumber Company of San Francisco stalled two dry kilns and storage sheds at their plant.
Sixteen Kittens were initiated at a concatenation helcl by the Bay District Hoo-Hoo at the Commercial Club, San Francisco, on October 27. During the dinner hour there was' a fine entertainment.
The members of the Lumber Salesmen's Club of San Francisco held their annual ladies night and dinner dance at the Cliff House, Thursday evening, October 18. president Richard C. Jones acted as master of ceremonies.
A. J. Russell, Santa Fe Lumber Company, San Francisco, was the speaker at the monthly meeting of the Richmond Builders Exchange, Richmond, on Friday evening, October 12.
The Cook Lumber Company opened at Lawndale. a retail lumber yard
Teams representing E.J. Stanton & Son and Woodhead Lumber Company, Los Angeles, bowled the night of October 10. The Woodhead team came out victorious.
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We hcrve a well rounded inventory of Fcctory qnd Better Grades of Ponderosa crrd Sugcr Pine crrd Spruce. In Hcrdwoods-No. I Common cmd Better Grades of Alder, Beech, Birch, Cedcr, Gum, Tobcsco Mcdrogcrry, Mcgnolic, Mcrple, Oak ccnd Walnut.
We hcrve been engaged lor some time in the Icbrication of mcterist.r lor csticles thcd qre directly corures.ted with wcn need& We qre, therelore not cble to futxdsh any ol the items lor which we hcd developed c wide ECtket-Eubcnlc lroning Bocrds, Cabinets, or Mcrntels,
However, we cre crlso plcrnning lor the future, cand when the time comea will crnnounce q new qnd more extensive line oI Eubcrnk products.
Somewherg in a nameless yesterday, We parted 1nths, myself and I; ' He took a road leaf-fringed and gay , That wedged into a wood and sky. I took another, thronged by men, The path that fools and dullards know; Sometimes we almost mcet again, , As in the old days, long ago.
' Sometimes I glirnpse him in a town, : In a wintry dusb when twilight falls, ' Like the tawny hand of time across I A street of old, familiar walls; ' And there are days his path meets mine Down a wood we loved in a long-lost spring, But his eyes have a stranger's vacuous look, Unwarmed and unawakening.
His was the secret way of dream; Mine was the path of the world's command. Oh, when shall we ever wdk again, As in the old days, hand in hand?
-Anderson M. Scruggs.The foursome of oldsters got caught out on the golf course in a sudden cold rain, and by the time they got back to the clubhouse they were both wet and chilled. Promptly they got into hot shower baths, and three of them ordered hot liquor to help warm them up. The fourth member, the old Judge, was bone-dry both in his politics and in his living, and declined to accept any whiskey, although the others urged hinr- One of them said:
"Judge, haven't you ever tried a good stifr slug of whiskey?"
"No," said the Judge, with a grin that was also dry. "But I've tried many a fellow who had."
"Pathfinder" says that the term "Yankee" is thought to be derived through the word Yengee, an American Indian corruption of English. In J. Fenimore Cooper's "Leatherstocking" tales, the Indians always refer to the Americans as "Yengees." Or it may be made over from the French "Anglais," which they used in our early days.
A fellow by the name of Garry Flinn writes that the American Association for the prevention of Putting Parsley on Plates isnft making the progress that it should. There are still too many restaurant and hotel pcople who persist in putting parsley on plates. When. members of the Association have thrown said parsley on the foor, the attendants have simply picked it up and put it on olfier plates. It is now recommended t'hat members throw the whole plate and its contents on tlre foor, and walk out without paylng. It is admitted that this will lead to unpleasantness with the police, but as Flinn dopes it out, the Association for the Prevention of Putting Parshy on Plates \riU get some valuable publlcity.-Thomas Dreier.
The great scholar-soldier Marguis Montcalm had a brother, Jean, who was equipped to be a competitor of young John Stuart Mill. At the age of three, Mill was a Greek student and at eight had read many Greek authors. Jean Montcalm could read both Latin and Greek at three, and, as Prof. George M. Wrong tells us, astounded gro\pnups at the age of five by making translations from both Greek and Hebrew, studied art, and held his own conversationally with learned men. Unfortunately (or fortunately) he died at scven.
There is an old story in Texas about how the state was populated back in the early days when the people of the East were turning their faces and their feet westward.
The story is that when these Eastern folk reached a certain major river crossing on the Mississippi, they found a road with many forks, and a number of signs pointing into these various roads. One said "To Kansas"; another ttTo Oklahoma"; another "To Arkansas"; and so on. There were many of them. And one said "To Texas." And, says the story, the folks that could read all went to Texas.
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"fn spite of the limited amount of lumber available to the retail trade the majority of the lumber dealers are still carrying on and performing a useful function,,, said Jas. H. McElroy, oruner of McElroy Lumber Company, recently. This concern operates yards at Palo Alto, San Mateo, Los Gatos and Los Altos. The site of their distribution yard at Redwood City was taken over by the Government some time ago, and the Centerville yard was sold about 18 months ago.
McElroy Lumber Company has supplied a good deal of lumber and other building materials to plants on the peninsula making articles of various kinds for war purposes.
Mr. McElroy is one of the best known California retailers. He is a native of San Francisco, a veteran of World 'War I, and makes his headquarters at his San Francisco office in the Hobart Building. He believes there is a bright future for the lumber business in California after the war, and is doing considerable planning for postwar business.
King Goodrich has been made a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps and is now stationed at Roswell, New Mexico. He was formerly in the retail lumber business with his father, E. A. Goodrich, who operates the Goodrich Lumber Company in Los Angeles.
A good sized gathering heard an interesting talk on the development of plastics at the regular monthly dinner meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39, held October 11 at Hotel Leamington, Oakland. D. Normen Cords, the Club's new president, presided.
The speaker, J. Frazier Rae, industrial plastics consultant, was obtained by Tom Hogan III, the Club's new program and enterainment chairman.
Secretary G. W. (Chris) Sechrist, nn E. lgth Streii, Oakland, reminds prospective members that no initiation fee is charged to join Club No. 39. Dues are $5.00 a year, payable in advance.
Announcement was made in San Francisco, October 16, that negotiations between Pope & Talbot, Inc. and the Aluminum Company of America have been concluded, and representatives of Alcoa have returned to the East without as yet having made any arrangements for a financial interest in the Western company. An agency arrangement has, however, been efrected which should be beneficial to both companies.
Recent completion of a new building to house the general offices, display rooms and plant of the Whiting-Mead Co. at 2263 East Vernon Avenue, Los Angeles, was marked with a formal opening on Saturday, October 16. About one thousand visitors inspected the modern building material store during the day. The company was the recipient of many beautiful floral pieces from friends.
The new structure has a frontage of 14O feet on Vernon Avenue, with a total floor area of 16,000 square feet. A novel architectural treatment was employed. The walls are of reinforced concrete with brick veneer. Eaih pilaster is on a different angle ,which is conducive to a clearer view of the interior of the store, and the windows are recessed to assure maximum light and minimum glare. There are 10 large display windows, 8 x 13 feet.
The main entrance is modernistic, with heavy Oak double doors, framed with rippled Louvrex glass on each side.
The ceiling of the general office is insulated with Fir-Tex Ivrykote Tile, and Fir-Tex low density acoustical tile is used on the ceilings of the private offices. The walls of the four
private offices are paneled with Philippine Mahogany with Walnut finish. These are occupied by the general manager, vice-president, merchandise manager, and controller.
An air conditioning system that furnishes a complete change of air every three minutes has been installed.
Daylight fluorescent lighting is used thorughout the general and private offices. Regular incandescent lighting is used in the store.
A prominent feature of the store is the electrical supplies and fixtures department, comprising a very large assortment and a special display occupying four of the display windows.
The store handles both plumbing fixtures and roughing in materials; builders' hardware of all kinds; a full line of Pabco and Martin-Senour paints and accessories; Pabco and El Rey roofings and roofing accessories; Gypsum and' .fibre wall boards, including Schumacher plaster board, U. S. G. knotty pine and mahogany patterned wall board, and FirTex and Celotex insulating wall boards.
The lumber department handles both rough and finished
Building nrqterials eection cnd pcint depcntrnent. lumber, specializing in supplying' materials for the War Housing Program. The sash and door department carries normally one of the most complete stocks of window screens in the city.
Whiting-Mead Co. has served the builders and home ovrrners of Southern California since 1898, and their slogan, "Everything For Building," has been lived up to for all of these 45 years. In addition to its main plant the company operates nine Southern California branches. Whiting-Mead service includes a complete service to home owners and
Dirplcy oI lightilg lixturee. contractors in the sale of building materials, planning and estimating service and financing.
The company has cooperated fully in the war efiort, and is having a successful year.
Willis H. Mead is president of Whiting-Mead Co. Fernand Vigne, Jr. is vice-president. E. A. Reading is general manager, and George E. Howard is assistant general manager in charge of merchandise and sales.
Perry Whiting, who was associated with Mr. Mead and Mr. Vigne for many years, has retired.
E. A. Blocklinger, president of the Chiloquin Lumber Co., Chiloquin, Ore., passed away in a Los Angeles hospital on October 21 following an attack of pneumonia. He was 69 years of age.
He was born in Dubuque, fowa, and started in the lumber business when he was seventeen years old. He was a salesman for Carr, Adams & Collier of Dubuque, and later was manager of their Peoria, Ill., branch.
When Carr, Adams & Collier bought the Westside Lumber Co. at Tuolumne, Calif., in 1901, they appointed Mr. Blocklinger manager. They sold the mill a few years later, and he became their Western purchasing agent with headquarters in San Francisco.
Mr. Blocklinger was made manager of The Pacific Lumber Company at Scotia in 1905, remaining there until 1911, when he organized the Dorris Lumber & Box Co. at Dorris, Calif. IIe owned the mill at Dorris for about ten years, then started the Chiloquin Lumber Co.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Blanche Jackson Blocklinger, and a son, Arthur F. Blocklinger, manager of the Chiloquin Lumber Co.
Funeral services were held at Dubuque.
PortlandThe Portland district, U. S. Army Engineers, has been designated as the contracting agency for the Pacific d,ivision in a move to facilitate the movement of lumber from mills to war theatres. The agency will purchase lumber for the entire area, including Alaska, Honolulu and the South Pacific.
Previously, it was the practice for each engineer district to make its own purchases through the Portland office.
Starting October 25, applications for beginning industrial and non-industrial construction where cost is $1e000 or less will be filed with and processed by WPB field offices. These offices also will handle applications increasing cost of a project to $10,000 or more provided increase in not more than 5O/o above original estimated cost. WPB Washington office will handle all applications now pending. (Field Administrative Order 78-n, as amended Oct. 25), issued Oct. 21.
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Floyd Elliott, manager of the San Francisco office of Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., will be back from a business trip to the Pacific Northwest November 1' He called on a number of sawmills, visited the Reedsport office, and attended the company's annual sales conference at Aberdeen, Wash. He was accompanied on the trip by Mrs' Elliott.
H. W. Irwin of Irwin & Lyons, lumber manufacturers, North Bend, Ore., left San Francisco November 2l after spending a week there on business for his firm. J. E. Peggs is Northern California sales representative of Irwin & Lvons.
Carl W. Bahr, president of California utors, Chicago, has been on the Pacific three weeks.
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Earl Hofiman of Earl Hoffman Co., Los Angeles, Western representative of M. & M. Wood Working Co., Portland, recently visited the company's plant in Portland and callecl on the trade in the San Francisco Bay district.
H. J. Nunneley, general sales manager, Associated Plywood Mills, Olympia, Wash., recently visited San Francisco and Los Angeles. This organization operates plants at Olympia, Willamina, Ore., and Eugene, Ore.
W. E. (Bill) Davis, salesman for Pope & Talbot, fnc., 'Lumber Dvision, has been transferred to the Los Angeles o,ffice, effective November 1.
G. F. (Jerry) Bonnington, Lamon-Bonnington Co', San Francisco, has returned from a two weeks' tour of Oregon sawmills.
APPLY TO SQUARE DEAL LUMBER COM. PANY, SALTNAS, CALTFORNTA.
ALDER OR MAPLE LUMBER WANTED WANTED AT ONCESTEADY SOURCE OF SUPPLY FOR ALDER OR MAPLE LUMBER. WILL PAY SPOT CASH.
Address Box C-1005, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
WANTS LUMBER YARDS
If you want to sell your lumber yard, let us know, as we have inquiries from parties wishing to buy. Twohy Lumber Co., Petroleum Building, Los Angeles 15, Calif.
A. A. Hamilton, manager of plywood sales for Smith Wood-Products, Inc., Portland, left for home October 16 after spending a week calling on the trade in San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego.
LUMBER
Arcatr Rrdrood Go; aA M:rt t Strt t (rr) ............,YlJton 2!67
AtllneStutz Conpany, lll MlrL.t Str..t (lr) ......,......GArftcld rt09
Christcnrcn Lumbc Co. Evur Avc. and Qulnt St. (21)....VAlocle 5632
Dul ll Rurrcll, lnc- ZL Fmt StGt (lf) .............GArficld |2l8
DoDar & Carrcn Lumbc Cl. Ult M.rchut. E:chugr Bldr. (a) Suttc TaSt
Ganoto e Graa LuEbGr Co, It.O Ant Strat (A) ...,...,.,..ATwatc l3O
ItdL Jme IrciE MllL Bldr. (l) ...,.,.........,.SUtt r 7524
Halllnan Machin hnbcr Co., 725 Sond Strcet ...,.,............IX)uSls l9{r
H.hhcd ru-hc copuy, al? Monrrpncrr SEr.t (3) ........DOuglrr 33&l
Hobbr Wdl Lnmbcr Co105 Montlpncry St. (l) ...,.......GArGcld 7752
Holmr Euola Lmba 6' 116 Fiaucirl Ccntc Bldr. ({) ....GAricH r92r
C. D. Johnm Lunba Crpcatlon, 2ll Celiludr Sb..t (rr) ..........GArfic1d 625E
Kllpatrlck & Compuy, Crccks Bldg. ({) .,......,,,.......YULon Oll2
Crrl H. Kuhl lubcr C.o.,
O. L Runn, lU Mrrlrt Sl. (rl) Yuku rlGc
LUMBER
LUMBER
Imm-Boaiqton Conpuy. ll Cdllmir Sr!..t (U) ..........GArdsld 6srl
McDutfo hmbq Salcr 6rp- 52E Monadnock Blds. (5)..,,......GArftc1d ?lga
Oruren Lunbc Selo (Cerl lV. Wetb), 9?5 Mooednc|: Blds. (5) ...........Y1J1m r59a
Peclfic Lunbcr Co", Th. rI Bu|h StrEt (l) ...............G4rfi.1d Utl
Popc & Tdbof, lnc", Lubor Dlvlrioa, {61 Mertrt Str6t (5) .............DOsbr 256l
Rod Rivor Lunbcr Co-
3r5 Monedmct Bl&, (D ..........GArdcld 0922
Sutr Fc Lunbcr Co., ll Cdlfomlr St!..t (U) .........E:XbruoL 2O?a
Sdrdcr Bror. Lunbc & Shlagb Co. I Drunu Stnct (ff) .........,.....Suttlr lztl
Shcvlln Plnr 9rlc Co.
la8a Mmrdrct Bldg. (5) ...,.....E11(brooh TOlt
Sudda & Chr|rtmD. lnc., 3la Sumc Stnt (l) ........,...GArnc!d 2tla
Crrt W. IYettr (Orcgon lubrr Sdc), 973 Mordm& BldS. G) ..........YU1on 1590
Wondllng-Nathu Co., llf Mulct Strut (rr) .,...........Suttcr 5351
Wcrt Ongon Imbcr Co. It95 Evam Avr. (2|) ...........,ATwator 55?t
Ewerur Bq Ca. (Pyrrntd Lunbcr Salcr 6J
P*lfic Bld3. (12) ...............Glasrt E 0
Gennta e Gm fnnba Co-
2tl llvlrs.lm St. (t) ............K811o3 r-rEE{
Hlll & ltatoo, Inc.,
Doaabo Str..t Whrrl O) .......ANdovc ll?:l
Ho3u Lunbcr C.onpaay, bd ud Alla Strlt (l) .......GLsnmrt at6r
E. lc wood t -hhrr cbr
AU Fr.d.rtct Sb!.t (a) ..........KE11og 2-42?
Whdudc Buildlas Supply, Ire-
l!0t 32nd Str.ct (t) ...,,.......TEnp16.r @aa
Wholaalo Lubc Dlrtrlbutorr lnc-
9iL Avaur Plc (O .........:...Tlvtnoab 2515
LUMBER
Arete Rsdwood Co. (J. J. Rcr)
5ar0 Tllibhlr. Blvd. (36) .....'.....TYEbrrcr ?!Z!
At&lDrcn-Stutz Compmy, @l Pdrcl.u Blds. (rS) ,.........PRorpcct t3rl
Brudr lndurtrld Lumbor Co.. stcr S. C.akd Aw. (f) .........CEntury Z-ltg
Bunr Lunbc Copeny. -!0 Sguth Bcvcrly Drlvr, (Bocly HIlr) .-...............BRrdrhaw 2-$tt
Gerr & C,o., L J. (V/. D. DrDnlDt), l3t Cb. ot Coo. Bttlr. (rS) .......PRocpca rell
Cooocr, lV. E, .c6-oE Rlchfidd Btds. (l3) .......Ifit hrd ztll
Dut & Ruenll, Inc., tU E. Stth StEt (r) ...............AItu lltl
Dolb..r e 6rron Lunbc Qq, t.l FH.UI' Btd!. (rl) ............VAnd1kc O792
Ed. Fountrh Lunbcr Co62t Prtrolcun BldS. (15) .........PRosDGGt,|3{f
Halllnu Mackln Imbcr Co.,
ru w. Nitrrh st. ..................TRtntty 36/t{
Hihhood Lunbcr Conpuy, 2cla 3o. Alencdr SL (5{) .........PRotp.ct UiB
Hobbr WeI Llrnbc Co..
_- !25 RM._ Bl4s. (13) ..............TRiDity smr
HoLno Eunkr lrhbGr Co-
7U-n2 Archtr6r3 Bld8. (l3) ....,..Murud grsr
Hova. A. L.
5225 Wllrhlrc Blvd. (3t) ......,...,,Yd. 116!
Kllpatrtck & Conpuy (WilEington)
l24i Bllnn Avc. ....,,.....,......NEvada 6-lEtE
Crrl H. Kuhl l,unbcr Co.. (R. S. Orrod).
?ra S. Sprlnr St. (ra) ...........,VAndikcEoEr
R6. C, Lrrhlcrr (R- G. Robblnr lubcr Co.).
_ 7U W. Olynplc Blvd. (r5) ..,...,PRorprci-Otzr
Ilwmcc-PFlllpr Lrubcr Co.,
M.B;:ifffi f,"ii.j") ..........pRoepcct Er7{
LUMBER
E. K. Wood l.unbcr Co., I Dmm Sb..t (u) ............,..EXbrooL:}?t0
Wcycbw Srb. Co- llt Cdilmir StrcGt (fr) ,....,...G4r0dd tt?{
HARDWOODS AND PANEIS
Whitc Brothcr,Fltth rnd Brerana Strcb (?) .....SUttcr Ua5
SASiH_DOORTPLYWOOD
Wheler Orgod Satcr Corp., 3015 lgtb SL (f0) .,. ............Va!ac|a 22ll
CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLESPILING-TIES
Awicu Imbcr & Trc.attnf Co., 116 Nlt Montfnrry Strcct (5) .....SUttcr 126
Bexta, J. H. & Co., 3it3 Ililontrpmry StrcGt (l) ........DOughr 3tt3
Hdl, Jnc L- l@ Mlllr Blls. (l) ................,SUttcr 75?l
Popc ll Tdbot, lnc. Lunbcr Dlvlrlon, Itl MrrkGt Strct (O ........,....DOujlu 2$r
Vudr Ila PitinS e Lrubc Co" 2la Plm 9E.d (l) .,............ErGroo& a!C5
Wodllng-Nethe CoUa M.rL.t Srrc.t (U) .......,.,..,.SUtt " Stat
PAI\T ELII-DOORS_SASH-SCREENS
Cdllorale Bulldcn Supply Co.' ?e| rth Avrm (l) ..........'....'.'Hlarta 6|la
Horu luba Com1nn5r, 2!d ud Allcr Stnctr (l) .......Gbmurt ttt6l
Wcrtcn Door & Sarh 6, 56 t Cylrlr Str*b.(?) ......TEnphbut4|O
HARDWOODS
StnbL Hrrdttood CanPuY' Fbt ud Ctey Strcotr (?) .....TEnpleter 55tl
Whlt Bretha.. 501 Hlrb Sti..t (r) ..............^Ndwcr ICO
LUMBER
Pooc & Tablot, Inc., Lumbr Dlvblon ia W. OlyEpic Blvd. (r5) .....'PRorprd tal
Rcd Rlvcr L@b.r Co.
?C E. Sleuro (lr) ....'.........Qlnturv 290?f lBl S. BIoedrny (lO .............PR$Fct €1r
Sl$ P.drc Lunb.r Gorsrt 3. Catrd An (n) .........RIGhmd U{r
rEx-A wllDbrh Rord (!t tr Pcdlo) ;...................Sen Podro 22t
Sutr Fc Lmbor C.o,. tll Flntnclel Catir Bldr. (ra) ..VArdLa lfTt
Schrlcr Brcr. Lunb.r f Shhtb Co' rt? W. tth Stntt (r5) ..,..........TRh1tt {gn
Sbovlln Plac Sdor C,o. !8f Pctro[ruo BU3. (15) ..........PRorpcct XrE
Slnero hdurtrlot Inc., lal, E. ll/uhlDrtm Dlvd, (2r) ...PRo.FGt |lt3
Stutolr. E. J. I Son. fra E. ar.t SL (ri)..,.........C8nturt 29zlr
Suddan & Chrlrtanroa, lnc., Ga Bolrd of Tradc BUt. (U) .....TRlnity ttL
Teoue Lunbcr Sals+ t17 Pctrolcun 35t. (f5) ...,.....PRupct ffat
Wcndllnr-Nrrhu Co522s qrurhrn Blvd: (36) ....,,........York rlo
Wdt (>.rpa Lunbcr Co"
aZl Pctrblan Bldr. (15) .........Rlchnmd 02tl
W. W. Wllklnon, 3ft W. Xh Str..t (rt ,.......,...TRIn|ty {613
Wcycrhacurcr Salcr Co, lirt W. M. Garlud Bldg. (rs) ...Mlchlgrn .3sa
E. K. Wood l+mbor Cc. l7r0 So. Alueda SL (51) .......JEfrerm 3lll
CREO!'OTED LUMBER-POLESPILINCFTIES
HANDWOODS Anaicu Herdwod Cat rt.. E. lsth Str..t (51) ,.......,PRo.D.cr |zF Brurh Indudrld Lmbc Co. 5901 3. Catral Avc. (l) .........CEnturt t-lltt Steto, E. J. C Soo, 2a5a E tt llrt Stnct (ff) .......CEnturrt AErf Watrm Hardwod Lurrbcr Co., 20ll Eart lsth Str6t (53) .......PRoOrct |lO
SAIiH-DOOR,FMIIJWORX-SCREENSBLINDI'-PANET.S AND PLY}\IOOD- IRONTNG BOARDS
Bec& Puol CompqDy, 3rG3ra Ead lArd Srnst (rr) ..,.....ADenr lA5
Cellforah Dor Cmpanv, Thc P. O. Bos 120, Vm Strrlo (U) KIEbdl 2lll
Crliforair PuC & Vac Coo
P. O. Bq 2€6, Torolnal Aucx (5a) ......TRltrltt af3?
Cobb O. T. M-
5600 Clabal Aveu. (U) ..,........ADarn llut
En|'-nr. & Son, Inc., L H. (Inglarrcod) |33 ril. Rcdondo Blvd. ........,...ORcr6 !-ZS
llalcy Brc. (Sutr Monlcr)
162| ra$ Srr..t ....,...............Allhlcy a-ZIl
Kocbl, Jno. W. & tto4
65? S. My.r. Srr..t (a) ..........4{rdu. lftf
Pacific Wood Pndretr Corporation, 360 Tytun Srr..t (2e) .....,,...Al.bery |lll
Pacific MutuC Dor Co..
1600 E. WarhtaSton Blvd. (2f)..PRorpoctgsrt
Puget S-und Plywm{ Inc..
316 Wc.t Nirth Strat (r5) .......TRlnttyOD
Rm Conpuy, C'o. E, 235 S. Ala-cda Strut (rZ) .....Mlcblgea f$l
Rcd Rtvcr Lubcr Coo
7@ S. Slrren (rr) .........,....CEDturt !O7r
Suprn Co. (Puedor),
?/a5 So Rryaond Avr. (D ..,....,,RYe1 l-C!O
Slnpm lndutrlcl hc., rClO E. Werhlnrtm Blvd. (21) ...PRorD.ct |l!t
Prclfic Imbc Co., Thc.
_ 4! W- Olynplc BlvJ. (t5) ........PRo!Dccr trr
522t Wll-Llr. Blvd. (3r) ............YOrL tf6r
Pcnbcrtly lrDb.r Co.
fis Er.t 5lrt St. (ll) .......,......,Klnbd! Srrr
Anrrlcu lJnbc 416rl.f C;o- l3l S. Bndrray 05) ...,-........PRorp.ct 1363
Bu!.r, J. l{, & Co,. Ol Wat srh Sb..t (13) ..........Mlcb[ra l?9{ Popr & Tdbot, lac. lrlnbc DlYt lon, 7U W. Olyaplc Blvd. (r5) .....PRopct tztl
*Postoffice Zone Number in Parenthesis.
w'dt Cror.t Semco c.o.. ll{5 Ead 63rd Str..r (l) ..,.....ADanr rrll
lVctcm Mil & Mdldbs Co- 5tl! Sc Wortcn Avc. ({l) .,..TWlu}r rl||
lVbolcr Or;ood Salcr Corp., t2il So. F'lowa St. ,....,..........VAnd|lc G'2l
