SAN PEDRO TUMBER COMPANY

Douglcrs Fir Doors

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.

Increcrses in Ceiling Prices

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.

Buys Oregon Mill

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.

Hcrrdwood Lumber

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.

Interim Ceiling Prices

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.

Appointed Scrles Mcrncger

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.

Nctioncl Retcrilers Elect Officers

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.