The California Lumber Merchant - November 1924

The Most Important Factor That Enters Into The Production of

"Quality Econornytt

California Pines are the cheapest in the long run because of their superlative quality. Power driven knives can be run faster and will hold a keen edge longer because of the soft, uniform texture of the wood and its freedom from hard streaks.

Pattern makers, carpenters, cabinet makers and all workers with hand tools find in California Pines, particularly in Sugar Pine, theeasy working qualities of old-fashioned "Cork" White Pine. The largest pines in the world, California White and Sugar Pine yield the widest clears and uppers available. Where economy counts, in box shook, building lumber and factory stock, California Pines meet all requirements. Where quality is the only consideration, for piano actions, patterns and interiors with high grade enamel finish, California pines are in demand.

PAUL BUNYAN'S PINE

The best of California Pines, precisely manufactured and thoroughly seasoned in a modern plant with an annual capacity of 25O nrillion feet, op erated continuously, the year round.

EVERYTHING FOR YARD AND FACTORY BOX SHOOK CUTTINGS TO ORDER

PAUL BUNYAN'S PINES are sold competitively in 43 out of 4E States. They should meet your requirements as to quality and cost.

"Producerr of White Pine for Half a Ccotur5/'

Cobbs & Mitchell Co. PORTLAND, OREGON

'We are pleased to announce to the California and Arizona Lumber Trade the appointment as our Exclusive Sales Agents, the

Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co.

Our large, modern mill at Valsetz, Oregon, enables us to ofier the California and Arizona Trade quick RAIL SHIPMENTS in our .excellent grades of OLD GROWTH DOUGLAS FIR.

The opal roof-another Richardson contiibution toward more beautiful homes

You u'ill 6nd in this nes'est Richardson roof an exclusive neu coloring-oprl- to adJ still greater treiluty to your home.

The opal roof is formed by a skillful l-lend' ing on each shingle ofthe t*'o most heautrful Richarclson colors in slate, rveathered broq'n and jade green, coml,ined in infinite vartelr'. Applied just as they come from the bundle, these neu' opal shrngles give to )'our roof a coloring like that of sunlight 6ltering throuuh <iancing leaves on a fresh spring larvn.

The RrchanJson Muhicrome Roof

In addition to opal, the )r4ulticrome Rocf rs laiJ tn other pleasing color effects. The rare rreathered brorvn, for example, has proved es, pecially popular *'hen ap, plied in combination rvith other Richardson shingles of jade green, tile red, or black pearl. In fact, there is a Multicrome Roof to har,

monr:e s rth everl colcr ---ht'r.c.3nJ to l'lar:r

The ne*' colors, opal and s eathered aroq n, are used only on the Rrchardson SuperCrant Shia.'1,' t.rmor)i i,r it. h',rrrtv anJ enJurance. Wrth rts inncr foundatron of Rr;harJson telt. tbr ti::v vr'.irs re.-ognr:tJ ,rs the l'est ; rl "r.'J and satrrratecl s rth \':skalt, rf .' ..',','-...^.-"..i,1

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archrtects anJ I'urlders. are creailng an d;tl!a .lemanJ fbr Rrchardson rcoting rn 1'our lcalttv. .{nJ the RrcharJ-.on Resaie Plan ts mrk:ng pro6ts :cr thougr.Js of R:charilscn de:icrs by grvrng thern the .lrrect beneits o: lhis aJ ertts' rng. \\'rrte tor Jctrrls or thrs plln :or vour terrltor\'.

Wrtte t'or our neu'boo\Iet \\'e q'rll senJ loit our neB boc'xiet, Roo:s o: f)rs!ln;t:or. t,-!c:hcr rrrth samlles ot R:chrrJ.on S':li:.( i:,::: SI^.:nilcs rn o;:'. uea:LereJ :rorvn anl othar ;olors.

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Vu/rrc'ome Roo/. nJJs i.ea',ry 'l textwe unJ reotr of enJuronce. Clotely qerIapprng -sla,te,lla|es /r.rrher protect thc itilrd] Vrrkrl( - \JtsrateJ FcJc 4gdln\a u'eathet ond fire hazards

Actile sellirrg help .{Jvertisements hke thrs ap, pearrng stcaCrly' rn the Lrtcrarl' Drrlest. Holrse rn.l LlarJen, House Beau:r;ul and also rn the national maga:ines oi contractors,

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We found Laminex panels used for boat bottoms!

-waterproof cemented, yes, but who would expect door stoclc to witlutand such a testl

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An executive of our company stopped off at Shreveport ) recently to see the Allen Manufacturing Company, makers and distributors of doors.

"Here are some remarkable tests that have been made of Laminex doors," he told them. "But," said Mr. Compton, of the Allen Company, "we've done some testing ourselvis," and then he proceeded to show these sectional boats with bottoms of Laminex three-ply panels. They had been in use for over a year-in water part of the time, then left out in the Louisiana sun to dry. Careful examination showed no evidence of checking, peeling or separation.

_. We don't reommend Laminex dmrs or panels for boat comtructron. .lney ore built by our special pr@es with Laminex waterpmf cemeng, soas to overcome warping and other dmr faults, but this uneioected use lurther demoretrates how Lamind @nstruction will withstand ex6osure for which it was never intended_ Laminex suc-cessfully_ applies the principle of lamination to s moderdte- prlce,d@,r. uut Iurther, Laminex_ stands up in climates which make trouble ror all other types ancl makes ot d@rs.

W9 build l:minex dors of selected old-growth Douglas fir, either flat grain throughout or with vertical grain stiles a-nd rails, Every Laminex dmr bqrs-our gold label replacemmt guarantee. This means a n€w dmr for any that fails. Leding jobbers everywhere *ll Laminex dors. Ask for omplete calalog or wrlte us.

The Wheeler, Osgood Company

Tacoma, Washington, "The Lumber Capital ol Arerba" oulcs vtLci. Gt| twanu1ac.urers o! Chkogo, tiemphi", Il*ltlE|fl - ;/,x/;o,, Loi Ansei*. li![nil Dougias Fi-Doors and, San Frarcisc6, Spohane r rr J6rl

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Onc of tacral sqtionql bq,s built lor offi,ciols ol Allen MJg. Co-, Shrwport, La., withLqmine& three-ply waterprof panels Jor the bottorc. Thcse b@ts werc madc Jor their persorcl ue. Thcy do rct mduleture boats comrcially.

Shaoing pcrfect conditions ol pan- ck altcr year's usc as boqt bottow.

1r Mil amous for Their "Upp ls

,T.ACOMA and Tacoma Dstrict sawmills and planing mills are constantly I able to supply complete shipments of bundle uppers such as slash and' vertical grain clear fooring, and slash grain ceiling and drop siding. Slash grain intdrior 6nish and trim are specialties with many of the mills.

Vertical grain fir fooring, carefully selected and well machined, is an exceptionally good

product particularly for porch and veranda foors. In fact certain items of Tacoma-madc 6r uppers are frequently used for exterior work in the Middle West and the durability of this excellent, reasonably-priced wood is fully demonstrated by the great satisfaction it gives there.

Tacoma and Tacoma District mills have excellent shipping facilities and frequently can load mixed cars of euch itemg as interior trim, mouldings and shed uppers.

Put your requirementt up to Tacona. Write nou for a free copg of a 60-page fullg illudrated book giving authentic factu about Tacoma't ltmbct ind,ustry1 ond. list of monufocturerc with their tpecidties. To haoe gour inquifies reach the entire lumber manuf acturinq intereatt of Tacoma and Tacomo District' write or wire

TACOMA LUMBERIIEN'S CLUB, Trconq lVuhiniton

It is just as important that lumber re;eive proper care before it is put into the kiln and after it hag been dried, as it iJ to operate the dry kiln properly.

A

cooling

The correct seasoning of hardwoods to meet the climatic conditions of Southern California, is but one of our successful efforts to serve our trade efficiently.

kiln car of Quartered Gum being traneferred from Liln to the

rhedr.

GREAIER THAN GOLD

HE "days of '49"--4OLD!

But the hardy fornrne huntersof '49 found another resource more valuable than the precious yellow metal that came from the California Sierras.

With the discovery of. GOLD came the need for shelter, while men wrestled the gold' en ore from the mountain sides. They found massive fallen logs in those mountain forests that had been on the ground for many years. The wood was still sound. This evidence of durability led those shrewd miners to use the wood for their rough cabins.

Many of these miners' cabins (with the typically C,alifornia sugar pine shake roofs) still stand-unpainted and unamended.

Notwithstanding three,quarters of a cen' tury of exposure to storms, deep snows,below' zero winter temPeratures, and the bla-qing hot sun and desert,dry winds of summer, these cabins remain-a wood durability test almost beyond conception.

but for their beauty as well. There are good reasons why California White Pine and California Sugar Pine are favored woods for the exterior finish of the fnest homes. These soft,tertured, clce, even. grained woods cut easily vrithout splitting, aseuring sharp lines and clean-cut edges that 6t snugly<n exacting requirement in doors, porch wor\ cornices and siding.

California Pines, when propedy searoned, are rn, usually free from twisting and unrping-they "stay put." Being especially free from end shrintage, sid. ing seams do not opsr up. The ability of thtre woods to hold nails eght elirn{nates 'unsighdy drip pings from rusty nails.

The light,colored, smooth, satiny surfac€s of California Pines are economir:al to paint. They require fewer coats--a saving of tine and materhl. Being I unusually free from reghous substanceEqrf,ich hevea tendency to"cook out"in the hot eun, thcse qroods retain beautiful fnishes without dilcoloratinr

California Pines meet senrice,&mands-for shd. ter, econoi:ry and beaury.

The Cabhs of '49-the Matsions of"24

Miners used these C,alifornia Pines for shelter alone; gold, not beauty, was their quest. But today these woods are favored not alone for their durability,

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How Lumber Looks

Confidence and Optimirm.

Two big words and mishty big fac{orr in the prercnt rituation.

A btc ded war clored on the 4th of thir mon$, whcreby tfris country, byevsnrf,elming vote, hired Cdvin Coolidge to rucceed bimrelf for four more yeNrt.

lmmediately after tte elec-tion a change war noticed. Everyone dirplaved a rettrned confidence that argued f,or better timer in a very rhort time. Tbe reaction in the wholeale lumber businerq and tbir opinion ir conceded by real authoritier in tte gane, ha. been a quickcned denand for general rtocks, and a healthy dffcning on price lirtr. That doee not mean that lumber har iumped rky high over night, or ttat ttere ir a rhortage of rtoc&r. It nerely meane that ttre very unratirfactory conditionr prevailing for two weekr before the election heve bccn changed and that dealerr are taking a much diffcrcnt attihrde towardr reetocking.

In tihe routhern part d the state thc large dealen have come into tihe buying market, rtronger than ttrey beve for three rnonthr part. Country yardr have placed a gratifying number of ordere in tbe la^rt weck

On the of the 14th" a prominent San FrancLco dealer caid:

"The nrarket up here ir much atronger and looLr very

good to ne. Thcre L mch lcll hbcr bAg nlnfrcqfgd accotmt of thc heavy wcdhcr tbc nifL ere btviryr qrc{trt in Southem Or"g"- Thir xoold ruggqt hthcr Fic? 6rn tbe advancer of froE one to thtcc dolbrr tf,et hrvc lhadt gone into efiGct Uppcrr trc vcry tcrrccr Gcfrg !ry dvanccd $l.OO, No. 3 Vcrticrl b W t[rc dotrr+ S ru weak, but the rhinglc riturtion L Lcttcr, PdEa tl fiftcca to hrcoty-five ceatrhighcf. Wc erc bchg oficrcd g:ncroo. buriaes for delivcry dtcr Juuy llt (irvcotory)' bd are dcclining ell nrch cdcrr. C;mo rrc rry) a lhong dolhr, and ft it wcre not for thc *porching holidryr end rtoc& i*hg, I would look for e fuLcr tro dollar advancc."

Shipmeotr et tor ADcdc. Hrrbor' to the night of thc 13t\ wcre 5O,(XX),(X)O fcct, toud nrmbctr. Thc rveeh prcvioua h.d bcco e hcrvy ooe, thirty-t[rcc boo h dl bciog rcportcd rt 6L porG, Tf,c brflding pcrnitrin Lor Aqrilcr iditrlc e tra dlo dollar nonth.- To the DigLt of rhe l2tL Sct ffilcd dac to hets of thet enod.

Thc Wst Corrt Lrnbcrm'r ArlocLfin ndcr * reported e urcclCr cd of 97 nillftn fccr' rlf, dB bf'lE millio. Clqcr to r brhncc 6.n [a trc a &GG tGGb prcviqrr.

The Califcaira Redvood Arodlin tcpoib relc. of 6 million end r qil of 7 nilioq fc rtc tG.L

The Grand BalI at the Biltmore, Friday night.

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"There Is In the People Themselves the Power To Put Forth Great Men"

Thcse Splcndid Thoughts Are By President Calvin Coolidge Prcsidcnt of tbe Uaitcd States

Innocence is not enough in government administration.

There must be added that character and ability that come only from Fappling with the great problems of life, most usually gained by Americans in great businese and administrative activities. There is no force so Democratic as the force of an IDEAL.

The great test of an institution is its ability to perpetuate itself.

No Government can be successful which outlaws any good influence, whcrever its source, whatever its cdling.

Education is undertaken to give a larger comprehGnsion of lifc.

There has never been a great people who did not Possess great learning.

We do not wish to be Greek; we do not wish to be Roman. \f,fe bave a glcat desire to be supremely American.

It is not enough to teach men science; the great thing is to teach ttcm bow to USE science-

People are not created for the benefit of industry, but industry is crcatcd for tle benefit of the people.

The satisfaction of life arises from the art of self-e:pressionProgress has.lain in the cultivation and maintenance of a state of mi-d. It har been in general a strong adherence to ideals.

We do not need more material development, we need more spiritud dcvclopmcat We do not need more intellectual power, we need more mord power. Wc do not aecd more knowledge, we need more character. We do not need more govcrnmcog wc ncbd more culture. We do not need more law, we need more religion. \f,lc do oot necd Eqt of the things that are seen, we need more of the things ttat are untccn.

There is in the people themselves ttre power to put foth great men. Thcre ir in the soul of the nation a reserve for responding to the cdl of high idcals, to nobilig o[ action, which has never yet been put forth.

THERE IS NO PROBLEM SO GREAT BUT THAT SOUEWHERE A UAN IS BEING RAISED TO MEET IT.

(From "The Price of Freedom")

WHAT'S IN

SERVICE SATISFIES

A NAME?

In California, as in many other great lumber consuming territories, the name

has come to be generally recognized as standittg for

Successful Concatenation Lt Los An$eles

A good number of Los Angeles Hoo Hoo, together with a larie delegation of out of torvn members rvho had been in atiendan& at the convention of the state association, attended a decidedly successful Concatenation, at the Elite Cafe, Los Angeles, -on the night of November 8th.

The meeting was called to order by Vicegerent Snark Frank Curranl at eight o'clock, this being follorved immediately by the cerimonies of the initiation.

Eight -Kiti.tt. had their eyes opened to the mysteries of Hoo Hoo land. Thev rvere:

Wm. P. Jackson, Sin Pedro l-umber Compan;-, Whittier.

E. A. Griffin, llammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles.

L. E. Foster, Patten & Davies, Los Angeles.

L. A. IJrtasun, Fred Golding Lumber Comparry, Los

Angeles.

D. A.

E. A.

R. H. Angeles.

Douglas, Milln ork Institute, Los Angeles. Adams, Millwork Institute, Los Angeles. Raphael, Jr., Southern Calif. Hardwood Co., Los

G. C. Roberts, Peoples Lumber Co., Fillmore.

Citrus Belt Hoo Hoo to Hold Concatenation

The newly organized Citrus Belt Hoo Hoo District will hold their first Concatenation on the night of Tuesday, November 18th, at San Bernardino, according to notices that have been sent out to all olcl Cats and prospective members in the San Bernardino, Riverside districts.

A large delegation of Los Angeles Cats n'ill jottrnel' to the valley town on that night, taking their Nine lvith them, to put on the work for the nerv district-

.RED, McALPINE ENTERTAINS LOS ANGELES HOO HOO

A. B. (Red) McAlpine, of E. J. Stanton & Son, was chairman of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club luncheon on October 30th.

There was a good crowd, in fact the attendance at these meetings is larger each week.

Mr. Ivan Kelso, Associate Counsel for the Automobile Club of Southern California, made a splendid talk on the rvork being done by this immense body, now numbering about 140,000 motorist members.

There was a general discussion on the various scheduled Hoo Hoo events, and the meeting was closed rvith some very good instrumental music, provided by the chairman.

There was one reinstatement.

Frank H. Burnaby, Sun Lumber Co., Beverly Hills'fhe nerv Nine officiated in a manner befitting veterans at the game, and the Ritual rvas carried out with an impressivJness and dignity seldom seen at a Concatenation. Frank Wise acted as Senior Hoo Hoo, B. W. Bookstaver rvas in the Junior position, J. J' RSa, Boium; Andy-Dono' van, Scrivenoter; J. C. E'ttis, Jabberwock; J. A--Thomas, Arcanoper; Melvin G. Coe, Cuitocation ; and Paul Hallingby, Gurdon. - Many n€w stunts rvere uncovered in the Ju-nior work, under lhe direction of Herman Rosenberg as Chbirman of the Entertainment Committee, assisted by Cappy Slade. Walter Best. Ed. Culnan and T. L. Stearns. They kept the poor candidates stepping high "over the sands," until elev-en it. 1,t., when a buffet-supper rvas sen-ed to the entire gathering.

- It u'aJone of the best Concatenations ever held by the Los Angeles District, and tvas s'ell lvorthv of a larger attendance.

Delightful Dinner Dance Given by Los Angeles HooHoo

The night of October 30th rvas one long to be--remembered by lhe Los Angeles lumbermen. an4 their ladies. who attendei the dinner dattce at the \-ista Del Arroyo Hotel, Pasadena-

There lvere about one hundred and seventv-five in attendance. This is by far the largest gathering at an.affair of this kind in Los Angeles. and J. J. Rea, general chairman of the party, rvell desen ed the thanks and commendations that rvere shorvered upon him.

The presiclent of thi Club presi<led. During the dinner there rvas a very fine.entertainment Program. arra-nged_ b1' Jimmie Chase, and made up entirelv o[ "home talent." - Mr. Charles Eade, of the llal'rvard Lumber & Investment Company, gave a cornet solo, accompanied by his brother, Thonipson Eade, of the same comPany. I-a-ter, I\{r. Thompson-Eade gave a "Piano-Logue" lvhich u'as fine. Don C. Esslev. rvith A. L. Hoover, rendered a baritone solo, and Ilf r. -Paul Kent, of the Hayward Company, sang several numbers. Paul has a very beautiful tenor voice s'hich has been heard a number of times orer KHJ radio.

The Scrap-Iron Trio sang t$'o numbers. Thisgroup is composed of Jesse James, Emmet Dalton and Al Jgtry1gt, mert- who have been going under the names of Eddie Houghton, Don Essley and Percy Yost in Los An_g_eles.

After introductions 6f the immediate Past Snark Herman Rosenberg, Supreme Gurdon David Woodhead and Past Snark of the lJniverse E. D. Tennant, the orchestra took charge of the party, playing until midnight for the dancers.

It was a wonderful oartv.

A Balhy Mule and a Splitting Boqrd Are Two Vexations

Member Mills

Albion Lumber Company

Dolbeer & Carson Lurnber Co,

Glen Blair Redwood Co.

Hammond Lumber Company

J. R. Hanify Company

Hobbs, Wall & Company

Holmes Eureka Lumber Co.

Llttle River Redwood Co,

Mendocino Lumber Co,

Northwestern Redwood Co, The Pacific Lumber Co.

Unlon Lumber Compa.ny

which can be remedied. You can sh oot the mule and throw the board away; but these methods are expensive. Buying the right mule and the right board would be cheaper in the end. Nobody can guarantee a mule's qualities: a board's is different. Just say RnnwooD to your customer- the wood th at. does not split under straight hammering, and he'll escape, at least. one of these vexations.

Ash for Redwood-"it lasfs"

The Association Ideal

By Jack Dionne

The California lumber merchants have just met.

Which brings up the thought of such organizations and of their activities and possibilities.

A business associatirin is an organization of men or of firms that have banded and grouped themselves together for the purpose of promoting the welfare of their industry, and better serving the public.

If it attempts the first of these accomplishments without likewise aiming at the second, it is doomed to failure, because on that foundation and that only has a business organization a right to exist.

A business association of the right character strives to give its members a better attitude toward one another, a better insight into their own business, and better educate them as public servants.

Any individual business establishment is invariably an expression and reflection of the man who controls it, and we know that fine establishments are built by men with fine souls.

And when business men in the same industry are grouped together in an association, the fine ideals of the individuals naturally permeate the structure of the organization itself, and thereby create in place of individual power for great good, MASS power for great good, which reflects itself automatically in the general activities of the organization, and in the individud efforts of its members.

Rotary Clubs and Kiwanis Clubs-for instance-have lived, and grown gt'eat simply because they are composed of men who have grouped themselves together with no selfish aim in view other than self-improvement, and have created an intensified ambition aiming at a higher and better business ideal that imprints itself indelibly upon the business affairs of the city in which it works.

And so should trade associations work They should create a mass power of improved business intent that should help every one of their members to better serve the public, better serve themselves, and better understand and appre.ciate their competitors.

Splendid physical things do trade associations do for their members, but the effect a good association has on UNSEEN things-.sgenuinely spiritual things-is far greater. If they can sell a man on the idea of the bigness of his business; on its power of accomplishment for great good to the locality it serves; on the thought that HE must carry the message of the industry to HIS local people in order that they may understand and respect it; that HIS is the responsibility of properly representing his great industry in his town; you have done much for that industry in that town.

Such a mental attitude will make him scrupulous as to every outward manifestation of his business, its appearance, its stocks, its service, its respectability and integrity,

and its general standing with the public- And wbco yo have done that for a business man, you havc dmc Gacrrthing for him-

And YOU, Mr. Individual, don't fail to realizc and p'ro' duce YOUR share. Don't remain APARf. Bccomc A PART ! You may think you are onty a 2z1in tbe indurtr5z, but remember that without each neccssar;r 2r{ the 3tnrc. ture will be weakened-

You have a most vitd part-a mct inportant roleand if you take your prop€r place in tbe STRUgfURt OF THINGS as planned by the Great Architcct; if you ranfully hold up your part against the strains and strcascs to which you will be subjected, then you will how tte glory of being A PART.

There is NO glory in remaining APART.

Your trade asqociation is a very vital elenent of your industry; it is ttre sole means by wbich the tbought of th industry can be expressed; it is the sole means by wbicp the best ideas can be developcd and wrong eliminated.

The trade association represents ttc po'wer of mass, I power inherently impossible to individual rmitl

The excuse you so often hear for not joining trade asro ciations-that ttrey "can't see what thcy get for thcir money"-is a hopelees confession of wrong thinking.

If you haven't any other raason for joining it, pay you dues in order that YOU UAY STRENGTHEN IT BY YOUR EXAMPLE, YOUR HELPFUL ADVICE, YOT'R HIGH IDEALS.

If the association needs YOU+hcn JOIN ITI

Or-if YOU need the association-JOlN ITt

One reason is just eractly as good as the othcr so log as you follw it"

Don't remain APART!l

BE A PART! A strong, rctive, hclpful, worting PARf. For of such is the Kingdon of Bcttcr Busincs*

There is 0nly One Way to Really GIUE Vour

Gustomers Service

and that is to furnish them at all times the kind of lumber and shingles that you would like to have, and the sort of service that you would appreciate were your positions reversed, and you were

the customer.

That is the Golden Rule in the re-

tail lumbei business.

And you can only do that by fur-

nishing them t{re best that can be had.

Anything less removes the reality from your service.

San Francisco Lumbermen Oppose Building Law Pertaining to Walls

The lumbermen of San Francisco have started an intensive campaign against Ordinance Bill No. 6851, known as the Building Law, pertaining to walls relating to building construction on frame buildings wherebv rvood sheathing may be eliminated by the substitution of wire mesh nailed to the studs and plastered with cement plaster.

The San Francisco lumbermen are opposed to this lau' for the following reasons:

1. Elimination of material bracing to the building.

2. IJse of 'rvire and cement, however rvaterproof, not supported by under sheathing is liable to leakage and cracking.

3. The strength of rvire netting and cement depend largely on the nail attaching the rvire to the studs. While this is provided for in the size of the nail it is subject to easily changed specification.

4. Most important is possibility of earthquake which would shake off the plaster and in this event should the house catch on fire due to this shaking off of the plaster or because of the shaking off of the plaster in an earthquake, no insurance could be collected from the fire insurance companies unless an extra premium were paid. This is known as the "Falling Building Clause."

5. San' Francisco is known as having an excellent system of building restriction and this is an entering wedge to break down restrictions which have seemed necessary because of the peculiar location and climatic conditions of this section.

LAST RITES HELD FOR GEORGE X. WENDLING

Funeral services for George X. Wendling, who committed suicide at his San Francisco home on October D, were held at eleven o'clock Friday morning, October 31, at the Halsted funeral parlors. Dean W. J. Gresham of the Grace Cathedral conducted the services. Interment was at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park. He was 63 years of age.

At the time of his death he was the head of the G. X. Wendling Company, rvith offices at 360 California Street, San Francisco. Mr. Wendling was one of the pioneer lumbermen of the state and for many years he was president of the Weed Lumber Co. and also associated with other large lumber interests in California and Oregon. After his retirement from the Weed Lumber Company, he later organized the Pacific Wirebound Box Company rvith headquarters in San Francisco and rvas the head of this concern until about trvo years ago, rvhen he moved to Los Angeles to become the sales manager of the Los Angeles Lumber Products Co. About a year ago, he returned to San Francisco, where he formed the G. X. Wendling Co.

Mr. Wendling was a member of several clubs in San Francisco and his career as a lumberman has provided some of the most picturesque,chapters in the history of the lumber industry on the Pacific Coast. He was one of the best known lumbermen on the Pacific Coast and rvas held in very high esteem by his numberless lumbermen friends. Business worry and ovenvork were the causes his famill' gave for his act.

California Retail Lumbermen's Association Annual Convention

Asserted most successful in history. Many excellent features. Directors to meet at Bakersfield November 18th. Santa Barbara wants next Convention.

A. B. Wastell to withdraw.

One hundred and tlventv-three d.elegates responded to the givel. in the hands of President C. W. pinkerton, Whittier, at the opening of the trriday morning session of-the Annual Convention of the Califor- nia Retail Lumberrnen's Association, at the Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles. November 7th.

In the opinion of many of the state's most prominent retail lumbermen lvho were in attendance. from a stand-point of educational and informational matter that was pr,esented, this was the most interesting and successful Convention that has yet been held by the Assoclatlon.

All of the scheduled talks were p-resented, each being presented by the speakers as given on the prog'ram, with the exception of the discussion that was to have been led by Mr. C. G. Bird of Stockton, he being unable to attend meeting. A telegram tvas read at the open- ing session as follows:

C. W. Pinkerton,

Biltmore Hotel, Los Angeles,

NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Southern District

Hoff... .....San Diego

Gibbs.... .....Anaheim

Chapman. ..Santa Ana

Pinkerton. ...Whittier

Stoner... ......sawtelle

Fickling. Long Beach

Curran. .....,.Pomona

\Vhite. ......Riverside

L. Fox. ......Glendale

Davies... ....Pasadena

L. Boyd. .......Santa Barbara Bonestel. ......Ventura

I Hayward. ......Los Angeles

Hallingby. Los Algeles

Northern District

Oscar Miller ....Sacramento

E. T. Robie. ..Auburn

Elmore King ...Bakersfield

F. I)ean Prescott. ....Fresno

Frank Wright ......Porterville

M. A. Harris ..San Francisco

E. M. Tilden .Oakland

George Waddell ...Alameda

C. G. Bird. Stockton

Harry Fuller ....Lodi

George lfeissner. .......Lodi

C. H. Griffen, Jr.... .....Santa Cruz

San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 6, 1924.

Have just returned to my office after ten days Coolidee countv campaign and find it impossible to attend convintion. R'eeret thi-s exceedingly as I planned on being with you. Ilowever, the-county, state and national results mo-re than ofrset my disappoiritment. Ail looking forward to four or five years of unpiralled prospeiity. --

C. G. Bird.

The discussion on Costs and Profits at the Friclav session was a highly enthusiastic and b,eneficial event.' Sam T. Hayr,r'ard, Francis Boyd, F. Dean Prescott and a number of others contributed valuable information on these topics.

Friday Morning

The opening session rvas called to order by C. \A'. pinkerton, at 10 A. M. He immediately introcluced Mayor George E. Cryer, Los Angeles, who-welcomed the delegates to,Los^Angeles, and extended the hospitality of the city. Mr. Cryer mentioned in his talk

that the citizens of the Southern California

city were not overly modest about their hom,e town, that they were proud of their lumber industry, and of the fact that Los Angeles was "the only seaport in the world lying twenty miles from the sea. " He spoke of the San Franciscans' remarks on the splendid action taken by $_e Nayf Department in re-naming the ZR-3, the "Los Angeles-" In the opinion of the Northerner, this was a most -fittine

name for the largest r,vind bag in the worlrl. In a more serious vein, Mr. Cryer assured the members of the appreciation felt by the city of Los Angeles, and he extended a most cordial invitation to come again.

I\[r. Pinkerton responded to Mr. Cryer, thanking him for the welcome. He then spoke, as follows:

PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS

C. W. Pinkerton, Whittier Lumber Co.

At Opening Session

"Fellow members of the California Retail Lumbermefl's Association:

"\l[fe have now come to the close of another year; and, at this time, it is well to look back over last year that we may b€tter judge of the future.

"During the past year the State Association was consolidated with the Southern California Retail Lumber Dealers Association. and that took some time and effort to get the two organizations working as one. The retail lumber business is past the stage of the old-time lumber yard, which was a place where people could buy "boards," to a place where the Home Builder can get any- thing he needs in the way of building material, together with the latest infor- :r mation pcrtaining to building of homes, and if we as Building Material Merchants want to hold our place in the business wolld, we will have

to so conduct our business that we will be looked upon in our communit5r as a source of reliable information 6n all questions of building. Therefore, it behooves us to wake up and gef out of the rut of thirty years ago and take an active interist in all civic affairs pertaining to our comrnunities and establish the retail lumber business on a foundation of confidence and square dealing,

"I believe that I can truthfully say that we all hope to see the time when better merchandising conditions will exist. Still, from the action of some dealers, we would judge that the only ihing that thcy can-see is the presen! and unless we are willing to co-operate with each other, and you might say "act as a unit," this better condition that we all hope for will be a long time coming.

___j'_I,rI"-, perhaps some of you have in your minds the question- "Why an Association?" If I was to stop and enumerate att of tle reasons for an association it would perhaps take most of the timc allotted-for. our program; however, I will call to your attention that which in my mind is one of the major reasons, ind that is the guestion of Legislation. In years gone by the retail lumber dealer has quietly sat in his office and attended to the lumber business. consequently in- a great many instances he has been legislated against. There is no question but that a lumber dealers assJciation of a state-wide nature could be of verv creat assistance in shaping legislation that w6d-d be much better for the lumber dealer as well as the general public.

Special Resolution Passed At Closing Session

Resolved:

That Phil B. Hart, and the "California Lumber Merchant" be given a special vote of thanks for the splendid service and publicity given the Convention.

"I would like to see the time when every member of this organization .would carry on their letterheads the statement that they -were "Members of the California Retail Lumbirrnenis Association" and educate the public to the fact that being a member of the State Retail Association was. a guarantee of honest grades and honest dealings. If it could be brought about f am not sure but what it would be i cood olan if the retail lumber business was -orgar:iized along the lines of the Californirr State -Realty

Resolutions Adopted at Convention of California Retail Lumbermen's Association, November 8, 1924-

RESOLVED: That wc cxtend a vote of thanks to the press and to the tradc journals for the publiciw givcn the convcntion and for their lplcndiil co-opcration in making this annual meeting such a succcss.

RESOLVED: That in vicw of thc vcrY excellent scrvicc rendcrcd by thc Biltmore Hotel and the rmiform courtey shown our members by its entire stafr during the convcntion of thc Cdifornia Retail Lumbcrrncn'a Association, that wc erprcss our fullest appreciation to the managemcnt for thesc serviccs rendercd.

RESOLVED: that thc mcmbers of the Cdifornia Rctail Lumbcrmen'g Association at this convention hcrcby cxprcsa' by a rising votc. their aopreciation to Preaident Pinkerton, for his-intiring work during the past year.

RESOLVED: That this convention exprcas its apprcciation of ttre rmsclfish aervices performld by the cntire nembcrship of thc Board of Directore who havc laborcd without compensation, as well as paying thcir own expcnses to attcnd mcctinge for the general good of the industry.

RESOLVTD: That hcardelt thanls and apprcciation. in convention asscmbled, c:piiss, by a rising vote, thcir hcardelt thanks and appreciation to A. B. Waste[" Managcr, and Mrs. J. E. Fraser, Sccrctary of Northcrn District, and Mr. H. Riddiford, Secrctary of the Southern District, for thcir qntiring efrorts and thc cncrty e:pcndcd for the wclfare of this association during part months.

RESOLVED: That thc thanks of t'hc convention be extendcd to all the spcakcrs participating in thc splcndid prograe of this convcntion.

RESOLVED: That a votc of thanks bc cxtcndcd to the Los Angeles Lunbernen's Exchange for thc furniture givcn this association.

RESOLVED: That a spccid vote of thanks be extendcd to PhiI Hart and thc California Lumbcr Mcrchant for tlre publicity given to ttre Convention in their publication

RESOLVED: That a vote of thanks bc given to the Cernent Manufacturers of Los Angclcs, for their courtesy in furnishing ttre decorations for thc funquet and dinner dancc, of this Association, through Mr. R. L. Vancc of thc California Portland Ccnent Company; and a vote of thanks be cxtcnded to the Lumber Manufacturers and Whole-

salcrs of Los Angclcs, for furnishing tbc cntcrtainmctrt at thc Banquel

WHEREAS: The prevcation alrd auporeesion of Forcst Fires is of such vital iEiortance to ttrc wclfare of the State of Cdilornia, and to dl the people of California both for thc conscrvation of hcr rapidly dininishing tinber supply and for thc prcservation of the rurdcrgrowth and brush on hcr watersheds; aad

WHEREAS: Actual rcforcstation of cutover tirnbcr lands is csscntial to thc fufirrc supply of lumber and to the prospcrig of thc Statc of Cdifornia;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: that thc Lesidative Committcc of thc C.alifornia Retail Lurnbermen's Arrociation at the Convention arscmblcd at the Biltmorc Hotcl in thc CitJl of Loc Angclcs, Novcobcr 8th, f924, bc instructcd to usc its bcst codeavors to the ead tbat onr nert l*gislature shall malc adequate provision for fondr to protect all rtate and privately o*acd forcrtr and brush lands within the borden of tbe State fron 6rca; aleo that both statc and fcdcrat forestry departmcnts be urgcd to imporc and cnforcc dl ncccssary restrictioil in regard to lighting canp 6rer aad to rooking where fires arc lilcly to bc startcd; atd

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: Thet wc cornmcad thc actual rcforcstation nor bcing donc by ttc mantfacturcrs of Cdifornia Rcdrood and we urgc our rcprclcDtativcs at \f,larbington, D. C, to sccurc for California a Forest t:pcdncot Stati'on to the cnd tlrat rnethods for reforcatation of othcr cut-over lumbcr l,andr in C.aliforaia may spccdily bc solvcd.

RTSOLVED: That thir convcntion of thc California Retail Lunbcracn'r Arrociation commcndg thc National Rctail Lunbcr Dealcrs' Association for its consttqctivc scrvicc to the industry as a wholc. and crpccidly in conncction with its activiticr in pronotiag uniform metbods of accormting rhich providcs constant Laowledgc of the coat of doing businec, and in ordcr to cneouriig! thc oficerc of the National Arsociation in its sood vor\ that wc hercby authorizc the board of directors to apply for mcrabcnhip in thc National Association ar soon as i! thcir judgncnt it ir dccocd p,racticablc to do so.

WHEREAS: Thir Association is deairoul of contributing thcir moral ruppott to tbe Standardization progretD, bc it rcsolvcd that wc aa an asgociiation do hc.rcby acccpt thc draft of Simpliicd Pracicc Rcconncodatioa datcd Dcc. 13, 1923, and thc additirooal itcnc

Board, which, as you all knor, is undcr ttc direct suDcrvidon of a Sate CommisEioner, and it is neccslary for a man, bcforc hc cngages in thc selling of real cstatc. to put up a bond and obtaia a licCnsc, and at any timc that he docs anytting in a burincrr way that is not opcn and above board his licengc is revokablc at the will of the Statc Commissioncr.

"I have now served you as your Prcsidcnt for tvo ycan, and at this time rrant to takc the opportunity of thanking all of ttc dircctors and membcrs for thcir wilting co-opcration at dl tincs."

In addition to the foregoing, Mr. Pinkerton answered the oft repeated query, "lVhat does an Association give?" He told of the many benefits to be derived from an active partiqipation in a body of this kind, of the absolute necessity for close and intelligent attention to legislation matters, and predicted a dismal future for a community that did not assert itself through a well regulated and intelligently handled Association.

A. E. Fickling Presides

The Pr'esident then turned the morning session over to Mr. A. E. Fickling, Vice-President, Southern District, who,

adooted Afr 22. 1921, at ou lrnderd of raiticc in dirtribntio of bDcr fc thc icar bcginniag July l, l9r4,.Dd qitr qc oq bcct efiort in eccurins gco.r.l doDtin d thc reco*ai:ed *an&rdr.

WHEIIEAS: vubnr tryr ud Eclnr lrc being tatco in dl intcltiggt trouDr of nco loolinc to ttc ct Ddatditrti.m of ttc nriool pharcr- of thcir bo!ioc.. activitia bc it rotcnnlyRTSOLVED: tbet oc conbincd cfict b. diyidual ald collcctivdt bc ooccmrctl upon tbc crcetbn of e Steldrrfiad l|Ilbcc dcalcr.

WHEREAS: ttc Rctril Llnbcr nfuf in Celiforaie ir lot oocntbg nndcr e'Codc of Etticr' bc it r,c.olrc4 tEt thc Bqd d Dirccon telc up tbc llrbirt looli4 O thc adootion of.ocb e codc-

WHERBAS: It ir egnrcot ttrr thc tic bar dcfinitcly urivcd fc buris u thr,ousbout tte Unicd Strb b trb ea ecdve rrt in rovcroocotll tf,iiru Bli IT RSSOLVED: thrt tho ncobar d ttc Celiforde Rctil Lsnbcraca:r Antirtion Dlcdsc thc rnqudif,cd tqlpct of itr nco5cn -o iadividurl ud collcctirt o' tinucd inEcet b dl nerl:n lading b e bcttcr ondcrrtanrtiry of robicdl .f,cctiEg our netionel Strb eld cmnrrnilY tovtlnncot, aadBE IT FITRTHEB RESOLYED: thet rc codcevrr b btint ebont e nmf rldcrrtudiag bctrcco ccsdotct ."6 t-dofc.

WHTREAS: tbc inportetio 1nd nrC of forGin oarcot ir gofr: dctrin:atel b C'ifomia indE'.''T _rtacfu n.n!' dli.D of Crlifornie carirrl uc iarccd in ot nrnufasfirrilt tilrttrr rtich erc eml ttr hrtpet coCoycn of hbc ud rer of oil and otbcr locel foducltr;

THERIFORE BE IT RTSOLV]EII: Tbat rc Erc clecrlr tcritlnrc cfiort o po- mtc thc c of C.trf6lir-rl.dc ccod in Celifonia coartrari<to.

WHERTAS: Tbc rccc ur& ronc non6r ero by c.drin Sou6cla CelL fornia Ccocot -Iradrctrr,crr b 6c cficct thet tbcy roold clerfp Zt ccd gcr BH. norc for ococot foJ. mbr troctr rt U nin tbr! fo.b. cen * 6c nfit Fr b aj cotircly rcerneblc ud fc 6G bcd ilEGlit of dl conccrncd; tbctdorc

BE IT RESOLVED: ttet ttc Crffiote Rctail Lnobcrocol A*Ltioo rDfrort ruch ectln end er ler u rndblc urp rcail dcelcn b ordcr c.o.d bY ttc cer lod nthcr thea by lrrct lod

after a few welcoming remarks, introduced Mr. Paul Langworthy, of the Builders Exchange, Los Angeles. Mr. Langworthy spoke on "The Outlook-" His talk was a very optimistic prediction on the prospects for the coming year, backed up by convincing facts and figures that were very interesting. In part he said:

'Thctc arc loEG mtcntid facton thrt coG bb 6G odalcntion of thc fururc ictiviticr of ttc cdttrocti@ iadrlrtrf i! Crliforain ttat varrart tlc rtetcocC th.t 1935 dn bc c of d* r'rcatcsL if not tte grcrtcrt, ycen in 6c hiory of odrrctio iorl in Califoraia- I'ld! !t tcocot ir nr& elu I o:rt* c:baustive lurtcv of prccailins conditbos C.lYin CooU0$ b.t bc.r rc-clcctcd Prciidcot of thc linitcd St b. Orrr locd citilco' Cctir D. Wilbur, Secreary of thc Navy, hal ttalcal 6.t d4c Dolict of S. United States will be to build up ur ah fqcc cqg.l b c rupcrbr to any nation in the world. Sicrctary Wiltr bar firttcr rlrtcd that iir this devclopment prograrn oni o! lhc larSclt rh- pomr in the world will be located in eafifornia. This will mcan thc ffinufacturc of iatcrnd combustion cngincs together vith the rnpcrstructurcs of thc airships. This will mean thc constnctlm d l,argc fac{ory buildingp, thc aecc*ary conrtructio of boocr fc

employecs and the constant supplying of lumbcr and matcrids to thc plants.

"[ess than thirty days ago thcrc w:la a mcrger of tso of thc largest internal combustion engine manufacturcrs on thc Pacifc Coist. At the present time thcy are looking for a location- on which to establish a ten acre plant, which has been statcd rill be the largest of its kind in the world. Again i1 will be ncccs:rry to supply -lumber for the construction of the factory - buildings,- togelf,ei wittr the regular demand to take care of crating, etc. It is iommonly known that many Eastern manufacturers are casting covetous eyes upon the Pacific Cdst, partic'il'rly thc Sate of California. Our mild climate coupled witt our adcquate transportation system, both water and rail, addcd to our minimum labor troubles makes California a particularly intcrcsting spot in which to operate manufacturing pliants.

"By those who have Sein in close touch with the possibility of increlsing the manufacturing plants in the State of Cdifornia it is generally- conceded that tlhi combined value of nanufactured products of this Statc will double, or trcble, within the ncxt three years, Nearly all manufacturing plants consume a ccrtain portion of lumber which will add to the volume of busincss now enjoycd by the lumbermen of this State.

"Aside from the manufacturing industry there is being carricd on at the prcscnt time a tremendous prograT of food control for this State. This program includes thc erection of many delrs on the torrential streams of our State. Los Angelcs County only rccently voted thirty-five million dollars to be c:pendcd in flood control. In this work millions of feet of lumbcr will be uscd.

"The real climax of the outlook for the salc of lumber and lumber products in this State is the fact that California still rctains its position as the most talked of and dceired placc of rcsidcncc of any State in the Union. Therc are litcrally millions of citizcns throughout the Middlewest and Eastern States that arc planning to takc up their habitation in California as soon as conditions permit. Thc influx of the increased population will necessitate the construction of thousands of homes throughout thc State. The nairr portion of all homes constructed in this State are of frame construction, and this is the real outlook for the retail lumbermcn of Cdifornia.

"So the keynote of my message to you is "prcpare." fn your preparedness let it be with judgment, not increasing your stocks beyond the point of legitimate investrnent but see to it that you are in touch with adequate supplies to take care of the increased demands that will be made upon you during 1925. At the prescnt time conditions warrant the statement that priccs will be on a more even lcvel during the coming year. The dcmand will bc sufficient to consumc more than thc normal supply so that priccs will automatically advance to a point where a fair and rcasonable profit will be made on every thousand feet of lumber handlcd by the retail yards.

"Carefully consider your ability to well scree thc communig immediately adjacent to your yards and make sure you are adcquately prepared to render the servicc to your trade that makes them peiminent customcrs'and kccps them rcturning to you foi their suoplies of lumber. So the outlook lor 1925 is exccptionally rosy and every lumberman of the State by conducting his busincss along purely ethical and honorable lincs will bc adcquately compensated for his efrorts."

M. A. Harris, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Company, San Francisco, follorved this talk, with a discussion on the future.

"At a Rotary Club in San Francisco recentlv, at which I was present, a new speaker prefaced his remarks by saving "I am very nervous," and it is the same with 6g-"f 26 very nervoq5"-l come into this southern land and I am rvith a ferv of my good friends, but I feel that the interests of Southern California and Northern California are one and the same. I am reminded that the poor old lumberman is always in the same fix. It seems to me that the whole sum and substance of the future is that rve have found confidence-without confidence in ourselves and in our industry the future certainly presents a verv black outlook, and I feel that if rve as lumbermen would put into our own business the enthusiasm and energy that rve put in on the sidelines that we get into from time to time, the future of the lumber business would be absolutely assured. About three rveeks ago I was appalled at that time by a sense of fear, and through a sense of loyalty I closed my desk and went into headquarters to do my bit in a tremendous political operation, and gave three rveeks of my undivided attention to get my fellorv citizens and fellow lumbermen enthused that they might seek to bring around or help to bring around the ultimate results of the recent national controversy, so if this feeling of fear could be replaced by the removal of fear and the substitution of enthusiasm I cannot see but what, coupled with confidence,

we have no need to look forward irito 1925 with any other feeling than that of optimism. I think gentlemen that we should be appreciative of the most worthy efforts of those gentlpmen who guided the destinies of this organizafion from a pure point of desire to enthuse their fellow lumbermen to bring about a better condition in lumberdom. I \l'ould like to say that I personally am more appreciative of association work and discussion, conferences and fraternal feeling brought about by association work today than some tlvo or three years ago rvhen this association started. We get from an association just that which we put into an association. It never can be measured in dollars and cents, but rve feel that in association work rve have done our duty to the industry and to the community. Mr. Chairman, I thank you for this opportunity.

Mr. Francis Cuttle, of Riverside, spoke on "The Perpetuation of our Forests." I!Ir. Cuttle is a member of the State Board of Forestry, and the head of a water development company, at Riverside. He gave some interesting figures on the remaining stand of timber in the United States, and painted a very dismal picture of the future, if the citizens did not awaken and take steps for the perpetuation of the water sheds of the countly. It is Mr. Cuttle's claim that at the present rate of cut, the timber of the country will be exhausted in about twenty-two years.

Mr. O. H. Barr, Barr Lumber Company, Santa Ana, followed this speaker, in leading the discussion on the point. He urged a close attention to these matters, and stressed the necessity of proper conservation in the Nation's most valuable natural resource.

Mr. E. P. Ivory closed the morning session with a splendid talk on "Progress in Lumber Standardization." After some brilliant arguments for the practice of standardization in any line of business, and the citation of numerous examples of benefits resulting, Mr. Ivory had this to say in regard to the action taken by the Association:

"Following thc rar thc 6rst Ancrican Lurnbcr Congrcc dccided sonething should bc donc. Thc rnovcocot rer startcd but wancd. In 19?2, that grcat Cdifornian, Hcrbct ll@vcr, at ttc invitation of the lunbcr fratcraig, rtc,ppcd in and g3ve thc novcment tbc impctus of hir pcrronal forcc and tb machincry of hir d@artncnt in carrying on thc p'roi.ct Thc Dcpartncnt of Agdculture was drcady in-

"A survcy of the situation re,nealcd caco trcatc nced then rer anticipatcd.

'With the cntry of Iloovcr rcorganization rar bcgnn, e ccotnl committee forncd and consulting conmittcca apointcd- Ibcc worked for onc and a half ycan; l0 nairr ncetinp of committcr and at over four bun&cd mectingr euch ar rhir, thc subitct tat discusscd and findings and condusiong pcrcolatcd bect b thc onsulting comnittec and centrd cornrnittec.

"From the start there ras rrnrninoll3 approval of prircidc, but as always with grcat movcmcnts, agrccncnt on dctaile rar dificolt of achicvcment \i/c dl Lnov how inporriblc it rar o atnae on all dctails. Therc is an articlc l0 in thc history qf every movcmcnt for the general relfare of a great nurabcr. In lnmbcr standardization article l0 war the thiclness of drcsscd inch boards and I i1 rlim61sis11. A measurc of agrccocnt waa achievcd in ttc comnittce and its recommendations wcre tatcn to Sccretary Hoover. That astutc gcntlenan acceptcd 6e recomrncndations and pgaiscd tfic gcntlcmcn for their labor, bEt not as the last vord. He kncw bow closcly thcir Eirds had becn focuscd on the prob- len and askcd that the considcration and approval of a body of mcn, picked fron thc nation at largc, bc brought to bear on findings and that the stardards bc placcd on a trial basis for onc ycar.

"Accordingly, two grcat mcctings rcrc hcld in Washin6on on Dec. 23rd and March 2,tth and quctions thrashcd over by repre. scntative mcn in thc l-bcr industry.

"Thc outconc of thccc Eccting! rar the 6:ing for a year's trial of ccrtain dcfnite standards of trade practice, lurnber gradcs aad lunbcr eizes.

'1. In casc of a claim ovcr the gradc of a car of lumber, the retailer agrces to unload thc car, urc ttat portion that is on gradg notify tic mill i1 f0 days and hold thc ofr grade intact and protected for not to c:cccd 60 daya

"The retailer would not have the right to reject the whole car beca'usc a portion was not up to grade. In hir turn the manufactrrcr would not have thc right to force acceptance of whole. Safeguardr ttrowrr arormd both by additional provisions.

"2. fininnm gradc standards fixcd-A B C D gradcs of sclect

(Continued on Page 24)

-North-CD buth-(Uest lumber

lf N most markets-North, East, ll South, West-buyers car now .obtarn the four principal commercial woods bearing the LongBell trade-mark-Douglas Fir, Southern Pine, California White Pine and Southern Oak.

Douglas Fir is the newest addition to the lumber and timber products of this company. From new man.ufacturrng plants at Longview, Washrngton, LongBell Douglas Fir is being shipped tnto markets accustomed to using thrs wood.

On any of these products-on many other lumber products-

you btry

the Long-Bell trade-mark signifies thorough care in manufacture, the skill resulting from nearly fifty years' experience as lumbermen, and the unusual prrde of an organization in the sound building value their products glve to home and industrial.construction.

Douglas FirLumber and Tim, bers; Southern Pine Lumber and Timbere; Creosoted Lumber, Timbere, Posts, Poles, Ties, Guard,Rail Posts, Piling; Southern Hatdwood Lumber and Timbers; Oak Flooring; California White Pine Lum. ber; Sash and Doore.

The above advertisement in full page form appears in the November 15 issue of the Saturday Evening Post, with a circulation of Z,TJ0,Ufi copies. Since Long-Bell trade-marked Douglas Fir is being shipped daily from the new lumber manufacturing plants at Longview, Washington, it can truly be said that North, East, South, West-You Can Know the Lumber You Buy.

(Continued from Prge 72)

lum!9r, I 2 3 + 5 comnon gradcr.

'Thc' grcat controvcrly rar ovct rizca Whilc r conplctc schcdule of yard lunber rizcr ras adoptc4 thc follodng beric rizcs werc the bono of contcntion:

ThicLncrs of drcascd incl boardr atord 2" diacnrion end ridtbr of both. Tro randards of 1' thiclrcrs wcrc adoptc4 25/82' .d, 13/16". This ir not the idcd but it ir bcttcr tha! lir rtandardr aad actually moant an incrcasc ttom 3/a in 1O7o of all drcucd boedr. ft was placcd on trid with thc undcnaading tbat cith.r, or both thickncssce, night be adoptcd by arrociationr or individuels Therc thickncsscs did not apply to factory lumbcr.

"On 2" dinenrion thc dual rtan&rdr of l9l and l/1' lcrc adoptcd. The l/g" war found nrficicot by tc.g but rore building code dcoandedl t&,e lry't".

"On widttr )4" oE on 4 and 6" anil Y." ofr on 5, t0 .d 12' rar adopted vith littlc opporition

"Thc qucrtion of rhort lcqthr occurrd but thcrc rrr rot rufficient inforraation available and it rar lcft for furthct rcrcarch. It dcvclopcd that rctailcn wcrc rilling to acccpt t' and uD but fdt thcy ehould not be rcquircd to acccpt rhortcr lcngth& ferrdacturcrr pointcd out thet rhortcr lcagthr arc unavoidably producc4 that ae thcir outlct to tradc rar thru thc rctailcr and that ttc retailer should acccpt Urc obligation of rctlias ar a ncamre of forcst conservation

"Standards werc finally acccptcd for a yca/e trial bcginrdng July l,1921. Thc first etcp had to bc by thc nanufactrrcre Tbc grcat burdcn of rcadjustmcnt fcll on thcm. Evcry arrociation rartcd thc machincry; ttcrc arc four in which California dcalcn lrc intctc.tcd. Thc \ilert Coart Lunbcrmcn'g Arsociation fu holding a aceting bday. Propoadr to change the namcr of grad6 aad iacrcarc rtandard thickness are bciag rubnittcd."

through the inflated building pcriod in Southern Celtfoauie, with a profit from the year l;23 of. but l% on their srlc9.

He stated that other yards had shoyrn profits from tbcir intelligent handling of cost finding, and thet a largc nuqber of dealers made a rule of establishing their prodts monthly, with a comparison to their cost sheets. lf,rny disappointments resulted at the end of the year, wheo inventory and balanee is taken but once a year. Years agq the lumber business was handled in an entirely different nenner, according to the speaker. Saw-milli had a cosd of about $5.00 per thousand feet, for nearly any kind of material that was ordered. Stock was cut from the logs, to order, but today the game is difrcrent, and requires a high specialization.

He urged lumber dealers to closely watch thcse important things, in their business.

Taxes Insurance

Bad accounts

Cartage costs

Sales costs

Administrative costs.

In the matter of taJcs, Mr. Hayward stated ttnt thc Income Tax is an expense, and should be treated as $rch. He spoke of the many city and county taxes that are not to be ignored when computing the cost of doing businese.

This session was

fft"?r#t"ffii.

F. Dean prescott, Valley Lumber Company, Fresno.

A Resolutions Committee was appointed and instructed to draft such resolutions as they deemed fit. The members were, M. A. Harris, Chairman; P. T. Burns, O. H. Barr, George R. Bentley and A. J. Stoner.

A telegram from Mr. George R. Huff, San Diego, was read. He expressed his regret at not being able to attend the conference, and urged the election of Mr. E. T. Bullen, on the Bbard.

Mr. Sam T. Hayward spoke on "Costs and Profits." He stated that a large majority of retail lumber dealers all through the country were ignorant on their costs, that they did not realize fullv the enonnous number of details to consider in the pro-per findings of costs, and as a rcsult, many dealers were not enjoying the legitimate profits of a lumberman. Between 1913 and 1917, the cost of conducting a lumber business had increased, 87/oo according to a report mentioned by Mr. Hayward. He mentioned three main reasons for this large increase, Higher Wages, Shorter Hours and Less Efficiency. He also particularly mentioned the extreme amount of Service that is now demanded by the ordinary buyer of building materials, and of the.practice in many communities of the contractor or home owner asking for bids on a bill, from any number of dealers. He stated that the lack of uniformity in patterns and sizes was a reason in a large measure for the increased cost of doing business. It was stated that in one city in California, it is possible to specify and buy from stock no less than 42 kinds of siding, that in Los Angeles pulley stile is carried in eight or t€n different widths, etc.

Mr. Hayward referred to figures given out by A. W. Shaw Company, asserting that the average cost in the United States, to conduct a retail lumber business, was 17.4470,. Of this, l2/o is spent for wag€s and salaries.

He asked and answered the question, "What is the Importancg of Knowing Costs ?i'

According to Mr. Hayward, one retail yard in Southern California has followed the practice of adding a straight lo/o to the yard cost of their materials, and with no cartage charges. They have figured that their cost of doing business is lo/o and that their profits will result from the number of orders for "extras" that are given on every job. In 1923 this concern showed a net profit of but l/o' on their gross sales, lower, in Mr. Hayward's opinion, than a lumberman should anticipate. Another yard given as an example, had done business in a slip-shod manner all

He mentioned the various kinds of insurance that i; necessary for the retailer. Fire, Compensation, Automobile, etc.

Bad Accounts and Merchandise Loss are trcmcndous factors, especially the loss on. matcrials in cargo ship ments.

Operative costs are deceptive. He cited one instence where a dealer had been figuring the cost of one handling cost at $1.50 per thousandl, but that a careful checlr by other dealers proved the minimum cost of this opcretion to be $4.28.

He stated that a survey in Los Angeles had discl'oscd that the average cost to Los Angeles dealers, to hrndc their lumber from Ships Tackle to the job was $12.50 per thousand. Wolfe & Company grve the average for the country at $124O, saying that yards have givea figurcs of from $lO.0O to $16.00.

The $l24o is divided, Yard costs ?4.OA; Delivery costs $2.rA; Administrative and selling costs $5.32.

Mn W. A. Blanchard followed Mr. Hayward, in the discussion on this important subject He stressed the importance of the dealers knowing exactly whet their various operations were costing, and the establishing of a schedule of prices that would safely atlow for the ups and downs of conditions, in the building 6eld. Hc stated that he had heard the question on what percentage of pro6t a dealer is entitled to, based on his investment, and was surprised at the variance of answers. One dealer had figurcd his legitimate returns should be 8.% per year, on his invested capital, and that other men had had many difrerent oPrnrons.

He stressed the necessity for the securing of a fair percentage of return, the close watching of expense of scll-' ing, and stated that in his opinion, a fair return of pro6t on sales, was lo/o. He concluded by sayrng, 'nVatch the lean years, know your costs, and make a fair pro6L"

Mr. Francis Boyd, Santa Barbara, tdked on the subject for a short time, explaining the systems used by his conpany, in determining their costs. He particularly mentioned the necessity of watching the periodically slow moving commodities and explained a system that was succressfully put into effect by them. On one slow moving line they established a prize system for their men, the regular salesmen in one division and the mill and yard men in another. Mr. Boyd is of the opinion that all employees att salesmen, or at least that they can be brought into action at times. They offered a first, second and third prize in each division, and were highly.gratified with the results;

not only of the contest, but at the consistent increase that i, shorving month by rnonth, in this department. ,. Mr. Herbert Stone, of the Building Material Dealers Credit Association. Los Angeles, talked on "Credits and Collections."

The following points rvere stressed by Nlr. Stone, as prerequisites before granting credit to a contractor:

^

1" Is -he a practical contractor, that is, a builder or a nnanclef i

2. Does he operate on a strict contract or a cost plus basis ? If the latter, is there a limit rvhich he rnust keelr under ?

3. Is he able to obtain bond in surety company, or has he ever defaulted ? If so. rvhv ?

4. Are his bookkeeping records proper? Does he knorv costs? Does he shift funds from one iob to another?

5. Does he make contracts for extris. or cloes he allou' these to be settled bv "rvord of mouth ?"

6. In his financiai statement, does he shorv anticipatecl profits on jobs u'itl-rout an offsetting liability to complete said iob ?

7.' Are liens usually filecl against his rvork? If so, rvhv?

8. Does he pa1' rnaterial bills promptly?

9. Is he a member of the Associated General Contractors, 'lvhose standard calls for high etl-rics and good rvork ?

10. If a partnershil>, are the partners harmonious and happv ?

11. Does he protect himself lty compensation insurance and other insurance during the liie of the contract ?

12. Is he in the habit of giving security to the building material dealers to the detriment of otliers if things go wrong?

13. Are sub-contractors aclequatell. financecl, or if dealing with a sul>-contractor is gener-al contractor adequately financed ?

14. Nature of rvork done ? Is it ttarticularly hazardous ?

C. Il. Pinherton, Presidcnt

15. Will prices of drrring the life of the calcrrlations ?

and labor remain steady job or might fluctuations upset his

16. Is l.re a good collector?

17. Is the financing of the job not only arranged for but also available '"vhen the time cornes ?

18. Does he understand the Mechanic's Lien l-alr'?

19. Does he do good rvork?

20. Is he capabie of hanclling several jobs at the same time ?

21. Has he enough money to handle the jobs on hand?

In reply to a question, NIr. Stone stated that a contractor u'ith $10,000 cash capitai u'ould probably secure a like amount from material l.rouses and rvith this fund, could clo rvork upon the regular coutract basis, lvhich is payment as the rvork goes along, of approximately $50,000.

Mr. Coiin Harris, of the H. K. N{cCann Advertising Company, spoke very interestingly on "llotne Advertising," followed in the discussion by F. N. Gibbs, of Anal-reim. Mr. Gibbs told of the collective publicity campaign that is

Here is what one ilealer thinhs of

PACIFIC F'IVE.PIY BOARD for

uc,lls and ceilings

(Ertracts from a letter receiued by us from the Pacific Materials ComPany, of San, Francisco).

"We find your Pacific Five-Ply sells even more readily than we anticipated when we undertook its distribution in this territory.

This letter is typical of many we have received from dealers who have profited in handling Pacific Five-Ply. Ask us to send you details showing how YOU can profit in the same way.

"Not only is there a satisfactory repeat business but we find many of our best dealers are those who formerly insisted that their trade was too cheap to need wallboard at all. This is especially significant when you remember that Pacific FivePly sells at a higher price than other boards.

"We have also been rather astonished at the almost con-rplete way in which the wood fibre wallboards have gone off the market. Not only are they not carried except by one or two dealers, but you can scarcely see their samples or literature in the various offices. We also find a very goocl trade from people who otherwise might have used plaster board-Pacific Five-Ply having many of the advantages of plaster board and none of its numerous disadvantages.

"We believe any distributor could make a success of handling Pacific Five-Plf if they go at the matter systenatically and energetically."

E. Fichling, P. Sou. Dis, n.raterial

being carried on by the Orange County dealers, and reiterated Mr. Harris' remarks that good advertising''paid.

Mr. E. H. Tucker of the First National Bank, Los Angeles, talked on "Your Bank," explaining many of the functions of a banking institution and of the very close relations between the merchant and a banker.

WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION INSURANCE AS IT AFFECTS THE LUMBER BUSINESS

By Geo. R. Christie

He told of the reasons for the organization of the Association, its phenomenal growth, and showed how in the face of legislative amendments which increased the cost T/o, it had reduced the premium rates 33 l-3/o, and then saved for its members an average of. 37.78 on every dollar paid in.

He claimed that the retail lumber risk to a rvorkmen's compensation insurance carrier was what the 98/o'phvsical risk was to a life insurance company, the thing that produced the profit with rvhich the losses of the more hazardous classes are paid.

The retail lumber business could get the benefit of the low loss rate it produces by getting in a class by itself. provided that class is managed by those having the welfare of the lumber fraternity directly at heart.

The Friday sessions closed with a round table discussion on various topics : Cement, Lumber Conditions, Ilest Types of Lumber Sheds, etc.

LUMBER SHEDS

Mr.

H. E. Miliken

While establishing a model "Best Type of Lumber Shed" would be a mighty important thing for the retail lumbcrman, ttrcre are so mirny varying conditions that enter into shed construction that several types would have to be studicd and approved to frll thc need.

Outside of the fact that two distinct ways of storing lumber are now commonly used, namely the fat piling method and thc upright piling method, which call for entirely difrcrcnt typc sheds, ttre shape and "lay" of the yard sitc plays an important part in deciding what kind of shed is best suited to the purpose. I know, in planning sheds in two of our yards, we did not gct just thc type

wc wanfcd for thc rcaroD that rc did Dot @ddct it pectice[ that particrilar point, a|l thh$ .bciDg.*.f4f+. . ; nr6babty the-mosi ccooomicat shA ;lct dcrilcd for aa sizc suburban rctail lumbcr Fr4 b thc doublc dccl ttpc

both sides for tro way pilink. Thit lhcd rhould bc not lcss H 32 lect vide, to accommodatc tcn aad trcotlr foot l|nfi bacl back A low pitch conposition roof ir probably e litdc n economicd thaa a shingled one, but I prcfcr thc lettcr, ar it r be cheapcr in ttc long rrm. Some prefcr to build thcir shcd their sho cornrgated iron, but that bas never sccmcd appropriate to mc.

In a shed of this kind you caa utilizc Eorc qr.cc rh:n i1 other t'hat I know of. Of coursc, you may havc occasion to s material longcr than trenty fcct, in which ca:c you Lill tte ol sidc of the shcd crccpt for very rhort stufi, but raost yar&

not nccd to stocA long uplrrs.

In some cascs it accmr morc cconomical to build ttat I call "one way" piling shcdg on onc or more sides of your site. While thcre is morc wrstc space in a shed of this t5zp loss is compcnsated for by the fact that the shed acts ar . for your propcrty. A ncv. wcll equippcd yard at Baldril has a shed of this kind.

llowevcr, to ny nin4 thc ideal shed is a double dcck,

shed, with a covcred driveray through thc ccnter. This bc opcn on both sidcs for tro-ra!/ piling, lile the first typ( tioncd or with boardcd up sides for onc-ray piling. Hr this kiod of a shed is a lurory aad most of us hesitate to thc additional moncy for ig and in thir part of the country not havc enough bad weather to Eatc a covcrcd drivc;ay a sity.

I rcgret that ve have no blue prints of aay of the rhedr have built but wc bave ncvcr uscd thcm in any of our rhcd r stnrction For that reaeon I hopc re can bave a thorough cussion of r:he shcd problcn that dll remlt in crteblirhilg r sheds of th9 necessary_t-ypgs..fo_r rhich afceoetc pl,anr and sD cations can be drawn. I fccl that noct lunbcnnco in doing cont tion work around thcir plants, do it ln an infornal vay, rathcr

with propcr plans and ryccificati,one rhich rc so strongly our clients to usc rhen building honcs"

In discussing ttis topic, tr. For of Glcndale stated that very often made mistatcs in not figuring upon using tin prolrr size in constructing thcir sheds-lsually too lig

would not withstand the strain of stocking up to their and tlp!.!e thought it was an exccllcnt idea to gct out scvcrd different typc shcds as standard ondcr varying con

Mr. Wastcll stated that placing thir 5pi6 on the round tabtc discussion ras due to the intdcst crcatcd tions with membcrs whcn visitiag yardr on thc subicct of

A.T YOUR SERVICE

and Panels

Lurnber

F. P. BAUGH

type of shed, and that he frequently directcd members 'to yards that had a shed best suit€d to their need. How much betier it would be for the Association- to have standard plans and specifications available to suit the following requirements:

Town Shed-for piling stock fat.

Town Shed-for piling stock on end.

City Shed-for piling stock flat.

City Shed-for piling stock on end.

He stated that he had found in his travels that hardly anyone has gained the benefit of experience of others in conneiiion -witfr shed construction, and almost all discover defects and objections after,the shed is completed, which might have been obviated-if they had had some standards to work to.

, Mr. Wastell suggested that in order to crystallize this discussion, the new board of directors appoint a committee to go further into this subject and work out some tangible program of-shed construction.

The Saturd", h"ii::"d'I"*ntffi.ned at 10 o,clock, with C. W. Pinkerton presiding.

IIe called on F. Dean Prescott for a resume of the Association's activities in Northern California during the past year. Mr. Prescott talked particularly on the cement situation in Northern California and the work that had been done by the dealers to secure a larger commission, per barrel, from the manufacturer. lle mentioned that Southern California dealers were able to sell cement to an advantage,.with a small profit, but that in the North the commlsslon was so small that it placed the dealers almost in the position of being merely a collection agency for the manufacturer. Mr. Prescott is chairman of the Cement Committee. He th,en spoke on the attempted action to modify or nullify the State Lien Law. It is Mr. Prescott's opinion -that the present lien legislation is faulty in places and affords favorable changes, however, he suggests very careful procedure, in the event that changes or action of any kind might possibly entirely kill the larv as it stands. He urged the careful study of Standardization, by all members of the Association, and also urged a closer co-opera- tion between dealers in different parts of the state, in acquainting their fellow dealers of developments in their communities, that would affect others.

President Pinkerton appointed a Tellers Committee, to report on the vote cast for the new Board of Directors. The committee consisted of O. H. Barr, Francis Bovd and Roy L. Sandefur.

Mr. A. B. Wastell, manag'er of the Association, then made his report for the year. In part, he had to say:

This report is designed as a brief summary of the histbry, purposes and prospects of the California Retail Lurnbermen's Association, to serve as a background for consideration, discussion and future guidance of associitional activitios.

The Dinner Dance

Lovely g'owns, lovelier faces, splendid music, a wonderful entertainment program, and an absolute absence of speeches and formality, made the Friday night dancing party one of the most brilliant events that Los Angelei lumberdom has witnessed.

Three hundred and fifty-seven were seated in the ballom of the Biltmore. During the dinner. serneral verv room Biltmore. ring dinner, very fine professional vaudeville acts were offered, includin trrrc ptulcssrurrar vauucvrrre acls were olrereo, lncluorng dancing and song numbers, and a marvelous "boy wondert' rvho performed on the xylophone.

Th,ere was no Chairman or Toastmaster in evidence, the gathering was suitably and very effectively entertained by the prog:ram, 'and the music furnished by a large orchestra, for the dancing that followed the dinner, lasting until midnight.

The tables were beautifully decorated, as will be noticed in the accompanying photograph, and the balloons and paper hats were much enjoyed. This part of the evening's entertainment was furnished with the compliments of the cement manufacturers.

The Association officials have expressed their apprecia- tion for the action of the Los Angeles wholesale ana m;lt men, in furnishing the entertainment and the orchestra, for the evening.

J. M. Chase, rvas Chairman of the Reception Committee. performing in his usual inimitable and hospitable -attr.r, making every^_one at home, and getting them properly seated. Mr. Chase also was in chaige of the registration of the delegates at the sessions of the Convention, in the Music Room.

The Entertainment Committee for the evening consisted .of, Henry Riddiford,' Chairman; A. L. Floovir, A. W. .Donovan and T. T. Rea.

The state association

of sporadic efforts, confined to a comparatively small district about San -Francisco, and

KEnocc LUMBER ComPANY

OF CALIF.

CENTRALBLDG. LOSANGELES

MEtropolitan 1718

S.ALES AGENTS

Kellogg Lumber Co., Fondale, La.

Panola Lumber and Mfg. Co., Memphis, Tenn.

C. FI. Griffen, Jr. Elected Director

Harry Fuller Elected Director

arc madc uD of thc bi8gcr factorc in thc rcail tradc, vhich aftcr a ic- "ears 'of scrvice. -iere discontinued. In cach instancc romc "ooa- -ii accomplislie4 but activig cvolvcd upon a few, and a Seriodic lapse of -intercst dways causcd abandonncnt. Thc movcitini tactda popularity and was not truly rcprescntativc of statcwide interest.

FinaUv. at thc convention held in San Francisco on Octoter 2E, lgaz. oi'ttie Calilornia Lumbermen's AssociatiorL comprising retailcis. wholesalers and manufacturers of lunber, this crperinent of a Slcnded group of all branchcs of thc tradc was dcclared tmsatisfactory, aid a- re-organization was efrecte4 in -w-hich nembershio was iiinitca to retail lumbermen and the ncw bdy was namcd Caiifornia Retail Lumbcrmef'l Association' the roster of menbcrshio ittcluded rcpresentative 6rms of dl parts of the state, though ouiic scattered. ind buildins up thc organizati'on was undertaken' sb that on Apiil 14. t923, tFe issociation had 86 mcmbers and the directot" lauiched -a dcfinite plan at Fresno of devclopmcnt of mcmbership, putting in time and moncy, aside from-rcgular duea' to achicvc the-ir pur-posc. The incumbcnt was selcctcd aE Eanagerfieldman at that -time, taking over dutics May l, 1923.

In the meantime, in thc southern part of the state' :rn or-gadzqtion of lumbcrmcn'had bccn opcrating for fourtcen years, taking-in a larce group of yards. outside of Los Angclcs' hrown a8 tlrc Southirn- Cilifornia Rctail Lumbermcn's Association and had gained prestige and was giving rcal servicc to its memberq but iti le-aders realizeE its limitations, lnd upon thc organization of the California Retail Lumbermen'g Association as a red Etatc-widc retail bodv. whilc retaining their membership in thc Southern Cdifornia, 2l-joined the StatJAssociatior\ actcil on its dircctoratc aad furnisired from their number, the invduable scrvice of C. W. Pinterton of Whitticr as the prcsidcnt of thc statc association.

Hor her rhir gurpo.e bcco crrrird qt in fecricc?

Henrct Riddiford, Secretiry, Sou. Dis.

A. B. llastell, Retiring Fiekl Mgr.

At the session of thc state association ?t Sa{t Francisco, qqt99"r 27. overtures wcrc prcparcd and approvgd' urging thc consolidadon of-thc Southcrn and the State Associationt' approval wat Fvcn ar the convention at Long Beach of thc Southcrn Assoctabon and ;;;fi;i;;;-rittt.d oo- Novcmber 17, Lm3, wbosc action favorable ;;1;;;1iii"tff; il.t i"t-,rt ted into'an unddstanding-a.t a ilint conference at Fresno, Dcccmber 15,1923, resulting in dcfinitc ac6on to consolidate on January 26, L924, at-Los Angeles.at.thc tinal ioint confcrence of comnittces reprcecntin-g both organrzauona' ano iU details wcre dccidcd upon The EoBt- important waa ra$rng tnc scooe of t25.fi) minimum ducs from aa invcEtncnt lgurc pct yaro ol $zS.ooo to 150,fi)0, which satisfied the south r-equir-emcnts'. arso "oriatia to diminish'income in the north-thropgh- subscqucnt.ad- jri"i-ent to minimum ducs of a numbcr of yards that ha'l pai'l on maxtmuln Dasrs.

-]iiTittii-t-i,l.t*ty 26, 19.24, .o.cmb'rship-.records arc as follors: cariioriiL neliii f,u--ue.titen's Assn (including 2l south). ." .13? 56i,iil'.iic-Jn-netait-iunuci Assn. (exclusiv- 21 statc)' ' ' ' ' '134

Total state assn. members (members t"*-Jtllri; iil

These figurcs werc soon increascd by five new mcnbers in ifie N;tfi;;-'ii;trici'i"a -6""tccn new minbers in ttre southcrn -dis- ;;il-?;;;;"t in-i,o. Angclcs) brought in because of thc consolidad;;d b;a i" tt ipitcciition oi what a str-o-ng statc-aasociation mcant to the industry, thus bringing membcrship to 285 Frds' on March 2E, lm4. --e-;;diid;t'and By-Laws revised to acconmodatc to thc ncw "itt-ii;:-;t*Ut"alStortttern District and Southcrn District titb ;;"d;; i"--iEii" ind ofiered in cach for carin-g for- locd iasucs' Uut unitea under statc oficers and dircctorate for broader problcraE'

-PURPOSE-

According to thc Constihrtion and by Laws of this association, the object is as follows: =tti-ouii"i-oi uris organization ie to provide for itr nembcra r".fr-i"a*&i"t Ji*ice as-will cnable them-to sccurc for thcir busi; ;;; it" T,iii proauctivc"ece and to assist then in obtaining -and naintaininc p-ublic recoenition and apprcciation of thcir polition as commuiitj, buildcrs and loyal citizcns."

Ai orcrioudv fua6d. rrrr!8cocot ru ndr ti6 ltc incuDa bLf;-;ver-tfc dudcr oC nrresa-fttdnel o Iry frt' f9B. -ltfo rorl rar rmdcrtalco ritf prinery dutt of FtdrS Et E4D!F and at ramc tine devoting attcotlm b Yiiti!8 !ooq3 rll tEllDct yards, attcnding mcctbs! o[ ttc F Grfl -dirtrict bbct --dF.' ;hcn.ld oorsiFtc. tith I Dclra8r in dlti.n to lr.dc qditirnr anA aiscudiDr ani woblcor of tft diltric in ttich 6c drb.FciatiJn rnislibc-dbful thus bccooirg b frct I clcrrb3 boop for thc bAl dubl and cocouraging foroetioa o[ nqr-cldq 1rrb. lishinc at intcrvals a tradc bullctin covcrisa bc.t rYflrUG ilIcuELrFoi thi ucocnt of rctail tradc, o[ ea-rrDhrcd orncu' t4 from thc standpoist of ttc bwcr, instcad of u dtt ut iE d thi. chadtcr'frorn the rcllcds ihnditint Thb butl'ain !p roici"ca riac circolation throqh thc |radc D.pcts' b r4ic+ it it -.crt at saEe timc as Eaifcd b rncobca! a[d o(tar lecirtlDt d Jr bra;ch; of-oc rraac. Ttur noa-ncobcn bevc ba lirto ttc benefit of both visiation and publicity, 6orrt! thcy herc Dt- Dot the association on their pay roll Tbc* inrtrocotdntice brc Ui"usnt about a bcttcr tuo-Jcdgc rndg dl thc t'rtdr o[ qc othcr fello#s qoblcms. and nadc cach realize tt.t tbc.c D.oblqry llc coEmon to dt" and nay be bcst lolvcd by cq<pcfetip- T.ti +flucncc bal tcidcd 16 ilininate ufair p8lcttccl, in -Frg qgo[*t about a contact-inducins rtndy of rot oDly oYtricrd bEt rfD |Dq L"-i"aou" qoUt"- of-udcr-tand dth iporcqtrqt ooargdgo of some mcasdc of tradc rburcr and crcatbn of frircr eod clcucr ;;p"dd;tl n nany dirtri-ctr of 1bc rtate.-- SFdd tilc.r !lt! q{p Ua-upon itop"" a-cconnting ana qpqde[t -6c- dogrL'f-NOW. YOUR COSTS" her bcco ctnpbastzcd rt-.tl tlnaa^ -rtrcgat q this aesociation hae beco givea the o4tdrctcrcn of I@Dcr rr it"-;t"d""t&-in-tua. cedpaignr to oErct entirtinglc'clitiqc+ nota-bly in Bcrkclcy-afu tlhc firc, and- dl Pg.liblc .rri.trle h.3 Ucc" si".n to cncoiiagc the wisc isc of rod roductr n6cr *'!' substi-tutes. taracst- coopcratbn h.l bcclr cxmdcd to tDc ;;;a;J--;-;"d"i tonuci stadardizetio la! elini'tbn ql ;?iA-;"&;;"d ui rtcttc"t froovcr, sccrctrrv of Dcpartncot -of Commertc, and paftcipatcd in b-y att br.!c!ce of thc-b{ilding industwa-;diJt"d har'bcco rcodcrcd rcscrd oooouritice ia con-' ;;d,;ti -ittr ;;pilation of [qilrling codcs end 6rc ordinnccr thet i"-Ja ul-i"L to-;ood coaslructid' aad rpccid lctrtioc ral rbly i.nacica bv tte preaident and legidatiYe connittcc dtEiog ttc rca sion of teiislatde of l9iZ2-19/23 -in coaacctioo ti6 ttc GoretDcd o-i-tltJ St ii-ttoue"i 16 naling for itl clarity of crfnce{o end undcrstandinc. capcdally in itr rpccificetion rs b drca d ltdi t"fi;; i"i"t-'"id-ttaf obviatcd-confnrion and coalrolcrry. At this scssion 6f thc legidation tbc ealuc of | ltatc 6!l!+.rg19 q" madc aoparcnt vhco-contrastcd in potcatiaf inf,ucocc ri6 .{rlric! ;;difi-ildi;:- tui tccornition'of tbc Fblic of ttc-gdtioo- d rcr2il lunbcnnctn as conntmity buildcn a[d lotrf, citi$ Drl becn advanced at all tiner by participetion in geocnl ectivlticl qc co--unity bcttcrmcnt; gainihs publi4tt f-or- g,qgfcrrivc ilc.l dF vclopcd by ncmbers; GDcouragi[g ard r!.Lting-tr qd!D-lDrq7' cooocrative -advertising in deily lcttPaPcrr; rctilg rt ltc DEttoiecc for tlc retail firbcr ind$trt by *H'!g rddrs rt stll -"iuUs a"A *tttitat orpriletbnl in-.ll Frt! of-ttc .trtc eod dro u ;;;"t ;i"t .ith o"ur fti.oO", thc dandrcqcn .!d ttolcnlgr ;i-ldbfr. -rn-tlnatc rclationiupe havr rtro tcco lgil-t up-ri& thc National Reail Lnnbcr Dcalcn Arecietitn eld itt osccrl a;d-h";"."""tdca ur nany courtcsict dthout Ding t@rba is it ras rmderstood thet rc tcrt rtitr in our forT.ti!9 ^rrcrrtdr; tlc paciec Bctter Honcr Bnrcau; Pad!,g Ccq-ncdn!.Agyiro'Z Board in relation to traruporation goblcor; Wclua Divii! ol ffc-C-taauer ;a Cotn-crdor Amcrice; Cdft,ruh Stre Qoc! C ilJttt"t*-C"tito."i. gOai"g Ustcdrl- Dcafcn frgodr@;-C{; fornira H-ardtare and Inplcncot Dcelcn Arroc&ttio rnd Crqlit d;."d"6"""'--Build"rt ifch.Dg'c.' ctr Fo- n@nosr o-ncqdqg tuticcedtqc tatuattc con6c6 thit it L b bc-ho'pcd tin-bc more ilosclv cencoted in 6c futrrc to nffirl rqvrategp.- --1t-Dc Lumber Tradc Papqr bavc bcco hdDfut end cerricd our grD-liclty scncroullv and brbught rtinulur ead cooounglocot lDtow!- ltc ionatrucrive suggcttto't'ol glcancd h-l thcir colunog Fntcrnrl let"Oo* t""l -tffi-losu,fr bv perticipcncy b Hoo Hoo ectiviticr -b "Il th"*-varica rcUtofthipr ditin-thc emcLtion .d iq "tf"tEt"nit", thclpctlo".I ctiocot of ofi- ccr-' dIGGtor c *afi has bcco subordilstcii b thc areocjation ttich h'r bcco FlAi8ca and nadc the romincot featurc. Too ofu tfc opporlc p4r.y bas rceultcd in-cliquce and panirea Dolidcr qclqllin11-lto@d r! individuaf to ttc dctrimcot of thc esciltbo itrclL Ttit erloctrton ii-tnsulatty frec from diqucr .d- froo +oEF et rclEtr lgsraldizcmenL fts lorl c.! bc c.rricd o .nrl corer1po EqFDCC: Eve of stafi pcrgonlcl, dth thc loyal lqpct rld @€rtirn of itg ncobcrrhiP

-PRosPEcrs-

Ar o thc Drospccts for tle fltcc, -it ir -cridcot' ttrt .ttqc ttc new board of-directorr iU bc thc nedftn fq Fognqiag fulag activities. that the degree of support by. 6G rctit lttobctncn of eatitornii. controls thl situation -and will dctctninc rtcttcr rtc aisociatioi shalt carry on agpgcssivcly atrd talg its placc er r strons factor in indwtrid and comnunity dcvclopncnt, or rbrtr bc letilficd to narl tinc ar a preparedners organization' rcady b rcroond rhcn and if agailcd by adverrc btcratt in cithcr onciciat or lcgidativc chtnncls. Evco thc l,rtg fou t nlrltl issoci'ation exiitcncc, but thc coatinuancc of e rtroor; ec{ir: s'

vicc organizatio-n-is morc worthy thc importance of thc rctail lumber industqy of California.

, EOW SHALL TErS_Blt BROUGHT ABOUT? By rN_ cBEl4, ED rNCOME_TO_ rQUAL_BUSoef -o1.-'trspoo id- TABLISHED MARCH .2A, t024t fhii means oUtaiiririg -$S.Odo Torc.Ircr yca:. than furnish-cd by mcmbcrship of jOO

qucs DaEr8, wruch -provid$ i[19000 annu"lly. lf additional incomc c.rnnot Dc obtarncd, thc altcrnative is to dispcnsc rith onc office or dtspcnsc with managcr-ficldman.

rt is out of ttc qucstion to discusc in this generar mcetins mcans !o qtta+ thc- dqsrr_gd goal of oui-"a.i"oii-uii'triii' iiu-tli'rJ;il1i Dy tnc Doarc or drectors and its committccs, but it is wise to havc yo', tte racmbcrs, know somc of the problims thit -confro;i ;u; rcprcscntauves' so-that -you may be ready to give their succes60ns y-our carnest consideration and hcarty sirppor-q ana turtlie-iilarizc t{rat _i:he association will be j-ust what'you-f,;'b;-cil;;6ffifi; it sounds trite but is the iact vori citt-Loost ttri i-siociaiio;iJ lgfTg!:lj]-s!!9rs and do morc than any one irsc i" s";G;i aoccc support m this way.

It is .my judgment^that a much Larger membership can onlv bc gamcd Dy co_nccntrating on a few pivotal figures in the induitrv. wno co-ntrol. Iarge _group8, somc by owncrship, some by group oi_ tanuzauons rn rocariticE that are not well represcnted in our ircmP."*{p: Conv.ersely to the old organizitio;s-tili-i";iird"t il';a utc.starwarts, but- not many of thc ..rank and filc', of thc trade. w-e have tortunatery for,u-s, the best of the "starwarts" and thc bJsi oJ thc rank and fiIL. Thij assobiation tras UeLn popufaii"ea-amoir" thc many, and.a number of country aeaiiiJrrivc-6;;l;;;;lt;E ror a turn m thc tide tgyard prosperity (which GLORY BE. hai now turned, and rnay !!is tidC hoid ai ricdium [istr_""16;'O;; again- risc to cxtrcme high) to figurc on placing ih ortici-ioi-in association membership,_wtrin waianlcd -bi;uffi""J'

"Ii,i"ir.'-irJi sarcemcn, as weu as ordcr takers, havc had hard sledding in many p-a4s of California (and clscwhdre) during lne past ycar to sell thcir- goods and is it to bc wona6rca-iiitil,iiil"g';"d"d;; memberships has not !.cen ug to gur nop".:."a -Ji-riiEal.i;f "i; facq -to note that notwithstandi"f air"o,ii,i-siig situaiioirs aini"l "-", mcmbers. in mapy sections, wc-have niE" -"ei-safi;.-i"'il'il?iiirl cncouraqrng and rnakcs ^the prosp€ct for thc futire. lxcetient.-f"? rne conunued rntcrcst.of our members and to bring in additional nembers.- The spl-endid responsc to thJ-retter reiuesting cilra Iraymcnr rfon mcmbcrs to car,ry- the association ovef this ialendar l9llit. vcrv .satifying _to -all -intcrciiJdin- trtJ piosriir;i'fr; association and this word of appreciation ie tcndcrid-;il--to-t*i rcsponded.

- No3, my- fiiends, in closrp& I qr!, -to- Etatc my appreciation for ttrc -finc spilit of io-oper-atioii ""a t "l*ufij;E ih";--h;;G; ;: cordcd_mc -by oficcre, directors, stiii--ana--mcmU"i" Ji th;--C",li- fornia Rctail Lurrbcrnicn's. essoliation il"id -ni;;;"ivoii"il-" half, sometimcs the situatid-ha;-t; -iil'."n"i birf ift";-h.; 4*y" been a way out, a" -Jttav"-ati-iicn'oi"o;;'.i;;, ";d tfiat-to- b-ring aborit the'resutt-thai ;"utd ;;"C .il-L;il'6rii: sood of thc association,.and again wi3t tti, ;ril tf,i";.hi'il;*11; ar r-repeat the alternitive.thit gonfiotiiJ-tt" assoclauon aB Drc- viouqlv refgged- to, as to raising f-!,croo aEaiEonJ;.;;;;,:", ii:: pcn+ng yrit_h cithdr onc of od aGtri;i;d;is, oi -iirr- d,"i n-J-a gork' !n ordcr to make our cxpenditurli rniici bur p""Jl"iii"6'ii"l In.order- tlrft tltp new_ board -of -ti;";io;;;;t h";;;-i;;-i;ili

l*,:$##ff*6iirt"?rq"?ttl[:',*Tjl jiltr;H'r:#ilil

Ei.8gc-r as a candidatc, who _sceki to bccomi-ifr'xtr-t-" "-r-d-iii ti takcn for grantcd as j r-cgutii *"-cnoii'itirry,-i- *"T']oi ii f ffi ,l]*.ry,*1?;'F::**t*&.,*:{.;ii*;i?.sj**pll!1_tr. of my purposi !9 rctira at ruitr-ia?ry datc as irriu EJ?": tctrarncd upon a! nutually agrccable; and n5v in Uis-ny .75;;

lgg': _f__.iS!t_ ;zo gr ^or_r9_ a4d_ all H EA LT H, HAPPI NES S, pRO S- PERITY AND LONG LIFEI

It was moved and carried that Mr. Wastell's report, as a whole, be approved

Santa Barbara members urged the new Board of Directors to select their city as the next Convention City.

The Resolutions Committee was then called upon. They offered the following resolutions, all of which were adopted Dy unanlmous vote.

A feature of this session was a miniature "extra" edition of the "California Lumber Merchant," containing Mr. Pinkerton's open-ilg speech in full, and a complete-list of the registrants. Many compliments were passed on the issue.

President Pinkerton called a luncheon meeting of all officers and directors, at the Jonathan Club.

The formal Convention closed at noon, Saturday.

Election of Directors

The tellers committee report was heard at the special luncheon meeting, on Saturday afternoon. Results 6t tne vote are given on the opening page of this report.

It was decided to hold the first Directors meeting at Bakersfield, at 11 A. M. on November 18th. Notices"are being mailed to the new Board, to this efiect.

^ It would not be fitting to close a report on this splendid C-onvention, without so-me special remarks on thi very efficient and endless work performed bv the Southern Dij- trict secretary, Henry Riddiford. This gentleman has been grv_en credit, in a large measure, for thE splendid program and for the smooth functioning of every ditail of the-twoday affair.

M. A. Harris Re-elected Director

sHow

ANGFI Fq

"Old growth Ycllow Fir Uppcn, Whitc Pinc Commonr and Red Fir Clean arc our epecidtier. Phonc ut your inquiricc.tt

1110 Ccntrrl Bldg. - TUckc tOZ4

C. G. Bird, Re-elected Director

E. P. Iaory, White & Susar Pine Mfrs.' Assn.'i Talked on "Standardization"

A. T. Show

A. O. Nclrcr

LOS & ilEtsotl

Registration California Retail Lumbermen's Association

Los Angeles, Nov. 7 -8, 1924

M. II. Adams' Adams'Bower Lbr. Co. Anaheim

J. A. Thomas. Coos Bay Lbr. Co. ' ' pe 4lgclct

G. R. Tullv, A. W. Smith Lbr. Co. ' Ii3 4!cclc3

C. -U. CriAe", Cj H. Gtifien Lbr. Co. - Artesia

Fi"n[ N. Gibbs. Gibbs Lbr. Co. - Aaaheim

C. E. Willianis. C. E. Williams - -. Azusa

F. f. su.ts, M'con Lbr. Co. Bakersfield

S. T. Sconi,ta. Onion Lbr. Co. - Bakersfield

W. A. stanchaid, Blanchard Lbr. Co. ' Burbank

nussitfs. Mutliir, Burtank Lbr. Co. ' Burbank

w.--C. fo".", Viiiev Lbr. Co. Calexico

w. A. Vlnei, vinei-Miliken Lbr. Co. ' corona

f.' P.'Saooi-nirto" - El Monte

e. F. ni6a.i, PeoDle's Lbr. Co. - Fillmore

S. A- Horton.' Calif. Portland Cement Co. Frcsao

aarcn Maiilir, Maisler Bros. Lbr. Co. Fresno

F. Oi." Piesiott, Valley Lbr. Co. ' Fresno

C. D. Hacs.. Cib;on Lb;. Co. ' : Fullerton

ff. e. f-af.-. Garden Grove Lbr. Co. Garden Grove

Gio. ff. Behtley, Bentley Lbr. Co. - Glcndalc

i. R. Btntlev,-bentley-Lbr' Co. ' Glcndale

tsrenk L. Fox'.'Fox-Wobdsum Lbr. Co. ' Glendale

W. n. Vanderivood, Fox'Wmdsum Lbr. Co' Glendale

H. H. Soauldinc - Hine

noUi. f-.-T.ate. fate Lbr. Co. - Huntington Park

R. T. Dahlem. La Verne Lbr' Co.

ft. I WCti", Riverside Ccment Co. ' kr {agclcr

Rov F. Wali<er. Amcrican Lumbermen Ilr Algtfcs

W.- rr!-. Wilkins'@, Maxwell & Wilkinon ' 14 Algclc3

H. R. Hudson. Hudson Lumbcr Co. - Lyilrood

Gco. T. Blam6r, Blaoer & Sol Lbr. Co. MoBrcYia

rli"t" e. rr"til r[i lf,iaton Co. Mountain Vicq

D. Sl ni"ii". i{ii*atd Lbr- & Inv- cr. occuside

e. l. iina, Tecotis Lumbcr Co. '^ oi1r

I. W. Heinecke.- I. W. Hciucche ' Urtano

I..iJ"* -E.- Ktic.- Hammond Lumber Co. Onagc

W. W. Speet, Haliimond Lumbcr Co. Otcn.ootrth

rr!-. S. Rilev. Peoples Lbr. Co. Orarrd

Paul M. P.-f,demei. Mcmcr Lumbcr Ca. 8.b ilto

Wm. T- Davies- Prttcn & Davier Lbr. Co. ' - Peodcnr

Eart lohnson.'Iohnsm Lbr. Co. - Pudcar

W- G.- Newmici. sierra Lbr. Co. Prredae

Wilt;rd I. Be-mai. Riverside Port. Ccmcnt Co. ' livaride

C- A. Kennedv. Havward Lbr. Co. ' livcrride

A. D. White- Chas.-R. l[cCormicl Lbr. Co. ' Rivcrcidc

Rov L. Sanddfur. Havward Lbr. Co. Sea Bcmerdino

I. S. Biltheimer.- Saa Dimas Lbr. Co. San Dimas

E. l. Brockmanir. Lumbemel'r Reciprocal Assn. - Sea Francisco

$: F:.T:il'11::o1'"."i'5:i,['1"[olo6;.t"'-.ff""" E:".:h

W'aitei E. Hiserow, hmita Lbr. & Supplv Co. ' Irmita

5. fi. -r'i"'i'fiii"d.-4. E.-Ficliii"-g Lbr. co. lan{ Beach

Tack C. Alleni Riverside Porf. Cement Co. - Ips Angclcr

Ceo'. R. Christie. Lumbcrnen's Reciprmt Assn. San Francisco

Mrs- I. E. Frasei. Calif. Reteil l{mbermcn's Assn. San Francisco

G. W.- Fraser. Chiiaco & Alton Rv' - San Francisco

R. F. Hammitt. Calif. Redw@d Assn. San Francisco

H. A. Herris. Vra Arsdale-lfaris Lbr' Co. - San Francisco

1. M. Suhter. Buhler-Sisson Lbr. Co. Ias Angclcr

-II. C. Clark.'Booth-Kellv Lbr. Co. las Angcles

C. E. Colloni. Riverside Port. Ccment Co' ' los Angclcs

E. L. Coop.r. Union Lumber Co. ' los Angeles

Ctrai. S- Crois. Lumbermen's Finance Corp. @s Angcles

Flovd A. Demier. Lumbermen's Service Assn. - lis 4ngeleg

b.-'C. fsstiv. A. 'L. Hoover _Los Ange-les

W. F. Fiari6es. Fletcher & Frambcs Los Angeles

ftitty i. Gijtrii", Picmeer Paper Co' Los Angeles

Jerome C. Grippcr - t-os Angeles

b"J Haiincbv'.'Hanmond Lbr. Co. lns Angeles

W.--c.-H"-i"ittirn, Holmes-Eureka Lbr. Co. - !-os Angeles

Phil B. Hart. Calif. Lumbcr Merchant lrs AnSeles

Si"i t. tlilir"ta. Fiavward Lbr. & Inv. Co. - !-os Angeles

Ted W. Taiobs. Lumbermen's Reciprocal Assn. - h3 Angeles

Charles E. Kendall, Wilsm Bros. & Co. l,a Angeles

W. B. Koehler. lrl"eaver Roof Co. - lrs Angeles

T. Max Landram. Cms Bav Lbr. Co. lis Angeles

f. R. Larson. Mbnolith Port. Cement Co. ' lis Angeles

W. ii. ii-aia. Riverside Port. Cement Co. - ks Angeles

Walter M. MacDonough, Hammond Lbr. Co' Los Ang€les

Ross M. Mack. l&"eaver Roo{ Co. lns Angeles

E:"i, ii;i";;Ai:'Maiweii & wilkinson ras Angeles

Geo. S. Melvilie. A. L. Hoover -t's Angeles

fr;;^;; il;i. iii"ii"iai Fottta"d Cemcat ' ' los Angeles

ii:'E. P;;-t;,-'Kiitt-["r-c""nei Mill & I.br. co ' ras Anselcs

tli""ii.- F"i't. Monolith Pnt. cement co' ' Los Angelcs

i.-n.-F"iiiiai.' S. w' Port' cement co' ' ' Ias AnSeles

Edward P. Ivory, Cal. Wbitc & Sugar Itnc Mfrs. Acii. San Frencisco

I. H. McCallum. I. H. Ic6llum - Sel Frucirco

a- T. Nolan. Thi Pacifc Iamber Co. - Srn Fnacisco

Keineth Sdrith. Ipas-Bcll Lbr. Co. Sea Fnlcirco

A. B. Wastell.'Calif.-Retail Lumbcmcn's Arsa - laa Frracirco

R. O. Wilson. iR. D. Wilsoa Lbr. Co. Sla Frucirco

0. H. Barr,- Barr Lumbcr Co. ' $eatr Aae

C. H. Cheo-man - - Sut. Arrr

Richard A.'Emison, Sant. ADr Lbr. Co. g.nt.Au

Claudc A. Harlm. Rivcrgidc Port. Ccnat C.o ' Surr Aar

I:slic M. Pcarsm.- Whitron Lbr. C.o. Sentr Au

Walter Soiccr. Bair Lumber -Co. - - Sertr Aae

Maurice C. Phillips. C. H. Cbaomen - S.ot Alr

C. G. rrlird. 'Ban Lumbcr Co. - Santr Anl

F. E. Bovd.-Bovd Lbr. & llill Co, SaataBarbera

Iohn. W. -Fisher. Allcv Brcr. Lbr. Co. Sarte Uonica

H. B. Carver. Peoolei Lumbcr Co. Santa Paule

A. f. Stoner. SaCtelle Lumbcr Co. - Sawtellc

O. V. Wilson. Ccntral Lbr. Co. - StocLton

Chas. E. Bonested. Pcooles Lbr. Cl. Vcntura

J. l(. Whitc, Weed'Lunber Co. ' Wccd

Mrs. F. L- Morsaa lghittic,

C. C. Barr, Bair Lumbcr Co. - - lVhitticr

F.LMorcin - Whitticr

F. T. Perri. r,l-hitticr Lbr. Cr. Whittict

C. -W. Pinlierton. Whitticr Lbr. Co. - Whitticr

Geo. M. Comwall. The Timbcrmer. - - Porthnd, Ore.

'i':'ii. -S;ii;;";t;;. S. W. Fo'rf. Cement Co. hs Angeles

ibti" pii"i. M"irlding Supplv Co. ' las Angcles

i. i.' $;;h;;:.. -S. w. Port Cement Co. Los Angeles

ii. t. -s-t.lil, ntdg. Material Dealers Cred-it -Assn. - Los Angeles

f. D. i;;;;"t Ll A. District Lbrmen's Club - hs Anselca

Irvin I. lpwery. Morrison-Xerril & Ci. - Salt I:Le Citt, Ut b

C. M. Freeland, Chas. R. ldcClmick & Co. ' Iar Angelcs

Robt. Sells. tlnion Lumbcr Co. ' Ias Angeles

A. C. Bowirs. Adams Bowcrg Co. - Anaheim

MY FAVORITE STORIES

By lack Dionne

Age not guaranteed-Some I have told for 2O years-Some less.

What Socialism Is

Sambo: "IIam, Ah craves t'know how you stands on dishere politikle business? Is you a Democrat, or is you a Republican?"

Ham: "Boy, Ah ain't neither one o' dem. Ah'se a Socialist."

Sambo: "A Socialist ! Niggah whut you mean you'se a Socialist? f ain't nevah hea'd of no Socialist business befo,. When did you git t'be one o' dem?"

Ham: "Ah done join de Socialist Pahty bout a mont, ago. Ah been readin' all bout it, an' I cided t'join up wid em."

Sambo: "Ham, tell dishere niggah, how cum you to decide t'join de Socialists?"

(}UR PANIL STOCKS

In All Stoctr Sizcr

QUARTERED RED GUM

UNSEI.ECTED GT.,M

QUARTERED OAK

PL.A,IN OAK

BIRCH

ELM

BASSWOOD WALNUT TOBASCO MAHOG.A,NY BATAAN MAHOGANY DUALI

OREGON PINE

Ham: "Cause Ah believes in whut dem Socialists believes in, so Ah joins up wid em."

Sambo: "Tell me Niggah, cause Ah craves t'know, whut is dere bout dishere Socialist business whut you believes in ?"

llam: "Ah tells you, an den you gits t'be a Socialist to."

Sambo: "Speak out, boy speak out."

Ham: "Niggah, you've seed dese new Piggly Wiggly stores, ain't ye?"

Sambo: "Suttinly."

Ham: "Well, de Socialist idea what peals t'me is Piggly Wiggly BANKS. Unerstan niggah? You jes walks right in an HEPS YO'SEF."

OUR NEW WAREHOUSE

permits us to carry in stock a greater volume and variety of stoclc than ever before, and to handle it with greater efficiency. Your trade demanded the cnlarged quarters and now our increased facilities are at your service.

A young lady from Wilmington, Of the high cost of living was Said she I suppose f can save on my clothes, I don't care a whoop what the helaware.

BUSINESS IS BUSINESS-THE INSPIRED VERSION

'BUSINESS is BUSINESS" the Old Man said, "It's warfare where everything goes, Where every act that pays is fair And all whom you meet, are foes. ft's a battle of wits, a heartless rushIt's a tearing, wearing fight; ft's a trick of the strong to win from the weak, With never a thought of the right."

And he schemed and he fought and he pulled men aside, While the world in contempt looked on; It buried him deep 'neath the wedth that he claimed And covered his name with scorn.

'BUSINESS IS BUSINESS" the Young Man said, "A game in which all may play; Where every move must accord with the rules And no one his fellow betray. It's wholesome and clean and full of good will, It's an urging, surging game, It's a mission to serve in your day and age, It's a guerdon to honor your name."

And he sought and he bought and he brought from afar, And he sought with conscience clear; While his praise was sung by his fellow men And his service crowned with cheer.

(Everett W. Lord, in "The Nation's Business.")

IN THE "HOSIPITLE

The boss employed two colored men, and one morning one of them failed to show up for work

"\[fhere is Sam?" he asked the one that came.

"In de hosipitle, boss."

"In the hospital? How did that happen?"

"Well, Sam he done been tellin'me eve'y mo'nin' foh ten days he gwine lick his wife cause o' her naggin'."

"\Ifell ?"

"Well, yistiddy he tole me agin an she done ovahhea'd him, da's altr "

SIGN ON THE BACK OF A FORD

"I ain't gone to run much more.

NO INDEED

Lady: "Don't you find that horseback riding gives one a headache?"

fnstructor: "No, madam. Just the reverilG"

THE TEST OF A UAN

"The place to take ttc test of a man is not thc fo'rum or the field, not the market place or tte amco s.trncr, brut * hil own fireside. There he lays aeide his mask end you tr4t judge rrhether he is imp or angel, |.ing or cur, hcro c humbug. I care not what t'lre world EaF d him, wbcthc it crown him with bays, or pelt rinr with bad cggf ; I carc never a copper what his reputation or religim nay bc; if his babes &ead his home-coming and his beftcr bdf hat to swdlow her heart every time she has to ask hirn f6j a fivc dollar bill, he's a fraud of thc first water, cvco though hc prays night and morn "'ltil he's black in the facc;ad hwlr hallelujah till he shahes the etetoal hil* But if his children rush to ttre front gate to mect him, and lovCa owa sunshine illumines the face of his wifc whcn sbc hcars hi! footstep, you may take it for granted that hc's true gold, for his home's a l{eaven, and tte humbug ncvsr gets that close to the great white tbrone of God. I can forgive much in that fellow mortd who would ratter malc mcn awear than women weep; who would rather have Ore hate of tbc whole he-world than the contempt of his wif+who would rather cdl anger to ttc eyes of a r(ing, than fcar to tte facc qf a sffi!."-\f,filliam Cowper

Brann

MORELAND TRUCKS and BUSES MAKE PROFITS foTTHEIR OWNERS

The high€st grade alloy cteel uced in Moreland H"* and Buer inrurer light weight with etrenglb

'MAXIMUM PAY LOADS"

Built in the Wert for the revere conditionr encountered in the Weet by ttre

LARGEST TRUCK MANUFACTURERS WEST OF CHICAGO

Truckr-7 modell

Ught high lpeed modelr

To heavy duty truckr.

Buree-5 modelr.

High apeed long distance rtager

T;double-deck-street-car busl.

Let the Moreland Tranaport Department rnake a lur'yey of your traneportrtion problemr.

MORELAND MOTOR TRUCK COMPANY

Fectorier at Burbank, Calif.

FACTORY BRANCHES:

San Francirco, Lol Angeler, Oakland, Sacramcnto, StocLtoq Frcrno, BaLcrrfield, San Diego, Salt Leke City, Portland, Spokane, Santa Ana, El Crotro.

We cannot boast of many years.

But we are proud that we have given our customers

the efficient service and fair dealing necessary to gain their confidence.

N Of such is the foundation of business.

W. M. BEEBE

25O FIRST NATTONAL BANK BI.DG

SOUTHERN HARDW(X)DS-VENEERS

Supcior OeL Flooring, 'Anoricr'r Finort' Scld nc your inguirier rad ordon

TolopLoac Dourbr ttlT

H. B. MARIS

New LocationJfficc and lVerchoure

735 3rd StrectJppodtc S. P. DGDot

Houc of WESTMADE PLYWOOD

G. A. Rrcouillrt

R. C. WITBECK

WHOLESAIJ, S outbcrn-HARD WOOD S-N ortLctr Btrrcc OtL Floorin3 Mrplc Flooring

l2l)g Fint Nationel BraL Bld3. Tclcphonc Suttcr 2@l

Fl& SPRUCE rd REDW(XX,

ALIAN TURNER

rrt M.rL.t StJrrdCd tt!

'At Your Sotwicc" - Su Frucirco

J. O. ETMER

HARDWOOD LUMBER

Va@

Gonuiao Urloguy

TCcphono: Suttc lll Brlf Bddir3 :! Su Fnrcirco

tA Firrt Nrtionl

THIS SPACE F1OR SAII,

DOUGLAS FIRSPRUCEHEMLOCK-WHITE and St cAR PTNE REITWOOD

O. F. FOLSOM LUMBER COMPANY

Wholcdc

24 Cdifornia St

REYNIER LUMBER CO.

1?f,'a?f.ryn Sertr Merinr Buildiag

ll2 Merlct Strcct.

Srn Frracirco

WHOLESALE

REDWOOD and FIR LLJMBER

CEDAR SHINGI.ES

Spocirltior

Huboldt Spttt Rrdrood Gnpo StJrc'- Tlr+ -ll$rlr ud Pcetr ---s.; Rrdmd Shrlor ud Sblqlr

REPRESENTATIVES:

Lunbcr Buycrr, Inc. Wllfrod Coopc Lbr. Co' Lubcr Buycn, lnc'

Ho3c Bldr. lr Catrd Blds. Northnrtc'm BL' Blds' Saattlc, Wuh. kr Ar8Cor, Crl. Pcdrad' Orrroo

JUilUS G. SrilD G0.

WTIOT.ESAI.E I.I'IBER

REDWOOD _ IX)UGIAS FR, SUGAR PINE-WHITE PINE SPRUCE

wE so|.lcrT Y(xrR tNQUtRtEs

32r-322 SHELIXTN Bt IrCr., SAN FRANCTIICO Tdcpbonc Dcllr 7t15

SAN FRANCISCO BUILDING PERMITS GAIN

The building permits for the first ten months of

show a total 6f -$45,973,213 as compared with

amounts for the period ending October, 1924, are as follows:

Totals by months in number of permits

E. dr'Rcynlcr

H' B' Grnantor

New PHONE Number

.A.Xridge 1374

OREGON LUMBER AGENCY

New Addrere

915 Ea* 62nd St. - Lor Angelee, CaL

GOODYEAR INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT

GREXFELL LUMBER COMPANY COMPLETE NEIy\/ ./ IMPROVEMENTS

ITh. Gr..,fell Lumber Co. of Colusa, have just completed the construction of a new lumber shed and now have all their lumber under cover. They have also fixed up a very attractive display and service room rvhich is equipped with a plan book service. Roy Grenfell is the manager of this progressive lumber concern.

JAS. M. McINTOSH ERECTS NEIvlr STOCK SHED

Jas. M. Mclntosh, Electric Planing Mill of Stockton, have just completed the construction of a large stock shed which will be used in connection with their phning mill.

CASH LUMBER COMPANY INCORPORATED

The Cash Lumber Company, with principal place of business at Tracy, was recently incorporated 6y Giorge C. Burnett of Tulare and Roy E. Burnett of Lindsey. Both Geo. C. Burnett and Roy E. Burnett are well known to the retail lumber trade of California.

Hundreds of Hunters

Gave ur their idear

lIrc cnbodicd them all in thir bcttcr HUNT. ING COAT.

A wonderful garment for bunting, filhing, timbcr cruieing atd general outdoor wear.

P-rotscdon, convcnloncc, lookr and wryou 8.t tb.m all tn thc Filron llurFra C-rt. _Eron tbc Dlnythourudr of otdoq nGn to vhoE vc irvG rold Filron tmGtrt!- il ru cxpcricncc of over r qu$tef ccntur.!|, _vc-tttyc aacurod-couUor hlnt3, ru3gcldonl ud ldcrr.-whicb hav. Gn.bld ur to nrt. tbt. cot Alt NEARLY IDEAL AI{D PERFECT AS A HUNTING COAT CAN BEI Poctctr-gdprebut .y.ry_om for a putlroec. Me& of Flleon wetcr- proofcd k_hrH. Sllcltcr_cloth Intcrltatnj oi rhouldarr udrltth; Sul-iAG carlcr. You'll wondcr how you got afon3 wlthout tt-

At your commissarg or send for Catalog H of Better Outdoor Clotkes.

c. c. FrrsoN co.

1O05-f0OZ Firct Avc. Seattle, Werh. "Fi&on Clothes for the Man Who Kno[,s"

NE\,y WHOLESALE OFFICE IN PORTLAND

The P. S. McKenzie Lumber Company has opened wholesale offices in the Gasco Building, Portland. The company has been organized by P. S. McKenzie, formerly of the Griswold Lumber Company.

M. R. SMITH MOVES LOS ANGELES OFFICES

The M. R. Smith Lumber & Shingle Company has moved their Los Angeles oflices from their old location in the Central Building, to Suite 422, same building.

Mr. Ralph L. Smith, of the Kansas City office, stopped at Los Angeles recently, for a short visit, on his lvay to Coos Bay and Seattle.

Mr:. M. R. Smith has been enjoying a vacation in Los Angeles, and will leave there in a few days, going first to Seattle, and then back to Kansas City.

EIGHTH ANNUAL SHINGTE CONGRESS

DECEMBER rrth and 12th

OLYMPIC HOTEL

SEATTI.E, WASHINGTON

FRED BURGERS ON FORT BRAGG TRIP

Fred Burgers, of the Union Lumber Company, San Francisco, has returned from a short trip to the company's mill at Fort Bragg. Fred combined pleasure with business on the trip and devoted some time to fishing. He represents the Union Lumber Company in the Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin Valley teriitoiies.

HARDWOODS-HEML@K-PINE

"KORRECT MAKE' Maple and Birch FLOORING

Good Values!

q W4r. No. I & Btr. ....100,0ry i/l,t::.1 !!'dr:I,i;i&B;. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::......:,..-t{dt C/&Cn & \Vdr. Nc r & Btr. .....................: Se:iA P_4qx21t':.(.lcrr Blrc! 4m4'g r0ro, F_/]Q*U{'. No. l8lrch_Flo_orlu-s sdoll-/.\Qx4+'.'.F-rctory Bl_rch Floortn3 ............., $;00a, B/$x2y+'.'. No. l Maplc Floring-....... ......:.. td0-, l3/lAx2lt" F.ctory Illaplc Flofrng ........,.,,. 50;-4, !l/\Q*\hi!.9-1""f Urpl. F|oortn3 2$,tr0, ll/l3xll2" No. l Mablc Floortn3 ...,............il0at - \f,fc-opc'ratc_ -r-ixtcycl dry kilnr rnd rre in e porition to furnirh both Liln dricd ind air dricd bardwooir.

Myrtle M. Boquist Awarded First Prize in Strable Hardwood Company Contest

Recently, Mr. George H. Brown, President and Manager of the Strable Hardwood Company, addressed a circular letter to his employes, asking them to write a short essay on what they considered "The Most Expensive Thing In Business," offering four prizes on this subject ranging from $25.00 for the first prize to $5.00 for the fourth prize.

More than two score of their employes entered the contest and the papers were submitted for award to Dr. Ira B. Cross and Dr. E. T. Grether of the Economics Department of the University of California at Berkeley. The first prize was awarded to Miss Myrtle M. Boquist, a member of the office force of the Strable Hardwood Company.

In speaking of the contest, Mr. B. E. Bryan, Secretary and Sales Manager of the company states: "We can heartily recommend this idea to the management of any business. It will not only show the trend of your employes' thoughts toward the business as a whole but will bring out ideas and suggestions that are of inestimable value to the business."

The following is Miss Boquist's paper:

THE MOST EXPENSIVE THING IN BUSINESS

The most expensive thing in business is that element, present in larger or smaller degree in every business enterprise, which brings no adequate return in comparison to its drain upon the resources of the business. If that element is present in such a degree that, in the administration of the business, more is given out than is taken in, the enterprise of necessity fails, and "the thing" is then expensive indeed.

What, then, is this thing? It is that dead weight which drags and holds back. It may be very elusive and hard to detect and identify. It may be something sailing under a false flag. Not always is it-the same thing; in one business it may be one tliing and in another again it may be quite different in character. In fact, very seldom is it just one thing, it is rather, a combination of things.

This thing is WASTE, or inefficiency, or incompetence, or non-productiveness, or you may have some other name for it. In general it is waste of time, money and human energy, which three, are the most valuable assets of any business. The actual process of this waste may present itself in any number of ways. A few may be suggested,' such as:

l. Inefficient help. This means workers who have not a sufficient insight or knowledge of the business, or such as have not otherwise the nrental or physical ability required for the particular work they are to do. It includes also those who are naturally irresponsible and careless and who show no individual interest in the progress of the business.

2. Insufficient workers. If a business is to be taken care of correctly and its work done right, there must be enough hands there to do it. It is a waste to overload the human machine as truly as it is to overload any other machine.

3. Inefiective advertising. This is advertising which is inconsistent, untrue, tasteless, unattractive, and rvhich is done in wrong places, at wrong times and seasons. and through wrong mediums, not reaching the proper constituency of customers.

4. - Inefficient buying of goods and materials, handling of poor grade of merchandise, keeping on hand too large or ioo small quantities of stock. Under this heading may come the habit of not paying cash and carelessness in allowing credits.

5. lmpolite and unethical treatment of customers and not giving correct values on merchandise, inaccuracy in filling orders.

6. Carrying of insufficient insurance.

7. Economizing in wrong directions, such as tr-ving to conduct the business in an inadequate space, in an improper neighborhood or location for the particular business, not keeping place of business in proper conditions of repair, cleanliness and sanitation.

BOUNCING BOY ELECTION DAY GIFT

Election Day was a big day in the home of C. E. Toof, the well known managei of the Diamond Match Co. at Woodland, for it brought to Mr. Toof a fine baby boy to assist him in the management of his lumber yard. Both Mrs. Toof and the baby are doing fine and the proud daddy is the recipient of many congratulations from his lumbermen friends.

CHARLIE HOOPER RETURNS FROM TRIP TO CANADA

Charlie Hooper, of the E V. Hooper Lumber Co., Knights Landing, has returned from a seven weeks trip to Canada and eastern United States points. He enjoyed a pleasant visit at his old home in St. Lambert near Montreal. Charlie carried his golf tools along with him and showed some of his old Canadian friends how they play golf in the U. S. A.

WEST VALLEY LUMBER CO. OFFICIALS HUNT DUCKS

C. D. Carman, president; P. F. Noonan, general manager' and Frank Carsley, assistant manag'er, of the West Valley Lumber Co. with yards at Woodland and Dixon, have returned from a duck hunting trip. It is reported that they are all proficient duck hunters and that all bagged limit catches.

San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club Meet at Fresno

The San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club convened on Saturday, October 18, at the Fresno Hotel, Fresno, with a large attendance for the first meeting of the winter season. . J. H. Ferger presided at the open session of the meetlng.

During the luncheon session, there were several interesting talks made to the Club members, E. G. Barnum, of the San Joaquin Light and Power Co., spoke on the Water and Power Amendment that was voted on at the November election. Gerald Thomas. associated with the Public Relations Department of the Sun-Maid Raisin Growers' Association, spoke on the great necessity of the San Joa- quin Valley Growers to renew their contracts that expire during November. John Hemphill, Manager of the Sugar Pine Lumber Co., Fiesno, gave an interesting talk on limber conditions in the various sections of the country. F. Dean Prescott, of the Valley Lumber Co,., Fresno, spoke on the Mechanics Lien Law, which certain interested par- ties are trying to nullify at the next session of the State Legislature. A. J. Russell, of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, gave an excellent resume .of the National political situation.

Following the luncheon, there was an executive meeting of the Club. J. H. Ferger presided and Frank F. Minard acted as Secretary. The California Retail Lumbermen's Association Convention helcl at Los Angeles \,vas discussed and all members were urged to attend. A communication from the United State Chamber of Commerce was read to the members by Secretary Minard. A tele-

gram from Jack Dionne, Publisher of the "California Lumber Merchant" and an honorary member of the Club, was read before the meeting and was the occasion of much laughter. Gus Russell was requested to bat for Jack Dionne, who was unable to attend the meeting, and made a hit with the gathering by reciting several of his stories.

COMMISSION SALESMEN TO MEET

The next annual meeting of the National Association of Commission Lumber Salesmen will be held on February 26th and 27th, in the Lumbermen's Association Club rooms, Chicago.

J. H. HOLMES WITH W. R. LETTON LUMBER CO.

N{r. J. H.'Holmes, member of the family concerned ih the Holmes Eureka Lumber Company, has joined the forces of the W. R. Letton Lumber Company, at their La Crescenta yard.

P. M. NORBRYHN A PROUD DADDY

The proudest lumberman in the state of California is P. M. Norbryhn, the well known retail lumberman of Rio Linda. I\[r. Norbryhn is the father of three fine girls and on Friday evening, October 31, Mrs. Norbryhn presented him with P. M. Norbryhn, Jr., a fine bouncing boy of ten pounds. Mr. Norbryhn states that he is going to groom P. M., Jr., to be a lumberman and that his firm name will now be known as P. M. Norbryhn & Son.

!\IE TAKE GOOD CARE OF OURLUMBER

WE RUSH RUSH ORDERS

We employ_ _I{GH POWERED, COMPETENT MEN to fill orders. We carry HIGH GRADE STOCK and we seII to HIGH CI,.ASS TRADE at DOWN RIGHT LOW PRICES. WE SATISFY YOU _ LET US SHOW YOU

Our CUSTOMERS have COMIDENCE in COOPERS.

Well ventilated eheds in our yard where HARDWOOD LUMBER and FLOORING are protected from rain and sun and delivered to you BRIGHT and CLEAR and FREE FROM CHECI$.

Outline of Plan For December Meeting of Western Division of United States Chamber of Commerce

(Reforestation)

The meeting is to be held in Los Angeles on December 2 and 3. The Western Division of the United States Chamber of Commerce includes the work of the National Chamber in the eleven Western States.

In preparing a general program for this meeting, the officers and directors of the Western Division gave careful attention to selecting three problems which they consider of primary importance at this time in Western United States. These problems are:

(1) The Business of Farming.

(2) Shipping Problems of the Pacific Coast,

(3) Reforestation.

One of the sessions of the meeting will be devoted to various matters of business of the Western Division; each of the other three sessiohs will be given up to one of the three special subjects.

Mr. Henry M. Robinson, Vice-President in charge of the Western Division, and Mr. Paul Shoup (acting in charge during Mr. Robinson's absence in Europe) have asked to make arrangements for the session which is to be devoted to Reforestation. Acting for Mr. Robinson and Mr. Shoup, and in consultation with Mr. Paul Claestone. Western manager, and directors Major Everett I Clagstone,)tt Griggs ahd Mr. O. M. rs been decided uDon: Clark. the followiing program has been upon:

1. A geheral statement, which will rather fully cover the subject of Reforestation in 'Western United States, both with reference to public and private forest lands. The aim will be to set forth the situation in a general way, to point out the things which must be done to place Reforestation on a sound business basis, and to suggest means of accomplishing these purposes.

2. For each of the following groups there will be a statemeht of activities and needs :

A. Federal Forest Service.

B. State Forest Department.

C. Private Forest Owners in the Douglas Fir Region. (Western Oregon and Western Washington).

D. Private Forest Owners in Idaho and Adjoining Territorv.

E. Private - Forest Owners in the California Pine Region.

F. Private Owners iir the California Redwood Region.

3. There are three principal ways along which there must be action to place Reforestation on a sound and permanent basis, and for these, which are named below, it is

We Specialize

Wcll urortcd rtoctr et our Lor Angclcr trrd or diroct crrloed rhiP. notr fron nill.

proposed that there be statements of present conditions and needs.

A. Forest Protection.

B. Adjustment of Taxation for Private Reforestation.

C. Forest Research Work.

4. Nearly all activities-economic and otherwis+in the West are more or less dependent for their future prospcrity

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upon the permanent maintenance of forests, through Reforestation. To some of these Reforestation is ext-remely important.

^

I.t.is proposed that a number of the more important activities be dealt with briefly, to show the importince of Reforestation to the interests hamed.

A. Railway Tonnage and Reforestation.

B. The Livestock Industry and Reforestation.

C. Hydro-electric Power ind Reforestation.

D. The Great Cities of the Northwest and Reforestation.

E. Banking and Reforestation.

F. Recreation and the Aesthetic as related to Reforestation.

5. Reforestation is a comparatively hew problem in Western United States, because it is a new countrv. of recent .development, with enormous forest resources- still remarnlng.

The West has not yet seriously felt the pressure of disappearing forest resources, but now, while there is still plenty, preparations must be made for the time when orig- inal-growth forests will be exhausted. While many who have not given thought to the future, consider Reforestatioh more or less of a fad, it is an exceedingly important and generally-recognized business in many other parts of the world which have been highly developed foi many years. As an example of the situation existing where forestry is an important business, there will be a description of Reforestation in Japan. (Signed) DAVID T. MASON.

srARKs sEArrLE lRT&"8rtrArN pLANr ro BE

The new plant which r.r'as installed a fer,v months ago at Seattle by Starks Shingle Stains, Inc., for the staining of red cedar shingles, will be enlarged in the near future to more than double its present capacity. The original Starks Shingle. Stains will be manufactured by the company, which will use exactly the same formula and materials used by Starks Mfg. Co. of Kansas City for more than 12 years. These stains u'ill be sold to regular distributors of paints and stains, and to shingle mills using the Starks improved staining machine.

The firm has secured staining-in-transit privileges and is now doing custom staining of carload lots. They also stain any part of a car as required. John J. Starks has located permanently in Seattle and lvill give his permanent supervision to the plant. Donald H. Clark formerly secretary of the shingle branch of the West Coast l.umbermen's association, and manager of the Rite-Grade Shingle association is interested in the company and is acting as manager.

RECENT PURCHASERS OF LUMBER CARRIERS

Southeast Portland Lumber Co., Portland, has added a Miller Gas Lumber Carrier to its yard equipment.

Silver Falls Timber Co., Silverton, Oregon, has added the sixth Miller Lumber Carrier to its present fleet.

Lewis-Peters Lumber Co., Eugene, Oregon, has purchased a Miller Lumber Carrier for use at the re-manufacturing plant.

BURGLARS BLOW OPEN SAFE AT RIPON LUMBER CO.

A robbery was committed on the night of October 28 when burglars entered the office of the Ripon Lumber Company at Ripbn and blew the safe open. The explosion that blew the safe was terrific, as it awakened G. F. Green, manager of the local telephone exchange, who notified Constable J. W. Garrison and Under-Sheriff Art Stuart, but the burglars had made their escape. The company suffered no financial loss as the safe contained only the company's office records, books, and stamps.

T'IADI MARI(

THE T()UISYILTE 1IENEER MITTS

louisville, Ky, U. S. A.

Manufacturers of

HARDWOOD P^A,NFLS AND VENEERS

We might go into a lot of detail telling you just how superior our products arebut would you be convinced) For 35 years we have been cutting veneers and building plywood, and we have hewn out an enviable reputation for quality.

One order will convince you more than all we could say on paper. We have told others this and they are now our customers. let us show you.

Superior since '89

E. L. Blackman Lumber ComPanY Celebrates BirthdaY

The entire force of the E. 1,. Blackman Lumber Company assembled at the company's office, East Fourteenth street and Forty-seconcl a.'enue, on Sunday, October 26, at the Hotel Oakland, u'here a banquet and addresses rvere held, celebrating the twenty-sixth annivers,ary of the establishment of th*is company. A picture of the grotlp' standing in front of the offici, was talien, and then a bus ride around the lakeside rvas indulged in. The members \l'ere seated according to seniority of service. -Welcome address u'as made b/President E. L. Blackman, who later introduced Attorney John T. Wentz as toastmaster.

Addresses 'rvere made by President E. L. Blackman, Vice President E. A. Blackman, Director C. Blackman, Secretary F. Anderson, Auditor A. I-ambie and Attorney John T. Wentz.

Closing address by President E. L. Blackman. Disband.

Officers of E. L. Blackman Company are:

E. L. Blackman. president.

Ernest A. Blackmin, vice president.

Frederick Anderson, secretary.

Clarence Blackman, director.

Alexander Lambie, auditor.

John T. Wentz, attorney.

Office employes:

Frederick Anderson, 23 years of service; Clarence Blackman, 10; Christ. Christenson, 7 ; Caroline Noia, 5 ; Norman J. Danielson, 5; Flore Giambroni, 2; Florence Morrison, 2.

Interesting Figures on 'Water Shipments

Lumber receipts by rvater at the ports of San Francisco and Los Angeles during the past sixteen years are as follows:

MASON E. KLINE LEAVES FOR NEW YORK

Mason E. Kline, sales manager of the Creosoting Department of Chas. R McCormic[ & Co., San Francisco, has left for Nerv York, where he will be connected with the company's Nerv York office. On his way east, he went ovei thi Northern Route, and prior to his departure from the Northwest, he was a visitor-at the Company's Portland Office and spent a fes' days calling on the mills in the Portland and Puget Sound Districts.

Whv SelI Redwood?

nNE of our'good dealer fricnds in a reccnt letter jolingly Vremarked that from his standpoint one of Redwood's big disadvantages is its permanence-its great durabilirty makes reptacements unnecess:rry. Nothing short of a cycloa rill destroy Redwood. Fungus does not rot it and sorms and insects leave it alone. It is a stow burner. Thorougbly painted, it tooks well a long time. Evco rmpaintcd' it sti[ resists decay. A Redwood house nceds little repairingBut this dealer keeps right on ordering Redwood. He 6nds that telling these sad facts about Redwood to his customers does not drive them away.

Sometimes he even ventures to remark that according to the U. S. Government Report entitled "Physical, Mechanical and Chemical Properties of Reduood" there isn't any other wood, either soft or hard, that averages as high on dtrbaility, lach of shrinhage, strength as a beonr or post, ease of glueing, a,orhabilit! and ability to "stay put."

lasts"

Sylvester L. Back From Weaver Long

Trip

Svlvester L. Weaver, President of the Weaver Roof Company.,.has. just returned from an extended eastern trip, during rvhich he attended a meeting of the National AssSciation^of Prepared Roofing Manufacturers in Cincinnati, Ohio, October l7th, l8th, ind l9th, at which he was the prggip{ speaker during the convention and at the banquet.

The Prepared Roofing Association, of which the Weiver Roof Company is a member, has a membership of about eighty per cent of all the manufacturers of prepared roofing in the United States, and its purpose is to elevate the industry, to raise the standard ol the products manufactured and to instill a high regard for honesty and commercial ethics in the entire industrv.

While in the east Mr., Weaver visited roofing plants in the cities of Chicago, Cincinnati. Cleveland and "New York, studying-new methods, and also purchasing new machinery for his plant here.

While in Washington, D. C., NIr. Weaver .rvas a delegate from the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce to the Annual Meeting of the United States Chamber of Com-

merce held in their new four million dollar building in Washington. And, while in the Capital City, Mr. Weaver was also honored by a conference with President Coolidge at the White House.

Conditions in nearly all the cities visited by Mr. Weaver are reported good and rvill be still better now that President Coolidge has been elected.

PORTLAND SHIPPED 10,087,521 FEET LAST MONTH

October lumber shipments to the Atlantic seaboard from Portland were 10.087.521 feet and in line with those of October last year when 10,071,364 feet went east, but for the ten months of the present year 114,550,455 feet has been dispatched, valued at $2,9O2,559, against 48,603,197 feet, valued at $1,325,3'14, for the same ten months in 1923.

CHAS. BUCKLEY WINS HORSE.SHOE PITCHING CONTEST

Chas. Buckley, associated rvith the office force of the San Joaquin Lumber Company, Stockton, rvas the winner of the recent Horse-Shoe Pitching Championship Contest held under the auspices of the Stockton Service Clubs. There were a large number of participants in the contest but "Charlie" rvas in rare form on the day of the contest and was announced the winner over the large field of entries. He represented the "20-30" Club in the contest.

NEW SAW MILL

The San Bernardino Lumber & Box Cornpany has started the operation of a nerv 40,000 daily capacity mill in the San Jacinto Mountains, near Idlewyld. Their products will be trucked to the Los Angeles market, according to Mr. E. R. Kellam, manager of the company. They have a stand of about 1280 acres, running about thirty per cent sugar pine.

BRADTEY BRAND

HARDIIIO()DS

Scientifrc Hh drying prc.erYet within our productr ntturetr eturdy and beautiful qualitier' while

Modern machinery and ddlled human effort irutifiee our elogrn

P. C. Construction for Year

The following table shows the trend of Pacific coast building for the first nine months of this year as compared to the first nine months of.19?32

Furniture Stock in Setr CUT TO SIZE Rc.dy to Ar*mblc

Fht Surfacs Hu&rood Trin S.ndd

I93 .OUT OF 252 SAWUILLS SHOW WAGE IN. CREASES SINCE T921

Washington, D. C., Nov. 5.-In a survey of "Wagis ?nd Ilours of Labor in Lumber Manufacturing in thc Unitcd States, 1923," conducted in 252 representative mills in 23 manufacturing states, the Bureau of I-abor Statistics finds that in th'e 252 mills:

193 made het increases in wages' as comtrnred . with July 1, 1921, ranging for ll8 mills, from I to 50 per cent, with average increasc of 16 per cent;

48 made no net changes in wages since July l, l92r; 8 made net reductions, 7 ranging fuoa 4 to 8 per cent, with average reduction of 14 per cent.

Of these 252 mills, the National Lumber Manufacturers Association says in a review of this survey' appeari-qg !n the November- 7 issue of the National Lumber Bulletin, that ! I mills reported payment of 5O per cent increase for overtime work,-l0 of ihe ll being located on the Pacific Coast and one in Maine. The same rate for overtime as for regular time was paid in 241 mills.

..\f,IOODY'S" NEW YARD

Ptans for further extension of the Woodhead Lumber Company ufere completed recently, when that organization iooi< over the ylrd and business of the Garden City Lumber Company -at ll?6 Tweedy boulevard, I-" Ao: geles. This niw branch will be operated by thc Woodhead people under the same general plan as the other yards now being conducted by them.

T[ere will be no change in the executive personnel at the yard just acquired. S. L. Stofe will continue to manage -the businesi. J. H. Bond will be in char-ge of thg ohce, as before, witfi A. H. Corliss as manager of the yard.

BERT COOPER A CALIFORNI/A VISITOR

Bert Cooper, of the Brighton Mills Company, of Portland, was a iecent Californii visitor, where he spent several davs lookins over conditions in the California market. White in the" Bay District, he was a caller at the offices of the Wendling-Nathan Lumber Co.

'If lt's Bradley's lt's Better'

t'ftHB fotemoet policv of the Weyethaeueer mills is that of making I hflr.e".itry, uniform lunber and delivering it to the retailerin sale' *fi-J"rriieon.'To maintain thio high stan&rd of quality demandr exacting attention to hundreds of 6.tailr. cutting equipment Eust fk;;.il"p at all timea lf the lumber is to be etraight-and tme' In w..roh""orir mills tawE are echeduled to go to tho filing room at certln definite 'met throughout the work day' The minute a eaw

ahowr the elightc* dfn of weel, 6c powcr tr Snt od ad ln gocr-r 6"ri ;;. Tf,e job oFp'roec"lv in-g ind twGdirg rawrir Pe'utrady ain rft and intricatc. it d"ni"Ar - g!"rt dc.l of erpcrtcace. Therc arle no better or Eorc crpcficnccd raw f,lctr in thc lumbet bucincl A"t-L"* "t W"y".t"-L nilb. Thc photograph-above.t!"ry $" filing

Does It Pay to Hffiie Permanent DuFrig Connections?

'TIHE MANY unsolicited and unpriced I mail orders received daily by respon' sible lumber mills is a pretty fair indication that lumber buyrn$ with most retailers is not a frantic search for bargain prices.

The big trend today amongst dealers is toward sane buying from a small number oi reliable mill sources. Spasmodic local building and the increasin$ distance of supplies make this kind of buyin$ doubly advanta$eous.

' It is easy to see why a lumber dealer wants the intelligent backing and whole' hearted support of a few reliable mills. Most dealers have put theirown local

business on a firm basis of reliable ser' vice.They have their own steady cusr tomers'-contractor and carltenter friends who look to them for prompt senice on types and {irades of lumber thatthey have beiome accustomed to usin$- These re' tailers know that to render $ood service all the time they must receive $ood ser' vice re$ularly.

HE viewpoint of the WeYerhaeuser mills on this whole matter of buyin$ and selling will prove interestin$ to the dealers who are tired olhaphazard buy' ing and "unprofitable bargains."

room et mj of thc Weyerhacurer millr' the Edwad Rutledge TimberCompaoy.

Weyerhaeuser men believe that a mill should be conducted on a basis of serving faithfully a definite number of permanent customers. Thev believe

that these permanent customers should be taken care of at all times. This group of mills has been 'working toward this end for many years, putting their organization in shape to render this kind of specialized seryice.

HE personal feeling which 'Weyerhaeuser men have toward their customers is an expression of this attitude. The business received from any of these "permanent customers" is doubly ap- preciated and is given first consideration. If you buy a car of lumber from any 'Weyerhaeuser mill you are registered as a'

customer by organization in you.

all the mills and the whole takes a personal interest

fT will pay you to get ac- I quainted with theWeyerhaeuser method of doing business. Talk to the \l'eyerhaeuser representative in your territory. He will be glad to discuss your buying and selling problems. FIe is out in the fieldwith the express purpose of helping Weyerhaeuser customers do a more profitable busi, ness.

-fE_E EQUIPMENT and machinery at I Weyerhaeueermille are thebeetprocurable. But it also takes men of expeiience to put the life and hum into the machinerv and to make really good lumber. The Weyerhaeuser nills are fortunate in this respect. Dozene of Weyerhaeuser men have worked wirh these mills forfifteen years or more and take great pridein that fact

A photograph of Ole Bratt, qrader of select lumber for the Cloquetlumber Company, is shown above. Mr. Bratt has been with the companyfor 36 years. tlig job is to help maintain the high standardi of grading insisted upon at Cloquet. He knows that irt order to be fair witf, the mill he must also be fair with its customers.

The\Meyerhaeuser rep. resentative takes the time to find out and understand your local conditions. ft is part of his business to do so. That is why he is able to be of help. The W.yerhaeuser man can be reached by letter or wire addressed' to our nearest branch office.

V/EYERHAEUSE R SALE S COMPAT\TY

lDistributors:

TTEYERHAEUSER FOREST PRODUCTS

General Ofrces . SPOKANE, S/ASHINGTON

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Kewin Lumber CompanY Holds Annual Banquet

The annual meeting and banquet of the employees of the Kewin Lumber Com-panv occuired on the evening of October 18th at the Hoiel i{ughson, Modesto. Stockholders, officers and employes met ai the festive board and partook of a sumptuoui ripast prepared under the- personal .llt":tion of Jack Beaty.- Attorn-ey T. B. Scott of Modesto, E. C. Peck. Sacramento banker, and Lon Cleveland, famed as an after dinner speaker, made interesting ta!\s. A six-piece orchestra composed of Joe Spencer, pi?!o! H. Bixby' cornet; Il. Downing, violin; I.-Sefefi, violin; M. Lang-st-roth, banjo, and Georgi Thomas, Kewin lumber- specialist, 31-:. President T. g. Kewin had the seat of honor, R. Nichol, well known Modesto news dealer and a stockholder in the Kewin Lumber Company, was an invited gu€st.

It is indeed pleasant to relate that this big organization, due to the faifhful work of all employees and the Kewin policy of a square deal for everybody, has had such a suciessflt year'ibusiness. Seated-at the banquet were: Glen Karnes,-Denair; H. H. Morse, Hughson; Carl Poor, $ug-h,son; D. Meissner, Empire; G. Lindquist, -Riverba"-t i $. Moorehead, Ripon; G.-Tobin, Ripon; H. Clark, Oakdale; Geo. Thomas, -Waterford, and the following of Modesto: W. O. Mashek, manager, M. G. Payne, Geo. Kewin, James Kelley, Pat Brown, M. Larabee, Russell Harms, P. Peterson, Sam Cowan, Harry Paulson, Adam Becker, T. Iverson, T. b. Scott, L. Cleveland, T. H. Kervin, R. Nichol; and E C. Peck of Sacramento.

H. M. ISENHOWER TAKES BRIDE

H. M. fsenhower, of the Wenks Planing Mill Company' Fresno. was married in San Francisco, on November 3rd, to Miss Frances Lehman, formerly of Tyro.n, Pennsylvania.

Fresno Retailers +

Opposite is a group of photographs of some of Fresno's ten tive retail building material establishments. It gives a very good idea of the class of concerns that are catering to the building needs of this important part of the San Joaquin Valley, the part of the state that will, it is predicted, be one of the most important, in the lumber business, during 1925.

Fresno has ten yards, well scattered through the city and the outskirts. Without exception they are attractive in appearance, are well kept, and the stocks carried are inclusive of the usual lines of wall-boards, cement, roofings, etc.

Following is a list of the yards, with the names of the men in charge of each:

R. O. Deacon, Inc., R. O. Deacon.

Fresno Lumber Co., J. G. Martin.

J. D. Halstead Lbr. Co., Hal Baldwin.

M. Kellner & Son Co., S. B. Kellner.

Maisler Bros.. Ben Maisler.

C. S. Pierce Lbr. Co., Frank H. I{inard-

Routt Lumber Co., Virgil S. Routt.

Swastika Lumber C"., J. C. Ferger.

Valley Lumber Co., F. Dean Prescott.

Sunset Lumber Co., W. H. EsrvorthY.

M. N. Salomon New President Lumber Salesmen's Club of San Francisco

-the trademarhed, guaranteed flooring.

Good Business Ahead

With election out of the way, the public has no further excuse for delaying contemplated building.

The winter and epring of 1924-1925 will be a season of continued and increasing activity in all lines, and the lumber merchant who is well stocked to meet the dernands, which will be madp upon him, is the one who will pto6t most.

Are your stocks complete?

TelcpLonc, writc or wirc ur for quotatiou on

Strable Hardwood Company

511-545 Frrct Stre€t Oaklard, Calif.

Telephone OiLtand 245

At the annual election of officers of the Lumber Salesmen's Club of San Francisco, held at the Palace Hotel on November 3, the following were elected to act during- the ensuing year: President, [{el N. Salomon; vice-president, Harry Corlett; secretary-treasurer, J. E Martin.

Mel Salomon, the new president, has acted as vice-president of the club for the past three years. "Mel" has always taken an active interest in the club's afiairs and should make an ideal presiding officer during the next year. He is associated with the Acme Lumber Company and is extremely popular and rvell known among the lumber fraternity in the Bay District.

Harry Corlett, the nervly appointed vice-president,-is well known in lumber circles in the San Francisco District and is a representative of the Reinhart Lumber and Mill Co. in the Bay Districl J. E. Martin, San Francisco and Northern California minager of the "California Lumber Merchant," rvas re-el€cted secretary-treasurer.

Charles H. Moody, the retiring president of the club, expressed his appreciation to the club members for the cooplration that they gave him during his term of office, and in excellent terms presented Mel Salomon to the club as the new president,- who responded in his usual capable manner.

Fred Roth, the chairman of the Arrangements Committee in charge of dinner to be given in honor of the out-going officers, stated that the party will be held on Saturday evening, November 15, and that a final report of the committee-rvill be made at the regular club meeting on November 10.

HUBBARD & CARIf,ICHAEL BROS. LUUBER SI{ED COLLAPSES

During a recent storm in the Peninsula District, the lumber shed of Hubbard & Carmichael Bros.., retail lumber dealers of San Jose, collapsed. They report that they will replace the building with a net' shed at an early date.

WHITE BROS. HAVE EXHIBIT AT INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION

White Brothers, hardwood dealers of San Francisco, had an attractive booth at the recent Industrial Exposition held at the Civic Auditorium, San Francisco. Their display consisted of the various kinds of hardwoods and veneers handled by this concern.

ACORN BRAND

M. N- Salclrulr C. H- Mds

^ T. rec.ently completed Main Distributing yard of the C. Cianahl Lumber Company, at 5900 Soufh-park Ave_ nue, Los {ngeles, is a model in design ancl well reflects the very. care_ful_ planning of Mr. Eugene Ganahl and his brother, C. C. Ganahl. active headJ of this large concerh. This new plant replaces the one destroyed 6v fire last year, and is the main distribrrting yard for the several yards that are located in Los Angeles pioper. This .o-pun/ r,o.., has six y?rgs, four in LoJ Angelei, and one each at Reclondo and fnglewood.

A car-eful-study of the photograph at the top will reveal more fully the details of the plant than could a careful writ- ten ex-planation. The yard occupies twelve acres, with a large frontage on Sguth Park Avenue, a main artery runnin-g_ into the hew industrial district, near the Goodyear Rubber Company plant.

A modern and up-to-date office building, huge sheds,

liilns, a tremendous mill and other shed buildings are in the front part of the site. The yard proper will alcommoclate about twelve million feet of lumber-.

The yard is carefully planned to eliminate rehandling and reduce the labor _cost of loading and unloading an? storing lumber and other building miterials. Finish"lum_ ber stocks., fooring and miscellaieous building -"i.ri"lr, are housed in commodious sheds grouped imm'ediately be- hind the mill; the latter is fully equip'ped to turn o,ri "rry type of work. All alley-ways are 20- ieet wide, providing plenty of room to eliminate crowding. Loadirig and un"Ioading of cars is done with an electric crane, and distribu_ tion through the yards is accomplished with a minimum of time and manual labor by a fleet of carriers.

The company will continue to use the East First Street office as their main offices,

LOAD AND UNLOAD WITH ONE HAND-

Before you buy a Gas Lumber Carrier, take the trouble to ask an unprejudiced operator who has used difierent gas carriers.

He will tell you that he can bandle many more loads with the Miller. One reason for this is in the simplicity of the mechanism for picking up the toad.

One hand on, the whecl, the oPerator can actually pick up a load in motion and lay it down while he is still going.

No foot lever or clutch has to be operated to load.

We have some well prepared literature, plain but to thc point, with an actual photographic reproduction and detailed specifications written in terms that a mill man will appreciate.

Write for this information.

*Itnprovements in 1924 model can be atlded to all carlbr nodels in use.

HARSCH & MILLER, Manufacturers

One of the outstandins exhibits at the Industrial E:chibition held in San Franiisco, October l8th to Nov.ember lst, was that made by the Wheeler, Osgood Company, of Tacoma, Washington.

This frrm is relognized as being very energetic in salcs oromotion work. and this exhibit of theirs is another inStance of their aggressiveness in creating markets for thcir doors. A LaminE door was featured as sooking in a tank of water for the two weeks of the exhibit. This rcnarkablc demonstration showed the absolutc weter-proofness of ttis built-up door and its ability to withstand sucb a scvcre tcst without warping o? giving way in any respect

It is needless to say that such a rcmarkable demonstrar tion created tremendous interest and amazcmcnt Architects and builders are rapidly bccoming scquaintcd with this new development in door construction througt the extensive advertising of I-aminoc, and ttesc doors are being adopted by them in increasing quaatitics.

UILLWORK INSTITUTE AT SAN FNAIiICISCO NEXT WTE,tr

THE UILLWORK INS:IITUTT OF CAIIFONilTA \IIILL HOLD THEIR OUAXTTERLY XEBTING, AT THE ST. FRANCTS HO;TEL, sAN FRAIICI8CO,.OII THE AYTH AND 2TST.

THE UANAGINO DIRECTOR, IL T. DIDESCIT' HAS BEEN WORrING ON TIIE DE,TAIIA OF TIIB If,EETING FOR SOUE TIIE' HAs TIIE.PROONAI ABOUT COUPLEIEb, BUi UNTORfT'NATELY, DID NOT HAVE THT DETAILTD PROGRAI FINISHED IN TIUE TO BT IITSERTED IN TIIIS IssI'T.

WANTED:-A-I rotril vud mantS€r. Must be experienced in Southern Californie conditions and be thoraushlv capable of oponing and opcrating a first class lurnbei yird ind plenin! milL None but the best need apply' Miie appti"atioo in-full deteil. Box A-7, clo Celifornia Lumbcr Merchant

WANTED -A TIIOROUCHLY EXPENENCED PANEL AND VENEEn SALESIAN. CALL PERSONALLY AT 38 STOCT EXCIIANGE BLIX}.

YARD FOR CARLSBAD

It is reported that Mr. Mark Coffn has secured a leasc on Santa -Fe ground, and will open a ;rard, at C,arlsbad.

Rcnarkable Erhibit at Son Flulrr:irco Sltos-

Errt Sido XiU & Lunbrr Coo Dbtrlbutc;r POR,TI.AND, OREGOFI

San Diego HooHoo Luncheon

November 5, 1924

San Diego, Nov. 8.-Regular Wednesday Noon Hoo Hoo Luncheon was held at the Maryland Hotel Banquet Room, on Wednesday, November 5th, with an attendjnce of twenty-six.

Knute Rinde, Credit Manager of the Benson Lumber Company, better known by his many friends as "BIJD," presided as Chairman.

. Andy Donovan, of the Union Lumber Company, Los Angeles, and H. A. McKean and Son, C. F. McKean, were visitors. Mr. H. A. McKean has spent mahy years as head sawver for large lumber mills in Minnesota and New Mexico, and is now making his home at National City, California, a suburb of San Diego.

Brother West, of Srnith-Booth-IJsher Companv, Los Angeles, and by the way, a member of San Diego Hoo Hoo, also checked in to let the boys know he is still a member of this District.

Bud introduced as the speaker of the day, Professor Lewis G. Lesley, Teacher of History and Political Science of the San Diego State College, who delivered a very interesting talk on the new Education of the Student for the Business World of Today, which was very highJy appreciated by each and every one present. It is to be exceedingly regretted that more of the members did not turn out to hear him, because it is constructive talks of this nature that tend to strengthen and make Hoo Hooism worth while.

It was announced by Snark Restine that Homer Miller, of the firm of Miller-McDermott Hardwood Lumber Company, has been selected as Chairman of the next Wednesday luncheon, November l2th.

Howard Thompson, popular Manager of the Frost Hardwood Lumber Company, is wearing a million dollar smile' these days, due to the arrival at his home of a 9rl pound baby girl, on November 3rd, L924. Howard, for reasons best known to himself, failed to show up at the luncheon held on the 5th, but the boys will certainly raise the price of the cigar to tu'o-bits if he fails to make his appearance at the luncheon next Wednesday with a box of Havanas.

The San Francisco Hoo Hoo Club

Rod Henclrickson, popular President of the San Francisco Hoo Hoo Club, has sent out the following letter to all of their members:

Dear Bro. Hoo Hoo:-

Nov' lo' 1924'

Just a reminder that Thursday, Nov. 13th, is our regular day of meeting and we are striving for a record attendance, WILL YOU NOT COME and will you also try and bring a new member with you.

_ The MemAership Committee (Henry Hink, Chairman) is put- ting on a NEW MEMBER DRIVE for this entire month of NOVEMBER and we are trying to double our membership. Just get hold of a Hoo Hoo, drag him up to Thursday's lunch and we'll extract the Initiation Fee of $1.00 and the 50c per month dues will take care of themselves. The MORE mem6ers we get the bigger things we can accomplish.

Big December Stag and Annual Jinks under way-Ted Higgins expects to make a large announcement about this. This will be SOME party. Ilowever, this will be a Hoo H.oo Club No. 9 affair and only actual members of the Club participating, so get your Hoo Hoo friends INTO the Club membership so they may get in on the biggest party we've had in years.

Seriously, fellows, Hoo Hoo Club No. 9 is being watched all over the ciicuit and we have a reputation already established which we must live up to, so please try and get in on these Thursday tunches, bring up our attendance and try and get a new member this month. The Membership Committee are workirig hard on this and need YOUR assistance.

R. H. Carter, of Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Company, will give the prompt attendance prize. Drawing promptly at 12:09, Yours for a Big Year' Rod Hendric.ksor.r.

Business is surely speeding up. $r9 vo-u speeding up your production by using Hi Speed Knrves I

Wp "1" T3klng special Hi Speed,Knives in our Los Angeles )hop rn .Hl Speed tlme.

We _clrry the largest stock of self-hardening Hi Speed wood working steel on the Pacific Coast.

We have Hi Speed Skilled Mechanics for saw and knife service, or for repairing saws and knives. Send us your orders for Saws or Knives .of any kind and let us demonstrate our Hi Speed service.

SIMONDS SAW & KNIFE AGENCY

416 Eart 3rd Street Lor Angeler

SUDDEN DEATH OF W. H. HAHN

Mr. W. H. Hahn, veteran lumberman, and president of the Swastika Lumber Companv, Fresno, died suddenly from heart failure, at his home in Hollyrvood, on the night of the 9th.

He was buried from the family home on the l2th.

M.. J. C. Ferger, partner of the deceased, rvith Mrs. Ferger, cjme to Los Angeles from Fresno, for the funeral'

Dirtributing Agentr for Clark-Nickcrron Lumbcr Coo Evcrctt, Q\luh.

Demprey Lumbcr Coo Tecone, lVarh.

Deiancc Lumbcr Coo Tacomr, Werh. Ferry Balcr Lumbcr Co, Evcrctt, lVarhLitttl River Rcdwood Co, Humboldt Bay.

t4/. Pinherton, F' Dean Prescott'

Bill DingDinner is Success

in the body and, when tufned on, presentecl not only an artistic example of the chef's skill but also striking proof of the unusual ways in which this trade figure can be utilized.

Shozuing a part of the banquet room, and cleaer Bill Ding figures used.

Or.re of the most striking features of the Conventioir of National Retail Lumber Dealers recently l-relcl at Atlantic City, was the dinner given to some eighty or ninety Bill Ding Dealers and their friends by W. W. Woocl.

Mr. Wood is the originator of the novel Bill Ding idea, rvhich is so successfully increasing the sales ancl profits of luml:er dealers in more than one hundred and fifty cities throughout the United States.

'lhe bancluet was laid at the Hotel Traymore. Bill Ding u'as the keynote of the entire event, The menu was attractively -gotten up on a piece of veneer, featuring Bill Qi^ng at_th9 jgp, at salute. The.centerpiece rvas a mag- nificent Bill Ding cast in ice. Electric lights were f.rozin

Mr. F-inclley M. Torrence, of Xenia, Ohio, cleclared that this movement is the biggest thing that has er,er been launched in retail lumber circles for better merchandising rnethods. FIe also statecl that never before in the history of the retail lumber game had such an assembly of dealers convened for the purpose of studying advertising. He said that the idea should be carried through in all conventions as it was of the greatest value in the exchange of ideas lvith other dealers working along the same lines. It was his suggestion that each one of the Bill Ding dealers turn in the plan of a house recently constructed by his yardone that had been found satisfactory; all of these plans. rvould be incorporatecl into a plan book which rvould benefit all of the Bill Ding dealers.

Mr. Torrence concluded with tl,e motion that a Bill Ding Club be formed which would consist of all of the Bill Ding dealers and members of their organization. This motion was seconded ancl carriecl unanimously and the Bill Ding Club launched with the promise of co-operation from all present.

It was decided that the icleas could be best irrterchansed by the publication which rvill lte knorvn as the .,Bill Ding News," consisting of eight pages at the start. This will be gotten out every month incl will go to all of the members of the Bill Ding dealers organLation. Co-op- eration was promised to make it the-livest exponent of rnoclern merchandising in the retail lumber field.

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Flere is a good example of an attractive advertisement, rrsed by the dutter Milf & Lumber Company, Sacramento'

W. N. SHIFFLETT RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP

W. N. Shifilett, manager of the Napa l-umber Co', has returned from a month's-trip spent touiing in the,Fast and Middle West. On his return to the Pacific Coast, he l."".f.a over the Southern Route and spent several {ays !n Sor.tttt"t.t California. He reports that he had an enjoyable trip.

OCTOBER BUILDING PERMITS BREAK RECORD

In October, 1924,building in San Francisco- jumP-ed.more than $2,000,000.00 compared with October, 1923'. -eyit9jlg ".i-il.'i..,ied during the month of October totaled $6,116'- 'ftS.OO as compared-with the $3,793,374.N f.or the same month last year.

Rubaiyat of Nomor Rentem

Wake ! For the Hour that doth thy soul afrright Hath shot a bolt that puts all joy to fight; And Lo ! Before thy door the Landlord standsA Silhouette that dims the dawning light.

Come, Pay the Rent, and tho' Spring days are fair Thv Winter Garments still with meekness wear; ttre 6ird of time will round the circle fy And bring anothei "First" ere thou'rt aware.

"How large and fine this city flat"-1hink some. Othersl"A rented house doth us become !" Ah, keep the cash, and build thysella HOME; March .not in lock-step to a Rent-Day Drum.

Think, in each stately Caravanserai

Whose doorways swing about by Night and Day, How tenant after tenant in his pride Abode a month or two and went his way.

Mvself did move from this place unto that, intrigued by "WELCOME' on a fuzzy mat, Paid rent for that which I could never own And found the process somewhat stale and flaL

And lastly, by my hall-room door agape, There itood in evil mood a portly shape Holding a bill for RENT within his hand, Alas! He b-id me PAY !-And there was no escaPe.

Ah, then ! I did rvittr pAtn and WIT conspire To change my sorry scheme of life entireOusted thJ Incubus that dogged my weary days, And rvon a ]IOME nearer-my Heart's Desire.

-Adeline M. Conner.

SUNSET LUTIBER COMPANY DESTROYED . BY FIRE

During the night of October 30, fire destroyed the lumber mill and box factory of the Sunset Lumber Company at Puyallup, Washington. The estimated loss is between $250,000.00 and $300,00O.00.

EIGHTH ANNUAL SHINGLE CONGRESS

DECEMBER llth and l2th

OLYMPIC HOTEL SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

Your Obligation to Your Job

A Letter by

Mq. L. A. Beckstrom, Sales Manager, Chas. R. McCormick & Co., Los Angeles.

Did you ever stop to think why you chose to work for your present employer except from a standpoint of gaining a livelihood.

Looking back to your school days beginning with high school, no doubt you were assigned to a certain school on account of your loca.tion, and possibly for the same reason, together with environment, you are now with your present company.

. But at any rate you felt your own school was the best and did not hesitate to tell your friends about it; also you were readl' to fight if anyohe within or without the school criticized or ridiculed your place of learning.

The same spirit should exist within your present company and the same wholesome competition should prevail between competitors.

Later when it was necessary to choose the college you would attend, no doubt you sought lhe advice of older friends and investigated carefully before you determined to get your training at a certain university, but after you

ehtered, beyond a doubt, you were further convinced and strong in your praise and approval of your Alma Mater.

To be sure, some mistakes are made, but in most cases of wrong choice, a change is made as soon as you realize you do not fit in, you can't do the work or your oppor- tunities are lacking.

But once established in the right school, you soon voiced your admiration, told your friends of the many advantages as well as good qualities, and were always ready to correct any wrong impressio'ns which might impair your school.

The same conditions should prevail in your present oocupation, and the man who continually expresses disap- proval of his company's actions and tries to instigate discontent among his co-workers, fails to show loyalty and is in the wrong school.

EIGHTH

DECEMBER llth and rzth

OLYMPIC HOTEL

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

H. B. GAMERSTON RETURNS FROM NORTHWEST TRIP

H. B. Gamerston of the Reynier Lumber Companv, San Francis_c,o, has returned from a two weeks' buslneis trip to the Northwest where he visited the company's buying connections in Portland and Seattle. He also spint several days calling on ,the lumber mills in the Columbia River and Puget Sound Disfticts.

()ak floorino

Superior.Brand Oak Floring -is tqllied on an adding machine,of special. design as it passes the checker on a conveyor trinning lrom Drn to carPieces are sorted for lencth as a seDarate ooeration from sradinq. The sorter has adequate time and- facilitiis to climinatE crrd'r in the footage count when assembling bundles.

W'hen a bundle of "America's Finest" is labellcd "9 feet', it meanr exactly that much. You can depend on it! Moreover. no bundle can be counted in a shipment until it passes the cheiker on the conve.yor. His adding machine total is- correct-and you are invorced correctly.

Just another precise method we Dractice in merchandisinc Suoerior Brand Oak Flooring. It is in keeping with the suoerlexcellence of the..flooring itself. .May we convince you with an initial order? .hmediate shipment always I

-and tho Tally is always Accurats in ..AMIRIOA'S FINISI"

National Forest Resources Bring in Over $5,000,000

Receipts from national forest resources during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, totaled $5,251,903, according to the final tabulation made by the United States Department of Agriculture.

This amount is $84,000 less than the receipts for the previous fiscal year, but is $8'{0,000 larger than the average annual receipts of the preceding fir'e years.

Sales of timber and livestock grazing permits were responsible for most of the money received, $3,036,395 having been paid for timber and $1,915,561 for grazing permits.. Permits for the use of national forest lands for summer homes and otl-rer forms of special ttse, including rvater power, brought in $299,946.

Under authority of the acts of Congress governing receipts {rom national forest resources the sum of $1,346,353 will be paid to the States containing national forest land for the use of the school and road funds of the counties in which such land is situated. In addition, the sum of $520'739 derived from forest receipts will be expended by the Forest Service in building roads and trails within the forest areas. Other road funds are provided by special appropriations.

- With the exception of these sums, amounting in qlt -t" $1,867,@2, the bilance of the receipts-$3,384,81l-will be paid into the general fund of the United States Treasurv. - The amounis the various States will receive for county road and school funds are calculated on the basis of onefourth of the total receipts from national forest resources rvithin each separate Staie. The funds for roads and trails within the forests are computed on a one-tenth basis'

Twenty-eight States and Alaska shared in the distribution of the two funds. Including both the sums to be spent on national forest roads and trails and the sums payable to the various counties for roads and schools, Clliloinia u'ill receive $434,889, Oregon $247,72l,Idaho $184.277, Arizona $175,014, Colorado $L25,80, Washington $124,ffi, Montana $115,901, Wyoming $99,634, Utah $81,465, Nerv Mexico W,O77, Nevada $35,653, and South Dakota $34,208.

Arkansas 'rvill receive $?3,@2, Virginia $13,t6, North Carolina $12,990, New Hampshire $12,732, Minnesota $8'726, Florida $8,311, Tennessee $4,859, Nebraska $3,912' Georgia $3,605, Oklahoma $2,655, West Virginia $l,D-Z, tr{aini $1,010, South Carolina $569, Pennsylvania $350, Alabama $248, and.Michigan $41.

Alaska rvill receive 542.7n. a sum as the Territory received last year, responding increase in timber sales tional forests.

almost twice as large thus indicating a corfrom Alaska's tlo na-

WATCH IT uIORK

Socrates, the greatest thinking man that the world has produced, used to say that every man.ought to stand off every now and then and look upon his own MIND as a thing separate and apart from himself, watch it work, aad judge it abstractly ln order that he might improve its wo'rkings. He considered any man unable to do that' a very hopeless case from a thinking standpoint.

SUDDEN & CHRISTENSON

AND SHIPPING

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i*oli"rt uttt co., Aber'leen, wash'

i,JJ;-fum;b-fihtcr ce- south Bend' w-a8h'

i'."L"r,-:"iri i-rrogr" Oo., South Bo!d, T7e!b.

Ortlcrbc e, !.aa.. Ear. Gl}tim Vldt Bar.

6tb Floc-Hind Blds. 230 CdifarL Slrcct San Francillp

9(X) A- G. Brrlcn Bldr. Lc Angclcr Arctic Club Sbatde Bldg.

The National Forests of Arizona,

A publication of special interest to the residents and tourists of the Sout6west l-ras just been issuecl by the United .Stafes p^epartment of Agriculture. It is D'epart_ ment Circtrlar 318, The National Forests of Arizona. -

This circular describes in some detail each of the nine national forests in that State which cover an area over 12 million.acres in extent and bear a stand of timber es- timated at L4l billion board feet of saw timber and IIV million cords of wood. More than 42 million board feet of timber was cut from these areas in 1923. The annual receipts to the Government from the hational forests of Arizona are nearly $500,000, one-fourth of which is turned over to the counties of Arizona for schools ancl roads.

Each year these forests are visited by over 400.0@ persons seeking recreation within their pieasant boundaiies. and this is a use which the Forest Service encourages to the fullest extent. They have various other importani uses, among which- may be mentioned the grazing -of over hali a million cattle and sheep and the pro-tectioi of the indispensable watersheds of that secti,on, besides furnishing a home for fish and game.

, Thos.e desiring this circular may obtain it free of charge from the Forest Service, Washington, D. C., as long is the supply lasts.

HUGE TIMBERS BEING CUT

Canadian Government Gives Order to Ostrander, Wash., Firm

- Kelso,_'Wash., Nov. S.-One of the biggest nrclers for huge timbers every placed in the Pacific nJrihwest is beins cu.!_ by the Ostrander Railway & Timber Company at iti mill at Ostrander, four miles-north of Kelso. -This order is for between 800,000 and 900,000 feet of mammoth timb.ers, to bujld- gates. for the new Welland canal connecting the Great Lakes with the St. Lawrence rrver.

The order was ieceived from the Canadian government. The timbers are from 33x47 inches to 28x3/ inches and are all 51 feet long. Each stick contains from 5000 to 6500 board feet and five of them compose a loacl for ship- ment to their destination. Eleven of these loads already have been dispatched and about 18 more will be requirei to complete the shipment.

WOOD STAVE PIPE

For the purpose of conveying water in pipe lines under pressure, consideration is usually given to the merits of cast iron, steel, concrete and wood-stave pipe. Each has its- -particular field, and the problem generaliy resolves. itself into choosing the kind of pipe th;t will serve the purpose most economically. In the case of hydro-electric developm.ents, irrigation, and city water suppty lines, where large-sized pipe-lines, from two to fourteen-feet in diameter, are required, and where access to the iob mav be difficult, wood stave pipe has a decided advaniage foi the reason that the materials can be readily transported to the site in knock-down form and assembl6d in plice. The saving made in transportation cost is quite an ltem in the total cost of the installation.

^ W"o9 stave pipe lines are built of Redwood or Douglas fir lumber and reinforced with steel bands to resist the hydrostatic pressrtre. Redwood lumber is preferable for pipe construction on account of its long life, the lvood containing tannic acid, which is a natu"ral preservative. Redwood pipe lines built twenty-five to thiriy-five vears ago. are in use in various parts of the cpuntry, and are still giving satisfactory service.

Wood pipe is also manufactured as small as two inches in diameter, and the smaller sizes are in general use for irrigation and domestic water systems and in mining; chemical, and industrial plants. The pipe will satisfactorily handle certain acid, brine and chemical solntions, which have a tendency to corrode or destroy other forms of pipe.

-Rotary Club Magazrne.

S. E. SLADELUMBER CO.

Established 1885

DOUGLAS FIR BY CAR AND CARGO

We Specialize on Grays Harbor Old C'rowth Soft Yellow Fir

DIRECT MILL AGENTS

F-.tr_1.-. thqY.n forty million feet of air dried Redwood uppers from which immediate shipment can be made of siding, finish, batens, mouldings, columns, etc.

On Reforestation

Spokane, Wash., Nov. 6.-The problem of reforestation in the northwest, "the last timber region of the country," is a present one, according to I. N. Tate of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, with offices in the Old National bank, Spokane, Wash., at a recent meeting of the Spokane Realty Board.

"We could have rvith intensive cultivation," he said, "an annual growth in this region of 27,ffi,ffi,000 feet' B"l *ho *"itt to invest u'heie the crop is planted today and the harvest in 40 or 50 years, and where you can not tell what the fire hazards and the tax collections will be? Who u,ants to do selective cutting of his own timber when his neighbor cuts the forests away clean ?

"It is therefore essentially a problem for federal or state solution, this conservation. But we can have with a little sovernmental supervision and some practical reforestation' i forest yield in perpetuity here in the northwest'"

Mr. Tate said that of 822,000,000 acres of forest land orieinallv in the northwest, about half remains now, and wh-at remains in the nation represents nearly ha'lf of tlte world's stand. And half of the forest lands left in the United States, he said, is in Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho and Montana. Of this, three-fourths- is privately owned, 18 per cent is owned by the states, and 7 percent liy the goveinment. Consumplion, at present, at about six times as fast as natural growth.

SOME OUTSTANDING FEATURES OT IOORES INTERNAL FAN KILN OVTR qrI{ER TYPES OF MECHANICAL CIRCULATING trILNS

l. Reversible circulation insures uniform drying throughout the entire lumber pile. The Internd Fan Kiln is the-onty mechanical circulating kiln having the reversible feature.

2. Much less horsepower is required to operate the fans than any other mechanical kiln. Olly -o-ne- 7rf^horsepnwer motor is required to operate one kiln 11x104 feet.

3. Continuous drviirs is assured even though electric power is shut ofi, becau-se with fans not in operation kiln becomes an efficient natural draft kiln.

4. Uniformity of air movement and short air travcl is secured by distribution of fans the full length.of kiln. They produce i large volume of air at low static -qressure in iine with the-natural circulation inside the kiln. There is no leakage, nor is the air sucked back and forth through a duct system.

5. The Heating System is located inside the kiln noom' therebv rrreventin-s l6ss of heat units by outside exPosuna Heatins'coils are?istributed the full length of kiln, close to metil ducts, which tends to prevent metal ducts from rustins and insures uniform heat distribution'

6. bemonstrated simplicity of design wbich features Moore's Roof Ventilatiori, sidplified metal ducts,- substantial fan system and accessible heating qnits, result in ease and economy of installation and operation.

OUR IDEA OF THINGS

Be broadminded, think of others. Let your thoughts be governed by gentleness. See the good in others and recog;i;t; Jwi faults. Smile whei a smile wlll cheer' Be not 6linded by your own narrow Plgasrrres' Seek good' *hol"ro-" enioyment. Be kind to all things' Give lhtt ' you can willingiy and happiness will be your reward'

The American Creed

I believe in the United States of America as a govern- ment of the people, by the people, for the peopleiwhose Just powers are derived from the consent oflhe governed; a democracy -in a republic; a sovereign nation of many states; a perfect union, one and inseJarable: establishei upon those principles of freedom, equaiity, justice and hu- manity for which American patrioti sacrificed their lives and fortune_s. I, therefore, believe' it is my duty to my country to love it, to support its constitution, to -obey its laws,. to respect its flag and to defend it againsi all enemles.

This was written by William Tyler page of Baltimore, and he received $1,000 for the 100 words. He is a descendant of- President James Tyler, and also of Carter Braxton, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Down Where The Vest Begins

Down where the belt clasps a little stronger, Dqwn where the pants should be a little longer, ' That's where the Vest begins; Down where you wish you were a little slighter, Where each day the buttons grow a little tighter, That's where the Vest begins.

Down where the pains are in the making, And each heavy meal will soon start it aching, That's where the Vest begins.

Wher'e each added pound is the cause of sighing, When you knorv in your heart that the scales aren't lying, And you just have to guess tvhen your shoes need tying, That's where the Vest begins.

Ihe Orange Tree.

Stppose Your Plant Should Burn Tonight-

'would

y_ou b-e able to vierr the twisted, smoldering ruins, conaoled in your miafortune by th_e aure knowlg4ge that you are adJquateiy insured, with every condition on the-policy fulfilled, so that there will be no {uestion oi the amourit you will recover)

The time to think about this queetion is not after, but before the fire.

CASS & JOHANSING

837 Van Nuye Bldg.

Fruit Growers Supply Company

Manufacturcrr of California Whitc and Suglr Plne Lumber

Milb at Surenvillc and Hilt, CaL

l5O,(X)O,OOO Fect Annud Cepacity

B. W. ADAMS, Mgr. Sale Dcpt.

Firrt National Bank Bldg. - San Franc,irco

ROD SAYS-

In using our brand,s you are sure of a dependable"supply at all times.

Painting Eliminated-Heatin$ Bills Reduced

them over old siding can readily be done in winter when you and your contractors are, ordinarily, not so busy.

The cost of stained shingles, together with the labor cost for laying them over old siding, is little more than the cost of repainting a house. Stained shingles over old siding eliminate constant repainting costs, and a distinct saving in heat bills will be effected. Shades of gray are particularly good because they rveather gracefutly and improve with age.

Talk this over with vour contractors and help them see the tremendous possibiiities in this nerv field of old houses. They rvill appreiiate your helping them keep busy 1l! th.e year'round, l.td you, [oo, rvill pro--fit by the increased business and avoidance of slack seasons'

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TYNAN LUMBER CO. OPEN SAN JOSE YARD

Actual photograph, shotuing application of .2|inch -stained- shingles at lUinch esp6sure'oaer old cfuipboards. At .tlte risht.side .o.f .the windozu you tititl note the strip of ordinary.moulding,-l'/a-inch thick by l/t-inch- zrtide, uscd to build out the casi.ng- in order to receiae thzi shingles. Thii is easy to apply around windoztt-s a1d-Qoo1s, and-it is all ihat is necessary when rimodeling zvith stained shing.Ies, .with the erception of actua[ly nailing them oi. They can be laiil right ozter corner-board s and zwter-table.

In manv to\\'l.rs, the idea of laf ing stained shingles over old siding has been developed to such an extent by lumber dealers that their sales for rnodernizing old houses n'ith stained shingles no'tv e;iceed their sales for neu' building in their to\\'ns.

Renerving old roofs rvith stained shingles and laving

Double-baneleil Ailaant ages

Mahogany-like grain, but white. Simplifies the Painter's taslc.

The price would it weren't for the seem too good to oe'. true-if " T rcd emarlT Cuarantee."

Trademarhed Lamao

There's money in it for you. Let's put heads together. Wite us lodaY.

C adw allader - Gibs on Co., Inc.

The ONLY Intportas vith our ovn Timba Supply anil Mills in Luzon, ail vith PACIFIC COAST HEADQUART'ERS ct

Sth and Brannan Sts. San Francieco

Oohland - Los Angeles

The Tynan Lumber Co.. rvho oP9r1t9 several retail lumber yards in Northern California ivith head^quarters i" *.t: Fraricisco, have opened a nerv yard at- San Jose' -.Bill Hargis, formerly -att.get of -the company's yard at S:ljl*.' will"aci ar -attiger of their San Jose yard. Les-ter (Mike-) Tynan "nnoun..! that Tim Ryan is sticceeding Mr. Hargis aj *"nag.t of their yard at Salinas.

TILDEN LUMBER & MILL CO. BUY THREE YARDS

The Tilden Lumber & Mill Co., rvith headquarters in Oakland, have taken over the management of the follorving retail lumber yards: Sunset Lumber Co., Fre-sno; Sunset Lumber Co., Fig Gardens; and the Lucerne l.umber Co', Hanford. These yards rvere formerly under the management of the Sunset Lumber Co.

A Home Selling Campaign That Surely Brings Results

There is a home selling plan in operation in several cities of the country today thit has a touch of genius in it. H'ere is the scheme; and it should be handled] promoted, and carried through by the LUMBER AABRCHRNT, since he is the logical fellow to do it:

Pick out an attractive home PLAN and PICTURE from one of your plan books. Have a cut made of the home and. of th-e floor_ plan. Buy a full page ad in the Sundav edition of your home paper. Take-the plans, blue printi, specifications, material bill, etc., around torvn to one skill- ful man or firm in each department of the home builcling business.

Let each of them figure from this plan exactly what they would charge foaTHEIR share'of srrch a- CONI- PLETE HOME. -

The LUMBER MERCHANT figures rvhat he rvoulcl sell the lumber and millwork fon

Add that to what each of the others want, and you rvill have the completed price of this HOME.

Divide the page you have purchased. The iutrberman should buy the lion's share of it, say one-half, or one-thircl. so that the oth,ers will get off moie easily. '

At the top of the page show the pictirre of the home and the floor plan,_ with a brief but attractive description of its beauties and better features.

Then divide the remainder of the page amon.q the other building people rvho have figured THEIR sh-are of the completed house.

Have the electric wiring and fixture man run HtrS PRICE BID in his advertGement. The plumber bids on the plumbing, also on the heating, if he is in the heating

COOS BAY TUIUBER CO.

Manufacturen of Douglar Fir and Port Orford Cedar.

Sawmillr, Marshfield, Oregon

Distributing Plant - Bay Point.

Annual Production 200,000,000 Feet GENERAL oFFIcEs "rTl ?::':H-," Los Angeles Office, 806 Centnit Btdg.

business also. If he is not, have a heating man make a bid and take his share of the advertising space. Prorate the space, of course.

A first class carpenter should bid on the carpenter work. A brick man should bid on the foundations, fir.eplace, and any other brick necessary. A painter should advertise his bid on the paint job. A hardrvare store should bid on the builder's hardware. A plastering job should be bid on, if there is one. If there is not, then a papering job should have a bid.

If this proposition is correctlv handlecl, the people of the town could simply sit dorvn. add the different bids in the various ads, and the total rvould be the cost of the house" This gives them something interesting to consider.

You can add to this list a good real estate hrm, offering lots for sale at certain prices, to put the house on.

This is a proposition rvell worth trying in any town where there is co-operation in business befween the various building lines.

H-2-O

Water is a wonderful blessing, Good for washing necks and ears, Just the thing for lakes and rivers, Indispensable for concrete,piers, Nice to park beneath the bridges, Sr,vell for making rain and ink, Water is a rvonderful blessing, But it makes a h-- of a drink.

JOHN G. McINTOSH, C. P. A. c. s. cowAN, c. P. A.

Inspect New Pioneer Piant

During the month of October, hundreds of visitors inspected the $2,000,000 plant of the Pioneer Paper Co', Inc', located at Fifty-fifth and Alameda streets in Los Angeles' Included among the visitors were some of the leading industrial and business men of the Southern California territory, representatives of organizations interested in this locality's development, and the general public.

The formal opening of the $2,000,000 plant as a complete unit'for the first time was celebrated on October 30 by the Pioneer Paper Company, with outstanding figures in the manufacturing and commercial world in attendance' Representatives of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, the Merchants' and Manufacturers' Association, the Los Angeles Builders' Exchange and other interested organizations were also present at the formal opening.

The sixteen-acre plant consists of an asphalt refinery, a felt mill, a roofing factory, and a $100,000 administration buitding. The fett mill, which contains the- largest single oiece oT machinery in the west, has a daily capacity of i,g0O,OOO square fe6t of compressed felt, the base of virtually all of the Pioneer products.

The Pioneer Paper Company, in addition to manufacturing roofing and building pipers, produces asphalt-saturated pJpers w6ich line irrigalion ditches and flumes, insulate iefrigerator cars, underline floors, protect walls, cover hay stackl, cover pipes, bleach crops, line canoes, w.-lqp crates of books, machinery and othei products susceptible to deterioration by the elements. Products of the compa-ny are also used foi hundreds of other purPoses, and are distributed throughout the eleven western states and to nine foreign countries.

.WAUNA UAKES A RICORD

'Wauna, Nov. S.-Take a look'at 'Wauna. It- is only a mill town on the lower Columbia highway where practicallv evervbodv works for the Crossett-Western Co', and iet it has eitablished a record, which may never be beatin or even equaled.

On election day the entire registered vote of Wauna appeared at the p6lls. There were no.slacle1s, no maligneii, t o absente-es; just lo0 per cent of the registered 'not.. And not conlent with -this, those who had voted made an attempt to round up all those citizens who had failed to registir, and to swear them in. The result was that 98 per-cent of the eligible voters of Wauna precinct voted that day-16 individuals.

Wauna is iri Clatsop county, Oregon, and she surely has reason to be proud of ihis eximple she has set to the world of good citizenship.

SLADE LUMBER CO. MOVES L. A. OFF'ICES

The Los Angeles offices of the Slade Lumber Compa4y are now in Suiti 828 Van Nuys Bldg. They were formerly on the third floor of the same building.

HART-WOOD LUIIBER COUPANY NEWS

Mr. F. A. Hart, of the Hart-Wood Lumber Company, has just returned from a trip through the canal to New Yorli. He found conditions promising in the East and expects a good volume of business after the election. - Mr. Alfred Hart, formerly Mahager of the Quinault Nfill, has been in charge of our Portland Office during Mr. Hari's absence and in the future will be associated with Mr. Fred Hart in the Portland Office.

KING LUIIBER CO. ?O OPEN TWO NEW YARDS

It has been reported that the King Lumber Company, Bakersfield, is abbut to open nerv yards at Corcoran and Delano.

A HOO HOO REMINISCENCE BY WILLIAM H. MILLER

In the Fillmore "Herald"

"'When C. F. Reeder, of the People's Lumber Company, told me of his experiences in joining the Concatenated Order of Hoo Hoo, I reciprocated by tilling him of my experiences in Salt Lake City several yearJ ago. On that occasion, in the Mormon metropolis, a fake arrest was st-aged and everybody, including the candidates and the officers in their robes, were taken across the street to the central police. station.

_ "Among the officers were two completely garbed as devils, and bearing pronged tridents. As *e were-'booked,' two colored ladies were brought in by officers. One of them looked at the two devils, said, 'My Gawd,' and dropped in a dead faint.

"As ihdicative of the pure life I have since led I may say that I never met either of those devils again until lajt Tuesday, u'hen I walked into Reeder's office and was warmly greeted by E. S. Houghton, of Chas. R. McCormick & Company, Los Angeles. He was one of the gentlemen who bore a three-pronged pitchfork in the night of long ago.

"He is still a 'devil' of a good fellow, and treasurer of the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club. We sat there ,and reminisced until he had created in my breast a strong desire to journey down to Santa Monica and seek spiiitual consolation from Parson Simpkin. It was good to recall those good old times, and those good old fellows."

SAN DIEGO HOO HOO LUNCHEON

San Diego Hoo Hoo Club members, at their Wednesday noon lunc[eon, October 29th, viewed motion pictures of ttre recent Naval Reserve Sea Elephant Hunt at Guadelupe fsland, off the coast of Mexico.

Three reels of film were used in graphically depicting the voyage and capture of the valuable sea denizens and a very interesting lecture was given between reels by Louis Arland, national president of the United States Junior Chamber of Commerce.

The sea elephants were captLtred by enticing them into large box cages and then towing these to the U. S. Eagle 12 and the Tug Koka, anchored near by. Four specimens were captured, but two died on the return trip of the boat. The other two were successfully brought to San Diego and are now in captivity at the San Diego Zoo, where they can be seen at any time during the day.

On account of the luncheon on this date following so close after the big Concat held only a few days previous, the attendance at the luncheon was not as large in numbers as was expected. However, much credit is due to Snark Joe Restine, for being instrumental in putting on these very unusual and inter.esting pictures, so thoroughly en- joyed by those fortunate enough to turn out to see Lhem.

Fresno Hoo Hoo Club Have Rousing Meeting

Sixty-seven members of the newly formed Fresno Hoo Hoo Club met on Monday evening, November 3rd, at Fresno.

The president of the Club, Martin D. Hohnson, presided. After considerable discussion it was decided to levy a membership fee of one dollar, to raise money to defray the expenses of the Club.

They will meet regularly on the evening of the first Monday in each month, and have issued a cordial invitation to all Hoo Hoo, to attend their meetings.

LOS ANGELES HOO HOO CLUB

The new Nine acted as chairmen at the Los Angeles Hoo Hoo Club luncheon on November 6th.

The entire luncheon period was spent in discussing the Concatenation scheduled for the 8th,- with the excepti6n of a few moments taken out to pass around a small sample of mysterious looking lvood, with a request that each man present write his guess as to the identity. Bob Sells, of the Union Lumber Company, Los Angeles, was one of the very few who recognized the sample as a piece of Redwood, and was the only man to write the correct answer, "Sap Redwood." The stunt rvas originated by J. E. Lloyd-Jones, of the Woodhead Lumber Company, and he was fittlngly rewarded later by being the lucky man in the attendance prize drawing, for the prize donated by Tad Jacobs, of the Lumbermen's Reciprocal Association.

HOMER T. HAYWARD LUMBER CO. BUY YARD AT HOLLISTER

The Homer T. Ha1'ward Lumber Co. have bought the Hammond Lumber Company Yard at Hollister. - Glenn Bronson, formerly associaied-with the Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co. of Salinas, will act as the manager of their new yard.

C. H. GRIFFIN BACK AT HIS DESK

C. H. (Chuck) Griffin, the rvell-known manager of the Homer T. Hayrvard Lumber Co. Yard at Santi Cruz, is back at his desk after being confined to his home for over a week with illness.

B. BAILEY RECOVERS FROM RECENT ILLNESS

E. Bailey, manager of the B. Bailey Lumber Company, of Los Gatos, rvho was recently confined to his home with illness, has completely convalesced and is now back on the job again.

Classified Ads

FOR SALE LUMBER YA,RD and MILL

Well eetablished Lumber Yard and Milt located in o_ne of the most prorperout citier on San Francirco Bay. 9an make shipmentr by rail and water. Har ahralr been money maker and now doing a profitable burinera. An excellent opportunity for an investment and owner inviter rtristelt invedigation. Addrers Bor A-3, care Cdifonria Lumber Merchant.

EXPERIENCED LUMBERMAN WANTS POSITION

Lumberman u'ith twenty-five years experience in all lines of lumber business would like a position in Logging Camp, Mill, Planing Mill, B,ox Shook, Sash and Door Factory, or Lumber Yard. Accurate at figures and good bookkeeper. Not after a big salary but would like an opportunity to prove my ability. Can submit excellent references. Box A, care California Lumber Merchant.

WANTED: SALESMAN

Want high class Redwood salesman. One who knows Southern California territorv. Good job for right man. Address, giving particulars, Box .4-6, care California Lumber Merchant.

SPLENDID OPPORTUNI'bY FOR RIGHT MAN

Wanted: All 'round man for yard in good town. Must have following qualifications: We would like to have a man who knows lumber; a little bookkeeping, and one who can read plans and list ordinary millwork; one who can figure out a rough house or barn and talk intelligently to a customer regarding such buildings. Such a man should be quick at figures. Aside from this his duties would be to take orders over the counter, see that they are properly executed by the men under him, etc. Address, Box A-4, care California Lumber Merchant.

PLANING IIILL Manager or Superintendent wants situation. rrhere efficiency is appreciated. Thoroughly competent estimator in sash, doors, office fixtures, stair rvork and general mill rvork and all details of manufacturing same. Not an efficiency expert, just a practical mill man of large experiecne.

If your plant is sick I will put it on a paying basis, or no pay. Would prefer situation rvith salary and division of profits. High class references. Address Box A-5 clo California Lumber Merchant.

WANTED-LUMBER OFFICE CLERK FOR RETAIL LUMBER YARD AND PLANING MILL, INVOICING, COUNTER \IIORK AND ASSISTANT BOOKKEEPER. UUST BE ABOVE AVERAGE IN SPEED AND ACCURACY AT FIGURING. USE TYPEWRITER AND COMPTO. METER SALARY $I5O.OO AND UP. ADDRESS IN O\^'N HANDWRITING AND GIVE COM. .PLETE HISTORY OF PAST EXPERIENCE. DE. SCRIBE WORK HAVE DONE, STATE AGE AND GIVE REFERENCES.

GOOD FUTURE FOR SOME BRIGHT YOUNG MAN WITH PEP AND INITIATIVE. CONFIDENTIAL IF REQUESTED.

SANTA BARBARA LUMBER COUPANY, SANTA BARBARA. CALIF.

WANTED-HIGH CLASS SALESMANAGER TO TAKE COMPLETE CHARGE OF NEW AND IMPROVED LINE OF PATENTED KITCHEN 'FIXTURES AND IRONING BOARDS. u'ANT A MAN CAPABLE OF PROMOTING A SALES OR. GANIZATION COVERING SEVERAL STATTS. GIVE FULL PARTICULARS OF WHAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IN PAST AND INCLOSE REFERENCES. FINE OPPORTUNITY FOR A LIVE WIRE YOUNG UAN TO UAKE A GOOD CONNECTION u|ITH A GREAT FUTURE. CONFIDENTIAL IF REQI'ESTED. MASTERBUILT FIXTURE COUPANY. P. O. BOX 572. SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.

HIGH CLASS SALESMAN WANTS PACIFIC COAST CONNECTION

High-class Yellorv Pine Salesman. thoroughly acquainted rvith the trade in Houston and South Texas, would like to connect rvith a strictly first-class Pacific Coast concern as their representative in Houston. Texas. References. Address Box A-2. clo California l-umber I\ferchant.

Roiny Season ROOFING

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Pioneer Shingle-Design Roll Roofing is quickly and easily laid-in the case of old roofs it goes on right over the old shingles-no delay removing the old ssed-ne need to expose the interior to possible damage.

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Use STORM KING Plastic Cement for leaks and patches.

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