The California Lumber Merchant - November 1925

HERE are twelve gtlcld reasons why Lumber Dealers from Canada to Mexico find it convenient to handle Schumacher Wall Board. Here are the givslysr-4 factory in Los Angeles; a factory in Seattle; a branch oflice in San Francisco; warehouses in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Stockton, San Rafael, Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, and San Diego.

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PHIL B. HART Manatlng Editor

A.M.THACKABERRY

Clrculatlon Manager

A. C. MERRYMAN Advertising

J. E. MARTIN

Mgr. Su Francisco Office

W. T. BLACK

Mrr. Portlud (Xlice

THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

JackDionn e.prblishffi

Inccporatcd undcr thc lawe of Cdifornia

J, C. Dlonna, Prca. and Treu.; Phll B. Hart' VlcePrer.; J. E. Martin' Sccy. Publlrhed the lrt ud lSth of each modth rt

3lE-19-20 CENTR.AL BUILDING, L.()S ANGELES, CAL- TELEPHONE, VAndtkc l5it5 Entcrcd ar Second-clacr Eatter SGptGEb* 8, 19iE2, at thc Portofflcc rt Lo Angclee, Callfornia, undcr Act of March 3, 1E70.

How Lumber Looks

Mid-November rees a pasrive condition in the wholerale lumber market.

Probably at no time during the part nine monthr have building and credit conditions been ro favorable, a! now' all through the state. Permitr in practicdly every town and city rhow a buildins activity, but the dealerr are not buying ar freely ar these conditione would indicate.

The wholeeale market, in the southern prrt d the rtate, har been firm and has not changed in the palt tryo weeks. ln fact, pricer are as firm, at the pren'ailing lirtr, er they have been at any time this year. There ir no over supply of rtockr at San Pedro, the mill reprerentativee and wholecale men leem to feel that there will be a rtiffening in prices be. twe€n now and the fint of the year, and they are ritting tight, as are the men behind the gunr, up at the mills.

A telqram from San Francirco, on the morrring of the 13tt, had thic to lay: "The Douglar Fir cargo rnarket har rhown a elight weakneu during the part two weelc, and pricec have weakened romewhat, due, it ir thought, to conriderable rtockr arriving. The retail demand in the Bay Dirtrict b not quite ar active as two weekr ego, although wholecalen report that the volurne of burineer ir holding up, and at the prerent time there are only 16 boatr tied up. Lath continuer a strong itern. Mill pricee ere holding well. The rail market ehowa elight change; some reportr that the

demand hac weakened duriirs the part week. Rail pgger are holding. No change in Redwood, good dernand. Pine market ir active and pricer holding."

A Portland authority had tbe following to ray, within the last few dayr:

"There is a rtrong rentiment growing anongst the mi[r in favor of reducing production and it lookr now ar though something definite will come of it very ehortly. The extent to which production regulation may go holdr many posiibilities. At the prercnitime there ir a rtrong gentim€nt in favor of a five-day week and several large plantr are contemplating unuaudly long shutdownt over ttre holiday periil. Frequently lhir anxiav to get under cover apreadr io the retailer and caurer him to anticipate hir wantr at leart partidty. With the yardr having rtockr now that are known io be much below normal, rhould there be a general reduc' tion of rawing to a five-day week it might be a meanr-of jarring the'buierr loore from their prerent ctand. While thit ir romewhat far fetched it ir a possibility.

'3The next two weeks may be very evenfful for the lumbcr market and it ir largely a matter of guen work at to what will happen. One thing ir certain' the feeling that produc' tion is too high ir becoming generd and it reemr certain that t{re output will be reduced in some way. What the demand will do ir something that can only be gueered at."

And Now the Northwest Will Advertise!

Welcome to the advertiring fold, you Northwestern lumber manufacturers.

In our last iasue the welcorne news was broadcasted that the West Coast Lumbermen's Association would immediately start a broad and active advertising campaign, to cover a number of years. Enough money was sub. scribed to do the iob right.

So Douglas Fir, that great wood, will finally be advertised.

Ten years ago the Publisher of this iournal addresged the manufacturers of the Northweet

time after time, advising them to start advertising, start creating a market for their goods.

Cypress started first. Then Southetn Pine. Then Northern White Pine. Then Northern Hemlock. Then the hardwoods dropped into the game. Then Redwood. Then California Pine. Then Pondosa Pine.

And now last, but far from least, comes Fir. And today, for t{re first time in histor-y', evety great species of merchantable American woods, are being nationally advertiged.

Three loud and rousing cheers.

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Another Lesson From the Auto Industry

Bg Jach Dionne

The home building merchant has learned plenty of good lessons from the auto industry in the last ten yedrs.

And he can keep right on learning them.

Take the Automotive Equipment Association activities, for instance. They, for the past year, have been conducting an "Ask'em to Buy" campaign, their idea being that every man who owns a car is a prospective purchaser of some of the many things that are being built nowadays to improve, and beautify the car.

They sold that idea to the auto supply men of the whole nation. When a car drives up to a service station for any purpose, run your eye over the car, inspect its equipment, note what is missing, and suggest the addition of that thing or things to the owner. "Ask him to buy it." Suggestion sells worlds of things that the buyer had neve,r dreamed of purchasing, until the suggestion came along.

That is.what this journal, since the day of its birth, has been advising the lumber dealer to do. Of course, the home owner can't drive his home up to the lumber dealer's door, so the lumber dealer has to do the, visiting, which makes it somewhat more difficult, but the opportunities remain the same.

Now, the auto manufacturers are making it hard for the "Ask'em to Buy" dealers, by realizing that in the past, when cars were shipped and sold practically in stripped condition, the auto equipment man made as much or more profit as did the auto dealer. So now many cars are coming from the factory fully equipped. These additions are extra, and have to be added to the list price, but the purchaser, seeing them on the car, very seldom can bear to order any of them taken off. He buys them.

Thus is the public being sold in two ways on the extra equipment for his new car, and for his old car.

The building merchant has that same opportunity. He has his plans of built-in things, of French doors, mirrored doors, extra porches, and a hundred other things, that can be added to either the old home or the new, and which must be sold by the power of suggestion, and the art of visualization, just as the auto man does it.

The "Ask 'em to Buy" campaign applies beautifully to the building merchant. Let's use it more generally.

The

California Retail Lumber Annual Is Over. Fresno proved a splendid host and the Convention was the best in the history of the Association. The dealers returned hoine full of new ideas about quality, service, andbetter business methods. We congratulate the Association on the splendid meeting.

OAK-250 species in all, 50 of them in thc Unitcd States.

Used universally for flooring, shipbuilding, in automobiles, furniture, etc. The Oak is an evergreen trce.

Our cork comes from the bark of the Oak, growing in Portugal.

A church at Hull, England, was repaired recently and it was discovered that the entire framework was of Oak. It was built in, 1270.

"Bobbie" Byrne Tells L. A. Hoo Hoo About Hardwoods

B. W. (Bobbie) Byrne, Secretary of the Western Hardwood Lumber Company, was chairman at the November 5, the first of the monthiy "surprise" meetings.

President Wickersham explained that these meetings would be held once each month, that one of the members would be called upon as the speaker and that he would tell about his own business.

Bobbie officiated well for the hardwood industry and told the boys a number of things that were no doubt nerv to them.

The most interesting thing that he related was the discovery, by scientists, tfiat the Ark, that splendid equippage that iarrild Noah and his large animal family to safety, was constructed of a wood known as Gopher Wood, believed to be a species of Cypress, one of the greatest of the rotresisting 'commercial'woods. It has been stated that Noah coleredhi. vessel with a heavy layer of pitch.

The speaker touched on practically all of the better known cbmmercial hardwoods, telling a few of the characterstics, where the trees are found, etc.

Some of the high lights of the address follo'iv :

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The largest Oak tree is in California, at Sonora. Thc best Oak comes from Indiana and West Virginia.

BIRCH-Comes from Michigan and Wisconsin and some frorn Japan. Used for flooring, wagon work, etc., where great strength is required.

MAPLE-From the same states in this country as Birch, used for flooring and furniture work. The Maple is found all over the world but the best commercial varieties grow in our own country.

MAHOGANY-An evergreen, growing mainly in Central America and the Indies. Used largely for cabinet work, airplane and boat building, etc. Mahogany is largely used in this country. Other varieties come from Africa, not a true mahogany, but generdly accepted as such, the same as the varieties produced in the Philippines.

GUM-From the Mississippi Valley, used largely for finish and cabinet work. A familiar wood.

HICKORY-The toughest American wood, grown all over the United States and used largely for wheels, handles, spring boards, ctc.

POPLAR-AIso from the Mississippi Valley, used where great strength is required.

ASH-Comes from all parts of this country, and there are gr€at virgin stands in Siberia.

AROMATIC CEDAR-Grows in Eastern United States, principally Tennessee. Used originally for pencil, and now mainly for closet lining and chests. This wood is practically evcrlasting and its aroma renders it bug and moth proof.

TEAK-Comes from Bangkok, Siam. Very heavy in oil content and is used extensively in ship work and for high class finish work. The tree is ringed three years before cutting to allow drainage so that the tree, when felled, will be suficient dry to foat to the mill. Elephants are used in thc teak operation and it is interesting that thc forests owe their origin to the ancient custom of planting innumerable trees around the temples and shrines.

IRON BARK-Comes from Australia, and is a spccies of eucalyp- tus. Is very hard and heavy, thc trces grow to an immcnsc sizc. Used largely in shipbuilding, bridge work and elsewhere where great strcngth is required.

LIGNUM VITAF-Comes from Central America. Is the hardest and heaviest wood known. Very heavy in oil contcnt, uscd for bcarings on ships, and is sold by the pound.

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"Bosses' Day" at Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club started sornething new when they had their first annual "Bosses' Day" at the Elite on October 29. The idea came from President Wickersham. He felt that the big fellows were not taking enough interest in the club and that it was up to the boys to show them just what was being done.

There were over eighty in attendance and the large number of owners and managers that were there was a gratification to the officers of the club.

Dave Woodhead presided. I{e talked for a short time on the great work that Hoo-Hoo had done and what it could do, with proper support. He stated that all branches of the lumber industry were represented at the meeting and he called on a man from each line of business for a threeminute address. Frank Wise, Patten & Davies, talked for the retailers; Roy Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son, for the hardwood men; Ted Lawrence, Hart-Wood Lumber Co., for the wholesalers; Jack Thomas, Coos Bay Lumber Co., for the manufacturers; Andy Donovan, Union Lumber Co., for the redwood men; John Johnson, John Johnson Flooring Co., for the hardwood flooring rnen, and H. T. Didesch, Millwork Institute. for the millwork industrv.

Roy Stanton likened the lumber game tb a golf contest and admonished the members to not "press," meaning cutting prices. Ted Lawrence stated that Hoo-Hoo was a great leveler, bringing men together around a common board where they could forget that they were competitors or that one was the buyer and the other the seller. Jack Thomas said that the best example of Hoo-Hoo influence was right around the table, at this meeting. John Johnson injected humor into the meeting by saying that if they would guarantee a large number of his competitors attendance at these Thursday meetings, he would be out in the

territory each Thursday, getting some business. Ha.nk Didesch spoke of the great need for reforestation and the opportunity for Hoo-Hoo to organize and spread propaganda to refute the unfavorable stories about lumber and its products.

Dave Woodhead proposed that the Los Angeles Club engage a paid secretary, to give his entire time in the inter: ests of lfoo-Hoo and the lumber industry. The financing of this program would be done by voluntary subscription by organizations, and not individual.

Paul Kent, Osgood Lumber Company, sang a number of songs and made his usual hit. President Wickersham announced that Berne S. Barker. Pacific Readv Cut Homes. Inc., would be chairman of the coming Dinner Dance and Christmas Partv.

Eddie Houghion and Eddie Culnan, both with the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Company, sang, and were well received.

Here are the names of some of the Bosses who attended:

$Aeldon Morris, Sou. Cal. Hardwood & Mfg. Co.

W. E. Cooper, W. E. Cooper Lumber Co.

D. J. Cahill, Western Hardwood Lumber Co.

L. H. Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son.

B. W, Byrne, Western Hardwood Lumbcr Co.

Howell Baker, California Panel & Veneer Co.

Frank Curran, E. K. Wood Lumber Co.

Wm. Bawbell, Bawbell Lumber Co.

Bob Tate. Tate Lumber Co.

E. F. Swanson, Eagle Rock Lumber Co.

Dave Woodhead, Woodhead Lumbcr Co.

O. A. Topham, Hepburn Topham Mill Co.

H. T. Didesch, Millwork Institute of California.

John A. Johnson, Johnson Hardwood Floor Co.

J. C. Owens, Owens Parks Lumber Co.

F. C. Osgood, Osgood Lumber Co.

And a lagge number of others.

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We think mighty well of our service, we advertise to tell you about it, but we are working every day to improve it for both our sakes.

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Sugar Pine Sales Co. to Handle Sales of Sugar Pine Output

The Sugar Pine Sales Co., with membership comprising the Red River Lumber Co., Westwood; Sugar Pine Lumber Co., Fresno; Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Co., Madera; Yosemite Lumber Co., Merced Falls; Standarcl Lumber Co', Sonora; Pickering Lumber Co., Tuolumne; Michigan-California Lumber Co., Camino; McCloud Lumber Co., McCloud; Hutchinson Lumber Co., Oroville, and the Swayne Lumber Cd., Oroville, was recently organized to handle the sales of the sugar pine output of these mills. The new company will have as its purpose, the trade promotion, trade extension, and co-operative marketing of sugar pine lumber, and its membership includes from 85 to 95 per cent of all the sugar pine lumber produced in the state.

The executive offices of the company will be in the Monadnock Building, San Francisco. The policies of the new company are to be controlled by an executive committee, made up of represehtatives of each of the mills holding membership in the company. The company plans to carry on a publicity campaign, both in the local and eastern markets, advertising the uses and quality of the better grades of sugar pine. It is estimated that the company will handle the sales involving between 100,000,000 and 125,000,000 feet of lumber annually.

Edward P. Ivory has been appointed Sales Manager of the company. For the past two years. Mr. Ivory has been associated with the California White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers Association, in charge of their Trade Extension Department. Prior to his coming to San Francisco, he was connected with the Forest Service Laboratory at Madison, Wisconsin, where he spent a considerable period on Lumber Standardizatioh work in connection with the new American Lumber Standards. Mr. Ivory will leave his Association rvork on Nov. l5 to take over his new position with the Sugar Pine Sales Co. Mr. fvory states that the purpose of the Sugar Pine Sales Co. is to follow out the idea recently expressed by President Coolidge which will be the orderly marketing of the sugar pine lumber crop.

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The Fact is that California was Never so Prosperous as Now

By Jack Dionne Reprinted From The Gulf Coast Lumberman

On an average of about twice a day some interested person asks me in all seriousness about the "slump" in California; is it as bad as reported? is there any chance for California to come back? what seems to be the big trouble? etc.

When you hear this a few times, you may be inclined to dismiss the subject with the thought that it was just an accidental report. But when everyone you meet rvho is interested in the subject of California expresses the same opinion, and asks the same questions, there is nothing to do but assLlme that a whole lot of people,- somewhere, are busily engaged in the manufacture and distribution of lying propaganda against California.

Because the facts are exactly the opposite of what all these lying reports declare them to be. I have been going to California continuously for seven years. For four years I have been in business there, and very closely in contact with the vital facts about California business. I rvatched conditions during the high tide boom of three years ago in California.

And it is my pleasure to declare right now that THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A TIME SINCE I HAVE KNOWN CALIFORNIA WHEN THAT STATE WAS IN ANY-

ENJOYING RIGHT THIS MINUTE.

And that condition covers the entire state, from the mighty forests of the North, where "rolls the Oregon," to "Coronado's Silvery Strand."

They say that Los Angeles is in "bad shape." With the water of those boom days all squeezed out of her building operations and land values, and right down to bed rock in valuations, Los Angeles is doing more than twice as much building this year, and this week, and this month, as any other city of its size in America, and three and four and five times as much as some cities of about the same size rvhere you can l.rear the story that Los Angeles is in a slump.

From every viervpoint and in every way that I am capable of judging conditions, Los Angeles is in far better shape than she has ever been before since the first settler lit there.

AND THAT SAME STATEMENT iS TRUE OF (Continued

on Page 18)

THING LIKE THE CONDITION OF SPLENDID, CONSISTENT, SAFE, CONSERVATIVE, YET ACTIVE AND PROGRESSIVE PROSPERITY THAT IT IS

(Continued from Page 16)

PRACTICALLY EVERY TOWN, CITY AND DISTRICT IN CALIFORNIA.

San Francisco continues the same steady stride of business and building progress that she has maintained without interruption or set-back, for many years.

The entire Bay District surrounding San Francisco is enjoying the healthiest and heartiest sort of a boom. Oakland is one of the fastest and best grorving cities in the entire land.

Building permits throughout California continue to show a large improvement over last year in every county in California, with not more than two exceptions, which is remarkable indeed.

The lumber people are prosperous from end to end of California. Collections are good, and business is good, with the lumber industry. A loan on a California home today, is as good security as in any state in the union. Values are conservative, anil building paper is a fine investment.

AND THERE IS NO BETTER WAY TO JUDGE ANY DISTRICT THAN BY ITS BUILDING ACTIVITY, THE CONSERVATIVE VALUE OF HOME INVESTMENTS, AND COLLECTIONS IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.

I don't know of any legitimate business that is not prospering in California.

In California they believe that all this propaganda against California originates with the professional "boomers" who are working the nation, selling Florida real estate, and they are taking steps to counteract it.

The boom in Southern Florida is probably fir'e times as

Los Angeles Hoo Hoo to Gladden Hearts of Kiddies

The Los Angeles Hoo-IIoo Club's Christmas activities this year will be in the form of a monster Christmas Party, given at the Orthopedic Hospital, rvith fun and gifts for all the unfortunate kiddies rvho are being treated at this institution.

'Elaborate plans are being laid under the personal direction of the Club's president, W. B. Wickersham. He has appointed a splendid committee, consisting of L. H. Stanton, Herman L. Rosenberg, A. L. Hoover, B. W. Byrne, Paul Hallingby and Harry V. Hanson.

fanatic, as the three year ago boom in Southern California. Real estate has risen to prices in Florida several times higher, comparatively, than they ever rose in Southern California.

Florida enjoys a short winter season rvhen the balmy atmosphere is very attractive to people from the frozen north. But the spring and fall are both' very warm, and the summer is hotter than the hinges of Perdition. They have a close corner on the mosquito and other insect crop of the nation.

Ninety percent of the population of California lives on the Pacific Coast, where they have tu'elve months every year of delightful weather, never hot, never cold, never a roach or a mosquito to sully living conditions, practically no vermin or insects (due to the long, dry summef), and delightful living conditions.

The most productive valleys in the world, intensely cultivated to produce fruits and vegetables of great variety and volume, are right at their door. The wonderful Pacific is at their front door; the mountains are always close by and available; metropolitan cities are immediately at hand ; marvelous boulevards cross and criss-cross the country in every direction, reaching every point from sea to mountaintop; the climate fills you with pep, and is strongly conducive to athletic prowess as is evidenced by the college athletic ascendency of the entire state; there are always lovely and interesting things to see, and hear, and do, in California.

Anti-California stories can only be built upon envy and jealousy. California is a good bet in every business way, and will be for all time to come.

The Lord has his arm around that commonrvealth. if er-er He had it around anv sDot on earth.

STANTON JOINS "HOLE-IN-ONERS"

L. H. (Roy) Stanton. head of E. J. Stanton & Son, l-os Angeles hardrvood concern, has had his name added to the list in the Hall of Fame, for making his "hole-in-one" at the Wilshire Club on October 24. The great feat was accomplished on the dififlcult tenth hole and Roy is doubly proud that he made the remarkable shot on a hole that has much trouble connected rvith it, making it necessary to have an absolutely perfect tee shot.

lfe now holds his head up with Gus Hoover and a number of other lumbermen rvho have ioined the llole-in-One Club.

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California Retail Lumbermen's Assn. Convention at Fresno

C. W. Pinkerton Re-elected President. Adopts Code of Ethics. Opposes Federal Capital Stock Tax. Adopts Lumber and Material Certificate Plan. Urges Ownership and Better Homes.

The fourth annual convention of the' California Retail Lumbermen's Association convened at the Californian Hotel, Fresno, on-October 30 and 31. The Convention was largely attended and was the most representative convention yet held by the Associatioq. It was a very successful meeting and there was much constructive legislation that resulted from the two day sessions.

The mernbers of the San Joaquin. Valley Lumbermen's Club proved beyond a doubt that Fresno is an ideal Convention city. There vyere several delightful entertainments for the ladies who attended the Convention, and there was always something doing of intorest for the men folks when the Convention was not in session. Too much praise cannot be given to the members of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club and their wives and families for the delightful program and enlertainment arranged for the visiting lumbermen and their families.

F'RIDAY MORNING SESSION

The convention was called to order by President C. W. Pinkerton, Whittier, who announced that Frank L. Fox of Glendale, vice president of the Southern District, would act as the presiding officer of the morning session. After Rev. George Gibson had pronounced the invocation, community singing was led by A. G. Wahlberg.

After Chairman Fox had made a short talk in which he urged the members to support the association by taking an active part in its affairs, he called on J. C. Ferger, President of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club. who made the address of welcome.

In welcoming the visiting lumbermen to the city of Fresno, Mr. Ferger said:

The business program progressed rapidly and there were many excellent addresses, talks and discussions on matters relating to the retail lumber business, lumber standardization, fire hazards in lumber yards and woodworking plants, maximum results and minimum costs in farm construction, grade marking and merchandising of grade marked materials, freight rates, lien law legislation and home financing and building and loan factors.

At the annual meeting of the Board of Directors, C. W. Pinkerton was elected President for the third time. The State Association has made remarkable strides under Mr. Pinkerton's leadership, and the Association is to bc congratulated on having such an untiring and energetic leader during the coming year.

There were approximately 350 men and women registered at the meeting.

Presidcnt: C. W. PinLcrton, Whittier. Vice President:'Northcrn District, C. G. Bird, Stockton. Southcrn District, Paul Hallingby, Lor Angeles.

Trcasurcr: J. E. Ncighbor, Oatrland.

Sccretary: J. E. Frascr, San Francirco.

Dircctors:

P:ul M. P. Merner, Palo Alto. Harry Fuller; Lodi:

C. H. Grifren, Jr., Santa Cruz. Elmore King, Bakcrsfield.

J. H. McCallum, San Francisco.

F. Dcan Prescott, Frcsno.

E. T. Robic, Auburn.

J. H. Shepard, Sacramento.

R. F. Wells, Turlock.

Frank Wright, Portcrville.

Frank L. Fox, Glendalc.

Francic L. Boyd, Santa Barbara.

C. E. Bonestel, Ventura.

C. P. Curran, Pomona.

W. T. Davies, Pasadena.

To me has been assigncd the vcry pleas- ll 4. E. r'-ickllq& Lot ant duty of extending to you a weicorac ll FranLN.-Gibbs,-I to thc eity of Frcsn6. It is hardly nec- ll !"- !. $-alyard' cssary to lxpress to you in words -whlch ll 9.o. San fail tb conviy to yori our vcry dccp ap- 11 4.J. -S-toner, Qawt preciation of youi sclection 6f .oui fair fl Rivcr city as thc place in which to hold your ll dclibcrations. In extcnding to you thc # frccdorn of our city, I have no keys to the city to givc to i6q as is customiry in welcoming visitors in our raidst, for the rcason that wc do not keep thc gates of our city locked or closcd; thcy arc always wide open and the key has been throwrr away. But we do have kcys to our hcarts, and to you who are hcre today, we surrender these keys, wcll knowing that through your friendship and good will, you will unlock the gatcs of our lov€, fricndship and welcomc to you.

A. t. Fickling, Long Bcach.

Frank N. Gibbs, Anaheim.

Sam T. Hayvard, Los Angelcs.

Geo. F. Hoff, San Diego.

A. J. Stoner, Sawtclle.

A. D. Whitc, Rivcrside.

I could talk to you for an bour or morc tclling you of the wonderfuf City that bids you wclcome; of its civic lifc, commercial lifc, and varicd industrics, and of the human intcrest centcrcd in your convcntion. But this I shall lcavc to othcrs to dq who arc morc capablc than I, and who havc prcparcd therngclves for this puirpose. You arc not hcrc to listcn to long addrcases. Yoi are hcrc for a purposc, and havc work to pcrform, and I realize that you are anxirous to gct to work. Thcrcfore, I shall only kcep you a fcw moments. I am rcminded at. this time of a story whcrc an orator was selected to give an addrcss of wclcone; and starting hie addrers with thc Creation, he continued on and on until all but one man had lcft thc hall. Finally rcalizing that cvcryonc crcept this onc man had left thc hall, he stopped his addrcss and, extending his hand in welcomc to thc stranger, hc said, "Well, friend, I want to thank you for your courtesy in stalng after evcryone cllc has gone." Th€ strangclarosc and srid, "If,fell, old man, I would havc gone, too, but I am the ncxt on thc program. I am to respond to your.address of wcl-. comc.

NOW'S THE TIME

If you have somc work that's waiting, Now's thc timc.

Do not stand therc hcsitating, Nos's the time.

Il you wait and arc so slow

While the golden mlnutcs go:

You'll not have rcsults to showNow's the time.

If you havc a task bcforc you, Norl's thc timc.

Oh, I carncstly implore yout Nory's ttrc time.

If you only really kncw

Just how much irt meant to you; Life is short and ycars are fcwNow's the time.

If you wish to help anothcr, Nou/s thc time.

Ilo not wait a ycar, my brother; Now's thc timc.

Just a simple thing, I guess, But Ill tell you plainly, ycs, It's the secrct of succcssNow's thc time.

And now in conclusion, permit me to say that as the Prcsidcnt of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermcn's Club, and in its bchalf, I cxtend to you a hearly wclcome into our midst; and it is the sincere wish of each and every lumberman in the San Joaquin Valley, that this State Association meeting will bc the banncr mecting of them all, and that when you d€part from our fair City, you will say that this meeting was worth while, and that you want to come back.

enjoy the scenery. The future'belongs to California if we will only capitalize on our cultural and spiritual resources as well as our physical resources."

Max

E. Cook

"Maximum Results at Minimum Costs in Farm Construction" (The Relation of the Lumber Dealer Industry to the Farming Industry) rvas the subject discussed by Max E. Cook, Farmstead Engineer, in charge of the Agricultural Department of the Californra Redwood Association.

In speaking of the values of a plan, Mr. Cook stated that better types of buildings or improved structures are not produced by accident. Successful buildings must be planned. It does not necessarily follow that every farmer should retain an architect, but there are, nevertheless, rec-

M. A. Harris, San Francisco, Vice President of the Northern District, responded in fitting terms to Mr. Ferger's address of welcome.

Dr. Knoles Talks

"California's Unfolding" was the subject of the address that was ably made by Dr. Tully C. Knoles, President of the College of the Pacific of Stockton. Sketching the political history of the state, its successive ownership by Spain, Mexico and the United States, Dr. Knoles showed how successive waves of population have influenced development until today the resource of greatest value is the "human crop". There doesn't seem to be any end to the productivity of the state, but if anything hinders development it will be through our foolish nationalism which may retard the development of our international markets. He spoke on the large area that is now planted to cotton in the state, and also declared that over 85,000 refrigerator cars will be needed to move the green fruit crop this year.

"Our great crop is the human crop, however," the speaker commented. "The great proportion of the people are coming to this state to bring a profit from the soil ancl not to

ognized channels through which he can obtain valuable assistance at little or no cost. He stated that the retail lumber dealer should contribute his efforts toward collecting and disseminating accurate and reliable information to him.

One of the most effective ways to keep down the cost is to eliminate waste, he declared, not only through the use of the most adaptable designs but through the selection of materials most suited and most economical in lengths, sizes and patterns. Maximum results are obtained only where every dollar works and buys real value and quality materials give service resulting in true economy, he asserted.

Mr. Cook spoke on the farmstead layout, and under maximum results at minimum costs he referred to the unit system of building, shell or skeleton system, and temporary dwellings.

According to the 1920 census, he stated that California is 32 per cent rural, including over one million people of all ages, and there are over 140 farms in the state. He said it is the duty of the retail lumber dealer to assist the farmer in developing better housing and that he should assume the role of "father advisor" on farm building problems. The farmer has the right to expect this kind of service from his lumber dealer, as he receives it from everybody else, and niodern merchandising demands it, he stated. He said the Agricultural Department of the California Redwood Association was ready at all times to contribute in this direction.

E. P. IVORY ON "STANDARDIZATION''

In his talk on "Standardization," Mr. Ivory of the California White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers' Association stated that the subject of grade-marking seemed to be very much before the lumbermen of the country at this time; that it was very noticeable on tl-re program of the convention being held.

"This grade-marking idea is a very natural outgrowth of the Standardization work that has been going on for some timc. Standardization had its inception in the minds of many men in different lines of trade, or different phases of the lumber industry shordy aftcr the war, and was given definite direction by Secretary Hoover in 1922. At that time, the Secretary of Commerce, through the Division of Simplified Practice, offered the co-operation and assistance of his department in bringing about lumber standardizatiron. This as-

J. E. Fraser Re-elected Secretary

F. Dean Prescott, Director Sam T. Hayward Director

C. LI/. Pinkerton

Re-elected President

II. A. Harris, Director J. H. Shepard, Director

'tAmong those present", as pictureil in the October 29th Fresno "Bee"

ristance was rcadily acceptcd by the lumbcr iqdustry,_ as -was that of thc Departmcnt bf Agriculturc, throlrgh-thc Forcst Service.

"Many months wcrc spcnt in invcrtigation, study, and long c911fcrcnccs-, which rought to eliminate, is far as possiblc, thediflcrcnccs in the specifications of diffcrent lumbcr-producing rcgions, end dcvclop unifild standards of sizc, grade and nomcnclature for the wholc Unitcd Statcs.

"Dcfinite progress was made, and, in l|if'ay, 1923, and again in May, 1924, thc tumbci produccrs, distributors and consurncrs of thc wholc United Statcs met in Secretary Hoover's officc in Washington, and agrced to support the standards dcvclopcd.

-"As regardi sizes, the Standardization progtam consistcd of unit sizes for the raajority of dreseed lumbcr itcms, but in two very important ones-'.he dressed thickncss for inch boards and for two

up a dcfinitc rccornmendation for onc or the othcr of thc two standardr providcd. Thir Committcc is now functioning, and cxpcctt to bring in a rccommendation this coming rpring.

A dchnitc rct of gradc namct was adoptcd by praetically-all thc rcgional arrociationr, and an cfiort has bccn rnade during thc p1e1 ycir to put thcm into cfrcct. Success in this has becn only partial, so far ai thc actud salcr of lumbcr arc conccrncd. In many of tllrc lumbcr manufacturing rcgiona, rhcrc changcr in gradc namc! arc votcd upon by thc mcmbcrl, thcsc vcry samc rtrcnbers continuc to tsc thc bld namcg in thcir salcs letters and on invoiccs. Thcn, again, rctailcrs and buycrr of lumber stick to thc old dcsignations, rathcr than adopt ncw oncc. The rcsult ie that Standardization ma&cr progress ilowly. The actual standardization of lumber gradee is in much the samc oosition as thc grade nomcnclature, but may bc raid to be slowly gctting undcr way.

Mr. Ivory closcd 'i/ith an appeal to thc rctailers to do thcir part in buying and selling Standard products, and again callcd thcir attention to the fact that grade-marLing, to bc effectivc. must bc bascd on efrectivc Standardization-if not National Standardization, at least a regional standardization."

E. P. Iz'ory Talhed on Standardi:ation

inch dimension-a single standard proved impossible of achievcmcnt, and the dual standard ol ?.t-32 and 13-16 for one in^h boards, and Ls/g and lt/a tor two inch dimensions, was put into cfiect. This rerulted in the elimination of many other dressed thicknesses, but did not cntirely sui: all parties concerned.

"Accordfurgly, at thc last General Confcrence held in Washington in May, 1925, it was agrced that a joint investigativc body, madc up of Forcst Products Laboratory cxpcrts, architects, re'ailcrs, wholesalcrs and manufacturers, should endeavor, during this ycar, to draw

Following Mr. Ivory's address there was a general discussion on the subject in which many of the members present took part, and they outlined the progress that had been made in their respective sections. Adolph Pfund, Secretary of the National Retail Lumber Dealers' Association of Chicago, gave a short talk on the proqress of the Standardization movement in the east. Mr. Pfund stated that all the eastern lumber associations have endorsed the movement. We have passed through the period of argumentation, he stated, and are now on the threshold of getting the movement into actual practice.

"Fire Hazards in Lumber Yards and Wood Working Plants" was the subject of the address, illustrated with stereopticon views, given by P. E. Overend, chief engineer of Southern Dept. of Lumber Mutuals. Mr. Overend discussed in detail the fire hazards around mills, lumber offices, lumber yards, and wood working plants. Smoking should be absolutely forbidden in lumber yards and among wood

l. C. Ferger, Royal Host

workers and the man who insists on smoking around lumber yards should tre kicked out, he declared. In concluding his address, he said that "the best fire protection facilities are useless if house cleaning conditions are bad."

The Resolutions Committee appointed at this session was made up of M. A. Harris, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, Chairman; Frank Minard, C. S. Pierce Lumber Co., Fresno; Robert Inglis, San Joaquin Lumber Co., Stockton, and George H. Bentley, Bentley Lumber Co., Glendale.

FRIDAY A,FTERNOON SESSION

M. A. Harris, vice president of the Northern District, presided over the afternoon session.

Ralph Merritt, President of the Sun Maid Raisin Growers of California, Fresno, gave an excellent address on "Cooperation." In addressing the Convention, Mr. Merritt said:

"Cooperation in industry or in national matters is the keynote of progress. Cooperation must run through every phase of community, national and international life.

"There are no better examples of cooperation than the trade associations, particularly in the lutnber industry.

mand opetate in the farmers' case as much as in the lumber industry.

"Through cooperation there can be created an understanding of the problems the farmer is facing. He must know how much tonnage the u'orld can take of each type of product, and then he can fix his program of production accordingly. Through cooperation he can create standards of quality. Cooperation can produce a larger return than if there were no cooperation. Cooperation is now applying sound business principles to agriculture."

A Larsson, Larsson Traffic Bureau, San Francisco, made a report on the hearing before the Interstate Commerce Commission on the proposed freight rate advance on building commodities. Mr. Larsson gave a short resume of the proceedings of the meeting held at Chicago an dadvised that other meetings will be held by the Commission at various cities throughout the country ,at which the public can present their cases. The next meeting will be held at Denver on November 9. This will be followed by a meeting in San Francisco on November 16.

"Ifome Financing and.Building and Loan Factors" was discussed by George K. Rogers of the Metropolitan Guarantee Building-Loan Association of San Francisco. Mr. Rogers gave a short. filstory of the building and loan movement in the United States, which at the present time has over 12,000 building and loan associations. He stated that 7O/o of the homes built last year were carried on through the building and loan associations. Mr. Rogers referred to the building and loan association work in California and compared it to the eastern section of the country where this movement has made remarkable progress. He urged fhe lumbermen of the state to get behind this movement, advising them that money invested in the building and loan associations would result in the building of more homes, and create a better demand for lumber.

Franh Minard,, L. L. Walher. Hosts at Hoo-Hoo Party

There has been more advance under Secretary of Commerce Herbert l{oover in the last four years than there was under all the laws and regulations adopted during the previous 20 years. Hoover did not impose laws, but invited the representatives of your industry to come to Washington and to sit down together to discuss your problems. He asked you to find ways of eliminating waste. You are here today to consider regulations imposed upon you. You are here to consider things you have developed for yourselves and for the development of your industry. That's cooperation.

"Sotne years ago there were 64 different definitions of a one-inch board, and in the solution of the problem, there developed what I call the 'Battle of the One-inch Board.' But the problem was solved, and for the one-inch board a standard and extra standard was finally adopted.

Big Saving

"These conferences have saved to the industry and the consumer not less than $200,000,000 annually. You are a part of the cooperative movement.

"Farmers have the largest single economic problem. There are 7,000,000 farmers, with the problem of producing food for this country and for export, and marketing it at a price which will enable them to sell it all, and to make a profit. There has been a lack of coordination in agriculture. Farming must be made a business, just like any other busiNESS.

"There are certain things cooperation can not do. It can not make a good farmer out of a bad one. It can not create a sound enterprise where there is no sound manage- ment. Cooperation cannot, through monopolistic or other control, fix a price that is out of line with the real values of competitive commodities. The laws of supply and de-

The discussion on "Grade Marking and Merchandising of Grade Marked Materials" was led by President C. W. Pinkerton, who addressed the convention as follows:

"The retail lumber business is falling into the rut of substitution; substituting one grade for another of the same material and substituting one specie for another-in fact you could call this an age of 'substitution.

Norv the retail dealers rvho believe in honest grades and fair dealings with the public, are confronted by the dealer who stocks nothing but the lorver grades

THE MAN WHO SAYS A THING CAN'T BE DONE, IS OFTEN INTERRUPTED BY SOMEBODY DOING IT.

Mar E. Cooh, Col. R. trV. Ass'n.

Cltas. G. Bird., Director

and does not care what he sells the public as'long as he makes a sale.

When the ordinary individual approaches the question of Home Building, he immediately f inds himself in a sphere that he doesn't understand, in fact he gropes around trying to find something that he can tie to, and he is often misled through ignorance of quality by the question of price. In his eyes one dealir is about as good as another and not being familiar with building material he assumes he will get about as good material from one as the other.

Right here is where the question of grade marking comes in. The terms R. O. P: or Com. O. P. do not mean anything to him but if the grade was stamped in plain figures on the piece, he can understand that and he u'ould realize that there rvas a vast difference in quality and price and in most cases would be rvilling to pay for value received.

Now I believe that the retailer has not performed his full duty to the public when he sells grade marked lumber but should give every buyer of material who ' builds a house or building a certificate certifying that he has sold such material and certifying as to grades and quality. The owner then would have something to show that he had put certain materials in the building and the value could be judged accordingly.

Then another interested party is the Building & Loan or Finance Organization. They would quickly take up the fact that there was a way by which they could know the quality of material that went into the

articles of daily use, are made of rvood, yet of all merchandise the consumer knorvs probably less about lumber than of any other article he buys. The average person rarely can tell one specie of wood from another when he sees it in.a sawn board, only experts have a technical knowledge of grading rules to distinguish one grade of lumber from another, and yet everyone.knows there is a wide range in grade, quality and price. Therefore, lumber buying has been much of a mystery.

Secretary Hoover says:

"There is no reason why conscientious grademarking of lumber should not be as successful as the grade-marking of other products manufactured on the basis of different qualities. The grade-marking of lumber seems to be particularly important because, unlike any other article, the quality of which can be analyzed, the grading of lumber largely depends on judgment founded upon long experience. It is therefore evident that the consumer often is at a loss to know whether he is actually receiving the quality for which he has paid and which he wants. Without grade-marks on lumber it is easily seen that grades may be mixed unintentionally. , The plain indication of grade on each piece of lumber protects consumers as well as distributors.

"Grade-marking will also reduce waste. Correctly grade-marked lumber can be bought and sold without necessitating achral inspection. . In other words, if the grade-marking is carried out in a conscientibus manner, lumber will be bought and sold unseen, as wheat or any other commodity the various qualities of which have been definitely determined. This will reduce the cost of distribution and stabilize lumber conditions.

"Through grade-marking practices the public will

construction of buildings that they loaned money on. In fact I believe it would be only a short time until all finance organizations r,vould specify that all buildings they loaned money to build, would be built of "Certifi ed l\{aterial."

Next to food and clothing the commodity most common to the life of mankind-is lumber. The home that shelters you, the building that houses your business. the furniture vou use and innumerable other

be educated in the various grades of lumber and in their correct and most economical uses. This will encourage certain consuming industries to increase their purchases of low grade material and thereby extend the uses for these qualities which are now often a drug on the market."

Therefore it behooves us as reputable retailers standing as lve are between the public and the manufacturer, to see that the public gets the'grade of

I. H. I][cCallum A. D. I'l/hite

E. T. Robie

W. T. Daaies

John Dudfield, Directors

Beauty

"TfaHE PERFECT FLOOR" is an important Darr of everv house that's built. Its l[ durability, economy, inherent beiuty, ani susceptibility to a fine finish are unsurpassed. LongBell trade-marked oak {looring is thoroughly seasoned, well manufactured and carefully graded so that the labor costs of laying and finishing are considerably reduced.

Mr. Glen Pierce, Contractor, Ionia, Mich., says: "Carpenter's time is also noticeably saved with good flooring which, being accuritely maChined and carefully seasoned-, can be ftted together with a minimum of e{fort Ordinary flooring often requires considerable effbrt tc drive the joints together and even ihen is Iikely to siread because not thoroughly seasoned."

The beauty of this quality floodng is not "skin deep"-IT IS DURABLE AND BEAUTIFUL ALL THE '\rAY THROUGH.

Ail Your Retail Lurnber Dealer for I-ong-Bell trade-rnailed Oal Flooing THE

LONG.BELL LUMBER COMPANY

material best suited for their needs and also protect the .public from the unscrupulous dealers as far as possible.

The following users of lumber have endorsed grade marking:

The National Lumber Manufacturers Assn.

National-American Wholesale Lumber Assn.

National Retail Lumber Dealers' Assn.

American Institute of Architects.

American Railway Engineering Assn.

American Railway Bridge and Bldg. Assn.

The Association of General Contractors of America. National Association of Builders' Exchanges. Association of Wood Using Industries.

Automobile Body Builders' Assn.

National Association of Wood Turners (Inc.)

"I would recommend that the California Retail I-umbermen's Association endorse the principle of grade marking and put in operation some plan of the retailer certifying his material to the public. I thank you."

Following President Pinkerton's address, there was a general discussion on the subject during which Harry A. Lake read a resolution passed by the Orange County Lumbermen's Club endorsing grade marking and the certification of lumber and building materials. E. D. Tennant, secretary of the Los Angeles District Lumbermen's Club, also announced that his organization had endorsed grade marking and lumber certification. A committee composed of E. T. Robie, Chairman, W, K. Kendrick, E. D. Tennant, A. J. Kelley, G. F. Hoff, C. P. Curran, Paul Merner, and C. W. Pinkerton, was appointed to draw up resolutions on the matter which would be acted upon at the Saturday morning session of the convention.

On Friday afternoon, the visiting ladies were guests of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club, at the Country Club where they were entertained at tea by the members' wives. During the tea, there was an excellent entertainment and musical program rendered.

SATURDAY MORNING SESSION

President C. W. Pinkerton called the meeting to order, and after community singing, called on Charles G. Bird, Chairman of the "Code of Ethics" Committee, Stockton Lumber Co.. to lead the discussion on the "Code of Ethics" Committee, Stockton Lumber Co., to lead the discussion on the "Code of Ethics."

Mr. Bird stated that at the Directors meeting held at Santa Barbara in January, M. A. Harris and himself, were appointed as a Committee to drarv up a "Code of Ethics" for the Association, a preliminary copy of their report be-

ing distributed among the members present at the Convention. He stated the purpose of the Code was to provide concrete principles of business methods which will serve as a guide and aid in the maintenance of correct business standards. Mr. Bird named the several lumber associations in the country who have adopted a ."Code of Ethics" and in formulating their Preliminary Report, he stated that the Committee had taken the matter up with these various associations. On June 13 at the Directors meeting at Glendale, the Preliminary Report was presented before the meeting, and on March 14 the report was presented before the meeting of the Central California Lumbermen's Club and was up for discussion at several of their meetings. On September 26, the report was presented before the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club for discussion.

The Preliminary Report which was submitted to the Convention for approval, in addition to the general introductory declarations, deals with "declarations effecting our relations with those from whom we buy," "declarations effecting our relations with those to whom we sell," "declarations effecting the relationship between ourselves as fellow dealers," "declarations effecting our relationship with the public at large," and the general concluding provisions.

New Directors

F. T. Robie moved for the adoption of the "Code of Ethics" rvhich was unanimously passed by the convention.

President Pinkerton announced the next business would be the election of new directors, and appointed the following committee to act aS tellers: W. R. Vanderwood, Earl Johnson, Arthur Kelley, George Ground, E. S. McBride, and Frank Minard. The election of Directors resulted as follows: Central District, R. F. Wells, 'West Turlock Lumber Co., Turlock; Peninsula District, Paul M. B. Merner, Merner Lumber Co., Palo Alto; San Francisco Bay District, J. E. Neighbors, Neighbors Lumber Yd., Oakland; San Joaquin Valley District, Frank Wright, Brey-Wright Lumber Co., Porterville; Santa Cruz Dist., C. H. Griffin, Jr., Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., Santa Cruz1' Beach District, A. T. Stoner, Sawtelle Lumber Co., Sawtelle; Orange County District, Verne Whitson, Whitson Lumber Co., Santa Ana; San Bernardino District, A. D. White,'Mccormick Lumber Co., Riverside, and Santa Barbara District, C. E. Bonestel, Peoples Lumber Co., Ventura.

The report .of the Resolutions .Committee was read by M. A. Harris, Chairman of the Committee, and the following resolutions were unanimously adopted.

RESOLVED: That wc extcnd a vote of thanks to the press and to the Trade Journals for the publicity givcn thc Convention and for thcir splendid co-opcration in making this annual mecting such a succcss.

RESOLVED: That in vicw of thc very cxcellent servicc rendered by the Californian Hotcl and the uniform couriesy shown our members by its entirc stafr during thc convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, that wc express our fullest apprcciration to the managcment for these scrvices rendered.

RESOLVED: That thc members of thc California Retail Lumbcrmen's Association at this convention hcrcby cipress, by a rising

Frank L. For, Director

A. E. Fichling, Director

C. E. Bonestel, Director Francis L. Boyd, Director

HAMMOND LUMBER COMPANY

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vote, their apprcciation to Presidcnt Pinkerton, for his uniiring work during thc past ycar.

RESOLVED:-ThaI this Convcntion express its apprcciation of the unsclfieh scrvices pcrformcd by the entire mcmbcrship of thc Board of Dircctors who havc laborcd without cornpcnsation, as well as patnna thcir own cxpcnscs to attend mcctings for thc gcncral good of thc industry.

RESOLVED: That hcartfclt thanks and apprcciation, in convcntion asscmblcd, be expresscd, by a rising votc, to Mrs. J. E. Fraser, Sccrctary, for hcr untiring cfrorts and thc cncrgy cxpended for the welfare of this association during the past ycar.

RESOLVED: That the thanks of the convention bc cxtcndcd to all speakers participating in the splendid program of this convention.

that copics be sent to all of our membcrs with a rcquet that thcy taLc_r! 1rp _qt! thcir respectivc Scnators and Reprcsc-ntativcs.

RESOLVED: WHEREAS thc mattcr of a lfodet Licn Law,to bc used throughout the United States, has bcen placed beforc us, it is thc scnse of this convcntion herc assembled that our Board'of Directors bc cmpowered to arrange for the sclection of a suitablc rcprescntativc to appcar bcfore thc propcr authoritics in chargc of this matter; and be it furthcr RESOLVED: THAT wc do not subscribe to a Modcl Lien Law until such time as it shall be of[c!a_lly investigatcd by said representative; and be it furthcr RESOLVED: That we endeavor to raisc funds sufficient for thc cxpcnses of such reprcsentativc and that we invite othcr interestcd organizations to subscribe to this fund.

BE IT RESOLVED: That this Association adopt for thC use oJ its membels, and such others'as may be duly authorized to use the satnc, a- Certificate to bc dclivered to the iustomer, ccrtifying the grade of matcrials sold and delivered to him;

That such.certificate bcar a suitable dcsign, and wording appro- priate to its purpose and that quch design -bc protected bi li*crs patent and such wording be cop:yrighted in the name of this Association;

.- That a publicity fund be crcated by voluntafy subscription, from dealers in various communitics; the services of a high clals publicity p1n be -sccurcd to preparc copy for sundry local ads to properly bring b-efore the public the nceds of such a system of selting ium-- ber and ihe benefits to be derived therefrom by the consumei; that shall be expended in each community contributirig to such fund'the entire amount of its contribution less its pro-rata share of administration costs;

That the President of this Association appoint a Committec of not to excced five (5) mernbers to work out all detalls of this plan and rcport to the Board of Directors at the earliest possible date; that this Committee inierview the lumber manufacturars and urse'upon them the necessity of adopting and using a uniform systcm 6f graa- ing their products;

That this Association request thc co-opcration in the prcmises of all- organizations connected directly or indirectly with thc building industry.

RESOLVED: That a special vote of thanks be extended to Phil B. Hart, Ed. Martin, and Jack Dionne, and the "California Lumber Merchant" for the publicity given the Convention in their publication, and for iheir co-operation with the Association during the past year.

RESOLVED: That we cxtend our thanks to Mr. Gco. Cornwall of Portland, for his wonderful tclcgr-arn -of congr-atulations; and .that wc express our apprcciation of his though-tfulncss in furnishing rccistration cards for thc Convention; and that wG extend to him oui best wishes for continued Sood hcalth and prosperity.

RESOLVED: That a vote oi thanks bc givcn the Cemcnt Manufacturers for their courtesies in furnishing decorations for thc Banouet of thc California Rctail Lurnberrnen's Association; and a vote oi thanks be cxtendcd to those who participatcd in our Souvcnir Procram with their advertiscmcnts.

R-ESOLVED: That wc reiteratc most vehemcntly our Resolutions of L924 that continucd and persistent efrorts bc put forth to the creation of a STANDARDIZED LUMBER DEALER.

RESOLVED: That a votc of thanks be extended to the San Ioaouin Valley Lumbcrmen's Club for its untiring cfforts and atIention to detail leading to thc arrangements for our comfort and cntcrtainmcnt.

RESOLVED: That a votc of thanks bc cxtcnded to thc Arrangemcnts Commi.tee, Entertainment Committee and Reception Committee for their untiring cfrorts in planning for and carrying out thc details in connection with our Conven'ion.

RESOLVED: That a vote of thanks be extended to Hoo-Hoo Club No. 31, for the splendid entertainment given our delegates a: thc Commcrcial Club, Frcsno, on thc night of October 30th, 1925; atso to Phil B. Hart of "The California Lumber Merchant," and Parson Simpkin for their participation therein.

RESOLVED: That we cxpress our thanks to Herbcrt Stone, Secrctary-Manager of thc Building Material Dealers Credit Association of Los Ang-les, for his splendid co-operation with our Legislativc Committee -during the recent session of thc Legislation and that a coDy of this Resolution be forwarded to him.

iipSOf,VpO: That wc cxpress our apprcciation to Mr. Adolph Pfund, Secretary-Manager of the National Rctail Lumber Dealers Association, for his Brcsence at our Convention and for his counsel and aid in our discussions; That wc cxtcnd to him our congratulation on the success of the great work he is carrying on; That wc show our desire to co-operate by authorizin$ our Board of Directors to App.ly, in their wisdom, for membership in thc grcat parent organrzauon.

- RESOLVED: That this Annual Convendon of thc California Retail Lumbcrmcn's Association, places itself unanimously on record, as bcing opposed to the Fedcral Capital Stock Tax. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That thcse resolutions bc transmitted to thc President of the United Statcs and to Secretary Mellon, and

RESOLVED: That a vote of thanks be extended to C. G. Bird and M. A. Harris for the work donc on thc'CODE OF ETHICS" which has becn adopted by this Convention asscmbled.

RESOLVED: That a vote of thanks be cxtcndcd the Rcsolutirons Committcc for thcir efficient work.

WHEREAS, The upbuilding of American citizenship is basically connected with the ownership of homes, dnd

WHEREAS, the National Conventions of Lumbermen, construction industries, realtors, etc., have passed strongresolutionsendorsingbuilding-loanassociatiohs,and, -

WHEREAS, the California Sanitation Development League, representing the plumbing, heating and ventilating industries, and the Oakland Real Estate Board, have passed similar resolutions, and

WHEREAS, the Oakland Real Estate Board has taken active steps toward coordinating all industries and businesses in California, which are directly benefitted by building construction and has sent a communication to this Con-

Director

vention, inviting the California Retail Lumbermen's Association to cooperate in such work, and

WHEREAS, such a movement meets with the unqualified approval of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED, That a committee of three, with full power to act, be appointed by the Directors of this As-

A. !. Stoner, Director

R. F. Wells, Direclor

M. V. Whitson, Director Frank Vl/right,

Mbistite is a paper sheathing made waterproof by an inner layer -of processed bitumen that saturates the fibres, binds them togetler and thus becomes sealed within and really a part of the paper itself. The photograph above (magnified about 36 times) shows how the bitu,rr.r, "it,tt"tes the fibres and makes them waterproof.

Moistite is light gray in color, pliable and stro-ng. It is sanit_ary, odorless, vermin-proof. !t keeps out rnoi"t,tr., cold and wind, coneerves heat and deadens sound. For use under all extirior finish-under stucco, under shingles, under brick veneer, under clapboards (rustic), and for lining and wrapping purposes where a waterproof paper is required.

Moistite is different from anything else on the market and its process of manufacture is protected by a United States patent. The lumber dealer who handles Moistite has an exclusive selling t;lk about the merchandise that enables him to meet the competition of other building and sheathing papers.

Good Profits for the Lumber Merchant

MOISTITE is backed with a practical merchandising and advertising campaign, including many effective dealer helps.

The Zellerbach Paper Company is now appointing dealers. 'Write or call at the nearest division for samples of MOISTITE, descriptive literature and other information which shows how the lumber merchant can cash in with this new waterproof sheathing.

sociation and that the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, hereby approves all proper methods and institutions, whose objects make for more and better homes in America.

E. T. Robie, Chairman of the Grade Marking and Merchandizing of Grade Marked Materials Committee, proposed a resolution urging the association to adopt for use of its members and such others as may be duly authorized to use the same, a certificate to be delivered to the customer, certifying the grade of the materials sold and delivered to him. The resolution provided that the certificate bear a suitable design which rvill be protected by patent and copyrighted; also that a publicity fund be created by voluntary subscription and a publicity man be secured to prepare copy for local ads that shall be expended in each community contributing to such fund the entire amount of its contribution less its pro rata share of administration costs. That the President of the Association appoint a Committee of five (5) members to work out the details of this plan and to report to the Boatd of Directors at the earliest possible date; that the Committee interview the lumber manufacturers and urge upon them the necessity of adopting and using a uniform system of grading their products.

The resolution was unanimously adopted by the Convention.

Owing to the absence of Treasurer J. H. McCalltrm of San Francisco, r.vho rvas at Washington, D. C.on bnsiness, Secretary J. E. Fraser read the treasurers report, which was unanimously adopted. The report showed the Association entirely iree from any indebtedness and $1600.00 in the

BANQUET AND DANCE

On Saturday evening nearly 400 attended the banquet which was held in the Ball Room of the Californian Hotel. The banquet hall was beautifully decorated in yellow and black, giving the hall the appearance of a Hallowe'en Party. During the dinner, there was an excellent musical program and entertainment. At the conclusion of the dinner, Parson Simpkin, Chaplain of the Order of Hoo-Hoo, gave a short inspirational talk. Mrs. Ruben Johnson, Fresno, rvas the winner of the ladies prize, which was a beautiful silver mesh bag and Miss Ella Daigle, Fresno, was the rvinner of the ladies Consolation prize, a beautiful deck of playing cards. W. B. Innes, Oakland, was the winner of the gentlemen's prize, a writing desk set and C. R. Magnusen, Kingsbury, was the winner of the gentlemen's consolation prize, a gold lead pencil. The prizes were donated by the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club. J. C. Ferger, President of the San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club, acted as toastmaster.

The arrangements for the Convention were in charge of thb San Joaquin Valley Lumbermen's Club. F. Dean Prescott, Valley Lumber Co., acted as General Chairman. The Arrangements Committee was made up of J. G. I\{artin, Fresno Lumber Co., Fresno, Chairman, Frank Minard, C. S. Pierce Lumber Co., Fresno, and Ben Maisler, Maisler Bros. Lumber Co., Fresno. J. C. Ferger, Swastika Lumber Co., was chairman of the Entertainment Committee, and was assisted by Frank Minard, Ben Maisler, Paul Merner Lumber Co., Palo Alto, and Virgil Routt, Routt Lumber Co., Fresno.

LIST OF REGISTRATIONS

H. A. Adams ...Adams Bower Lurnbcr Co., Anaheim

Jack C. Allen. , Riverside Portland Ccment Co., Los Angeles

N. H. Baird. Sugar Pine Lumber Co., Frcsno

A. C, Baker. .Northwestern Mutual Fire Ass'n., Los Angelca

Hal Baldwin Hayward Lumber Co., Los Angcles

E. L. Bauer Bauer-Gicb Lumber Co., Los Angeles

Wm. Bawbell............Bawbell Lumber & Mat. Co., Los Angelcs

Geo. H. Bcntley. .....,Bentlcy Lumbcr Co., Glendale

C. lf,r. Bingham..... ...Bingham lf,fcnts Planing Mill, Frcsno

W. R. Besccker..... ....Tildcn Lumbcr & Mill Co., Oakdalc

C. G. Bird. ...Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton

B. F. Bondurant.... ...Reedley Lumbcr Co., Recdlcy

G. F. Bonnineiton... ...Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco

Chas. E. Bonestcl. .....Peoplcs Lumber Co., Vcntura

Albcrta Ruth Brey. ...Brey-Wright Lumbcr Co., Portcrville

E, J. Brockmann. Lumberman's Reciprocal Ass'n., San Francisco

B. G. Brown, Jr.. Peoplcs Lurnbcr Co., Ojai, Calif.

C. R. Buchanan..... ....Buchanan & Russcl, San Francisco

F. W. Burgers ......Union Lumber Co., San Francisco

A. W. Burnhaucr... ....Fresno Planing Mill, Fresno

C. L. Burnc:t...... .,.....Burnett-Carr Lumbcr Co., Exctcr

P. T. Burns. ..Moron Lumber Co., Bakcrsficld

R. C. Gallaway...... ...Santa Fc Lumber Co,, San Francisco

treasury. Mrs. Fraser gave a short talk on the growth of the association, which during its first year had 86 members and at the present time has about 300 members. She announced that during the past year, 28 new members joined the association and she urged that every member bring in a new member during the coming year. The directors meetings during the past year were in all instances largely attended, she declared.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON

On Saturday afternoon following the adjournment of the Convention, there was a meeting of the Board of Directors at which the following oficers for the ensuing year were elected; President C. W.. Pinkerton, Whittier Lumber Co., Whittier; Vice President Northern District, Chas. G. Bird, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton; Vice President Southern District, Paul Hallingby, Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Treasurer, J. E. Neighbor, Neighbors Lumber Yard, Oakland, and Secretary-Manager, J. E. Fraser, San Francisco.

During the afternoon, many of the visiting lumbermen and ladies inspected the large Raisin Plant at Fresno and the mill operations, at Pinedale.

Guy F. Campbell. ....Thc Paraftne Co's Inc., Frcsno

W. J. Camcron..... .U. S. Gypsum Co., Los Angclcr

E. A. Carlson Santa Fc Lumber Co., San Francisco

O. .H. Carter Fresno Lumbcr Co., Frcsno

O. W. Carr. ......Burnctt-Carr Lumbcr Co., Exetcr

H. B. Chadbournc..........E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco

C. H. Chaprnan..... ......Chapman Lumber Co., Santa Ana

J. M. Chase. .......W. R. Chambcrlin & Co., San Francisco

A. H. Chalfant..... .....Frcgno Lumber Co., Fresno

L. H. Chapman .... ...Sacramento Lumber Co., Sacramento

R. O. Chatharn ,... .C. S. Pierce Lumbcr Co.. Fresno

Chas. P. Christensen. ...Lindcn Lumber Co., Lindcn

H. C. Clark. .Thc Booth-Kelly Lumbcr Co., Los Angelcr

J. A. Clothicr ..Hamrnond Lumber Co., San.Francisco

R. W. Clydc ......Pac. Portland Cement Co., Fresno

Max E. Cook.. .......Calif, Redwood Ass'n.. San Francisco

A. A, Courteney, Jr., , Pac. Portland Cemcnt Co., San Francisco

C. Kimhall Crane . .......Exetcr Lumber Co., Exeter

H. M. Cross. ,....Cross Lumbcr Co., Merced

Alred J. Crow,. ..C. S. Piercc Lumber Co., Kcrman

fos Cunco. ..,...,Whitc Bros.. San Francisco

Jos Bros., San

Chas. P. Curran. ..Curran Bros. Inc., Pornona

R. J. Dahlcm .LaVerne Lumber Co., LaVerne

J. L. Dartt. .Calif. Portland Ccmcnt Co., Los Angelcr

Earl D. Davies. .....CaruthcrF

Wrn. T. Davies. .....Pattcn & Davies Lumbcr Co., Paaadcni

R. O. Deacon ......R. O. Dcacon Lumbcr Co,

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C. fl. Grifren, Ir., Director

H. S. Fuller Director

m S AI|GELE$ Wf,

Lenc Mortgagc Bldg. ....TRinity 22E2

Gco. M. Harty Lumber Co.

4tll4 Evcrett Placc .,..DElewarc 5639

Wendliog-Nathan Co.

706 Standard Oil Bldg. ..VAndiLc E532 W. W. Wilkinron

l2l,l lnrurance Exchargc Bldg TUckcr t43l

Williarnr & Coopcr

Pacific-Southwcet Bank Bldg. ...TUcker 59lE

\f,/ood, E. K, Lumber Co.

,1701 Ssnta Fc Avc. .......AXri&c 9ll5,l

HARDWOODS

Brown, Rollinr A,

6lX6 Cerlor Ave. .GRanite 36,12

Cadwalladcr Gibaon Co., Inc.

Elg E. 59th st. .. ...AXridgc 2l0l

Coopcr, W. E, Lunbcr Co.

2035 E. lsth St. ...HUmbolt l3l5

Grippcr, Jcromc C.

756 So. Spring SL .TRinity lX05

Hammond Lumbcr Co.

6119 Central Bldg. . .......TUchcr8144

Hannond Lbr. Co.

2lll0 So. Alamcda St. ... .Humbolt l59l

Hanify Co, J. R. 522 Contrel Bldg. ..MEtro. lX53

Hart-Wood Lumbcr Co.

ll23 Pac. Mutual Blds. ..]|/lEtto. 2217

Holmcr EurcLg Lbr. Co.

1025 Van Nuyr Blds. ....VAndikc 1752

Hoopcr, S. C, Lurnber Co.,

6ll Ccntral Bldg. . .......MEtro.0ltlil

Hoovcr, A. L.

706 Standerd Oil Bldg ...VAadiLc t532

C. D. Johnron Lumber Co. 904 A. G. Bartlctt Bldg. . ..VAndikc 5573

Little River Rcdwood Co. 1030 Bartlctt Blds. ..MAin lTOl

Long-Bcll Lumbcr Co.

Chambcr of Comncrcc Bldg.

Lenc Mortsagc Bldg. ......TRiaity 52ll

McCullough Lbr. Co.

5t5 Chambcr of Commcrcq Bldg..... .....TRinity 0796

Ncttlcton Lbr. Co.

729 Benk ltaly Blds. ......TRiDity 7997

Orcgon Lbr. Agcncy

915 E. 62nd St. . ........AXridgc ltil

Pacific Lumbcr Co.

7116 Stenderd Oil Bldg. ...VAndikc 85i12

Rcd Rivcr Lumbcr Co.

702 E. Slauron . .AXridgc 9lt5

Redwood Menufacturcrr Co.

3lE E. 3rd St. .;...... .VAndilcc 1t72

Sente Fc Lumbcr Co.

397 Pac. Elcctric Bldg. ...TUchcr 5779

Sledc Lurabcr Co.

t2E Van Nuyr Bldg. .MEtro. 0tl5

Suddcn & Chrirtcneon

900 Bartlctt Blds. ..MAin 3t90

Tecoma Phnin3 Mill

915 E. 62nd St. .,.....Axrid3c l37l

Twohy Lunbcr Co.

22l-Kcrchhofr Bldg. . ...BRoedwry 0Ol3

Union Lunbcr Co.

2010 So. Alamcda St. .......HUrnbolt l59l

Kcllogg Lumbcr Co. of Cal.

523 Ccntral Bldg. ....VAndikc E229

Kolembrigan Lbr. & Dcv. Co.

910 Ccntral Bldg. .TUckcr 9126

National Hardwood Co.

634 Aliro St. ......MAin l9i2l

Nickcy Bror, Inc.

O{20 So. Park Avc. .THornwall ll97

Steaton, E. J, & Son

3Eth and Alarncda Str. ..AXrid3c !2ll

\lfcrtcrn Hardwood Lumbcr Co.

20ll E. lsth St. ..WErtmorc 616l

Wilron, Wm. M, Lunbcr Co.

2057 E. l5th St. .....TUckcr t6,ll

Woodhcad Lumbcr Company

5720 So. Maia St. .AXridsc 5722

SASH AND DOORS

Arnericrn Door Co.

4ilZ! Moncta Avc. ...HUEbolt llllT

Glerby & Co.

zlza E.25th St. ..HUmbolt 0E5?

Hammond Lumber Co.

2010 So. Alamcde St. .. .......HUmbolt l59l

Hattcn, T. B, Co.

f600 E. Werhington ..HUrnbolt 5992

Kochl, Jno. \f,f., & Son

652 So. Andcrron .ANgclur 167l

Koll, H. W, & Co.

432 Colyton ......MEtro. llilC5

Lillerd, MarL W.

6493 Stanford rdvc. .THornwall E2rll

Peclfic Coart Com'c'l Co.

4616 So. Main . ...AXrid3c 3510

Rcd Rivcr Lunbcr Co.

702 E. Slauron . ... ..AXridgc 9ll5

Peci6c Door & Sarh Co.

3216 So. Main ........HUrnbolt 70?t

Wcrtcrn Serh & Door Co.

l6tll E. 25th St. ...HUnbolt 205ll

Whcclor-Orgood Co.

1617 E. t6th st. ...HUnbolt 20e0

W. W. Wilkinron

l2l4 Inrunnce Erchange Bldg. . .TUckcr ll3l

SCREENS

Hipolito Company, 2lrt and Alemcde Ste. .......WErtmorc 613l

FOR THE BUSY LUMBERMAN A HANDY DIRECTORY

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Ftoyd H. D.-icr ... .Lurnlqqen's Serv-ice Ass'n, Los Angcles

b"ri b. b&-ond.. -. ..W. R. Pickerigs Lgmbgr C9" Frerno

W. -8. Ooptin6. ..'. ......Hammond.L-unbcr 9o" l1l I11Tf:'

E. H. Doinins' .OId Mission -Portland-Ccmcnt^co" P"" {1lg:o

C. A. O"ttt......'. ....Stcrling-Lumbcr Co. San-^-!-rancrsco

O. X. -ea*atd......-.. . .......Jatinas Plgltg MiU, Salinas

D;.;. -D: ittiJworth. .Fresno, "4th W' G' Nerrnver

ff.-i. Eiwo*hy...-. .;Swastika Lumbe-r Co- Frerno rit. u E"prttat.....

R;iph w:-E;;t...'.'.'.'..'.'.-.-."........-'McrEed-Lurnber-Co',Jucr-gcd eaii r. Eyrn"ttn.... -

rl:F;at"t:........

-Cir-" fitgit. ...SvastiFa Lumber Qo, Frcsno

J:-C. F;"?;. ..'..:-....Swastika Lrrmb-er Co', Frcsno

ft. C.-f1ig"son..... ......;. '..Til{9n Lumbcr q MIL Sacaqt:nto

i.-C.'fitgiton. /.... ....Shaver Lake Lumbc! Co', Clovis

W. B. Innes ; . . .. .East Bay Lumbcrrnen's Club, Oakland

H. M. fsenhowcr.. . .Holnres-Eurcka Co., Sacramcnto

Tad \f,r. Jacobs. ..Lumbcnncn'! Rcciprocd Ass'n, L. A.

A. L. Jacobsen .....MaialerBro. Lumbcr Co., Frcrno

Mrs. A. L. Jacobren. ...Frcrno

Earl Johnson .Johnron Lumbcr Co., Pasadena

Reubcn A. Johnson. ....J. D. Hdstcad Lumbcr Co., Frclno

Cynthia A. Johnson. .Frcsno

M. D. Johnson...... .Sugar Pinc Lunbcr Co., Frcsno

A. R. Johnson...... .Geo. A. Johnson, Bcnicia

G. H. Johnson ....Tlldcn Lumber & Mill Co., Frcsno

Edw. P. Ivory.. .Cal. Whitc & Sugar Pinc Mfrs. Ars'n, S.. F. Tully C. Knolcs. ......Stockton, Calif.

G. A. Kramcr...... .Rcdwood Manufacturers Co., Pittsburg

A. J. EClcV. .Brown & Dauscn Co., Fullciton

W. K. Kcndrick..... ....Valley Lumbcr Co., 8'rcrno

Gco. Kennedy ..Mt. Pinc Salcs Agcncn Fresno

E. W. King. .....The King Lumbcr Co., Bakcrsfield

F. J. Kingan .....Palo Alto Cal. (Mid Pcninsula Lbr. CIub)

.-Jiim-w.:Fi"-ri"r. .lweuing-Sw-11t2 Lunb-cr Co., Slmta-Monica

f. b.-ri&ri"s.... . "/..:.. ..,..... ..:. ....L1ong-Beach,-Calif'

- Fiank L. Fox. .Fox-Woodsunr Lumbc-r Co., Glendalc brwin Frane ....'r....Frane &-Son, Reedlcy

C. S. Frantz. ......Loop Lumter Co., San lrancisco

G. fr. Ft"ser 'Chicago & Alton Ry., San Francisco

H. H. Lake Garden Grove Lumbcr Co., Garden Grove, Cal.

Fred R. Larnon. ..,...Wendling-Nathan Co., San Franctsco

S. R. Larrabcc............Cal. Portland Cemcnt Co., Los Angclcs

A. Larsson Larsson Traffic Service, San Franiisco

Clint Laughlin.... .The Long-Betl Lumbcr Co., San Francisco

C. B. Lane.

h'ti"t-tt. Gibbs.. ... '.Gibbs Lumber Co., Anahcim

J.'U. Cartin. .Stanislarrs Lumter -Co., Modesto

G;. W: Gorman. .Thc Whitney Co.,,Garibaldi' Orc.

C. Ii. Grificn ' ..C. H. Grifrcn Lumber Co., Artesia

D. E. Liggett.... .. .Liggett Lumbcr Co., Santa Ana

F. W. S. Locke. ..C. D. Johnson Luraber Co., San Francisco

Chas. B. Lyons .Hammond Lumbcr Co., Loe Angelcs

Yes, We Got Channel Rustic

Introduced at the Frid,a! afternoon session. lVritten by Mrs. Adeline M. Conner, Sacramento.

Tune: Yes. We Got No Bananas

Thcrc's a storc upon our street; it's run by a geek, And hc keeps good boards to sell; But you should hcar him sPeak, Whe-n you ask for anything, ncver answers "No".

Hc iust Ycs-scs You to death, And as hc grabs your dorigh hc tells you, Chorus

Yesl Wc got channcl rusticWc got finc nicc shingles todaY; We'vc grapc-stakes and fence-posts, Lap siding and flooring and All kinds of side-lines and saYWc cot ncw fashioned Plan books

Witlr fine brealdast nooks, but, Yes!

We got channel rustic, we got channcl rustic todayt

Chorus No.2

Ycsl Wc got channel rustic, Wc got channel rustic todaY; Our price is ausPicious And ncvcr malicious; Youll find our lumber will PaY. And if you try somc of our door nobs

And wear 'cm for watch fobsBut, yes! Wc got channel rustic, We iot channel rustic todaY.

No. 3

Ycsl Wc got paintcd shingles, Wc got paintcd shinglcs today.

Wc sell lots of red ones

And blue oncs and grccn oncs, All colorcd in Gus Russell's way, 4c swcars theyll stay where you put thcm, So wc got to boost thern.

So, yesl \l[fc got painted shingles, Wc got painted shingles today.

No.4

t9s, we ain't got no plan books, We ain't-got no plan books today. We got fancy cenrent And wallboard and oak doors

And frarnc work for stucco and brick. pqt, yegl \l[fc ain't got no plan books, We aint got no plan books today.

No. 5

{cel Wc ain't got no servicc, We aint got no scrvicc today. You scnd in your ordcr And won't get no furder, Therc'c no onc to sce that it do. lhe shipping clerk's busy, The oficc force is dizzy.

So, ycsl We ain't got n-o scrvice, we ain't got no service tooay.

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'u"fu says

"Tsr grade of No. 1 Shop must contain )ol% or more of cuttinls in the following sizes and grades : No-. 1 stiles, five or siiinches wi-de and from six feet eight inches to seven feet long, No. 1 rails, nine inches or ten inches, fromtwo feet four inches to three feet, and No. I muntins, five inches or six inches and from three feet six inches to four feet in length.

"Any number of pieces of either stiles or rails are admited, but only two muntins are ordinarilv considered. One No. 2 qualiry door stile may be admined in any pieie of No. 1 Sliop. However, a pi6ci in which the cuttiings consist of bne No. 2 door stile is nol considered a good No. 1 Shop piece. This grade of No. l Shop will usually produce sufficient cuttings of all sizes ior a well balanced dooirrianufacturing operationJ.

"No. 1 Shop California White and Susar Pine is broduced in widths of 5 inc"hes and ove^r, and in lengths of 6 feet and up. The lengths of No. 1 Shop will

Valueil especially for

cuttingup

be found to be very good. From some millsTo% of the lumber shipmentswill be 16 feet long, whereas the percentage of lengths under lo feet will not be over 57o of.the shipmenr,.

"This grade of California Pine proves most economical to buv wherever clear cuctings in sizes which go to make up a door are wanted. Dressed thicknesses are all heavy, providing I/32 inch extra for sanding.

"All grades of California Pine shop lumber"are valued for cutting-up pur'poses. A characteristic of California \(hite and Sugar Pine is that the knots arc fairlv well scattered in the board and the area between the knots is usually free of other defects. The grain of this *ood is straight, even up to-the edge of the knot itself, so that cuts taken from it can be used to very good advantage in the manufacture of doors, sash and interior woodwork."

Haae you our book of grading rahs? If not, anite "(al" ?ine for a copy, it's free:,

Pine Manufacttrers Association

"No. 1 Shop is worth knowing about"

Fresno Hoo Hoo Entertain Retailers

Friday night, October 30, during the Annual Meeting of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association, the Fresno Hoo-Hoo boys "did their stuff" at a well attended meeting held in the rooms of the Fresno Commercial Club.

It was a delightful meeting and much credit is due Frank Minard, President of Hoo-FIoo Club No. 31, and Lew L. Walker, Vicegerent of the Fresno District.

About three hundred gathered at 8:30. No one was excluded from the meeting, all the lumbermen, men from other industries, and their ladies had been urged to attend.

Mr. Minard introduced, as Master of Ceremonies, Phil B. Hart, Managing Editor of "The California Lumber Merchant." who introduced the various acts and directed some of his yarns at Jack Ferger, Joe Martin, Frank Minard, Martin Johnson, J. G. Ferguson and others, as the butts of the storles.

Two three-round amateur bouts were given, one by light-

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weights and one by the bigger fellows. Then a special fight rvas introduced, after a lengthy explanation by Hart. He told of a disagreement between Presiilent Pinkerton and Vice-President Matt Harris, at the convention, and of the proposal that these two staid gentlernen settle their differences in the ring. One-Round Pinkerton was then announced, to fight Battling Kid Harris. Two small darky boys substituted for their principals; they had their ring names painted on their backs, and it was a battle royal while it lasted. No one knows who won, and the general impression is that it was a draw.

Other numbers consisted of a variety of dancing by two clever juveniles, and a Charleston demonstration by local talent. This, with the orchestra and the splendid "Dutch Feed" consumed the time until about eleven. when the boys tuned up for dancing, which rvas enjoyed until after midnight.

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as California White Pine Veneers"

The Painter Knows

The skilled Painter recognizes in California White Pine a dependable base for his craftsmanship. The smooth surface, free from riiges and "tuzz" give free_sc_ope to his materials and skill. The painter ian get better results with less work and expense than on otheiwoods. Enamels, particularly work economically on California White Pine and show a lasting beauty. There is no grain-raising or discoloration of enamels on california white Pine and fewer coits arr necessary. The delicate-beauty of the grain pattern and their infinite variety is brought out by rotary cutting appeals to good taste. Stains and iwotone effects on California White Pine Veneer panels bring a new beauty that is being welcomed by architects, decorators and Luilders.

lf you arc not alrcady a utcr ol Califonia Whitc Pine Vcnccn, from Thc Red Rlvcr Lumber Co4qpa_nv, it lr tlmc you wcrr g€ttlng equdnted wit-h thlr new product. You owc it to yourtelf arrd to your patrona. Let us-send you r ret of rtaincd panel ranrples and pricet. "Proilucers of

"There's nothing quite so frne

White Pine for Over HaIf a Century"

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Mrs. H. M. fscnhower...... ,.Sacramcnto

Mrs. A. L. Jacobson. 'Fresno

Mrs. G. H. Johnson. .Fresno

Mrs. Earl Johnson. ..Pasadena

Mrs. A. M.Johnson. ...Bcnecia

Mrs. A. J. Kelly. ....Fullerton

Mrs. W. K. Kendrick ..Fresno

Mrs. G. M. Kenncdy. ...Fresno

Mrs. G. A. Kramcr. ..Pittsburg

Mrs. C. B. Lanc. ... ..Burbank

Mrs. S. R. Larrabee. .....Los Angclcs

Mrs. C. D. Le Master...... ....'.Sacramento

Mrs. M. A. Harris. .....San Francisco

Mrs. W. H. Esworthy ..Fresno

Mrs. H. F'. Brey. ...Portcrville

Mre. C. R. Magnussen.. . ..... .Kingsburg

l/[rs. Ben Maisler. ... ...Frcsno

Mrs. Lowell Meyers. ....Cutler

Mrs. O. H. Millcr. .Sacramento

Mrs. Frank Minard. ..Fresno

Mrs. W. G. Newmycr .......Pasadcna

Mrs. .R. T. O'Hara.

Mrs. G. D. Pierce.

Mrs. Adolph Pfund.

Mrs. F. D. Prescott.

Mrs. E. M. Prcsco'.t.

Miss Ona Rind .

Mrs. O. L. Russen.

Mrs. S. T. Scoficld.

Mrs. J. H. Shcpard.

Park, Ill.

Francbco

Mrs. S. P. Ross. ......Hanford

Mrs. J. H. Simeral. ..Pasadena

Mrs. W. S. Spiccr. ..Santa Ana

Mts. J. C. Stark. ......Oakland

Emily Stebbins...... ..-Frcsno

Mrs. F. L. Stokes. ...Pasadena

Mrs. A. M. Thackaberry ..rii

Mrs. Russcll Tracy.

Mrs. W. R. Vandcrwood.

Mrs. H. t. Verble.

Mrs. L. L. Walkcr.

Mrs. Earl Weiman.

Mrs. Wickcrsham

Angclcs

Fresno

Angeles

Biltie Wildins. ......Los Angclcs

Mra. Joe Cunco. .San Francisco

SUGGESTS VOICE TRAINING

Frank Wise, popular director of the Los Angeles HooHoo Club, attended the "Bosses' Day" meeting of the club, when a larger number of the heads of Southern California companies were in attendance. At this meeting, two of the McCormick boys, Ed Houghton and Ed Culnan, sang, and from a letter just received from Frank, one would assume that he had quite an educated taste for music. He writes as follows:

R,/E last Thursday's meeting.

To my mind it accomplished a double purposc. In addition to demonstraiing that the "bosses" are interested in Hoo-Hoo, it disctosed the fact that we have some real talent in voice within our club. It secms to me that such grcat gifts as thc two Eddics of McCormick's show that they have, should not go unrecognizcd. In order that these talents may be propcrly cultivatcd (or plowed, or what have you) I arn cnclosing herewith the professional card of a voicc tcacher, whose name alone warrants your consideration if you dcsirc to place thcm under proper tutelage.

The enclosure was a classified advertisement from the Examiner, reading, "J. Nevlin Whybark, Voice Teacher, 818 Majestic Building."

QUAKE-RACKED HOTEL WILL HAVE STEEL FRAME

Santa Barbara, Nov. 6.-The California Hotel, Estado and Mason streets, will be rebuilt with an all-steel frame surrounding the present floors, according to plans filed with Building Inspector Pope todav.

During the earthquake the brick walls of the new hotel collapsed, leaving the wooden frame alone.-L. A. Examrner.

Our well-equipped Veneer IVIill enables us to render you service in large or small quantities of the finest fancy figured Veneers that it is possible to obtain.

Demonstrates F'ireproof Lumber

E. K. Wood Lumber Company Proves Claimed Qualities of "Somozided" Fireproofed Lumber

A gathering of over 250 men, including Fire Chiefs, Fire Commissioners, Building Officials, Leading Architects and tsuilders, and railroad construction men rvatched a convincing demonstration on November 6 of the qualities of "Somozided" lumber, a patented process of treatment that renders all lumber products absolutely fireproof.

The demonstration was held at the E. K. Wood Lumber Company's yards at 47Ol Santa Fe Ave., Los Angeles, and rvas held under the direction of Mr. Frank W. Plane, manager of the sales promotion department. The E. K. Wood Lumber Company has the exclusive distributing rights for the materials.

Three small buildings had been prepared, built of Fir frame, hemlock siding and cedar shingles. They lvere about ten feet square in size and were placed about ten feet apart. The center building r,vas built of ordinary lumber, ceiled inside with tongue and groove, and was painted inside and out with the commonly used paints, of the highest quality. This was building No. 2.

Building No. 1 was constrncted of the same materials, but instead of ordinary paint, this one had been painted, two coats, with the Somoza Fire Preventer Paints.

Building No. 3'r,vas built entirely of "Somozided" lumber and shingles, and painted lvith the same materials that were used on No. I building.

The first act of the demonstration was to set fire to the center shed, No. 2, after it had been filled with kerosene soaked excelsior. This building burned readily and fiercely, of course, and was a mass of cinders in about twenty min-

utes. It had been anticipated by Mr. Plane that the building on the left, No. l, would ignite, but would not burn readily, but contrary to these expectations, the fire retardant paints held the flames in check, the only damage done to this shed being a severe charring, on the side next to the blaze.

Building No. 3 was not harmed in any .ivay, and later rvhen an attempt was made to burn it, with the same preparations as used on the first fire, the gathering was loud in its praise when the fire died out, in about six minutes, leaving the building absolutely intact, and without damage of any kind, barring the ordinary charring of the paint that would result from a heat estimated to have risen to 3000 degrees. A small window in this building was twisted out of shape, attesting to the extreme high heat.

The demonstration was held to convince fire officials and others of the practicability of the Somoza products and it is expected that the material will be in general use before long.

Mr. Plane states that at a recent meeting of fire chiefs in the east, a slogan was adopted, "IJse Less Lumber," and that it behooves all lumbermen to shoulder arms to combat any such action. He has been in communication with numerous officials in districts where legislation has been proposecl or adopted, against the use of lumber, particulirly wood shingles, and has succeeded in convincing these gen- tlemen of the practicability of directing their activities

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(Continued from Page 37) against inflammable lumber, and has interested them highly in the Somoza goods.

The E. K. Wood Lumber Company was host to the entire gathering, at a luncheon preceding.the demonstration. I\fr. Plane introduced Mr. Frank Curran, general manager of the company in Southern California, and Mr' Curran in turn presented Col. Somoza, inventor of the process, and his aJsociate, Mr. Smith. Both of the gentlernen spoke at length on the process, explaining it in detail.

NIr. Smith stated that the lumber to lle treated was any ordinary lumber stock, rough or dressed' The material is dipped into large vats, for a stated time, the vat containing a solution of soluble minerals that respond only to hot water. This chemical bath, after the proPer penetration, renders the wood absolutely fireproof, and, according to Mr. Smith, the treatment is good for the life of the wood. The treatment does not affect the material in any other way, excepting adding slightly to its weight, but does not render it unfit for any desired painting or staining. He stated that Somozided lumber had a greater tensile strength than ordinary stock of equal'dimension. The process can be applied on old buildings with a spray, and while it is not as effective as the bath treatment, according to Mr. Smith the spray treatment will be practically 90 per cent efficient.

There is an added advantage to the material in that it is made immune to attack from all the common pests of lumber-ants, borers, etc.

He stated that before long the American public will witness a film now being made at the Goldwyn Studios, dealing with fire hazards, and directed very forceably against the use of lumber products. This film is being made under the direction of the Fire Chiefs' Association.

An interesting statement was made by Mr. Plane concerning the use of wood shingles in Europe. He states that there are no wooden shingles in any country in Europe, with one exception, that in France, during the World War, the ban was temporarily lifted. He said that statistics credit wooden shingles for the cause of 6O per cent of the fires in the United States. Another interesting comparison is that Los Angeles suffered over four thousand conflagrations in 1924, while London, England, with seven times the population, had but four hundred. Sixteen thousand people died in this country, in fires, 1924.

Further demonstrations were conducted inside the offices, which, incidentally, have been painted with the Somoza Fire Preventer Paints. A gasoline torch was directed against a stick of 3x6, the lire being turned on at 11:45 a.m., and at the conclusion of the meeting, about 3:30, the blaze had penetrated about one and one-half inches. Shingles, lath, various sized pieces of wood were all subjectecl to severe fire tests, and all held up.

As stated above, the E. K. Wood Lumber Company will

act as distributors of They intend erecting a Preventer stains, after

all Somoza products in California. shingle staining plant, to apply Fire the shingles have been fire-proofed.

NORTHWEST MILLWORK ASSOCIATION APPOINTS ADVERTISING COMMITTEE

At their quarterly meeting held in October at Tacoma, the Pacific Northwest Millwork Association appointed an advertising committee consisting of the following: C. E. Cowdin, Nicolai-Neppach Co., Portland; H. W. Hansen, Gray's Harbor Mfg. Co., Aberdeen, and P. A. Warrick, Guarantee Millwork, Inc., Seattle. This' committee will r,vork out a plan for market extension and advertising and will report at the next meeting which will be held at Portland in February,1926.

Major Griggs, St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., addressed the meeting on the subject of "Co-operation," and C. L. Thompson gave a talk on advertising.

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PHILIPPINE H^A,RDWOOD SPECT,ALISTS

Let's Help These Poor Movie Stars

By Jack Dionne

For reveral yeare I have been advocating two conctitutional arnendments that I belierre would add much to the honor and glory of this nation. Many of our readere have heard me plead theae cases. Teraely given, I favor two reparate and dirtinct proporitionr.

First.-I want to trade the Philippiner for lreland, believing that a big country like thie ought to raise its own policemen.

Second.-I want to make it obligatory that bowlegged people marry knock-kneed people-and vice vs1s3-i1'3 time we got thingr straightened out in thir country.

Now I've got a third. It irn't a natioaal problern, but one t'hat appeals particularly to Southern California" Much of the publicity that har come to Southern California in the lart few yearr has been due to the fact that here the Movie Indurtry har made itr generd office, and here the Movie Starr have largely made their homea

For all thir mighty publicity, California ow6 a debt of gratitude to the movie folkr, and it eeemr to me that they should in part at lea.ct repay this debt by removing rome of the shackler that cling to the Movie Stara, thereby making their lives brighter and happier, and removing one of the big worrier that cometimea interferer with the qudity of their wor,k, and the development of their geniur.

I epeak of the divorce rituation. I think it entirely unjurt and unfair and it rhould be unnecerary, for the Movie Stars to have to keep continually and eternally going into thore vile and common courtr to have their maritial tier digolved and dinevered.

You have no idea how wearing it is on their nenves to have to rtep down every two or three

weekr and go through a lot of embartarement, worry, and red tape, jurt to get rid of a surplus man or woman.

Really, you know, it gets most awfully on their nerve!, and sometirner practically rurfitr them for ttreir screen activitier. With ordinary people this might be of emall moment, but in ertirtic work like rcreen rtardom demandr, one must be at onec beet.

Thintr of the geniur required to follow the directionc: "WaIk in brisklv, advance to center of roorq smile at lady, ,kiar her hand, be seated dongride of her, regirter admiration, get up, take three rtepr to tlre left, note with surprire the picture on the table, etc., etc., etc." Thatts art! One cantt give onets soul to the.part, when mentally hararsed, or wondening whether to announce one'l engagenrent before that dow-moving court grant! that ridiculour divorce from that lart home sparrins partner.

It irn't right Genius should not be clouded or impeded in any such farhion.

So I have worked out a plan that will eliminate thir aggravating rituation. I rugge* that the State, for a certain lum of moneg lay one thouurnd dollarr, iuue to the Movie Stan divorce punch-out cardr, like they do for mealr at boarding hourec. Every time the owner wantr a divorce he rtepr down to the County Clerk and hac one of the twelve numberg on the card punched, the name of the dieaolving partiee ir written plainly in ink on the back of the card, and the thing is rettled. No worry. No lawyer. The State getr the money that ir usually warted on court divorcer; the manacl€a are stricken from the wrirta of genius, and a great work is done for humanity.

Have I a tecond to thie motion?

SAN FRANCISCO

These concerns want your business

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Cbickuaw Brend Oah Flooring

Elliott Bey Fir Penclr

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McDONALD LUMBER CO.

Firrt Netionel Bank Buildiac San Francirco

Whitc and Su3er Pinc Dou3lu Fir

P. O. Ccder Rcdwood Sprucc

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R. C. WITBECK WHOLESALE

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If any of them advertisin' solicitors, specialty salesmen, or efrcient experts-that has invited themselves to my office ain't been booted in the rear to lceep them su1-i1's because they get out before I could rise upor they was too big in heft fer me to tackle, unless I had a 2x4 handy. I ain't ever been sorry fer myself, but I've gotten pretty sorry fer some other folks in the Lumber business, cause they don't seem to know

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much. Some of these fellers don't know it, but my idear is that things is goin' to the eternal bow-wow's in the Lumber business. Some mills still has some good timber an' is makin' good lumber, other mills has poor timber and makin' good lumber out of it, but they ain't none of the mills that I knows of that is producing any over supply of the best grades of Common Lumber-and now comes all this aggertation about rubber stampin' Lumber. I don't believe in no higher edication of too menny folks about the Lumber business, fer I has surely learnt since I has been in the Lumber business that folks, when they knows how, frequently wants to buy the best Lumber at the cheapest price, an' certainly some of them tell you that your competitor has only figgered the.best, 'cause he said so. In my opinion, in the..past, if all the Lumber had been delivered on grades as some folks claim it were figgered, even in the days when they was a surplus of the best grades made, they would not have been enuff of the class figgered to go around.

Bein's I ain't going to school backwoods, I has bought me a new hand saw and paint brush to git rid of that rubber stamp marking. In my early learnin' of the Lumber business, they was only two kinds of Lumber, Rough an' Dressed, then came Clear an' Select an' No. I an' No. 2 Common-or they wasn,t no great site of the last grade sold fer many folks wouldn't have it, but later when the mills begin mak- in' lower grades and commenced to infuence the dealers to handle these low grades largely by fixin' extra inducements on price-l can't see no reason why the buyin' public should now be re-edicated, back to where they was at the beginnin'.

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GRISWOLD BACK FROM

Graham Griswold of the Griswold

Ore., has returned from a business made the trip by automobile, going

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Lumber Co., Portland, trip to California. He as far south as Tulare.

LOADING RECORD

The loading of 604,000 feet of lumber in 7l hours on thb British steamer Buchaness at the Eastern & Western I\{ill, Portland, October 27, is said to be a record.

ALLAN TURNER GOING EAST

Allan Turner, sales manag'er of the Gerlinger Lumber Co., Portland, has resigned his position. Mr. Turner's resignation will take effect December 1, when he rvill be associated with the John P. Wilkes Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Freeno, Cdifornia

October 17, 1925

California Lumber Merchant, 318 Central Bldg., Loe Angeler, Calif.

Gentlemen:

Jurt received your iuue of the 15th. Second page ineide ir rtrrely fine. If thir page ie grati! on the part of your magazine, I rurely want to thank vou a thourand timec. I know you are doing errerything to help put tihir Convention over.

Then on page 6 the finc article by Jack ir not only a booot for the Convention but rhould act ar a rtick of TNT urderneat[ rome of theee rlow poker who have been waitins and waiting, expecting to join but not putting up the feer and rigning on the dotted line.

I have been identificd more or lerl in boosting a$ociation work in the agricultural line herc in rabinr, peacher, figr, etc. I think for this rearon that I cen more fully appreciate the etrenglh of Jack'r article on the Shte A$ociation. If I can poeribly get time, I am going to write him a note Monday expreuing my perronal appreciation of thir article.

Sincerely yours,

FDP:OH

F. DEAN PRESCOTT

..THE CAPITAL STOCK TAX SHOULD BE ELIMINATED''

Washington, Nov. 3.-Appearing before the Ways and Means Committee in opposition to the corporation capital' stock tax, Wilson Compton, Secretary of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association, said in part:

l'The capital stock tax originally was based upon the aggregate value of the shares of stock; while the present law as applied in practice bases the tax upon either value of net assets, value of shares, capitalized net earnings or an 'estimate of fair value.' It is inherently incapable of just and equitable application. The revenue bureau is not bound by the facts returned by the taxpayers, no matter how honestly and accurately made. It may reject or ignore any criterion of value which the taxpayer may report.

"The capital stock tax is in fact a property tax, not levied on other forms of business. Although the direct imposition of a property tax as such is not within the constitutional porver of Congress. It is in no lvay related to income."

'If lt's Bradleyts lt's Better"

William Sherman Addresses Hoo Hoo Club No. 9

C. Harry Whlte Elected Vice President

Frank H. Harris Elected Dlrector

C. H. Whue

' William Sherman, President of the State Board of Harbor Commissioners, gave an excellent talk on the San Francisco Waterfront at the regular Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 luncheon held at the Palace Hotel on October 22. Mr. Sherman gave a short resume of conditions on the waterfront, discussing the many problems the Harbor Board has to administer, and he also spoke on their present equipment for handling freight cargo. In speaking of the harbor fees charged, he stated that they are cheaper than any other place in the world, the fee of 5 cents per ton has never changed or been increased, yet the harbor equipment for handling freight is strictly modern and up-to-date. Mr. Sherman said that the San Francisco waterfront is a big business proposition, that it has its many problems, among' which is that wages of their efficient force should be increased and the city and the large tributary country which is giowing fast will necessitate more wharves for the proper

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Self-hardeningi Shaper

If you make your own spindle shaper knives we can supply you with high-grade self-hardening shaper steel from our large stock carried in our Los Angeles Service Station. Bars fur-

handling of freight. In closing his address, he stated that every citizen should do his bit as they are all stockholders in the San Francisco harbor, and that their co-operation is necessary to fulfill the visions of the Harbor Board.

J. E. (Ted) Higgins was the Chairman of the Day, and in addition to furnishing the speaker of the day, he also provided an excellent musical entertainment. "Ted" has announced that the Dollv Sisters. the well-known Broadway celebrities, would be present, but he stated that they were unable to attend and he introduced the Moore Sisters, rvho were enjoyable entertainers. "Ted" gave Homer Maris the credit for the u'onderful entertainment, stating that llomer had been rehearsing with the Moore Sisters every afternoon for nearly two weeks.

Owing to the absence of President John McCabe, who was in Seattle on business, Vicegerent Snark Fred Roth opened the business session. Frank Trower, Chairman of the Nomination Committee, announced that C. Harry White was selected to fill the vacancy of vice president caused by the recent transfer of Kenneth Smith to Philadelphia, and that Frank H. Harris was selected to fill the vacancy in the Board of Directors, due to the selection of C. Harry White for vice president. Both nominations were unanimously passed by the Club.

With the election of Harry White as vice president, Fred. Roth handed him the gavei to preside over the meeting.l After his very fine speech of acceptance, his first official ait was to put Matt Harris on the carpet. Matt Harris, the popular president of the San Francisco Rotary Club and also an active Hoo-Hoo worker, presented Harry with the largest apple that ever grew, with a note attached carrying the following message: "Apple Sauce for the new Vice President." Harry let Matt down easy by fining him $2.

Fred Roth reported on the progress of the November 12 Concatenation. He stated that Chester Rowell, regent of the U. of C. and former member of the U. S. Shipping Board, would be one of the speakers at the banquet.

AI.BION TUMBER CO. RED11IOOD

Concerning Roofs

By A. E. Carlson, Purchasing Agent, Pioneer Paper Co., Inc.

' Man's fundamental conception of home always has been "a roof over his head." Ilowever, in these days of advanced civilization arrangements for bodily comfort and provision for luxury have so enlarged the conception that home builders are likely now to give last thought to the roof. But the fullest advantage cannot be taken of modern comforts without a good roof over head.

Data issued by the Prepared Roofing Association of Chicago show that since 1908 the use of asphalt prepared roofings has increased 400 per cent. Asphalt roofings and asphalt shingles now roof seven out of ten new buildings. Enough asphalt. shingles and prepared roofings were produced last year to house a shed 30 feet wide and built around the world-in other words, 32,000,000 squares; a "square" being 100 square feet.

Ten important considerations enter into the selection of a roof. These are (1) kind of building, (2) type of roof construction, (3) permanency,of building, (4) service expected, {5) selection of roofs, (6) specifications, (7) method of ap- -plication, (8) life of roof, (9) roof protection and, (10) price.

The kind of building usually determines the type of roof construction, rvhile relative permanency of building also affects roof selection. Frequently a roof is expected to be more than a roof. Sometimes it is expected to be a playground for a factory or apartment house. The selection of prepared roofings is simplified"by the fact that they may be purchased from any lumber yard, hardware or building material dealer. Pioneer specifications are available for the use of architects. The method of application may mean a poor or a good roof and an easy way out is to place the responsibility on the manufacturer who has experts on roof construction to take complete charge of the job. Life of the roof depends upon the care and treatment it receives, but roof "life insurance" is available in the form of roofs guaranteed for a given period, Roofing protection means a roof that can be relied upon. A building without a roof is no building at all and a building with a poor roof is a nuisance. Price comparisons show the decided economy of prepared roofing and shingles over other materials, both in the initial application and in upkeep.

YALE EXPERT TO STUDY FOREST TAXATION

A nation-wide study of the forest tax problem in relation to reforestation is being launched by the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, which has just announced the appointment of Prof. Fred R. Fairchild of Yale University as director of the investigation.

SHREVEPORT DEFENDS SHINGLES

Shreveport, La., Nov.8.-After a fire here the usual drive against shingles was made, notwithstanding the fact that a majority of the burned houses were roofed rvith iron or other roofing. The local lurnbermen took up the cudgels for shingles and appealed to the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau for help. A representative of that association presented the real facts in the roofing war to the city council, and the anti-shingle ordinance was defeated.

LONG-BELL SHINGLE MILL INCREASES CUT

The small floating shingle mill owned by the Long-Bell Lumber Company has added a third machine recently, and is now producing 200,000 shingles daily in two shifts.

Glasby & Company Changes

Mr. Clare E. Glasby, president of Glasby & Company, rvell knor,vn sash and door distributors in Southern California, has just announced a number of changes in their organization.

In the past this company has confined their activities to the wholesale sash and door business. from their immense warehouse and factory on East 25th St., Los Angeles.

Through a new arrangement and by the acquisition of an additional tract of land adjoining their original plant, they have branched out into the general building material line, handling lumber of all kinds, sand and gravel, wall boards, roofing, etc.

Mr. Glasby especially wishes to announce that, contrary to the general impression, his company has not discontinued their wholesale sash and door activities. and that that end of the business is being conducted in a special department.

Glasby and Company have acquired their own sand and gravel plant, have a large stock of lumber on hand and state that they are gratified at the amount of business already obtained.

In addition to the above mentioned materials, they have taken the exclusive agency, in Southern California, for Bostrvick Metal Lath, and for the well known "Rough Patent" built-in ironing boards.

They have perfected a unique financing plan whereby they are offering prospective Home Builders 100 per cent financing on their buildings.

Mr. Glasby is president of the corinpany, Mr. Joe Heath is General Sales Manager, Hiram Adilman is Treasurer, John Radke, Secretary and Auditor, and Mr. A. Wardman is Chairman of the Board.

What the Disc Head Has to Do With Larger Oak Flooring Sales

An article or comodity superlatively goo4 is ertain to be qtokne oI in the highesttermsbythepur,clraser and in-tura by his acquaintances who catch hie en' thusiasm and share his admiration From thie point on, it is a matler oI eteadily increasing good will' d€' nand and salec

The disc head machine as employed in our manufac' truing operation is one o[ th€ well'cmsid€led advanced methodi which play an imponant part in producing the superlative merits o[

So wrrmlv edmircd by buildcrr, owacn and dcelar, hom corst r, coasc Tbi principlc d edsc l€.dir& upo wlrich thir mai$iae is de' eimcd. ia ecientiicallv cortect In precricc it is accutsc o thc 6aeat Iriction. lvtoteorrcr, ii produces a ffnbhed ek 0ocing he. ft@ bit nerlr aad with a aurlace that.is dl but pdilhcd. Cmbind wfuh thi! pcrlect machine wor!. ia "SupedcBraad'! is corci*eot unibrn color end terture which hold true throughout euccraaive shipneot*

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THE CAI-IFORNIA LUMBER IUERCHANT

TO MAKE PAPER FROM FIR

A step torvard the conservation of forests has been taken in the use of waste rvood from giant Douglas Fir trees, which heretofore has been considered a loss by the west fir unit of the Long-Bell Lumber Company, Longview, Wash. This waste now will be the basis for a new industry which will convert it into chips for the manufacture of kraft paper.

A great amount of attention has been given the waste in the lumber industry and with this new move toward conservation, a saving in timber and money will be effected and the small amount of waste now remaining will be materially reduced.

The new industry was assured when a contract for furnishing from 100 to 125 cords of Douglas Fir waste by the Long-Bell Lumber Company rvas closed with the CrownWillamette Paper Company, which will erect a chipping plant at Longvierv, next to the Long-Bell Lumber Company sawmill, the largest in the world.

The nerv plant rvill reduce all waste, from chips to the butts of the largest logs, to a size that may be conveyed by a blower pipe system to open barges in the Columbia River and taken to the paper company's mill at Camas, Wash., where it will be converted into pulp and then into kraft paper. The plant at Longvierv will not be a paper mill or plant;

STEPS MADE TO SAVE LARGEST CEDAR TREE

Efforts to preserve Washington's largest cedar tree and 20 smaller trees adjacent are being made by the Washington Natural Parks Association and the Washington Automo[ile Club. A fund of $2000 is being raised to buy the trees from the North Bend Timber Company, operating near the base of Mount Teneriffe. The big tree has a circumference three feet above the ground of 58 feet, with a diameter at that height of 16 feet, and is declared to be the largest cedar ever measured by forest authorities.

BLOEDEL-DONOVAN MILL TO BE COMPLETELY ELECTRIFIED

Bellingham, Oct. 26.*It is announced by President J. H. Bloedel that the right side of the Bloedel-Donovan carg'o mill will be electrified. The left side has been electrified for some years. The work will take about three months, and is estimated to cost $75,000.

WILBUR HATTERY VISITING CHICAGO

Wilbur Hattery, vice-president of Geo. T. Mickle Lumber Co., North Portland, Oregon, has been called to Chicago by the death of his father. Mr. Hattery will be absent from Portland for some time, assisting in the settlement of his father's affairs. Mr. Hattery, Sr., was prominent in banking circles in Chicago.

GERLINGER CARRIERS GO TO NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA

Dallas Machine & Locomotive Works, Dallas, Oregon, have recently shipped two Gerlinger lumber carriers to New York and two to Philadelphia.

They have also sold Gerlinger carriers recently to Forest Lumber Company, Aspgrove,. Oregon, and East Oregon Lumber Co., Enterprise, Oregon.

COOS BAY HOO.HOO CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS I

Officers for the ensuing year of Coos Bay Hoo-Hoo Club are: President, William Stout, Stout Lumber Company; vice-president, A. P. Davis, Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau; secretary, Frank A. Rowe; directors, J. H. Jeffrey, Coos Bay Lumber Co.; R. T. Bourns, Stout Lumber Co., and H. J. Leaf, Coos Bay Lumber Co.; Vicegerent Snark, A. T. Lagerstrom.

"One earnest reader is trying to help in the conservation of timber by using the same toothpick twice."-\M. E. Cooper Lumber Co.'s "Ifardwood Shavings".

Hammond Breaks Unloading Record

With,five steamers berthed at their San Pedro docks on the 4th, the Hammond has established a record for unloading at this port.

The total footage for the five carriers u'as 14,000,000.

THE LUMBERMAN'S AULD LANG SYNE

Should auld acquaintance be forgot?

The Lumberman says "nay"; So as we meet in joyous mood Remember still we prayThe days of auld lang syne, dear man, The days of auld lang syne; When boards were boards and yards rvere yards, In days of auld lang syne.

The lumbermen of auld lang syne Were that alone, you see; They just sat still and sold their stuff And gave no Service free. In days of auld lang syne, dear man, In days of auld lang syne, The lumber merchant knew no care In days of auld lang syne.

Now lumber yards are LUMBER STORES, With side lines thick as fleas. And lumber merchants work like heck And seldom sit at ease. So here's farewell to auld lang syne, Our modern ways are best, For boards and nails and shakes aie HOMES. And SERVICE, pep and zest.

SAN DIEGO YARDS INCORPORATED

The Hofiman-Glasson Lumber Company, San Diego, has filed incorporation papers, announcing their capital stock as $250,000. Directors are \Arilliam J. Glasson, M. E. Glasson. Earl L. Hoffman and M. E. Hoffman.

General Plywood Company

Aggressive in California

Huge quantities of Seattle-made Hardwood Panels are being consumed in the California market, panels manufactured by the well known General Plywood Company.

This company is successor to the Emerwood Panel & Top Company, and has as a subsidiary organization, the General Furniture Company, also at Seattle.

Mr, Ray C. Anderson, Vice President and General Manager of the General Plywood Company, has just returned to Seattle after a two weeks' visit at Los Angeles and San Francisco, and has just announced their new Southern California representatives, the California Panel & Veneer Company of Los Angeles. The H. B. Maris Panel Company has been selling their products in Northern California for some time.

They manufacture hardwood panels exclusively, from all of the largely used commercial domestic and imported hardrvoods, and Mr. Anderson states that there are no better panels made than theirs. They use an Alder core, superior, in his opinion, to other woods, it being very light and with a tendency to stay absolutely straight.

The t'Trade Markt'-our new line of non-infammable lumber treated under the Somoza patents.

AIso "Somozided" Shingles-with all the popular shades of stainin fireproof liquids. Thinl( what THAT meana--our

PAINT FACTORY

is now in operation, here in Los Angeles, and. we can supply fult lines of FIREPROOF PAINTS-the application of which creater a fire retardent surface on the wood covered.

"Goods of the Woods"

ENDORSE GRADE MARKING

Albany, N. Y., Nov. 3.-Approximately 300 leading representatives of the lumber and building industries of the several cities in the eastern district of New York, at a banquet in the Ten Eyck Hotel in Albany, emphatically endorsed standardized and grade-marked lumber as recommended by Secretary of Commerce Hoover, approved the system of grade-marking employed by the Southern Pine Association and commended the association and the retail lumbermen for their efforts to establish this beneficial practice in this country. They also urged other groups of lumber producers to brand the quality o{ their product and pledged their aid toward establishing the movement in this section.

NEW SAN PEDRO YARD OPENS

Rossman Brothers have opened their new yard at San Pedro at Trventy-first and M^esa streets. Mr. it. L. Lee is manager.

Glendde, California,

November 4' 1925

California Lumber Merchant, 318 Central Bldg., Lor Angelee, Calif.

Gentlenen:

I want to expres to you my perronal appreciation of the wonderful way you took care of the publicity program of the California Lumber Dealerc Acsociation meeting held at Frerno. I think that not only myrelf, but every member of the asrociation felt the larne way.

With bect wisher for you, -

Your very truly, FOX-WOODSUM LBR. CO. FLF.d

Frank L. Fox

a

job. It makes satisfied customers and keeps them satisfied-it's a profitable line to handle because its sales volume increases constantly.

You can satisfy . your customers with TripleSheath.

There are many Hardwood Shavings

In the Cooper Shavings bin, Gum, Ash, Birch, Elm and Hickory, Surface from Hardwoods fine and thin, They have served without any profit

To make your lumber smooth and light. Mahogany, Oak, \A/alnut and Maple, Piled in the Shavings House tight, Have added value to your home, ancl beautl'. l\taking your cost over softwoods light. For real service on your orders, Which we fill with careful pains. For the joy of prompt attentlon

Just phone our Mr. James. -W. E. Cooper Lumber Co.'s "Hardrvood Shavings."

Triple-Sheath Building Paper helps to make

100%

Lumber Production For 1924

As the result of the annual canvass of forest products for 1924, compiled by the Bureau of the Census, Departmcnt of Commelce, in co-operation with the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, the production of lumber, lath and shingles in the United States is announced as follows: Luml>er, 35,930,986 thousand feet b.m., a decrease of 3.3 per cent, as compared wlth 1923 i lath, 2,961,200 thou sands, a decrease of 11 per cent; shingles, 6,862,385 thousands, a decrease of 8.6 per cent.

Of the 29 States, each of which reported the production of more than 150,000,000 feet of lumber in 1924, 19 showed a smaller cut than for 1923. The decrease was shared by all producing regions of the United States.

The two predominating woods were yellow pine and Douglas fir, which contributed 347 per cent and 20.8 per cent, respectively, of the total production for the year. Seven kinds of wood contributed more than 1,000,000,000 feet each to the total cut in 1924. Four of these shorved decreases and three increases as compared with the production for the previous year.

SACRAMENTO CLUB ISSUES THE *AXIOM''

A clever four-page sheet called the "Axiom" has made its appearance among'the members of the Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club. It is the work of Secretary-Treasurer Charley LeMaster and besides sorne very good market information, contains a quantity of personal items about their members and other material.

INDEPENDENT SELLS TO PATTEN & DAVIES

The Independent Lumber Company's yard, excepting the Alhambra plant, has been sold to Patten & Davies of Los Angeles.

Curtis Cutter Loses Father

Mr. George H. Cutter, prominent in Sacramento business circles, and father of Mr. Curtis Cutter, manag'er of the Cutter Mill & Lumber Company, Sacramento, passed away at the family home on the second of this month. He d'ied suddenly from a heart attack.

LOS ANGELES HAS NEW NINE

The newly appointed Vicegerent Snark of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo District, Phil B. Hart, having received his official appointment from Supreme Junior Hoo-Hoo Rod Henrickson, San Francisco, and the confirmation from Henry Isherwood at St. Louis, has just announced his appointments for the Nine, and the Committee chairmen. The Nine will consist of :

Snark. Phil B. Hart. California Lumber Merchant.

Senior Hoo-Hoo, Rollins A. Brown, Superior Oak Flg. Co.

Junior Hoo-Hoo, N. H. Parson, Ganahl Lbr. Co.

Jabberrvock, Leo J. Germain, Germain Lbr. Co.

Custocation, Walter J. Best, Sou. Cal. Hardwood & Mfg' Co.

Bojum, Walter Scrim, Kolambugan Lbr. & Dev. Co.

Gurdon, J. M. Buhler, Buhler Lbr. Co.

Arcanoper, W. W. Wilkinson, W. W. Wilkinson.

Scrivenoter, Harry V. Hansen, Cal. Panel & Veneer Co.

The new Snark has placed men who have never served before on the team and has selected a group of fine fellows, all of them hard wbrkers for the order.

Ed B. Culnan, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., will act as chairman of the Membership Committee; J. E. LloydJones, Owens Parks Lumber Co., Entertainment, and Frank J. Connolly, 'W'estern Hardwood Lumber Co., Initiation.

Photo Eabr3crncntr of

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yet born a yedf aPdrt

Scl,ect uy picc of "Evcrlrrting" Hedrood Ftoring from oy vie-$oud bundle ud you rill 6nd it 6tl pcdcctly*sidc od cnd, any piocc frcn my orhcr buedL.

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NICHOLS & COX LUMBER CO.

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN

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EXPO. BLVD. LOS ANGELES

PROGRAM

Second Annual Convention Millwork Institute of California

Oakland Hotel-Oakland

Tlun'sday l'[ orning, N ovetnber l9tlt

9:00 A.M. Registration of Delegates.

l0:30 A.M. General Meeting.

L President's AddressH. W. Gaetjen.

2. Report of Managing DirectorH. T. Didesch.

3. Report of TreasurerE. A. Nicholson.

4. Appointment of Committeesa-Nominations for Directors. b-Resolutions.

5. Keynote AddressLeslie B. Henry, Pasadena, Calif.

l2:00 M. Adjournment.

7' hursday Afternoon, N ovember l9th

2:00 P.M. Gerreral Meeting.

6. Report of Nominating Committee and Election of Directors.

7. "Progress of Management Control in This Industry"

E. R, Maule, Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles.

8. "Should l{achine Set-ups be a Direct Charge?"

L. R. McKesson, Pasadena Mfg. Co., Pasadena.

9. "The Proper Consideration of Depreciatiotr and Obsolescency"

E. A. Nicholson, Pacific Door & Sash Co., Los Angeles.

10. "Cost Statistics"

H. T. Didesch.

4:30 P.M. Adjournment.

T h ursday Ezten'ing, N oztemb er l9th

7:00 P.tr{. Informal Banquet and Entertainment.

Friday Morning, Noaember ZOtlt

9:30 A.trf. Directors' Meetinga-General Business, b-Election of Officers.

10:30 A.M. General Meeting.

11. Report of Directors' Meeting.

12. "The Capital Stock Tax" Geo. M. Cornwall. Portland, Ore.

13. "Local Branch Activities"

D. N. Edwards. Oakland.

O. A. Topham, Los Angeles.

C. E. Reinhart. San Francisco. Owen S. King, San Diego.

J. H. Shepard. Sacramento.

W. F. O'Keefe, Stockton.

14. "Is a Consolidated Sales Corporation the Ansrver for Economic Distribution ?"

C. E. Reinhart, Reinhart Lumber & Planing Mill Co., San Francisco.

15. "An Architect's Comment on the Institute Program for Architects."

l2:00 tr{. Adjournment.

Friday Afternoon, Noztember 20th

2:00 P.M. General Meeting.

16. "The Value of Millwork Exhibits"

H. V. Cowan, H. V. Cowan, Inc., Los Angeles.

17. "Substitute Propaganda" A. W. Bernahuer, Fresno Planing Mill Co., Fresno.

18. "Can We Afford to Delay the Co-operative Advertising Campaign?"

Jack Hart, Hart & Burmeister, San Francisco.

19. Open Discussiona-Number of Meetings Annually. b-Expansion of Membership. c-Good of the Organization.

20. Report of Resolutions Committee.

21. Place of Next Meeting.

4:30 P.M. Final Adjournment.

Express yourself. An "Open Discussion," participated in by all members will follow each scheduled subject and guests

Splendid Display by Barr Lumber Company

The booth occupied a prominent position and was viewed by thousands. It rvon first prize, for being the most educational display.

The fence is a replica of the fence around the Santa Ana plant of the Barr Lumber Company, a picture of which was shown in a recent issue of this iournal.

The floor was of No. I Common Oak Flooring, %"2r/q inches. The panels forming the back wall were Upson Tile tlvo feet up from the floor, enameled French Grey. Standard Upson Board lvas used two feet down from the top, the intermediate four feet was filled with ten choice hardwood panels, each trventy-four inches wide.

The center of attraction in the booth rvas a moving dis-

play dramatizing the difference between paying rent and ownipg a home. The house on the left in the picture, which you will see was comparatively plain, was represented as a renter's house. The mechanical doll standing behind it drops money into the chimney which subsequently rolls out of the front door, across the lawn and drops out of sight at the front edge of the display. The doll standing behind the other house also drops money in his chimney. It stays in the house.

A sign dt the back of the display between the houses told the story as follows:

WHICH OF THESE MEN REPRESENTS YOU?

This man (indicating the renter), pays rent. Rent money rolls out of the house and is gone forever.

This man (indicating the home owner), owns home. The money he spends for shelter stays in to beautify it. his own his home

Stanley W. Smith, one of the go-getters at the Barr Lumber Company at Santa Ana, is responsible for the splendid display pictured at the top, installed at the recent Orange County Fair.

ADVERTISING WISELY

"There Dent out a sotilef, and as he sowed, some fell among thorns, snd the thorns greD up and chofted .il, and it yielded no fruit. And others f ell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, some sixl!, and some an hundred fold."

St. Marft:

Like the parable of the sower, some men do not properly determine where their advertising seeds should be sown.

FOR INSTANCE: A big cedar shingle distributor says he doesn't believe in Lumber Journal advertising because he ran advertisements in a Lumber Journal for a whole year and got no results whatever. He should read the parable of the sower.

Weakly edited, impotent mediums do not prove the fallacy of advertising. The medium that you hear and see generally quoted is a good one to make an advertising bet on.

Plant your advertising seed in

THE PRAYER OF SOCRATES

"Grant me to be beautiful in the innpr man, and all I have of outer things to be at peace with those within. May I count the wise man only, rich; and may my store of gold be such as none but the good can bear."

HE WAS A DECENT GUY

I'd rather have it said of me, When this old journey's through, That oq my way I'd tried to be, A friend to all I knew; Than have it said i gathered gold, And then have voices fallBecause they knew when that was told They'd really said it all. I'd gladly pass along my way, When comes my time to die, If all who knew me here should say:

"fle was a decent guy t"ur", A. Guest.

Several Kinds of Oratory

United States Senator Samuel Morgan Shortridge, of California, says there are two species of latter day orators. There is that brand of windjamming in which the orator tells his audience what he is going to tell them.

Then he tells them.

Then he tells them what he's told them.

And then there is the type of orator of the old school who uses words, many words, big words, to cover up any particular meaning he may have.

Such an orator is attorney in a law suit, and the attorney for the other side has just finished an address to the jury in which he has paid direct and vigorous and painful attention to this first orator, of whom we speak. And when his time to reply came, ho said;

"Resting upon the couch of Republican liberty as I do; covered with the blanket of constitutional panoply, as I am; and, protected by the aegis of American equality as I feel myself to be, I despise the buzzing of the professional insect who has just taken his seat, and I defy his attempt to penetrate with his puny sting the interstices of my impervious covering."

THAT WAS HIM

"Are you a clock-watcher?" asked the employer of the candidate for a job.

"No, I don't like inside work" replied the applicant without heat, "I'm a whistle-listener."

ADVERTISING

Advertising is just sound business.

ft merely multiplies the ability of a master salesman.

It does NOT supply that ability.

You hear of the "power" of advertising.

Do not believe in it.

Advertising is simply the means of conveying thought, like the telephone, the mail, or the telegraph.

It has no "power" except that given it by the ability of some man.

Only skillful advertising pays.

It pays, not because it has some mysterious power, but because someone uses it right.

NO DISEASE AT ALL

"Some one sick at yo' house, Mis' Carter?" inquired Lila. "Ah seed de doctah's kyer eroun' dar yestidy."

"ft was my brother, Lila."

"Sho'! Whut's he got de matter of him?"

"Nobody seems to know what the disease is. He can eat and sleep as well as ever. He stays out all day on the porch in the sun and seems as well as anyone. But he can't do any work, at all."

"l{s sgin'1-yo' say he cain't work?"

"Law, Miss Carter, dat ain't no disease what he got. Dat's a gif'!"

KEtLocc MBERLu ComPANY OF

CALIF.

CENTRALBLDG. LOSANGELES

VAndike 8229

SALES AGENTS

Kellogg Lumber Co., Fondale, La.

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

SOUTHERN f f .TIARDWOODS

WE Offer WISCONSIN HARDWOODS

Ash - Birch - Maple - Elm - Basswood

Either air dried or kiln dried.

Can be shipped in straight or mixed cars with "KORRECT-MAKE" Birch and Maple Flooring

-the world's best.

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Morre, wis. Mille at Philipr, wir.

Wcrtcrn Representativc

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755 South Spring Strect Lor Angelea, Californie TRiDiry 0405

Humbolt 0t57 2t20-'o E.25th St. LOS ANGELES

Supplying

rn our ..SPEED GETS 'EM'' way

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For 18 Years

..CHICKASAW BRAND'' OAK FLOORING

bas been a etandard of Grade-Quality-Manuf acture

Manufactured Bv

ilemphis Hardwood

And Distributed By E.

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SAMUEL R. NORTON

Henry BIdg. Portland

Victor E. Johnston Appointed Chief Inspector

Announcement has been made by the California White and Sugar Pine Manufacturers Association of the appointment of Victor E. Johnston as Chief Lumber Inspector. He has been connected with the Association's inspection bureau for the past two years and is taking the place made vacant by John Stevens who resigned last July. He will make his headquarters at the Association's San Frahcisco office.

Mr. Johnston has been associated with the lumber business all his life. He rvas born at Albany, New York, his father being a lumberman and for many years a saw-mill operator in the Adirondack Mountain Region. Prior to his joining the Association inspection force, he was connected with the Swayne Lumber Co. at Oroville. Mr. Johnston is very popular with the lumber fraternity of California and his many friends are wishing him great success in his nerv position.

You are inaited

to the Lcir Angeler Hoo Hoo Club'r Chrirtmar Party, to be given on the groundr at the Orthopaedic Horpital, Los Angelq, to the dozenc of wrfortunate, crippled kiddier, who are being taken care of in thb rylendid inetitution. We expect to give these children a party long to be remembered, there will be gifts for all of tfiem, candy galore, and a wonderful entertainment. All financed by the big-hearted Lumbermen of Southenr California. We expect to raise $21500 by relling admission tickets at One Dollar each, and we expec{ every concern in the Southern part of the State to do their share. One hundred centg of each dollar goes toward the show; the Committee ir, of courre, gLadly donating their time and all nesessary incidental expense. The date will be announced in a later irsue of thir irurnal. What we most want is a food of orders for tickas; rend them to arry member of the Comrnittee.

Committee:

B. W. Byrne, Chairman Herman L. Rorenberg Harry V. Hanron lf,/e.tem Hardwood Lumber Co. Hipolito Cq Califonia Pancl & Vcnccr Co.

L. H. Stenton E, H. Strnton & Son

A. L. Hoovcr

Hoo Hoo Officials Meet at Fresno

In conjunction with the California Retail Lumbermen's Convention at Fresno on October 30 and 31, there was a meeting on October 31 of all the state Hoo Hoo officials who were in attendance at the Convention.

Among those who attended the luncheon meeting at the California Hotel were:-

trip to the Pacific Coast mill connections from British Columbia to California.

Mr. and Mrs. Turner will spend Christmas in California rvith their son, Harry Turner, who is a freshman at the University of California, living at the Delta Tau Delta fraternity house in Berkeley.

SANTA CRUZ YARD SOLD

Fred M. Van Houten and H. V. Clark have purchased the lumber and mill business of Wilson Brothers. at Santa Cruz. The new firm will be known as the Bayona Mill and Lumber Co.

MURPHY NO LONGER WITH GLASBY

Mr. Joe Heath has replaced Mr. J. S. Murphy as Sales Manager for Glasby & Company, Los Angeles sash and door distributors.

C. D. LeMaster was elected Chairman and M., D. Bishop was elected Secretary of the meeting. Frank Trower made a report on the proceedings of the Hoo Hoo annual. There was a general discussion on conditions of the Order in the state, and a report was made by the officials present for their resoective districts.

ALLAN TURNER TO LOCATE AT GRAND RAPIDS

Allan Turner, Sales Manager of the Gerlinger Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon, has resigned his position effective December lst and will be associated with the lohn P. Wilkes Co., Grand Rapids, Mich.

Before leaving for the east, Allan will make a hurried

GRITZMACHER & GUNTON

Wholesalerr

112 Market St. San Francirco Telephone Sutter 7l)99

Douglar Fir - Sprucc - Redwood Redwood and Cedar Shinglcr Fir Piling Cedar Poler

Split Rcdwood Productp

ber of this organization not merely to sell you

rl.r .l 'l trucK 'lilaro 6t9l 1214 dcCl

6ftst

A. B. Gritzmcher Howard M. Gunton

MY FAVORITE STORIES

By lack Dionne

Very Busy With Them in Fact

Major Bob Witt, of San Antonio, Texas, was an artillery officer in the big scramble over yonder. He still tells "new" war stories, all of them about colored soldiers, and with his delightful Virginian accent, he puts them over strong. He will be telling "new" stories of the big war as long as he lives. He slipped me this one the other day.

There was a colored regiment of fighting men in the front line trenches, and they had been there for some time, with furious attack, counter-attack, and general bombardments. It appeared that the Germans had deserted a couple of machine guns that were visible out in "no man's Land," as there was no sign of life about them, and the white Captain pointed them out to a colored Sergeant. "Take a sguad of men and go out and bring them in, the first time the smoke drops over them so as to give you some protection," he said to the big black Sergeant. "Yassuh," replied the Sergeant.

S. E. SIADE TUMBER C().

Then the Captain departed for another part of the trench. A few minutes later conditions seem right, and with his duslry gang behind him the Sergeant climbed over the top, and started on a run for the two machine guns. Then it suddenly developed that the Germans were just playing possum, for suddenly two of them rose from a hole behind the guns, swung them toward the approaching darkies, and began spattering lead at them. The Sergeant led his men .at full speed back into their trench, where they remained.

After a while the Captain came back, and looking out, he saw the two machine guns still in sight. He said to the Sergeant: "Didn't I tell you to take a squad of men and bring in those two guns?"

"Yassuh," said the Sergeant. "Well, why didn't you bring them in?" he asked. "Becrz," replied the Sergeant, "Dey WUZ USIN' 'EM."

IUMBER C0.

Mcmber California Redwood Aerociation

OFFICES:

Crockcr Building

Phonc Suttcr 6170

LOS ANGELES

Lane Mortgage Bldg. Phone TRinity 22E2 C^A,LIFORNIA

MILLS:

FORT.BRAGG California

Adequate rtoragc rtock at San Pcdro

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

SHINGLE CONGRESS

The Ninth Annual Shingle Congress, the annual convention of the shingle manufacturers o{ Oregon, Washington and British Columbia,'ivill be held under the auspices of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, in Seattle, Wash., on December 2 and 3, at the Olympic Hotel.

The business sessions u'ill take up many vital problems now confronting the industry and plans for the 7926 work of the Bureau rvill be mapped out.

It is expected that this Congress r,vill far surpass any others in point of attendance ancl actual accomplishment, and it is hoped that next year rvill prove to be a very profitable one for the shingle men.

NEW MANAGER FOR BETTINGEN

E. C. (tsill) Miller, formerly of Los Angeles, has taken the management of the Monterey Park yard orvned by the Bettingen Lumber Co. He replaces Mr. Butcher, who has been transferred to Pasadena.

LOGGERS ELECT MINOT DAVIS

Minot Davis, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Tacoma, rvas elected president of the Pacific Logging Congress at the concluding session of the 16th annual congress held at Seattle, October 28 to 30. J. H. Meister, Shevlin-Hixon Company, was named vice-president, and Vanconver, B. C., was chosen as convention city lor 1926.

F. J. Solinsky, Castle Crag Lumber Co., Castella, Cal., and Otis R. Johnson, San Francisco, were elected directors for California.

The congress was generally admitted to lte the greatest and most successful ever held. Archibald Whisnant, Portland, permanent secretary of the congress, received a hearty vote of thanks from the loggers for his splendid organiza- tion r,vork in putting on what .ivas declared to be the greatest show of machinery ever seen on the Pacific Coast in con-

nection lvith any industry.

HALL LUMBER COMPANY SOLD

The Hall Lumber Company, Culver City, has been solcl to Mr. J. C. Summers of Omaha. 'fhe name of the institution rvill be changed to the Summers Lumber Co.

PaneIs Doors

M0RRlt[ and STURGION tUMBtR 00.

Portland, Oregon

EXCLUSIVE SO. CALIFORNIA SALES AGENTS FOR HARBOR PLYWOOD CO.

Hoguian, Wath.

Manufacturerr of tGrayr Harbor" Yellow Fir

Laminated Panele

KNOX & TOOMBS

Hoquiam, Waeh.

Manufacturerr of Vertical Grain Fir Doore

Can Make Prompt Shipment Straight or Mixed Cars of Panels and Doors

Also Fir, Hemlock, Spruce Lumber

Loc Angeles Rcpretentative W. W. WILKINSON

l2l4 Inrurance Exchange Bldg. Phone TUcker l43l nelerlrid//"^'W,/!Mtr"W#Hfi

Trees have 8:rown over this buried Redwood for 350 years. But the cut into the old Redwood shows clear. sound wood fit to be sawn into highest grade lumDer,

to serve

Annual rings of trees crowing over this Red*-ood show it has lain on moist ground over two centunes. It is sound; free from decay or even worm holes.

Over this 600 Year old Redwood. trees close to 20O years old have grown. Yet the cut shows the buried Redwood sound and free from decay.

Whg Reduood Satisfies

Particular Customers

The li{e history of three Redwood trees that lie in the California forests is the best testimonv to Redwood's Dermanence and resistance to rot. Thouch restins in m6ist cround and cbvered with moss, mold and forest debriJ for fro;250 to aibout 400 vears. not one of them is decayed. Worms have not bored into them. tut into at random, their wood fibre is as bricht and sound as that in a live Redwood just felled. This rotlresistance earns Redwood oreference over other commercial r-oods. and explains its increasing usi by builders, architects and constructron engrneers. Write for Informotion on TPL Co. lunber and milluorh. fmXSAdficrrnterq

Our new Phone is ANgeluE 3287

Our facilitier for eerving you arc being grcatly enlarged and increared. You can alwayr rely on ur for your bare of eupply for hardwoode.

Hardwooils from Luzon, Philippine Islands. Panels, Veneers, Flooring anil Harilwooils.

C{AS. R. McCORMICK RETURNS FROM SEATTLE TRIP

Chas. R. McCormick, President of the Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., has returned from a short bnsiness trip to the Northwest where he was.. inspecting the company's large lumber operation in the Puget Sound District. Mr. McCormick announces that work has started on the construction of their new mill at Port Gamble. Work has started on the dismantling of the old mill and he states that the new mill rvill be operating in about six months. Their new Port Gamble mill will be a very modern saw-mill operation and when completed rvill cut about 275 M ft. per eight hour shift.

He also states that they are installing some new machinery at their Port Ludlow mill. The installation of the machinery at this plant will be completed in about 90 days, and will not interfere with the continr,red operation of tbe mill.

The Port Gamble and Port Ludlow mill operations were recently acquired through purchase from the Pope & Talbot interests. Together with their two mills at St. Helens, Oregon, this large lumber and shipping concern, are now operating four saw-mills in the Northwest which are backed up by one of the finest stands of timber in Washington and Oregon. The company also operates a large Creosoting Plant in connection with their mill operations at St. Helens.

Chamberlin Moves L.l,A. Offices

W. R. Chamberlin & Company are well located in their new offices at 266 New Chamber of Commerce Building. Their phone number has not been changed, nor has any change been.made in the.personnel of the Southern Calilornla organrzatron.

Portland Hoo Hoo Club Meets

At the luncheon meeting of the Portland Hoo-Hoo Club, lreld October 22, a start was made with plans for the entertainment of. the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association by the appointment of a strong committee. E. D. Kingsley was recommended for Vicegerent Snark and Herbert J. Anderson for State Counsellor.

Secretary W. B. Mack urged the members to boost for a National Hoo-Hoo Park in Oregon, which would be a future playground for lumbermen from San Diego to Vancouver. Land could be acquired for this purpose, he said, if they went after it in the right way. He thought that as regards location the Park should be located on a stream, and near the ocean. Mr. Mack also suggested that it might lle called National Friends of the Forest Park.

DIMMICK LUMBER COMPANY

PACIFIC

CAR end CARGO

R.Drcrcltrtlvd

Fifc Bldg. SAN FRANCISCO Tel. Douglar E925 Vau Nuyr Bldg. LOS ANGELES Tcl. TRinity 7591

Exclusive Sales Agents for Northern California for

GERLINGER LUMBER CO.-RAIL

Portland, Oregon

METROPOLITAN REDWOOD CO.-RAIL

Metropolitan, Cdifonria

NE1TLETON LUMBER CO.-CARGO

. Seattle, Warhinglon

J. M.

Huddut

Lumber Company

Fife Building, San Francirco

J. R. HANIFY co.

Manuf acturers -Wholesalers Mills at Ra5rmond, Washington-Eureka (Humbotdt County), California

24 Marhet Street

Lor Angelee Office

San Francisco, Calif.

Portland Oftce 522 Ccntral Building

Telenhone Karnv 326 Northwertern Ba-L Bldg.

Rail and Cargo - Douglas Fir - Spruce - Redwood

Memberr Califomia Redwood Association

"Eoerything in West Coast Forest Products"

What It Means to Be a Vby"rhaeuser Pennanent Custorner

usg.

THE buying system that makes the most money for a retailer is the one for him to There isn't much argument on that score.

In fact, right buying is doubly important today when the cost of doing business is high and the demand for building materials irregular.

Dealers who have not yet found the type of buying connection that fully satisfies them may be interested in the way 'Weyerhaeuser mills handle the business of their regular accounts. Flere is an arrangement that many dealers are finding consistently profitable. It may be the very buying plan you have been seeking.

To sum it up briefly: The main business of the Weyerhaeuser mills is not merely to dispose of lumber stocks as they accumulate but to take good care of a group of permanent customersto supply them at the right time and at a fiair price with uniform, saleable lumber.

Depending as they do on these permanent connections for the bulk of their business, the Weyerhaeuser mills are vitally interested in the continued success of these customers. Sufficient reason, if there were no others, why these mills go to the limits they do to make this buying arrangement profitable to their retailer friends.

You catch the spirit of this enlightened service policy in any Weyerhaeuser loSSinB camp, mill or office. Here you see mills, facilities and equipment, unexcelled in the industry and manned by a corps of men who for years have been making good lumber.

You see excellent timber-perhaps no better

Dressed lumber in the new Snoqualmle ehed ie piled under cover and handled in t'packageet' bycrane. Thor. ough Beasoningrcareful surfacing and unit piling in a new crane.equipped shed-thad s the procedure today for comrnon lumber at the Snoqualmie Falle Lumber Company.

The new grading ahedfor dreesed lumberat the Potlatch Lumber Companyplant doee awaywith the necessity for hurried grading behind high epeed planets and assuree more accarate and uniform grades. The delivery of uni. form lumber, every foot of it saleable at a profit to the re. tailer-this is a fixed policy of all the Weyerhaeuser mills.

Mill "C" at EverettrWashington, one of the threeWeyer. haeusermills at that point, was recendy completed. It is specializing in the manufacture of high quality lumber and flooring from Pacific Coast Hemlock, a wood that has made a splendid name for itself on the Pacffic Coast and that is duplicating thie feat in the East.

standing-adequate to supply the needs of customers for decades. In the mills and in the seasoning yards where knowledge and experience count you see minute attention given to all the details-sizes must be uniform and correct; workmanship first class; grades neither too high nor too low but uniform. Every effort is made to ship dry lumber, properly seasoned before planing. Rigid rules for loading are enforced to insure delivery of clean, uninjured stock.

Quick quotations, speedy adjustments, whenever they are necessary, entire satisfaction for every customerthese are a part of the plan.

In dealing with the Weyerhaeuser organization you have the whole-hearted backing of.17 large mills cutting 15 species and shipping from L7 enormous stocks Two well stocked, strategically located distributing plants handle rush and emergency orders on a 24-hour shipping schedhandle ule. When you do business with one Weyerhaeuser mill you are rated as a good customer by all of them and you can expect personal service no matter with whom you deal.

The 'Weyerhaeuser representative can tell

you more about the plan. Flave him explain how it functions for your benefit and profit.

WEYERHAEUSER SALES CO.

Distributors of

VEYERHAEUSER FOREST PRODUCTS

General Offices: SPOKANE, WASHINGTON

Branch Offcu

ST.PAUL CHICAGO BALTIMORE NEV YORK 2694 University Ave. 2oE S. La Salle St. 812 L"exington Bldg. 22OBtoadway

The Weyerhaeuser Sales Company is the combined selling organi4ation of the folloming Wey*haeuset Mills and Distibuting Plants CloquetlubetCo.... Cloqut,Mim. HumbirdlumberCo....,.... Seadpoiatrldaho

TheNorthemlumberCl.Cloquet, Mim. Edwad Rudedge Timber Co. Cleurd'Alerc,I&ho fohn.on-Ventworth Cp. Cloquct, Mim. Bomerc Fetty Lumber Co. . , Bonncn Feny,Ideho Vod Convenion Co. Ooquct, Miu. Snoqurtmie Fallr Luber Co. Sooqu.Imic FaIb, \Fuh. Podatch Lunber Co. Potlach, fdaho Veyerh*uer Timbcr Co. Evaett, I?uh. BoiecPayettcluberCo...Boire,Ideho VcyerheorerTimbcrCo........Baltimrc,Md. Weyerhrm Timber Co. St. PauL Mian

This new grading shed at the Edward Rudedge mill, which gives the gradere ample time to inspect each piece carefully, is helping the Edward Rudedge TimberCompany to maintain its high etandards of uniform grading.

The newcrane shed at the Humbird Lumber Company plant is proving its value every day. The large quantities of seasoned, planed stock housed in this ehed make pos. sible quick ehipmente of mixed cars-orders which fot, merly might have involved considerable delay.

Maintaining a 24,hour shipping schedule demands the most modern equipment and facilities. Thecrane shown here is used at theTwin City plant of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company for unloadingr handling and loading.

Aview of the covered loading shed at the Baltimore plant of the WeyerhaeuserTimber Company,where orders are loaded out the earne day that they are received. Thir plant has become famous along the eastern seaboard for its quick shipping eervice.

lVeather-Proof !

-That one word tellr the rtoryof this Filson Cruising Coat in wiad'tight, water'resistattt Lhaki. Givca you some idea oI how it armors you against the attacks of the weather' Yet it's full in cut so it doesn't hamper freedom of movemcat. suiit--tite all Filson Garments-for outdoor wear and for the rough use such wear involves. Gives you protection' comfort and good ap' pearaoce-during all of its long li{c'

You aecd itt Year-'round usefulness, at work or play. Order one inch larger than white collar size.

C. C. FIISON Co. 1005-1007 Firrt Avc. Scattlc, \f,farhington

FULLF-MORLEY WEDDING AT STOCKTON

Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Fulle of Salinas have anhounced the recent marriage of their daughter Geraldine to Albert Roy Morley at Stockton, California. Mrs. Morley was among the most popular young ladies in Salinas and has also many friends in San Francisco. Mr. Morley is well known to the lumber trade of California and is associated rvith the California & Oregon Lumber Co. with headquarters in San Francisco. Mr. and Mrs. Morley will make their home in San Francisco. .

MISS IRENE ALLEN WEDS CLIFF FYDELL

Garnet Fraser, *t,l\J"?Yr:3.In. rrom an extended trip throughout the east, brings back the announcement that Miss Irene Allan and Cliff Fydell were united in marriage on October 6 in "The Little Church around the Corner". They spent their honeymoon sojourning in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. They are making their home at 500 Fort Washington Ave., New York City.

"Cliff" is now sales manager of the New York office of the Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Co. He is well known in lumber and shipping circles on the Pacific Coast and his many California friends are pleased to hear he is having such a successful career in the east.

OLYMPIC CLUB UNVEIL MEMORIAT

*FILSON CLOTHES for thc Man lllho Knoatsi'

At the Olympic Club's country home, on Saturday afternoon, October thirty-first, the President and Board of Directors of the Olympic Club in the presence of many friends held ceremonies attending the unveiling of the memorial "Friendship", the gift of Mrs. Martha Mary Hanify and Mrs. Eleanor Louise Christenson. in honor of their deceased husbands, John Ryder Hanify and Edwin Axel Christenson, forrner directors of the Olympic Club of San ' Francisco.

W. R. GHAMBERLI]I & GO. GARGO and RAIL

Dietributing Agentr for Clerls-Nichcrron Lumbcr Co, Evcrctt, Warh.

Dcnprcy Lumbcr Coo Tacona, Werh.

Dcfiencc Lumber Coo Tacona, YYuh.

Brrnct Lunber Co, Vtncouvcr, B. C. Whitncy Co., Grribaldi, Orc.

Littlc Rivc Rcdwood Coo Hunboldt Bry.

Porter Building

Wood Lumber Co.

We Sbecialize in Grayr Harbor OLD GROWTI{ YF.I-I OW FIR Finish and Vertical C'rain Flooring. If you like extra good quality Rd Cedar Shingler we can fumiEh them.

Fruit Growers Supply Company

Sead for Cataloq II of our Coiolete Linc of Bitter Outdoor Clothes.

Filsott Khaki Cruisittg Coat

Pfize Winning Booth

The Peoples Lumber Cornpany's displav lras au'arded first prize in the Commercial Department of the Ventura County Annual Fair helcl at \/entura Sept. ?3 to Sept. 27, 1925.

A miniature reproduction of a portion of NIain Street of Ventura in 1883 is shorvn in one end of the booth: this rvas the location of the first Peoples Lumber Company's yard. From this point was shorvn the growth of the company by means of ribbons to a map on the rvall showing the locations of the present eight branch yards. This reproduction was of great interest, especially to the county pioneers.

The Brick displayed rvas manufactured by the Company at their Ventura Plant.

Practically every line of building material was exhibited, such as Built-in Fixtures, Mill Work, Wall Board, Stucco, etc.

A small band saw and two lathes were in operation making small rolling pins, baseball bats and doll furniture, all of rvhich, after being stamped with the Company's name, were given away to the children. It has been estimated that nearly 10,000 of these gifts were distributed.

The booth carried the Company's slogan, i.e., "Owned and Operated by and for the People of Ventura County."

E. dc Rcynicr

H. B. Gamercton

426-128-80 Senta Marina Building

ll2 Market Street SAN FRANCISCO

WHOLESALE

Fir erd Rcdwood Lumber

Trcatcd and Uatrcatcd Poler and Piler

Celifonh Sugar and ll/hitc Pinc Lunber

Split Redwood Ticr, Portr, Grape Stakce, ctc.

Sawn Rcdwood Shakcr and Shingler

PORTLAIIXT, OREGON, OFFTCE

Noritvertcn Ber& Bldg.

Our rcprcrcntrtivc In Southcrn Californtr arc Vfillimr and Coopcr, a5 ,WGrt Sixth Strrct, lar Angelca

Willapa

WANT ADS

(The Clearing House)

This Column of "Wants" and "Don't Wants" is for: The Fellow Who Wants to Buy The Fellow Who Wants to Sell The Fellow Who Wants to Hire

Ratc: $2.s0 per coturnn inch The Fellow Who Wants to Be Hired

!\'ANTED

Manager for retail lumber yard in Arizona. Must be first class man. For particulars address Box A-7I, care California Lumber Merchant.

WANT TO BUY YARD

Wanted to buy retail lumber yard, 20 to $40,000. Address Box ,4.-66. care California Lumber Merchant.

WANTED-Thoroughly experienced lumber salesman. Write full qualifications and experience. Box A-80, care California Lumber l\ferchant.

A SOUTHWESTERN REPRESENTATIVE

The Louisiana yellow pine mill which I have served as sales manager for the past several years has recently cut out and left the field; I am now without a connpction and want to get in touch with some high class operation who needs a high class representative in the Southwest.

In executive positions for fourteen years on the Retail Yard and nine years at the mill privileges me to feel that I know lumber from the stump to the consumer and I knou/ the Southwestern, trade as well as anyone could know it. If you are selling Texas, Louisiana and the Southwest, I can increase your volume of business.

If you contemplate entering that market, I will open an office for you and introduce your products in that territory. I would like to talk it over with you and, if you are interested, will be pleased to have you address me: C. B. M., care Gulf Coast Lumberman, Second National Bank Building, Houston, Texas.

FOR SALE

RETAIL LUMBER YARD NICE PROFITABLE BUSINESS FINE OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENT 40 TO $5O,OOO. ADDRESS BOX A-83. CARE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT.

WANTED TO BUY LUMBER YARD for cash. .Must be in good location. Information will be strictly confidential. Hayward Lumber & Inv. Co., P. O. Box 155, Los Angeles.

INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES

Plenty of laughterPlenty of sleepPlenty of fresh airPlenty of water(Internally and externally)

Are four of the chief requisit'es of human happiness and success.

FAbGr fmO

OUR ADVERTISERS

Blinn, L. W., Lbr. Co.

Booth-Kelly Lumber Co.

Bradley Lumber Co.

Brown, Rollins A.

Cadwallader-Gibson Co.

California Door Co.

California Panel & Veneer Co. ........

California Redwood Association

Cal. Wh. & Sug. Pine Mfrs. Assn.......

Chamberlin & Co.. W. R. ....

Cooper Lumber Co., W, E.

Coos Bay Lumber Co.

Coos Veneer & Box Co. ...

Cornitius, Geo. C.

Creo-Dipt Co. ...

Crow's Lumber Index

Dallas Machine & Loco. Wks.

Dimmick Lumber Co,

Dodge Co., E. J.

Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co.

Eagle

Evergreen Shingle Corp.

Filson, C. C., Co.

Fischer Bros. Lumber Co.

Forgie, Robt.

Fruit Growers' Supply Co.

General Plywood Co. ..

Gerlinger Lumber Co.

Germain Lumber Co. ..

Glasby & Co.

For ordinary construction, use Pioneer Duplex Building Paper-coated on one side with asphalt. Saves dollars i n protecting hardwood foors, stairways, tile, granite or marble, while builditrg.

-{the tiile wmes in!

Use Pioneer H. & H. Blach

Glazeil BuiI ding Paper IT'S WATERPRO OF

There are fifty-seven varieties of uses-maybe morefor Pioneer H. & H. Black Glazed Building Paper. In every roll there is thorough protection. It is heavily coated with asphalt and prepared by patented processthe water can't get through.

Used wherever the best waterproof sheathing is required -for walls, under hardwood foors, to line packing and shipping cases, to cover machinery and other metal surfaces exposed to the weather.

Pioneer H. & H. Black Glazed Building Paper is more than moist-proof; more than damp-proof. It's waterproof. Backed by thirty years of manufacturing experience and the reputation of Pioneer.

OR many years the Weaver Roof Company has been building its reputation on the quality of its products.

That is why today the name "'Weaver" is absolute assurance of dependable quality in roofing.

The customer gets out of a roof just what a manufacturer puts into it. Time tells. Recommend it to vour customers.