The Trouble With The Lumber Industry

Thoae who have often asked the question, when mar*et depressiont come noun&-ttWhai ia the matter with the lumber industry?"

- have at last had tlreir question answered.

And it waa anrwered at a recent oil convention. They were discussing tfte marketing of petroleum products, and they were also discussing that famous question that seems to cre€p into all industry at times, "What's the matter with the oil business?t'

They had called on many of tlrose preaent to digcurs the matter, and many different opinions and suggestions had been offered, wh-n a

GEORGE L. FITZSIMMONS PASSES AWAY

George L. Fitzsimmons, Manager for the Hayward Lumber Company, at Pacific Grove, died suddenly on the night of November l7th, at his home in Pacific Grove.

Work On Pier To Start

Work on the new $30,000 pier, at Long Beach, for the Cadwallader-Gibson Company, will begin by the first of the year, according to a recent statement by Mr. B. W. Cadwallader.

well lcnown sales manager for one of the big oil companies rose and took the foor.

ttThere is no need for wasting time wondering what is the matter with ihe oil buriness, when there is only one thing the matter with it, and everyone knows what that is. The tro'uble with the oil business aimply is THAT THE OIL PRODUCERS CAI{NOT PRODUCE OIL AS CHEAPLY AS WE SAI.ESMEN CA}I SFI.I. IT. THAT'S ALL THERE IS TO THAT.''

And THAT is generally the trouble with the lumber business.

Ray Spencer Calls On San Francisco Trade

Ray Spencer, of the Spencer Lumber Co., Walnut Creek, was a San Francisco visitor around the first of the month where he spent a few days attending to business matters. He was also calling on the lumber trade and looking over lumber conditions in the Bay District.

Recruiting officer: Rookie: "No. but I "Got any scars on you?" can give you a cigarette."

H. VIRGIL RICHARDS TRANSFERRED TO SAN FRANCISCO

H. Virgil Richards, formerly connected with the New York office of the Long-Bell Lumber Co., has arrived in San Francisco and will act as the manager of their San Francisco office. He succeeds Clint Laughlin, who recently resigned to go into business in Los Angeles. Mr. Barnes has been with the Long-Bell Lumber Co. for about twenty years. during which time he has worked out o_f Indianapolis ind New York. For the past four years, he has been connected with their New York office.

To Test Redwood Against Ravages Of Ants

To determine what Redwood can do against the ravages of white ants, James Zetek, United States Entomologist, in the Panama-Canal Zone, is constructing a small house made entirely of Redwood, on the Barro-Colorado Island to carry on this test. The Redwood lumber for- this experiment has been donated by the Little River Redwood Cb.

ARTHUR T. HAYWARD TRIES HIS LUCK AT DUCK SHOOTING

Arthur T. Hayward, Homer T. Hayward Lumber Co., Salinas, together with a party of friends, recently visited the Gun Club at Gustine to duck shoot. Arthur reports that they had a very success{ul expedition, as all members of the pbrty bagged the limit catch.

S. R. BLACK ATTENDS LOGGING CONGRESS

S. R. Black, California Forest Protective Association, San Francisco, has returned from Vancouver, B. C., where he attended the Pacific Logging Congress that convened on October 27-30. Mr. Black was one of the speakers at the convention.

ONLY A

Gate

Only a gate, yet it told a tale

To each passerby on the busy street; - A story-of thrift and of .honest prideThis little gateway so trim and neat.

A path led up to the welcoming dooa' A itraded wJlk through the fragrant fowers; And many lingered a moment there Forgetting the stress of hurrying hours.

Just a humble home on a quiet street, Nothing of splendor to awe or command; But it ipoke of peaceful, contented hearts And filled its place in a weary land.

Oh, our little homes are glorious homes ! Pure, with simple joys of earth;

Cherished'and moulded to our desire Who can determine their ultimate worth?

Out from the shelter of lowlY roof, . Out through the door and the little gate, One may come with a mgssage true And a gift to the world for which men wait.

Cherish these little homes of ours, Hold them as treasures, intrinsic, rare; Dream of them tenderly through the day, YT*n"" "H:me" in vour

Vessel Breaks Propeller As It Leaves Eureka

A drifting log or other floating obstruction was probab-ly responsiblelorlhe loss of one of its propeller blades -Uy -tf. lumber schooner Frank D. Stout, which recently arrived in San Francisco.

The blade was sheared off shortly after departing from the Humboldt Bay lumber port. Although the speed of the vessel was greatly reduced by the loss, yet the schooner had no difficulty in making the run to the Golden Gate. It rvill be placed in a local dJydock this week to have the missing section of propeller replaced.

$2I,OOO BUILDING IN OROVILLE PLANNED

Oroville, Nov. 2.-Oroville building permits for October totalled $21,875, Of this total $16,305 rvas for new dwellings, $5255 for repairs. There were thirty permits issued and out of these six were for dwellings.

Lumber Port Made At California City

The Finkbind-Guild Lumber Co., a Mississippi concern, is completing construction of a wharf and port facilities near California City, which will be ready for shipping in November.

The project will be magnified later and probably will represent an outlay of around $2,000,000. Lumber from Mendocino county will be brought to the nerv port by Charles R. McCormick lirrers and redistributed via the Panama canal in east coast points.

Building Progresses In Hanford Area

Hanford, Lemoore and Corcoran have been making an excellent showing in building during the past ten months of 1926, with practically not an idle workman anywhere in the county in the building trades. In Hanford seventeen building permits were issued for the month of October, just closing, all for new residence construction and improvement of stores and residences, totalling in all $23,350. Building permits for the ten months total $191,14O. The lorvest building month was January, six permits, totaling $15,570, and the highest month's total was in July, $27,25O.

Adding New Dry Kilns

Clover Valley Lumber Company is constructing ten dry kilns as an addition to its plant at Loyalton, Sierra county. The new kilns will be ready for the coming winter.

Harry Officer Calls On Trade

Harry Officer, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, is back at his desk after spending a few days calling on the retail lumber trade at Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Petaluma and other points in Marin County. He reports that building operations in that section continue active.

]0''ATZTE STARTZMAN WEDS LOUIS W. BLINN

At a very beautiful wedding ceremony on Saturday, October 2, at San Francisco, Maizie Startzman was united in marriage to Louis William Blinn II. Both were connected with the San Francisco office fo The Pacific LumberCo. and are popular members of the younger set in the Bay District. They will make their home in San Francisco. Mr. Blinn's family have been associated with the lumber business in California for many years and he is associated with The Pacific Lumber Co.

SHE TOOK'EM TOO

"Why, Aunt Dinah, you ain't gone and married again?"

"Yes Ah is, honey, de fo'th time. Jes' so often as de Lawd takes 'em, so will I."

. S. F. BUILDING RECORDS BIG GAIN OVER 1925 total building permits for the year thus lar are $6,000,000 in excess of the same 1925 period. A big gain was sllown in permits last month, 849 permits having been issued during October.

The permils for the month amounted to $5,649,690, an increase of 30 per cent of the permits issued durin-g October, 1925, when the sum represented was $4,35I,249.

'During the first 10 months ol 1926,8564 permits-have been issued, aggregating $49,593,398, a gain of 13'5 per cent over the $43,67Q035 issued for the first 10 months of last year.

Tlie October figures were swelled by plans of the harbor commission for ihe construction of pier 45 at a cost of $500,000 for the erection of the new St. Joseph's Hospital. It is expected that a new high construction record will be set before the year is over.

The building inspector's tabulations for October show:

Class "A," three-permits issued amounting to $7-50-,000; class "B," none; cllss "C," 26 permits totaling $549,750. There were 349 frame buildings approved involving $1,984,n3; alterations numbering 467 involved $61L,822. Three public buildings amounted to $412,063 and one harbor project $L,3?5,802.

Lumber Cargoes On Water Routes Show Increase

Nearly Three Billion Feet Shipped Out in Nine Months

Seattle, Nov. Z.-Water borne shipments of lumber from Washington ports in the first nine months of. 1926 increased 25 per &nt over the same period of last year, the Pacific lumber inspection bureau reported today. Lumber shipped from Wastiington ports in the nine months this year totaled 2,717,798,659 feet-556,281,058 more than in the first nine months of.1925. Shipments from Oregon ports totaled 990,773,438 f.eet. 84,773,438 feet more than for the same period ol 1925, an increase of 9.4 per cent. British Columbia with 545,814,2D feet, gained 36 per cent.

Dave Woodhead A San Francisco Visitor

Dave Woodhead, the well known Los Angeles fetailer, was a recent Bay District visitor, where he spent a few days attending to business matters and looking over market conditions in the San Francisco market. He also called on the lumber trade during his visit.

Ted Lawrence A Bay District Visitor

Ted Lawrence, Los Angeles manager of the Hart-Wood Lumber Co., made the trip to Berkeley on October 23 to see the big game between the University of Southern California and California. While in the Bay District, he was a caller at the company's San Francisco office.

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McCLOUD HOO-HOO CLUB NAMES COMMITTEES FOR NEW YEAR

The McCloud, Cal., Hoo-Hoo Club, at a meeting September 9th, formulated plans and perfected its otganization for an active program in the ensuing year.

An executive committee composed of J. M. Longdon, Levi Caldwell and C. J. Green was named, witit Brother Longdon chairman. The board of directors appointed Ray Hat6away permanent chairman of the entertainment committee, wittr I-. J. Childs and Frank Keisling as the other members of this-committee.

There rvas a general discussion of the forest fire hazard and of road conditions in the vicinity of McCloud. A committee composed of C, B. Daveney, W. W. Martin and R. L. Ferrai was appointed to confer with the.supervisor of roads concerning- needed repairs in the vicinity.

Sacramento Reports On October Building

Building permits issued for October totaled $915,11q' This broultrt the total permits for the-year to $7,024,063' Durins thi month permits were issued for seventy-seven dwelliiss, costing $Z7O,SzS. Buildings used for housing, includin-g largi:r homes, hotels and apartment houses, totaled $383,325 lor the month.

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F. HAMMATT ON SOUTHERN TRIP

R. F. Hammatt, secretary-manager of the California Redwood Association, left foi Los Angeles around the first of the month for a short business trip. While in the Southern California District, he will be altending to association business matters. He'will be back at his desk around the middle of the month.