Valley I umber Company have State Highway Division Spec- Exhibit at Fresno Fair ify Redwood for Bridges

One of the interesting features of the 1928 Fresno Coun!l Fair was the log bungalow exhibit of the Valley Lumber Company of Frisno, ealifornia. The exterior wis made from 3x6 Redwood log cabin siding. The roof covering is Perfection red cedar shingles. Celotex was used in thE interior, while Sheetrock covered with Texatone was used in the breakfast alcove.

For the past several years, the Valley Lumber Company has participated in the Fresno County Fair where they have exhibited their building materials.

In the lumber exhibit, they had an attractive breakfast set consisting of a table and four chairs, hand finished in the very best of workmanship and material. This breakfast set was given away to the person holding the lucky

R. F. Hammatt, secretary-manager of the California Redwood Association, announces that the IJnion Lumber Company's mill at Fort Bragg is now filling an order for ap- proximately 198,000 feet of Redwood in structural gradis for two new state highway bridges to be built just north of San Simeon on the new Coast Highway in San Luis Obispo county. The contract for these bridges was awarded by the state to F. W. Steffgen of San Diego. Construction is scheduled to start immediately and the bridges are expected to be completed before the heavy rains. The bridges will be 100 per cent Redwood, including the piling.

The Redwood is being inspected at Fort Bragg by the department of inspection and grades of the California Redwood Association.

This is but one of several state highway jobs on which structural grade has been specified by the Division of State Highways. The order was secured by J. A. Greenelsh, manager of the Pacific Coast Coal Co., San Luis Obispo.

Standard Plans Devised For Housing The Combine And Tractor

Depreciation of modernfarming equipment through weathering is very costly to large farm owners. The repair and replacement cost of such equipment as combines and tractors is making serious inroads on farm profits. Lack of standard designs and plans for structures in which this expensive machinery can be economically and handily housed is blamed for much of the neglect that has resulted in weathering depreciation.

To meet this situation the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association has had a group of its engineers working for several months on the designing of a standard set of plans for structures that will give the necessary shelter within the proper range of economy. A two-fold set of plans has been developed; one for a combine, tractor and farm implement building and the other for a combine and tractor shed rvith farm shop.

number in the free drawing. To get an idea of the number of people who passed through this particular exhibit, the company issue,d 11,500 tickets on the breakfast set.

From four to six of their best men were in the exhibits at all times, whose purpose was to create good will on the part of potential customers and also excite in them a desire for better things in the way oI home cohstruction. The Built-in kitchen fixtures particularly were designed to appeal to the person owning an old home susceptible to modernization.

The company had a second exhibit at the fair which exemplified durable and fireproof construction in the shape of Johns-Mansville rigid asbestos shingles, and Steeltex fabrics used as a base for exterior stucco and interior plaster.

Sound construction, convenience and serviceability and economy were considered essentials in drafting the plans aqd the bills of material to accompany them. They are being made available on request to those interested in farm management and construction. These plans may be secured gratis from the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association's Washington office or any of its offices in the larger cities.

PINE DIRECTORS AND MEMBERS MEET AT SAN FRANCISCO, NOVEMBER 16

A meeting of the directors and members of the California White & Sugar Pine Manufacturers' Association will be held at the offices of the association in the Call Building, San Francisco, on Friday, November 16.

The principal subject for discussion will be the 1929 budget.