Swayne Lumber Co. Modernazes Kilns

saving in power cost-an exclusive feature of Moore's Reversible Cross Circulation kilns.

Although the old kiln buildings were of concrete construction, they were readily converted for installation of the new dry kiln equiprirent from plans furnished by the North Portland, Oregon, office of the Moore Dry Kiln Company.

Charles Schleef is manager, and W. S. Kennon is sales managei of the Swayne Lumber Company, which produces a high-grade Sugar pine and Ponderosa pine. With their new kilns they can dry Sugar pine in thicknesses up to and including l2/4 for pattern stock. They now have six of the most modern type dry kilns with which to season their stock, assuring customers of the highest quality of kiln dried lumber.

Lloyd Swayne, president of Swayne & Hoyt, Ltd', well known shiporvners and agents, is also president of the Swayne Lumber Company.

Los Angales \(/holesalers Play Golf

Batery ol sir modern Moore Reoersible Cross Circulation kilns a Sumyne Lumber Co., Orouille, California, drying Sugn pine anil Pond.erosa pine. Note the large capacity soliil piled loads.

The Swayne Lumber Company, Oroville, Calif., have recently completed the modernization of their battery of dry kilns by converting four of their old natural draft.kilns to Moore's latest type Reversible Cross Circulation design. These modernized kilns, rvhich now produ'ce the same high-grade drying results as if entirely new kiln buildings had been constructed, are 10 ft. wide and 120 ft. long, and are of the single ended charge type. The air circulating equipment is installed below the loads of lumber. The fans are mounted on a longitudinal shaft the full length of the kiln and are driven by a two-speed ele,ctric motor, thus giving Variable Speed Circulation, and an appreciable

The Los Angeles wholesale lumbermen held a golf tournament at the Rancho Golf Course, Friday afternoon, November 6. Dinner was served in the Club House at 6:30 P. M., after which Clint Laughlin presented the prizes.

Hervey Bowles was the winner of the low gross and low net prizes. Winners in the various other events who were awarded prizes included "Cuppy" Slade, Ted Lawrence, Ted Wright, Ed Martin, Charles Lyons, Don Philips, Duncan McNeil, Bill Chantland, Clint Laughlin and Jim Prentice.

The following played in the tournament: L. W. MacDonald, Ted Lawrence, Don Philips, Jim Prentice, Ted Wright, Don Doud, Charles Lyons, Ray Hill, "Cappy" Slade, Hervey Bowles, Stuart Smith, Duncan McNeil, Russell Gheen, Bill Chantland, Ed Martin, M. R. Gill, Clint Laughlin, Cliff Bergstrom, A. L. Sailor, and L. A. Beckstrom.

Training Courses for Building Material Dealer Sales Personnel

New YorkNine training courses for building material dealer sales personnel are to be sponsored in nine strategically located cities this fall and winter by the Housing Guild Division of Johns - Manville, it is announced by A. A. Hood, manager.

The plans are contained in a new bookIet, "Training for Profits," which Mr. Hood has prepared for general free distiibution to explain the organization and ob-

A. A. Hooil jectives of the Housing Guild system of consumer selling and to provide all material and information required by a Iumber dealer who wishes to take the course of training.

To launch the Housing Guild plan in the fall of 1935, Johns-Manville sponsored special "clini,cs" in New York city and Chicago, where 576 retail building material dealers assembled to hear the plan revealed, with a result that the total enrollment for four special courses of training for building material dealer sales managers and salesmen held in these two cities reached 300.

This year, Mr. Hood explains, the book, "Training for Profits," supplements the clinics and by supplying pertinent information regarding the Housing Guild system in printed form it prepares the way for a considerably enlarged scope of activities this coming season. The nine dealer personnel training courses will be held according to the following schedule:

Atlanta, Nov. 16 to 25 inclusive; New York, Jan. 4 to 16 inclusive; Chicago, Jan. 18 to 30 inclusive; Cleveland, Feb. 1 to 13 inclusive; Kansas City, Feb. 15 to 27 inclusive; Minneapolis, Mar. 8 to 20 in,clusive; New Orleans, Mar. 29 to April10 inclusive.

From April 26 to May 8 there will be a Training Course at a city yet to be selected on the south Pacific Coast and from May 17 to 29 there will be another course offered at a north Pacific Coast city which will be named later.

Birds And Cigarette Butts

Now forest rangers are 'rvondering if cigarette smoking birds are to be added to the list of fire hazards. They are worried over the discovery of four cigarette stubs found in the remains of a bird's nest in the eaves of a burned building at Dorris, California. Rangers hope that it is only a queer bird who has the snipe shooting habit as they have plenty of troubles preventing careless travelers who toss away their burning buts from causing forest fires.