Insulated Dry Kiln Doors Are Stockton Hoo Hoo Club d' Steam Savers In Cold Weather

.E":r.y kiln operator finds it harder to maintain proper schedules of temperature within the kiln duiing cold winter months than during the summer. Many manufacturers have been ,careful to get the most expert idvice regarding the construction of the kiln building itself, yet th-ere arE hundreds of kilns throughout the country th-at use homemade doors, poorly insulated, and which have warped into such shape that openings oc,cur through which steam is wasted and drying schedules are disturbed. Home-made doors without proper insulation not only transmit the heat from the kilns to the atmosphere, but fiequently twist and warp out of shape allowing steam to escape. Naturally it is a great drain on the boilers to supply sufficient steam to keep up temperatures in the kiln, ieiulting in increased cost o{ fuel, slowing up of the kiln-drying operation, and sometimes damaged stock .caused by imprbper schedules.

Now is the time to check up on dry kiln doors. and if they are not what they should be, discird them ani install properly constru.cted and insulated doors which are now available at nominal cost. Such a change is a real money- saving proposition, as the saving in fuel alone will oftin pay for new and better kiln doors withina few months' time.

The Moore Dry Kiln Company with plants at North Portland, Oregon, and Jacksonville, Florida, who are the largest manufa'cturers of insulated, fire-resisting kiln doors. are making many installations of doors on old as well as new kilns. This company manufactures .several types of kiln doors, of various weights and degrees of insulition to suit local climatic conditions. They will.be glad to furnish descriptive literature to anyone interested ln better kiln doors.

_ Among the latest developments in kiln doors made by this company's engineers is the .construction of a heavily insulated door which is particularly effective on steam vats where hardwood logs are steamed before placing on veneer lathe, also on hardwood kilns. On su,ch vats or kilns the high humidities, heat and acids are very destructive to ordinary doors, but it is claimed that the new type door withstands these conditions successfully.

Walter Scrim Returns From Northwest Trip

Walter G. Scrim, Los Angeles, U. S. representative of the Findlay-Millar Timber Co., has returned from a business trip to the Northwest where he called on the trade in the Vancouver, B. C., Seattle and Portland districts.

A delegation of 25 East Bay Hoo Hoo Club members headed by H. Sewall Morton, Supreme Jabberwock and Bert Bryan, Vicegerent Snark of the Golden Gate District, attended the dinner meeting of Hoo Hoo Club No. 62 held 'at the Fior D'Italia Restaurant, Stockton, Monday evening, November 24.

Charles C. Moorehead, Moorehead Lumber Co., Escalon, the cl'rb's new president, presided over a gathering of more than 60. r '

- -Alex Emerson, of Stockton, gave an interesting talk on his trip to the American Legion Convention, and ilso contributed Scot,ch stories and iongs.

Short talks were given by members on conditions pre- vailing in the various districts represented

- Supreme Jabberwock Morton spoke briefly and introduced Bert Bryan, recently ap'pointed Snark of-Golden Gate District and Geo. W. Robinson, re-appointed Snark of Stockton District.

State Counselor Paul E. Overend traveled from Sacramento to attend, and gave a short talk on doings at the State retailers'convention, and Hoo Hoo activities through- out the State.

Walter Spicer To Open Yard

Walter S. Spicer, formerly with the Barr Lumber Co., of Santa Ana, Calif., who recently resigned to enter the retail lumber business for himself, announces that he will open a complete building material store about January 1 which he will operate under the name of the Bay District Lumber Qo The yard will be located at the State Highway and Newport Boulevard, Newport Beach. Mr. Spicir has been connected with the retail lumber business in Southern California for a long period, and was with the Barr Lumber Co. for eighteen years.

W. R. CHAMBERLIN BACK IN S. F"

W. R. Chamberlin, president of W. R. Chamberlin & Co., San Francisco has returned to San Francisco from Los Angeles, and will again make his headquarters at the home office.

Frank Curran Visits Arizona

Frank Curran, Los Angeles, manager of the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. Southern California operations, is back at his desk following a short business trip to Phoenix.