Exchange Sawmills, Big Kansas City Conc ern, Sells Exclusively,' Through E. Cooper in Southwest Territory

W. E. Cooper, of Los Angeles, who specializes in straight car shipments of wholesale lumber in Southwest territory, exclusively represents the Exchange Sawmills Sales Company, of Kansas City, in California and Western Arizona.

Exchange is a big concern. It is simply the sales organization for a group of big sawmills in the South and West that was founded many years ago by the late Capt. J. B. White, of Kansas City, and is still owned by his family and associates. At one time they operated one of the world's biggest groups of sawmills in the South. Today the group consists of the I-ouisiana Long Leaf Lumber Company and the l-ouisiana Central Lumber Company, operating big Yellow Pine and Southern Hardwood mills in I-ouisiana, and the Forest Lumber Company, which operates a very large and extremely modern sawmill plant cutting Ponderosa Pine at Pine Ridge, Oregon, in the Klamath region. This group of mills sells considerable lumber in Southwest territory, and W. E. Cooper's wholesale lumber department, at 2035 East Fifteenth Street, Los Angeles, represents them exclusively in this territory.

It will be remembered that W. E. Cooper's wholesale lumber business is entirely separate and distinct from the retail business of the W. E. Cooper Lumber Company, which is located on Pico Street in I-os Angeles, and is under the management of Charles M. Cooper. The wholesale business is in charge of A. ltl. Sanders, who has been connected with the Cooper organization for the past fifteen years in Los Angeles. The wholesale business is strictly a carlot operation. No stocks to speak of are carried at the big plant on East Fifteenth Street.

Western Pine is the principal commodity made by Exchange and sold in the Southwest by W. E. Cooper. The big Pine Ridge mill manufactures an extremely high grade and quality of Ponderosa Pine, which they advertise as "precision manufactured." All Ponderosa products are available to the California and Arizona lumber trade from this mill. They also sell Southern llardwoods, and even a certain amount of Southern Yellow Pine specialties. The hardwood is manufactured at a very large and efficient plant at Clarks, I-ouisiana, which is operated by a lumberman of national repute, C. C. Sheppard, recently president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. The Clarks' mill specializes in Red and White Oak, and Sap and Red Gum, together with Cypress, Magnolia, Beech, Poplar, and Black Gum. The lumber is well manufactured, air seasoned. They also make Oak Flooring.

W. E. Cooper considers this one of the best mill accounts selling in the Southwest.

Appointed Advertising Counsel

J. H. Jolley, general manager and chief inspector of the Pacific Coast Shingle Inspection Bureau, Inc., announces the appointm,ent of Milne & Company, Inc., Seattle advertising agencv, as advertising counsel for the P.C.S.LB. Certified Red Cedar Shingles.

Preliminary advertising will consist of Lumber Trade Journals and literature. R. P. Milne, president of the agency, has had rvide experience in handling advertising for Red Cedar shingles and other forest products.

Five California Cities Listed Among First Lumbermen's Hi-Jinks December 16

Twenty in Building in United States

Five California cities rvere listed among the first twenty in the United States reportir.rg the largest building volume for the first ten months of 1938. Los Angeles continued to hold second place r.r'ith a total of $57,798,957, San Francisco was sixth with $I7,274,121, Long Beach rvas thirteenth with $9,849,53.5, San Diego rvas seventeenth with $8,105,569 and Oakland was twentieth rvith $7,587,052. New York City was in first place with a total of $320,877,3B1.

Building permit valuations for the twenty leading cities for the 6rst ten months of the year and comparative figures lor 1937 as compilecl by Dun & lJlaclstreet, Inc.,

There l-ras been a big demand for tickets and indications point to a record tllrnout at the Lttmbermen's Hi-Jinks which rvill be helcl Friday evening, December 16, at the Cafe De Paree, 2312 West Seventh Street (opposite Westlake Park), Los Angeles. The party is sponsored by Lnmbern-ren's Post, No. 403, of the American Legion.

Russell Gheen is in charge of the entertainment program and there will be two floor shorvs by an excellent cast of etrtertainers.

I)inner will be served at 7:OO P. N{. The Arrangerlent Comnittee for the party includes Russell Gheen, l,eo Hubbard, Ed Biggs, Fred Morehouse, and \Iaury Alexander.

Tickets can be secured from meml-rers of the con-rn-rittee. or members of the Post.

New Booklet On Silo Building

During the past year engineers of the West Coast Lttnlbermen's Association, in cooperation rvitl-r the University of \\tashington Forestry School, have concittcted a series of experiments and tests for the purpose of solving the silohoop prol>lem. A booklet, "Hor- to Builcl a Douglas Fir Silo," has just been published, giving the recommendations resulting from this research for the benefit of farm-builders and for retail lumber dealers in farm territorl'. At.t1'one requesting it may have a copy.

Jacksonville, Fla. Buffalo, N. Y.

Appointed Yard Manager

It. C. Kendall has succeeded H, C. Kinnee as manager of the Valley Lumber Company at Hanford'

Traveling

IN Wayne Mullin, left the early part Nen'Zealancl. He

Australia And New Zealand

Mullin Lumber Company, Los Angeles, of November on a trip to Australia and will be back in January.

Returns From Illinois

Dick Emison, Santa Ana Lttmber Co., Santa Ar-ra, is back from lllinois where he spent about three weeks.

Calls On Arizona Trade

W. B. Wickersham, Pope & Talbot Lumber Co., Los Angeles, spent several days in Arizona last month calling on the trade.

Visits Mill

Ilert Srnith, The Red River Lumber Co., a recent visitor at the company's mill at he spent a few davs.

I-os Angeles, was Westwood, rvhere

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Ten Years Ago Today

From December 1,1998 lssue

The annual convention of the California Retail Lumbermen's Association was held at the Hotel St. Francis, San Francisco on November 15-16-17. The following officers rvere elected ; Harry A. Lake, Garden Grove, president; E. T. Robie, Auburn, vice-president of the Northern District; A. J. Stoner, Sawtelle, vice-president of the Southern District ; M. A. Harris, San Francisco, treasurer; Mrs. J. E. Fraser, secretary.

The convention attracted a large attendance, and interesting discussions took place on such subjects as "Dealer Distribution," "Methods of Local Cooperation," "Methods of Building Up Retail Price Lists," etc.

Citrus Belt Hoo-Hoo Club met Bernardino, Wednesday evening, planned a concatenation for the 50 attended the meeting.

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