The California Lumber Merchant - December 1942

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This \Var Saviags Flag which fies today over companies, large and small, all across the laod means b*siness. It msans, fusg thrt tOft of the company's gross pay roll is beiog iovested in$Var Bonds by the workers voluntarily.

It also means that the employees of all these companies are doing their part for Victory .. by helping to buy the guns, taoks, and planes that America and her a.\lfes musthave to win.

It meaos that billioos of dollars are being diverted from "biddiog" for the constandy shrinking stock of goods available, thus putting a brake on in{ation. And it means that billions of dollars will be held in readioess for post-war readjustmena

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Think what lOy'e of the national incone, saved in\Far Boods now, moath aftermoothn can buy when the war eods!

For Victory today .. . and prosperity tomotwut, keep the \far Bood Pay-roll Savings pfas plfing it yur f.bn Get that flag flying now! Your State \Far Savings Staff Adrninistrator will gladly e-Flain how you may do so.

If your firm has not aheady installed the Payroll Savings Plan, nout is tbe time b do s. For full details, plus samples of result-getting literature and promotional helps, write or wirq $Var Savings Stafi, Section B, Treasury Departmeat, 7o9 Twelfth Street If!F., 1fashingtoo, D. C.

This Spoce ls o Conkibution to Americq's All-Out Wor Progrcm by CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

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THE CALIFOR},IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

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Seattle, Washington, Nov. ll, 1942.--:The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in October (four weeks), was 17Q559,00O board feet, or 88.0 per cent of estimated capacity. Orders averaged ITZ,IJO,WO board feet; shipments 175,780,000. Weekly averages for September were: Production, 16f.,962,W board feet (S4.8 per cent of the 1926-lW average); orders, 184,258,000; shipments, 173,624,W.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at l,@4,692,W board feet at the end of October; gross stocks at 577,684.000.

Despite labor shortages averaging 30 per cent in logging camps and.20 per cent in sawmills, the West Coast lumber industry put through October production slightly over that of October, l94l_1.2 per cent.

In October the war needs for West Coast lumber were emphasized by the most drastic ,,freezing', order yet issued for lumber, and as drastic as any applied to any other commodity by the War Production Board. The Board's L-218 order freezes practically the entire production of Douglas fir under the Central Procurement Agency. It not only gives the agency first call on Douglas fir production but requires all orders from all sources for lumber of this species to be screened through the agency, so there may be no interference with the flow of war orders.

Douglas fir has been singled out among all U. S. lumber species for such distinction. Many large lumber items and technical lumber items can be supplied only in Douglas

fir; such as framing items for the whole gamut of secondary Navy boats-sub chasers, mine sweepers, tugs and related types, now taking tremendous lumber footaga

Growing out of labor shortage in the woods, the log shortage on the West Coast represents an immediate and serious handicap in supplying the lumber the country wants for all purposes. Supplied with enough logs to have run full time, the mills of the region could have produced another 100 million feet in October. The industry is piecing out its logs in all possible u/ays to sustain production, and utilizing those of lowest grade to the utmost. No change in war demand for West Coast lumber is in sight for the remainder of the year.

The Western Pine Association for vember 14, 95 mills reporting, gave feet, shipments 83,679,00O feet, and feet. Orders on hand at the end 427,2@,ffi feet.

the week ended Noorders as 86,171,000 production U,S72,m of the week totaled

The West Coast.Lumbermen's Association for the week ended November 7 reported orders as 115,375,000 feet, shipments 112,238,W feet, and production 118,375,000 feet.

For the week ended November 14 orders were reported as 119,929,000 feet, shipments 117,115,000 feet, and production 119,441,000 feet.

ANNOUNCEMENT

Our new l0-foot band savmill will go into production abo-ut December 15. Thb new mill takes its place in the industry to help increase needed production for Government use.

To produce .rs much lumber as we catrr and get it where it will make the greatest contribution toward winning the w*, is our

When the poet wrote: Give us men to match our mountains, Give us men to match our plains, Men with eras in their purpose, Men with epochs in their brainsHe might have been thinking of such a man as Eddie Rickenbacker, who again came back from the dead the other day, and thrilled this nation of hero-lovers.

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One of the great thinkers-and likewise great cynicsof American history, Clarence Darrow, ortce uttered these powerful words: "In the great food of human life that is spawned upon this earth, it is not often that A MAN is born." Wonder if Clarence wouldn't think a man was really born when Rickenbacker was ushered into this life ?

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Several quotations from the sayings of famous warriors have been made in this column recently, with regard to the use of prayer and the intervention of Providence in warfare. I stumbled on another the other day. It was Frederick the Great of Prussia who said: "I've always noticed that the Lord seems to favor the side with the biggest cannon."

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Yet I turn always to the words of Lincoln, which seem so near the naked trutrh, when he said: "I have been driven many times to my knees, by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go." The simple humility and prayerfulness of Lincoln did more than anything else to establish his greatness. No persona,l vanity, ego, or arrogance ever crept into his words. ***

Well, they say we may be going back to the horse and buggy days again. Not at all. In the horse and buggy days we had horses-and buggies.

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Two business men, not acquaintances, find themselves sitting side by side in a train. Both are quiet, preoccupied, evidently worried. Finally one of them heaves a long, loud sigh. The other one says: "You're telling me !"

They were probably little business men who were trying to discover some light through the darkness. By the way, Printer's Ink, a national printers' publication, is nationally publicizing and broadcasting a letter written by a small business man in Everett, Washington, who had been doomed, apparentfy, to business destruction. His temper finally lost its bounds, and he wrote the Bureaucrat in Washington (whose cynical nonchalance with regard to small business finally aroused his ire) a letter that fairly burned through the paper, and threatens to make the author famous. ***

And some wag has remarked that the new rookie in the army learns a great many entirely new things, but that what really opens his eyes is reveille.

And have you heard ,n" """ lborra the soldier who became very ill and was sent to the hospital, and was getting afong fine until he suddenly took a turn for the nurse? ***

And then there is the pessimist who says that in these days of rationing you not only can't take it with you, but you can't even go after it.

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And then there was the milkman who got drafted into the army, and wrote back to his wife: "Mary, this army is the softest job I ever had in my life. Just imagine'the comfort of lying around in bed until five-thirty every morning." ***

Still better is the one about the roughneck who wrote his wife from the army camp: "Jennie, this army life is fine. I like it. I'm eating the best food I ever ate, working no harder than I always worked, and living in a nice, clean barracks, with every convenience. The only thing I miss is my old spittoon in the front room at home." So she wrote him back, and said: "GIad you like the army. As far as missing that old spittoon is concerned, don't worry about it; you used to miss it pretty often when you were at home."

And then there is the rhyme that goes: Kiss me, CorPoral, kiss me, And hold me, hold me tight; And helP me get in Practice

For the Sarge tomorrow night'

George Washington t* "",*"*""U, a humorous man' and no one ever made the mistake of "kidding" him' But he was not above a roguish remark himself, when the notion struck him. It is related that after the Revolutionary War ended and Washington was President, he asked Congress to provide a standing army of 5,000 men. (No WAACS were mentioned in the request.) Congress demurred; thought we didn't need that big an army. Whereat Washington replied that if Congress would get England to guarantee that she would never invade us with more than 3,000 men, he would be satisfied with an army of 4,000. One can imagine the Father of his Country laughing up his sleeve at this one.

INSTRUCTOR IN ARMY AIR CORPS

Joseph W. Tardy, Jr., has been commissioned a Lieutenant and is now an instructor at the Army Air Corps camp at Ajo, Arizona. He was formerly with E' K. Wood Lumber Company at its Hollywood yard' He is a son of Joe W. Tardy, who is with E. J' Stanton & Son, Los Angeles.

Payroll Savings'-'an American Effort

Employers who are giving their time and eftort to the furtherance of payroll savings systems are going far to ensure the success of the voluntary plan for selling War Savings Bonds. The voluntary sales plan, as oppose-d to compulsory savings, is based upon the American principle of free enterprise-of selling a product to a customer who is willing to buy it. It demonstrates, moreover, that business methods are the best way of getting our big job done, and that private organizations and individuals can cooperate with the government in the accomplishment of this task.

There is a patriotic motive involved too, in voluntary buying. Putting their money into War Savings Bonds is the only way open to many Americans for giving assistance in the fight against the Axis. To take from them the ability to do this voluntarily would deprive them of an impoitant outlet for pent-up patriotism. This is evidenced by numerous instances of people who speed up their bond buying when the entrance into active service of some relative or friend brings to those at home a fuller tealization of what the armed forces are doing.

Business and industrial companies who are becoming issuing agents for Series E Bonds are not only helping this genuinely American plan of selling War Savings Bonds, but are placing the firm's name before the public as an unselfish contributor to the war effort, and an integrate factor in our national strength.

Errcntial Lumbcr Workcrr Entidcd Northwcrt Loggerr Being ShiFtcd to Draft Defermcnt

Workers performing essential tasks in lumber camps and mills are entitled to draft deferment on the same basis as workers in aircraft factories and shipyards, Major 'General Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, said today.

Without the lumber which the northwest loggers and mill workers produce, America's great Army cannot be adequately equipped, General Hershey pointed out. Selective Service Boards, he said, have been urged to give "the most serious consideration" to deferring men employed in the felling and milling of lumber. Such deferment will continue, however, only as long as the, worker remains on the job.

General Hershey's statement follovvs:

"While the selective system is primarily concerned with supplying men for the Army, it must at the same time defer from military service those r,r'orkers our factories, logging camps, saw mills and mines must have if our armed forces are to get the guns, ships and planes they need for victory.

"Without the lumber which the northwest loggers and mill workers produce, America's great army cannot be adequately equipped. To help insure the continued production of lumber, the agencies of Selective Service have been urged to give the most serious consideration to the deferment of men who are employed in the felling and m.illing of timber.

"'Workers performing essential tasks in lumber camps and mills are entitled to deferment on the same basis as workers in aircraft factories and shipyards. Such deferment continues, however, only while the worker remains on the job fo1 which he has been deierred. If he leaves, he is to be reclassified. This the soldiers and sailors on our far.flung fronts have a right to expect.

"f have great confidence that the cooperation of the northwest lumber workers will increase the flow of vital wood to our arms plants."

Amendm€nt 1 to MPR ZZ4

A new alternate method for pricing cement shipments to war construction jobs outside the manufacturer,s nor_ mal selling area has been established by the OpA.

Use of this alternative, set forth in Amendment 1 to Maximum Price Regulation 724 (Cement). is permissible only when the pricing method, indicated on lh" billing, the provisions in the original order ensuring the moviment of the cement to war procurement agencies are complied with, and the War Production Board certifies to the manufacturer and to OPA that the cement should not be shipped from a Bureau of Mines District having a surplus of cement and that both point of shipment and point of destination are in a Bureau oi Mines District or Districts where a deficiency of cement exists or is imminent.

The amendment is made retroactive to September 23, the effective date of Regalation 224.

San Francisco, Ngv. Il.-Loggers and other workers in certain areas of the northwest lumbering industry were being transferred to other localities where climate will permit lumber operations to continue throughout the winter.

Shift of the workers was ordered by the War Manpower Commission, which declared it is of paramount importance to keep the loggers and others at work in which their special skills can be fully utilized for the war efrort.

The Manpower Commission had previously imposed a stabilization order on the lumber industry so that the lumber workers must remain at their occupation.

Many lumbering operations in Northern California Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington, Idaho and Montana have already closed or will be closed because of seasonal conditions, it was declared. Movement of workers from these areas toward the Pacific Coast is now under way and will be accelerated.

fnstructions which tvent out from the regional office of WMC to field representatives asked for an immediate survey to determine the number of workers to be moved as well as the points from and to which the shift will occur. At the same time employment clealance arrangements were expanded to include Alturas, Dunsmuir, Quincy, Eureka, Susanville and Redding, California; and Klamath Falls, Medford, Bend, Eugene, Marshfield and Roseburg, Oregon.

Officials of War Manpower Commission and Selective Service System yesterday emphasized the important part lumber workers play in the war effort. They said:

"Without the lumber which the Northwest loggers and mill workers produce, America's great army cannot be adequately equipped. To help insure the continued production of lumber, the agencies of Selective Service have been urged to give the most serious consideration to the deferment of men who are employed in the felling and milling of timber."

Wall Papar Production Curtaifcd

Direct curtailment of wall paper production and establishment of simplification practices, reducing the number of styles and colors of wall paper, were provided for in an order issued today by the Director General for Operations, the regional WPB reported.

The war-time limitations upon the restriction of private house construction and the shut-down of many nonessential industries were factors considered in determining the extent of the curtailment.

The new order, L-177, and schedule 1 attached thereto, provide that no manufacturer shall purchase or put in process paper stock in excess of 5O per cent of the total tonnage of such stock used by him in the production of wall paper in the period July 1, 1941, to Jane 3O, 1942.

The order also provides for simplification and standardization practices which include the provision that no manufacturer shall use paper stock exceeding l9fu inch in width to trim to 18 inches, or use paper stock in excess of base weight previously employed by him.

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Copper Conservation Amendment Continue Available

"special terms are available for Title I loans for financirrg cotrrersion or remodeling projects in designated critical housing areas which provide additional living accommodations for war workers," Wilson G' Bingham' Southern California District Director, Federal Housing Administration, stated.

"Loans for such purposes may range up to $5'000' and may run for as long as seven years, to be repaid in equal monthly installments," he said.

"Occupancy priority must be extended to war workers for 6O a"y" ttiet completion. Applications for W' P' B' priority assistance in securing critical materials for such prol""ir may be filed with the Federal Housing Administration Los Angeles Office.

"lfnfinished spaces are most adaptable to this type activity, such as. open or glassed-in porches-attics, or a building not used as a dwelling may be remodeled into a single ir multifamily house or converting single dwelling units into duplex tYPes, etc.

"The Government encourages this type of remodeling because existing structures are being counted on to absorb a large proporti,on of all immigrant war workers who need housing. Such remodeling requires a much smaller amount of critical materials than new construction'

"Everyone now knows that new construction has been sharply curtailed by material shortages, but additional horrsing continues to be necessary. Two sources remain open for additional housing-conversions or remodeling as above pointed out; and the acquisitiorr of existing homes, by families who may desire to purchase homes' The p. H. e. Insured Mortgage Plan offers a sound, protected financing method with many safeguards for the buyer who desires to acquire a home.

"Principal of these safeguards is the policy of sound property valuation based upon tested appraisal methods, which often operate to prevent over-borrowing on the basis of inflated prices. An additional and important safeguard arises through the protection afforded by the single, long term, generous amottizing mortgage which never matures until its last monthly payment falls due," Mr' Bingham concluded.

Installation of copper in buildings has been reduced to practically zero with the issuance of an amendment to supplementaty iottsetnation Order M-9-c-4 by the director general for operations.

The amendment continues to restrict the use of copper building products for repairs to 25 pounds or less and permits these small amounts to be used only when they were in the possession of the user on October 27-

IJsers formerly could purchase metal for such iirstallations. The effect of the amendment is to prevent the purchase, sale, delivery and use of any copper for installation in buildings so that stocks of such copper products in the hands of hardware stores, chain stores, warehouses, dealers, plumbers, contractors and others rnay be acquired by the Government and remelted for war use.

With sales to users prohibited, the order provides that deliveries of copper building products may be made only to scrap dealers, brass mills or Government agenciesiiparticulariy the Copper Recovery Corporation.

The amendment adds to prohibited uses screlvs, nuts, bolts, rivets, shear rings, strip for iaying linoleum, tie rods, and washers.

The order previously restricted use of copper items to buildings alone. As amended, the order extends thC: prohibition on the use of most copper products to water systems outside buildings, installations in cooling towers, and water towers.

CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT UNDER ALLOCATION CONTROL; SOME TYPES RESERVED FOR MILITARY NEEDS

All construction machinery and equipment placed under allocations control; production for civilian use of certain types of equipment stopped; 48 items, including graders, ditchers, dredgers, rollers, conveyors' derricks, concrete handling equipment of several types and mixers of various kinds allowed to be manufactured only for use of military; beginning November 15, the industry will operate on production schedules; vertical integration of industry from top to bottom under system of production quotas will supplint limitation orders at present in force through revocation of Limitation Orders L-82 and L-82-A (Limitation Order L-192), effective November 15.

Voluntary Tlre Conservation Program for Lumber IndustryrRecommended

Adoption of a voluntary tire conservation program for the lumber industry unanimously was recommended in Washington on November 16 by lumbermen and WPB representatives meeting at a conference of the Lumber Industry Transportation Advisory Cornmittee.

The suggested program would include education of drivers and service men in the care of tires through use of motion pictures arid educational literature; better road maintenance by elimination of rcck; ruts, stumps and oth:r obstructions from private logging roads, and greater use of railroad facilities and mechanical loaders.

Howard C. Richardson, representing the Office of Price Administration, recommended that lumbermen make contact with the state Tire Rationing Administrators through their local lumber associations to present their case for tire allotments. He said any trucker may request investigation of inequality of distribution by local boards.

A scarcity of flat and gondola cars for movement of logs presents some serious problems of transportation, an industry representative declared. Improvement in the railroad car situation, it was agreed, would follow strict adherence to the practice of shipping in carloads and with cars loaded to capacity.

H. E. Holman, chief of the Lumber Production Section of WPB and Chairman of the Advisory Committte, discussed the shortage of new road construction equipment and recommended that loggers first endeavor to obtain such equipment by lease or purchase of idle county and state equipment.

In the interest of tire conservation, J. K. Pearce of the Lumber Production Section, WPB, suggested investigation of the possibilities of eliminating truck hauls of logs and lumber over roads parallel to a rail line. Rubber may be conserved, he said, by making more use of rail hauls.

Allocation of public timber to adjacent or nearby mills rvould eliminate some cross hauls of logs, the Committee pointed out. A suggestion was advanced that WPB take up with the Federal and State authorities who are engaged in selling timber, the matter of allocations to existing mills, so as to reduce the total haul and eliminate the cross haul.

David J. Holmes, Transportation Division of WPB, suggested to the Committee the advisability o{ cooperation with local or branch headquarters of the Office of Defense Transportation in regard to local miilwork trucking and less-than-carload millwork shipments.

One lumberman suggested greater efficiency in operation of logging trucks may be obtained by greater use of mechanical loaders.

Representing the industry, at the meeting were: H. A. Gillis, traffic manager, \Mestern Pine Assn., Portland, Oregon; H. A. Hanlon, Cotton & Ifanlon, Odessa, New York; J. D. Mylrea, president, Thunder Lake Lumber Company, Wausau, Wisconsin; Cecil New, manager, Southern Hardwood Traffic Assn., Memphis, Tennessee; G. H. Shafer, general traffic manager, Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, St. Paul, Minnesota; H. V. Simpson, alternate for K. C. Batchelder, West Coast Lumberman's Assn., Seattle, Washington; Hubert Whitaker, Ozan Lumber Company, Prescott, Arkansas.

WAR T IME SHIPMENTS

The lumber industry hcrs met the demands of Wcrr by working every Icrcility to the timit, In the lcrce oI serious shortcges oI equipment, mqchine replacements, supplies and lcrbor production cnd shipments hqve gone lorward.

"Pqul Bunycn's" crews at Westwood carry on with q yecr round, full capqcity schedule.

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It was early on a froig morning, and as Buck Privatc Jim Jones walked his beat on sentry duty well out from thc edge of camp, he puffed joyously and contentedly on his PiPe.

Srlddenly he saw the Colonel turning the corner near' est him, and quick as thought thc pipe was whipped out of his mouth, and into his pocket. The Colonel approached, and there was a look in that keen eye that Buck Privatc Jim Joncs did not likc.

"Your name, soldier?" asked the Colonel, crisply.

"Private Jim Jones, of Company J, Sir," replied the sentry.

"flave you a pipe, Joncs?" asked the Colonel.

"Ycs Sir," replicd Jones.

"Let me see it?" said the Colonel, holding out his hand.

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Buck Private Jim Joncs pullcd a pipe from his pocket promptly and handed it over. It was cold. There was no tobacco in the bowl. No sign of recent use. The Colonel looked puzzled, but. handcd back the pipe, and passed on.

Back over his sentry tine went Buch Private Jim Jones. Is that a look of triurnph in his eyc; or is it simply tte look of satisfaction that a man feds who lives on his witssuccessfully?

He reached the end of his line, turned back, and the Colonel is now far away. Jones rcadhed into anothcr pocket and pulled out a pipe, still glowing with thc burning tobacco.. He placed it berween his tecth with a grip of conteirtment and joy. And what is this, we hear hirn say?

"Smart man, my Dad. Mighty Brnart rnan. He said always have two of everything."

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Petcr A. Stone Addresges

Meeting \(/. B. tefrerson Retires From at Loc Angeles Retail Lumber Buginess

Peter A. Stone, lumber division, Office of Price Administration, Washington, D. C., addressed a large gathering of Southern California lumbermen on lumber ceiling prices at a dinner meeting held at the Hotel Clark, Monday evening, November 16. At the conclusion of his talk, he answered a number of questions asked by the retail dealers. Lumbermen werc present from all sections of Southern California, and nearly two hundred were in attendance.

Park Arnold, Fox-Woodsum Lumber Company, Glendale, vice-president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Association, presided. Paul Hallingby, Hammond. Lumber Company, Los Angeles, introduced Mr. Stone. George Lounsberry, Lounsberry & Harris, Los Angeles, and Secretary Orrie Hamilton arranged for the meeting.

Sidney H. Wall, legal depatment, OPA, Los Angeles, Frank B. Bird, legal department, lumber section, OpA, Washington, D. C., and J. N. Westsmith, OPA head of the general commodities section, including lumber, Los Angeles, were present.

A delegation from the San Joaquin Valley came down for the meeting which included Ray Clotfelter, W. R. Spald- ing Lumber Company, Visalia, president of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California; Elmore King, King Lumber Company, Bakersfield; Walter E. peterson, Bakersfield Sandstone Brick Co., Bakersfield, and Bernard B. Barber, secretary of the Northern California Lumber Merchants Association, Fresno.

w. B. Jefferson, widely known retail lumberman, owner of The Greater City Lumber Co., closed his office and yard at 3L23 Mission Street, San Francisco, on October 14, exactly 36 years to the day after going to work for the firm on October 14, 1906, soon after the San Francisco fire.

War conditions and their effect on the lumber industry in San Francisco have caused his retirement from the retail lumber business.

His son, Marlin A. Jefferson, who has been associated with him since leaving school, is now with the West Oregon Lumber Co., San Francisco.

Mr. Jefferson has joined forces with E. L. Lomax, who has for some time been successful in the production and distribution of Dr. Hamilton's Special Formula Dog FoodThe firm will be known as Lomax & Jefierson, with offices at 127 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, and factory in San Mateo County.

VISITED REDWOOD MILLS

L. A. Godard, Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., San Francisco, and A. W. Donovan of Los Angeles, the company's Southern California representative, have returned from a trip to the Redwood region. They visited the mills of The Sage Land & Improvement Co., Willits; Salmon Creek Redwood Co., Beatrice, and a number of other operations in Humboldt and Mendocino counties.

WPB Officials to Explain Controlled New P rc(erenca Rating Applications, PD-105 Materials Plan

San Francisco, November 21.-West Coast manufacturers and other users of critical war materials will hear details of the War Production Board's new Controlled Materials Plan in a series of meetings of vital interest to Pacific Coast industry, it was announced today by the Regional WPB.

The four Western public meetings, to be held in key Pacific Coast cities starting December 1, will be part clf the nationwide program to focus attention on the WPB's 1943 program for controlling the flow of strategic war materials into war plants.

The first CMP meeting will be at San Francisco, on December 1, at the Auditorium of the High School of Commerce, Van Ness Avenue and Hayes Street.

Other coastwise meetings, open to business and production executives, are as follows:

Los Angeles-December 4-Auditorium of Polytechnic High School, Washington and Hope Streets.

PortlandDecember 8Public Service Auditorium, Public Service Building.

Seattle-December 1l-Eagle Auditorium, Tth and Union Streets.

All meetings will start at 9:30 a.m. and adjourn at 12:30 p.m. There will be an afternoon session at 2 p.m. to answer written questions.

The Controlled Materials Plan, or CMP, is the most important development in the priorities system to date. The plan was announced by Ferdinand Eberstadt, program vice-chairman of WPB, on November 2, to become effective for the second quarter of. 1943' Specialists in priorities and other war production activities will present a comprehensive review of the technical phases of CMP at the Western sessions for war production executives.

The CMP is designed to adjust production programs to conform to material supply and will gradually replace the priorities system, including the Production Requirements Plan, insofar as steel, copper and aluminum are concerned.

Every manufacturer or processor who uses these basic materials will come under CMP, which requires that ceitain information be in the hands of the War Production Board by January l, 1943, to provide for allotments in their production requirements.

Resumption of processing and the acceptance of new preference rating applications, PD-105, by the Federal Housing Administration offices is now in efiect for Defense Areas in which Private War Housing Quotas have not been suspended, it was announced by Wilson G. Bingharn, Southern California District Director, FHA.

"The resumption of this activity is in accordance with new instructions formulated by the National Housing Agency and the War Production Board," Mr. Bingham said.

"PD-105 applications cover new residential construction for war-worker occupancy, and any such applications in possession of the NHA or WPB, for which no P-55 Orders have been issued, are to be returned to the FHA offices for review and disposition in accordance with the new instructions," he said.

"Where review of such applications discloses non-conformance with the new War Housing Construction Standards, efiective October 28, 1942, the FHA will return said applications to the applicants for conformity revisions and re-submittal to the FHA, provided the respective properties are located in Defense Areas in which Private War Housing Quotas have not been suspended," Mr. Bingham continued.

"In addition to checking for conformity with War Housing Construction Standards, those applications will be given precedence which involve the most economical use of critical lumber and critical metals' materials, and which will impose the lightest burdens upon public transportation systems as well as upon war workers in getting back and forth between their residences and places of employment," Mr. Bingham said.

"Preference ratings, in lirnited amounts, are now available for applications on properties located in the Los Angeles Defense Area, south of the line of Firestone-Manchester Boulevards; San Bernardino; San Diego; and other Defense Areas.

"The Private War Housing Quotas have been suspended by the National Housing Agency in the Camp Roberts, Corona, Lompoc, Oceanside-Fallbrook, San Luis Obispo, Taft, Trona, Twenty-Nine Palms, and Victorville Defense Areas.

Typewriter Appeal Made bv \(/PB Ctrief $135,368,000 for Repairs

San Francisco, Nov. 12.-Donald M. Nelson, chairman of the War Production Board, has issued the following statement, the regional WPB disclosed today.

"Twelve days ago the major typewriter companies, at the order of the WPB stopped making typewriters, and I find it necessary to make a statement about the typewriter shortage in our armed services, my second since last July.

"There are 2,400,000 standard size typewriters built since January 1, 1935, in the hands of business firms, schools, colleges, and individuals. The Army and Navy and war agencies need 600,OOO of them-which makes it necessary for us to mobilize one out of every four for war service. The Army has already cut its original requirements by @ per cent. The Navy has ordered half the typewriters aboard warships taken off and turned over to naval units and shore stations which do not have even their minimum quota. On August 31 the President issued an executive order directing, that government machines be transferred to agencies where they are more urgently needed.

"The typewriter companies have cooperatively enlisted their sales organizations to help us buy the machines. Hundreds of independent dealers throughout the nation have been appointed official buying agents for the Treasury Department. War Production Board field offices are calling on business firms in their respective territories to release for sale 25 per cent of their standard office size machines made since January l, 1935. The need for these typewriters is urgent. They won't win the war, but not having them could delay victory."

Washington, Nov. 2l.A total of 370,080 American property-owners employed the facilities of the FHA's Title I loan insurance program during the first 10 months of" 1942 to finance essential repairs and remodeling to house war workers, Federal Housing Commissioner Abner H. Ferguson announced today. These loans, which were made by private lending institutions, aggregated $135,368,683.

Under wartime conditions, Mr. Ferguson said, the FHA Title I program is concentrated on projects assisting the war effort or helping to maintain existing home properties in sound condition. Luxury repairs or improvements merely to beautify or enlarge a home without providing additional living units are not approved.

CONTROLLED MATERIALS PLAN

To equip field offices of WPB for handling questions about CMP, 7O priorities specialists have been trained in Washington and these are training others. By November 23, "it is hoped to begin a series of small group meetings with manufacturers' representatives throughout the country." In addition, mass meetings will be conducted in 24 key cities, to be announced.

APPOINTED YARD MANAGER

Karnes has been appointed manager of the United Yards, Inc., branch yard at Oakdale, succeeding Austin, who recently passed away. Mr. Karnes operated the Twain Harte Lumber Co. at Twain

G. A. Lumber will D. formerly Harte.

Essential \(/ar Needs for Lumber Will be Met, Says Dr. Compton

Chicago, Nov. I8.-Wilson Compton, executive ofticer of the Lumber and Timber Products War Committee, in a report to the members of that group, meeting today in Chicago with officials of war agencies, warned that gov€rnment lumber procurement agencies may expect another "bottleneck" in lumber production if the federal controls of forestry practices now being sought by the U. S. Forest Service as a war measure are imposed on the tinrber industries.

Referring to the "complicated succession of war regulations, limitations, and restrictions on production and distribution already found to be neceSSirr/," he stated, "to add to these now an experiment in federal regulation of forestry practices, which is not necessary, will be merely to throw a firebrand into the woods."

Pointing out that the Forest Service is not an agency charged with responsibility for the supplying of vast quantities of timber products necessary for the war effort, Dr. Compton said. that these proposed additional regulations "will not add a tree, a log or a foot of lumber to the nation's war supply" but that they "will drive a lot of log and lumber production back into the ground

"Our industry has met all war requirements this year by supplementing production with existing inventories," said Dr. Compton, adding that the so-called "lumber shortage" is being exploited to "procure covertly by executive order, without public notice and without public consideration, a federal control over local forest enterprises which for over a quarter century Congress had declined to grant.

"This has nothing to do with the merits of federal control as a method of public forest regulation. But the United States Forest Service ought to be able to restrain, until after the war, its ambition to dominate American forestry, American forests and American forest industry, and to

permit that issue to be determined by the processes of orderly and deliberate public consideration when it is possible for it to have orderly and deliberate public consideration."

Referring to prospects for 1943, Dr. Compton said, "Timber reserves are adequate and mill capacities are ample to provide the necessary log and lumber production, but public agencies must take' more determined action than has yet been taken, especially in three directions:

"First, in protecting the lumber and timber products industries from a further dispersal of their labor, especially their woods labor;

"Second, in making promptly available needed maintenance equipment and repairs;

"Third, in rectifying income tax timber provisions which penalize extraordinary production of logs and lumber needed for war purposes."

National lumber consumption during 1942 will be approximately 38.6 billion board feet, an increase of about 12 per cent over 1941.

National lumber requirements for war and essential civilian uses in 1943 will be about 34.5 billion feet op 4 billion feet less than this year. The decrease will be largely accounted for by a drop of 7 billion feet in the requirements for war plants and war housing, construction of which has passed its peak. This decrease, however, will be offset by an anticipated rise of 4 billion feet in requirements for boxes, crates, and containers for the overseas shipment of munitions and supplies. War industry uses will be greater by over 250 million feet. Production and importation of lumber is at an annual rate of 33.5 billion feet and mill and distributors' inventories are about 9 billion feet. Essential war needs for lumber and timber products, said Dr. Compton, have been met and will be met.

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* ol Lumbermon ln Arned Sorees *

Herc uill be listed, lrom isstrc to issue, names ol men lrom the lumber industry ulo htoc cntereil war seruice, in dny branch ol the almed lorccs. Plcase scnd h tha noncs ol ory lurnberman you knou ol tlwuc canlist here.

Henry G. Wilson, with Syd Smith, San Diego. .Navy

Jilr-r Smith, with Syd Smith, San Diego. Army

William (Bill) Brown, Sterling Lumber Co., Oroville Navy

Don Mullins, Sterling Lumber Co., Penngrove......Army

Jim Koster, Sterling Lumber Co., Penngrove. .Army

Maurice H. Daubin, Sterling Lumber Co., Mountain View .....Army Glider Corps

Clark Tardy, E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles ....Army Air Corps

Dick Arnold, E.J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles .....Airplane Ferry Command

Russell Ghecn, C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation, Los Angeles .. Army

John Willard, Haley Bros., Santa Monica . Navy

C. D. Van Noy, Pacific Mutual Door Co., Los Angeles ..Army

R. J. "Bud" Weiser, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland. Navy

MOISTURE REGISTERS DOING PART IN \vAR EFFORT

A large number of Moisture Registers have been sold to the aircraft industry and to veneer and plywood manufacturering concerns which supply that industry, according to Miss Edna Morgan, president of the Moisture Register Company, which has its factory at 5ll7 Kinsie Street, Los Angeles.

H. L. Shepard, formerly president of this company, is now a Captain in the U. S. Engineers, stationed at Deming, New Mexico.

FIR.TEX OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA MOVES OFFICES

Fir-Tex of Northern California will move into their new offices in Suite 702 Insurance Center Building, 206 Sansome Street, San Francisco, on December 1. The new telephone number is SUtter 2658.

Ernest H. Bacon is manager of Fir-Tex of Northern California.

Joins Forestry Staff

Appointment of E. H. MacDaniels to their joint forestry staff was announced by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and Pacific Northwest Loggers Association, as a further rhove forward of the program of industrial forestry in the Douglas fir region.

Mr. MacDaniels is well known in the Pacific North#est. Graduating from Oberlin College, Ohio, in 1906 and from the Yale School of Forestry in lXJ7, he then came west for practical logging experience and worked as rigging slinger for the Stimson Logging Company at Forest Grove, Oregon. In 1909 he entered the Forest Service. His work thereafter took in timber cruising, railroad surveying, long service as inspector of state cooperation under the ClarkeMcNary Act, and the responsibility of fire prevention and suppression in the forests blown down by the New England hurricane.

He will make his headuarters at the Association's Portland office.

The expanding program of timber growing by {orest industry in the Douglas fir region is steadily requiring the employment of more technically trained foresters, by individual companies and by the two industry associations, the announcement pointed out. This program, it was said. embodies expenditure of $2,000,000 annually on protection from forest fires, and includes logging practices that provide seed sources for new growth, the growing of 5,000,000 seedlings each year in the Forest Industries Tree Nursery at Nisqually, Washington, and the organization of tree farms, which now encompasses 1,800,000 acres in the Douglas fir region.

FROM LUMBER YARD TO DEPARTMENT STORE

Knoxville, Tenn.-The metamorphosis of the Schubert Lumber Co. here is one of the oddities. of wartimes.

War brought restrictions on use of lumber for civilian building.

The company has a modern building across from the Standard Knitting Mill, which has nearly 3,000 worrten employes.

It decided to become a hardware store. Hardware expanded into home furnishings.

Home furnishings expanded to include women's wear.

"Looks like we'll end up as a department store," smiled H. A. Schubert, president.

SheYlin Pine Sales Gompany

LETTER TO ST. PETER

Let them in, Peter, they are very tired, Give them the couches where Let them wake whole

With sun, not war. And Remember where the

sleep. new dawns fired. their peace be deep. bodies iie,

And give them like. Let them make noise. God knows how they were to have to die ! Give swing not gold harps, to these, our boys. Let them , they have had no timeGirls sweet/s meadow wind, with flowering hair.

A DIRTY QUESTIO

"Did anyone asked she, icily.

"Don't think guy.

ever tell you how you are?" t'hey ever did," the self-satisfied

"Then where on earth did to linow. the idea?" she wanted

THE HAMMER

Consider the hammer.

of summer in a ripened pear. how they are missed. Say not to fear; It's going to be all right with us, down here.

-Elma Dean in American Mercury.

ANOTHER SCREWBALL ARMY STORY

They were two cavalry rookies, and each of them was assigned a horse. The one of them said:

"We've got to do something so we can tell our horses apart."

rr1'll cut off my horse's mane," said the other. So he did. But it soon gre\nr out again. Then the other screwball suggested cutting off his horses tail hair. He did. But that soon grew out again, too. So they scratched their heads again over the problem.

Let's measure the horses," said one of them. Sure enough, it worked, and for the first time they could tell the ho$es apart for certain. For the white horse was two inches taller than the black horse.

MOUNTAIN-TOP MEN

Said the Emperor Marcus mountain." : t'Live as on a

Great men live on mental

Their spirits tower above

They have trees and bird song, hills to climb, The Tell e storms.

Their minds are above cynicism, and despair.

They look out over the into the Promised Land

They see the while little men battle with phantom shadows in the

Their heads are i the clouds, but their feet are bedded in the solid rock Fact and Reason.

A good one doesn't lose its head and fly off the handle.' It finds the point, and drives it home.

It looks on the other side, and clinches the matter firmly. Occasionally it makes mistakes, but it rectifies them. It keeps pounding away until the job is done.It is the only knocker in the world that does constructive work.

-The Optimeter.

The family had returned sennon. Mother thought

Dad criticized the organist made a lot of mistakes. Sister didn't choir's singing. But they all shut up when chipped in: "I thought it was a mighty good for d nickel."

. ORIGINALITY

It is {ot at all likely that anyone ever had a tota[y original idea. He may put together old ideas into a new combination, but ,the elements which made up the new combination were mostly acquired from other people. Without many borrowed ideas, there would be no invention, no new movements, or anything else that is classed as new..

AN EASY CHOICE

"Cold weather's coming on Uncle Mose," remarked Colonel Crabtree to his old colored servitor. "\il/hat do you want i'rae to send you for Christmas this year, a ton of coal or a bottle of licker?"

They take the risks.

They dire -Chas. C. Peale, D.D.

"Kuhnel, Suh," replied Uncle Mose, shaking his head in disbelief. "You mernbry sho is gettin' bad, Suh. Sholy you remembahs dat me an' de ole'oman don't burn nuffin but jes' wood."

East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club to Hold

Christmas Party December 18

The annual Christmas Party of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club will be held in the Leamington Bowl, Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Friday evening, December 18. Dinner be served at 5:30 p. m.

Vice-President D. Normen Cords will be chairman of the meeting. He reports that he has lined up a.program of 13 vaudeville acts that will be rvell worth coming to see. A large attendance is anticipated.

APPOINTED SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA REPRESENTATIVE

Peter A. Van Oosting is now representing the Herbert A. Templeton Lumber Co. of Portland, Ore., in the Southern California territory. Mr. Van Oosting was with E. J. Stanton & Son of Los Angeles for a number of years and is well known in Southern California lumber circles.

TWO BOYS IN SERVICE

Earl Carlson, salesman for Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, has two sons in the Army, Earl K. and Jaines Russell Carlson. Earl is attending radio school at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis., and James is at Camp Kearns, Utah.

ON SICK LIST

F. A. (Pete) Toste, Rockport Redwood mington, is convalescing at the Seaside Beach, following an appendectomy.

Company, WilHospital, Long

N. ANDERSON IN NAVY

Henry N. Anderson of Twin Harbors Lumber Co., Aberdeen, Wash., has received a commission as Lieutenant Commander in the U. S. Navy. He is stationed at Portland.

Ceiling on Railroad Ties

A simple and effective manner 9f setting maximum prices for railroad ties in cases where n railroad did not receive similar ties during the first quarter ol 1942, base price of Maximum Price Regulation 216-Railroad Tieswas announced November 6 by the OPA

Amendment No. 3 to the regulation authorizes the OPA lumber branch to set such maximum and, to speed the process, gave the branch power to set them by mail or telegram where speed was desirable in the interest of national security. The amendment becomes effective November 12.

AT OFFICERS' TRAINING SCHOOL

Ralph Lamon, son of Fred Lamon of Lamon-Bonnington Co., San Francisco, and formerly salesman for the firm, is now at Officers' Candidate School No. 1, Fargo, North Dakota. He expects to graduate about January 9.

JOHN L. TODD rN ARTZONA

John L. Todd, president of Western Door & Sash Oakland, left recently for Tucson, Arizona, where he spend the winter.

Mr. Todd, known as the dean of the sash and door salesmen, has spent the last several winters in Tucson, where he enjoys playing golf on a number of the local golf courses. He is accompanied by Mrs. Todd.

SACRAMENTO WAREHOUSE MOVED

Announcement is made by California Builders Supply Co. that they have moved their Sacramento office and warehouse to 19th and S Streets, where they have purchased the former site of Superior Lumber Co.

The move was made necessary by reason of the fact that their old site has been taken over by the U. S. Engineers. The telephone number remains the same, Sacramento 2-0788.

SAN FRANCISCO VISITORS

Harry W. Aldrich of the H. W. Aldrich Lumber Co., Eugene, Ore., Mrs. Aldrich and their son, Hank, spent last week in San Francisco. They attended the StanfordCalifornia big game, November 21.

D. Normea Cords

Government Rules and Regulations

RELEASE OF DOUGLAS F'IR LUMBER UNDER ORDER L.218

Paragraph 311.6(b) of Limitation Order provides a means for the release of Douglas fir lumber upon the specific authorization of the Director General for Operations on Form PD4?3.

Requests for release of fir lumber should Mr. George B. Carpenter, Administrator Pittock Block, Portland, Ore.

be addressed to of Order L-218,

BUILDERS HARDWARE PUT UNDER NEW CEILING

Maximum prices for all contract, or lump-sum, sales of finishing builders' hardware-knobs, locks, window hardur'are, screen hardware and similar miscellaneous itemsestablished (Maximum Price Regulation 261), efiective November 13.

AMENDMENT 1 LIMITATION ORDER L-150

Douglas fir plywood specifications corrected to read "commercial standard OS 4542" instead of "commercial standard CX 45-40," (amendment 1 to limitation order L-150, effective November 16.

HOME-MADE COMMODITIES

Commodities made by the seller at his home, entirely for his own account and without assistance of employes, are exempted from price control if sales are not above $75 a month (Amendment 4O to Supplementary Regulation I of GMPR), effective November 24.

PRIORITIES REGULATION NO. 10 REVOKED FOR NONFERROUS TRADE

Section 944.3t Priorities Regulation No. 10 establishing the allocation classification system,for the nonferrous trade has been revoked. Brass mills, copper wire mills and copper foundries are cautioned by the W.P.B. to continue to use end-use classification symbols set up under Priorities Regulation No. 10.

zVo CASIj DTSCOUNT MANDATORY UNDER M.P.R. NO. 215

Only the normal cash discount ol 2 per cent for prompt payment is mandatory under the price regulation covering the sale of softwood lumber from distribution yards under Maximum Price Regulation No. 215. (Interpretation of Maximum Price Regulation No. 215) issued November 9.

AMENDMENT 4 M. P. R. 161-WEST COAST LOGS'

Method restated for setting maximum prices on West Coast logs when they are not delivered to the buyer's manufacturing plant or the district waters named in the O. P. A. price regulation; reporting tightening of overtime under the provision which allows additional charges above the maximum for firms working ,E hours or more a week: redefines Columbia River district (amendment 4 to maximum price regulation 161), effective November 20.

FENCE WIRE

To aid production of barbed wire, fencing and poultry netting, manufacture simplified, eliminating "non-essential" types; one type of barbed wire may be made compared with eight heretofore; fencing, netting and flooring are substantially reduced from more than 100 varieties (Schedule 3 to Limitation Order L-zIl), effective November 12.

METAL LATH

Production of metal lath and other metal plastering bases will stop on November 16 for any use except that of the Army, Navy, Maritime Commission, and War Administration WPB has ordered.

INDUSTRIAL REPAIRS

AA-1 priority rating will probably be extended by the WPB requirements committee on repairs and maintenance of essential civilian and war industries. WPB is reported speeding top priority assistance to the mining equipment industry in order to speed steel deliveries.

Urgcr Formation of Shrle Ride Planr Fire Season Clocar in Northern Crlifornia

San Francisco, Nov. 6.-Joseph B. Eastman, director of the Office of Defense Transportation, today, according to Washington advices, urged local transportation administrators throughout the county to "redouble their efforts" at once to stimulate car sharing among the public.

In a message wired to 1,600 local administrators, Mr. Eastman called attention to the increased importance of group riding in view of the impending nationwide gasoline rationing, and specifically asked the administrators, appointed by the mayors last April at Eastman's request, to assist in setting up organized car-pooling plans at industrial plants.

NO OUTDOOR CHRISTMAS LIGHTING THIS YEAR, WPB ASKS

The WPB November 7 asked city officials, civic clubs, chambers of commerce, merchants, and citizens generally to dispense with outdoor decorative lighting this Christmas.

WPB pointed out that Christmas lighting requires the use of critical materials, electricity, and manpower.

PREDICT POST-WAR CONSTRUCTION BOOM

Sweeping modernization of dwelling facilities will develop at the close of hostilities, Federal Housing Administration officials told U. S. Savings and Loan League in Chicago. They predicted a post-war construction boom lasting nearly a decade.

San Francisco, Nov. 16.-The t942 fue season in the national forests of California has been characterized by a subnormal number of fires set by lightning, according to U. S. Regional Forester S. B. Show. There are usually about 600lightning fires in an average year. But only about 200 have occurred and the fire season in northern California is now closed on some national forests and fairly safe on the qthers. In Southern California the fire hazard continues in force due to the danger from dry, high velocity winds known as "Santa Anas."

Mr. Show stated that the war has greatly increased the fire protection problem of all protection agencies, and pointed to the Jap bombing of Mt. Emily in the Siskiyou National Forest, of Oregon, where only the vigilance and quick action of forest rangers prevented a forest fire that might have cost millions in property damage and the sabotaging of vital war work.

"Movie goers who see Paramount's new technicolor picture, The Forest Ranger," said Mr. Show, "will realize what a tough proposition fire fighting can be. Perhaps the lives of the forest rangers as depicted by Hollywood are not identical with the lives of forest rangers in the U. S. Forest Service, but the picture of the forest fire is the real thing. We hope it will be remembered next summer."

NEW FREIGHT TAX GOES IN EFFECT DECEMBER 1

The new tax bill, signed by the President October 21, imposes a 3 per cent tax on express and freight shipments. Contrary to other provisions, this tax becomes effective December l, 1942. It applies only to the amount "paid to a person engaged in the business of transporting property for hire, including amount paid to a freight forwarder, express company, or similar persori, for transportation with respect to which a tax has previously been paid under this section." Government transportation is exempt from this tax.

JERRY ESSLEY WrLL JOIN AIR CORPS

Jerry Essley of D. C. Essley & Son, wholesale plywood and lumber firm, Los Angeles, has been a student at the Curtis-Wright airplane school since August. He hopes to complete the course in February, when he will enlist in the Air Corps as a mechanic.

Celebrate Golden Anniv ersary of An gef es Nationaf Forest

Los Angeles county's 690,000-acre "backyard"-Angeles National Forest-is celebrating its golden anniversary this year.

The Angeles was the first national forest established in California, which now has 18 such forests. Its mountainous terrain lies to the north and immediately behind Los Angeles and more than a score of other cities.

Because of the leading role played by the late Abbot Kinney in the development of forestry in this state, his birthday on November 16 provided the occasion for observing the creation of the Angeles. I.'amous for his promotion of canal-lined Venice at the beach. Mr. Kinnev was a member of California's first board of forestry in 1885 and the author of books on forestry and eucalyptus trees. The old "Kimeloa" ranch near Sierra Madre received that name from him when he bought it in 1880.

Inasmuch as the setting aside of the Angeles marked the beginning of U. S. Forest Service operations in California, the anniversary celebration was statewide in character.

Originally it was intended to conduct the anniversary program in the Forest; but due to wartime conditions and the imperative need for tire conservaiion, the celebration was staged November 16 at Victory House, Pershing Square, Los Angeles.

Ceremonies included the unveiling of a large incense cedar plaque cut from a 450-year-old Angeles forest tree by William V. Mendenhall, supervisor of Angeles National Forest, and DeWitt Nelson, supervisor of San Bernardino National Forest. This plaque, supported by logs, will stand in the park until the end of the war, when it will be removed to a permanent site in the forest.

S. B. Show, Regional Forester, California Region, U. S. Forest Service, Roger Jessup, chairman, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, and Sheriff Biscailuz were speakers.

As a living emblem of the event, a California Bay tree was planted in Pershing Square.

At the time it was created by proclamation, signed December 20, 1892, by President Benjamin Harrison, the Angeles was known as the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve. ft extended from the western end of San Fernando valley to Banning Pass in the east, and from Antelope valley, on the north, to San Gabriel valley on the south. Altogether, it embraced something like 1,500,000 acres, a vast area which later was divided into the Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests. In consequence of

their common origin, these two forests participated jointly in the golden anniversary program.

On March 4, 1907, the San Gabriel Timberland Reserve had its name changed to the San Gabriel Forest Reserve, and in a proclarnation signed June 26,1908, by president Theodore Roosevelt, it was changed again, this time to Angeles National Forest. The division by which the San Bernardino National Forest was created occurred September 30. 1925.

The original San Gabriel Timberland Reserve was the first watershed protection forest established in America, indicating how vital the safeguarding of its brush and timber cover was deemed to the rich agricultural region which lay below it.

. Its staff of rangers, under Col. B. F. Allen, was the first i_n -Am_919a to be placed in uniforms. This took place in J-uly,__18!8, the uniforms being of the style then worn by the U. S. cavalry-jackets ant pants of'khaki, and lighdcolored sombreros. The jackets bore brass buttons embossed with eagles and the letters "S. G. T. R.',

The first ranger station built in America with funds expressly allocated for that purpose .wras erected of alder logs and incense cedar shakes on the West Fork of the San Gabriel river, and completed in September, 1900. One hundred dollars had been appropriated for the construction,. but the job was done for $70. The building still stands. Two of the men who helped donstruct the slation are still alive. They are Louis Newcomb, who was chief ranger at the time, and Philip Bogue, then a ranger.

Within the boundaries of Angeles National Forest is Placerita Canyon near Newhall, where gold was first discovered in California-six years before the sensational and celebrated find in Sutter's mill race in the northern part of the state. The Placerita discovery was made by Francisco Lopez on March 9, 1842, one hundred years ago. Subsequently, gold worth thousands of dollars was taken from the site.

The Angeles is foremost among America's 160 national forests from the standpoint of recreational use. Last year it was visited by nearly 3,000,000 persons.

The Forest stands out conspicuously as the dominating factor in the economic life on the rich coastal plain below it. It is well known that widespread impairment of the forest cover by fire inevitably would lead to paralysis of farming and industrial activities throughout ihe area it supplies with water for irrigation and dlomestic purposes.

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East Bay Retailers Hear Discussion of \(/ar Housing Construction Standards

A meeting sponsored by Wood Products Co', Oakland service organization, and attended by a large gathering of East Bay retail lumber dealers, was held at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, November 16.

The main purpose of the meeting $'as to hear an explanation of the policies and functions of the Procuring Agency of the Construction Division of the Corps of Engineers of the United States Army. Roy Paulus, chief of the South Pacific Lumber Ofiice, San Francisco, was the principal speaker.

In addition to Mr. Paulus, brief talks were made and answers to questions were given by the following:

G. Kneiss, Priorities district manager of WPB; J. Whiteside, Regional Housing Specialist, WPB; Joe Snell, Assistant Priorities district manager, WPB; D. C. McGinnis, Director of FHA; Douglas Manuel, executive assistant, FHA; George Sharpe, District Housing Specialist, FHA; John Tolan, Jr., contract specialist, WPB ; Robert S. Grant, managing director of War Housing Center; John A. Sowers, manager, Priorities Field Office, WPB; W. PCollins, manager, Production Service Division, WPB; Maurice Harband, price attorney, Northern California office, OPA; Joseph Alexander, regional price representative, Building Material Section, OPA; W. E. Hague, secretary, Northern California chapter, Associated General Contractors of America; J. E. Mackie, National Lumber Manufacturers Association; Chas' Russell, chief underwriter, FHA, and Fred Whittlesey, architect, WPB.

The meeting developed into a round table discussion of War Housing Construction Standards. About 1@ were present.

IT MAY COME TO THIS

Yes, we haint got no lumber-we haint got no lumber today.

We have pencils and vases and dark brown shoe laces, And two bales of new-mown hay.

We have one crate of quite-ripe tomatoes and two pecks of sprouted potatoes.

Yes, we haint go no lumber but you might come in and visit with us once in a while anyhow.

-The Lionizer, Orange, Calif.

Whv. Not Adv ertise?

The busses are jammed full, And so are the trains, And I've got a problem, That's wracking my brains; I\Iy fuel is rationed, My tires are fra;red, Now how in the world Will I call on my trade ?

Ah I I know the answer ! This thought is a gem ! I'll talk to my trade Through the old CLM.

EAST BAY HOO-HOO HPAR TALK BY LARRY SMITH

The largest gathering that attended a regular meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club this year turned out to hear a talk by Larry Smith, chief correspondent in Japan of International News Service on "Our Enemy, The Jap."

The speaker was introduced by H. Sewall Morton. President George Clayberg presided.

TRUCKS

WPB released 928 trucks. trailers and miscellaneous vehicles under its truck rationing program during the rveek ending November 14.

KITCHEN UTENSIL MAKERS

Kitchen utensil makers were ordered by the WPB to stop putting iron and steel in numerous types and drastically reduce the use of these metals in many others.

AMENDMENT NO. 33 TO MPR

Amendment No. 33 to the General Maximum Price Regulation provides that no applications for adjustment will be granted after November 30 in the case of a dealer who has a lower ceiling than his competitor, and no applications for adjustment will be granted after November l5 to a manufacturer or wholesaler in similar circumstances.

Appointed General Sales Manager

Appointment of Walter J. Wood as general sales manager of E. L. Bruce Co., Memphis, Tennessee, has been announced by R. G. Bruce, president of the company. Mr. Wood has been serving for several years as sales manager of their Flooring Division.

Mr. Wood, who is widely k n o w n throughout the building induStry, brings to his new position a background of thirty years in the lumber lrusiness. From l9l2 to 1924 he was employed in the retail

lumber business in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1924 he started with E. L. Bruce Co., working as a salesman out of Kansas City. In 1924 he went to Chicago to open a branch office and remained there as district sales manager for five years. He then spent one year in the company's Washington, D. C., office and five years in their New York office before coming to Memphis to take over the position of sales manager of the flooring division which he held at the time of his promotion.

The office of general sales manager is a newly created position with E. L. Bruce Co., control of sales in the past having been vested in the various department sales managers. In his new capacity Mr. Wood will be in complete charge of coordinating the efforts of the various departments and the sales organization in the field.

CALL ON TRADE

G. R. Tully, Hallinan Mackin Co., Ltd., San Francisco, spent several days in Los Angeles during the middle of November, and with Elmer Williams, the company's Los Angeles manag'er, they called on the trade.

Logging and Lumbering Featured by 'Vox Pop" Broadcagt

One of radio's top-flight network programs, "Vox Pop," was given over to a dramatic presentation of logging and lumbering in the great Pacific Northwest during the regular CBS Monday night broadcast of November 23.

The forest industries broke into big-time radio over 75 stations from Eugene, Oregon, which had been chosen as a typical center of forest operations. High climbers, buckers, fallers, and mill workers were interviewed by the duet of Vox Pop masters of ceremonies. In their own language, they told about their jobs and how their work is contributing to the winning of the war. The program explained, too, how the people of the Willamette Valtey mean to keep their forest industries continuously at work and their forest lands permanently productive by intelligent harvesting.

Vox Pop, sponsored by Bromo Seltzer, has become one of the most popular features on the air. The latest Crossley survey credits it with a listening audience of over 17,000,000 persons, coast-to-coast.

GOVERNMENT APPROVES PLANT AND DRY KILNS

Cadwallader-Gibson Company have been engaged for some time in remanufacturing and drying aircraft Spruce and Noble Fir at their Long Beach plant. The Government surveyed and approved the facilities of this plant, which is equipped with modern dry kilns.

The company is now importing hardwood lumber from Mexico, Central and South America.

TIRE INFPECTION DATE EXTENDED TO JANUARY 15, 1943

Amendment No. I to General Order ODT No. 21, affecting Section fil-97 of that order has been issued by the Office of Defense Transportation. This section has to do with the inspection of tires on commercial motor vehicles. The amendment changes the date in that section from November 15, 1942, to January 15, 1943, but makes no other changes. Within sixty days prior to such date, or within 5,000 miles last operated by such vehicle, all mounted tires must have received official inspection to permit further operation of the vehicle.

W<rlter I. Wood

The Mad Pis and Hir Pah

The mad pig, the moose and the monkey, Met deep in the jungle one day; Said the pig, "there is loot for the taking, So this is the game we much play: We'll conquer the proud beasts about usThe lion, the dragon and bear, We'll rob them of food and of shelter And the spoils we will honorably share.,,

Now the moose had returned from a rampage With a trophy attached to his belt, So he thrust out his underslung jaw bone And pointed with pride to the pelt. "Oh that," said the pig, "is as nothing To what we can do as a gang. Let's pool our invincible weaponsThe tusks, the big horns and the fang.',

Then they plotted foul deeds in the jungle, And soon both the monkey and moose Had promised to take all their orders From the mad pig who walks like a goose. The monk said, "f'll finish the dragon,,, The moose strove to further his gains, While the pig slew the weak and defenseless Or bound them with heart-breaking chains.

Then the lion arose in his island, The pig paused in bafiled dismay; The moose lost his horns in the desert And bawled, "help, the devil's to pay !,, The dragon still hissed in defiance, The mad pig squealed, "do som.ething, do !,' The monkey blinked up at the eagle And yammered, "Oh, so, f'll get you !,'

Then all of the beasts went berserkThe pig ran amuck with the bear, The lion lashed out in grim fury, The moose bellowed, "gimme my share !,, The monkey still pestered the dragon, But he ran out of bounds one sad day, He swung out too far by his prehensile tail And the eagle screamed into the fray.

Now we, when the melee is ended, Shall find with no trace of surprise, That the monkey's unchanged, the pig is still pig, But the moose is an ass in disguise.

A. Merriam Conner.

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RATIONING FOR COMMERCIAL MOTOR VEHICLES POSTPONED TO DEC. r

San Francisco, Nov. I3.-Effective date of the Office of Defense Transportation's mileage rationing program for commercial motor vehicles was postponed from November 15 to December 1, the rpgional ODT announced.

Harold C. Arnot, regional manager of the Office of Defense Transportation, pointed out that the lS-day postponement correlated the ADT program with the office of Price Administration's mileage rationing program for private passenger automobiles, the start of which has been postponed from November 22 to December l.

ARCATA RDIIWOOD CO.

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TWEI\TY YEAES AGC

Trorn the lDeeember le I.o22 Issue

A. E. Fickling, Long Beach, was elected president of the Southern California Retail Lumber Dealers' Association at its annual meeting held at the Alexandria Hotel, Los Angeles. Other officers elected were C. H. Griffen, Artesia, vice-president, and F. L. Morgan, Los Angeles, secretary-treasurer.

Richard C. Jones was re-elected president of the San Francisco Lumber Salesmen's Club at its annual meeting on November 20. M. N. Salomen and Floyd Elliott were re-elected vice-president and secretary respectively.

Hill & Morton moved Lumbermen's Building its San Francisco offices from to the Fife Building. the

Fred C. Hamilton was aPPointed the San Diego Hoo-Hoo district. vicegerent snark of

W. E. Cooper, I.os Angeles, completed an extended trip through the principal hardwood producing centers in the South and Middlewest, and also visited his retail lumber yards in Wisconsin.

R. H. Loveday opened a retail Street, Los Angeles, operating Companv.

At the annual meeting of the California Redwood Association held in San Francisco, the following officers were elected: president, J. M. Hotchkiss; vice-president, H. A. Plummer; secretary-manager, R. F. Hammett.

Incorporation papers were granted to Los Angeles wholesaler, and under the he will operate as E. U. Wheelock, Inc.

Smith-Lindsey Lumber Company opened a retail lumber yard in Pasadena.

The Diamond Match Company purchased the retail lumber yard of Leal & Sons at Lincoln. The company also announced they were putting in a new yard at Meridian'

The L. its retail who was who was were the

W. Blinn Lumber Company of Los Angeles sold yards at Ontario and Chino. H: M. Shattuck, manager of the Ontario yard, and H. G. Shafer, with the Blinn organization for a number of years, purchasers.

T. B. Lawrence of the Hart-Wood Lumber Co., San Francisco, was appointed manager of the company's Los Angeles office, succeeding George Walker, who resigned to enter business for himself. Joseph Rolando, also with the company in San Francisco, will be associated with Mr. Lawrence in the Los Angeles office.

The Strable Hardwood Company, large warehouses to their Plant.

Oakland, added two

Edward Hines Lumber Company, Chicago, opened Pacific Coast purchasing office at Portland, Ore.

W. Goddard was appointed manager of the Sunset Lumber Company at Oakland.

Retail lumbermen of Riverside, San Bernardino and Imperial counties were guests of the Southwestern Portland Cement Co. at its Victorville plant. An entertainment and barbecue followed an inspection of the plant

California lumbermen were making arrangements for the entertainment of the Ohio retail lumbermen who were planning a trip to California where they will visit the Redwood mills .at Eureka, Yosemite National Park, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Before coming to California, they will visit the mills of the Northwest.

GAI,ITORTIIA SUGAR AIIII POilDDROSA PIIII

Scwn lron Iine old-grrowth timb€r on Silrer Creel in El Dortrdo County, which ir being logged conrervcriively lo letrve young trees lor future gnowth.

It ig well-geosoned, ccrelully mcrnulcctured ond locded under cover lor sbipmenl frorn our plctnt ct Ccrnino.

IITICEIGAII.CAUDONilIA I,UIIIEDR GO}IPATIT

CAMINO, EL DONADO COI'NTY, CAI.IFONMA (r,lEMBM WESTERN PINE f,SSIf.)

lumber yard at 500 Ford as the Loveday Lumber

E. U. Wheelock, corporate charter

Pato Alto Lumber Company, Palo Alto, erected a new warehouse for the storage of building materials.

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USENS WILI FNTD CAMINO QUAf,ITT PII|E ETCEI.LEM FOB FACTORY USE'

Sash and Door Golf Tournament

Lou Cusanovich, Val Verde Lumber Company, Van Nuys, with a low net score of 69, was the winner of the Fnrst Flight and presented with the Hollywood Door trophy, donated by the West Coast Screen Co., at the Southern California sash and door industries gold tournament held at the Cheviot Hills Golf Course, Los Angeles, Wednesday afternoon, November 18.

Gene DeArmond, Pacific Cabinet Co., Los Angeles, with a low net of 68, was the winner of the Second Flight and was arvarded the Cal-Dor trophy donated by The California Door Company. Gene won this same prize at the last tournament and now has permanent possession of it.

Dee Essley, D. C. Essley & Son, Los Angeles, with a low net of. 71, won the Third Flight and received the Bohnhofi Lumber Company trophy, donated by the Bohnhoff Lumber Company.

The runner-up rvinners, rvith scores and prizes, in the flight events were: First Flight, Helmer Hole, Claremont Lumber Co., Claremont, and Walter Metz, Metz Cabinet Co., Glendale, with low net scores of 70, each a shirt; Second Flight, George Ryness, Ryness Flooring Co., Los Angeles, 70 net, set of poker chips; Third Flight, Roy Pitcher, Associated Lumber & Materials, fnc., Los Angeles. 73 net. a srveater.

Howard Coor-Pender, MacDougall Door & Plywood Co., Los Angeles, came nearest to the cup on the tenth hole and received a merchandise order. -

Lloyd Cole, Hammond Lumber Company, Los Angeles, received an order for the refinishing of four wood clubs by Fred Matzie, professional at the Cheviot Hills Golf Course, and "Spud" Jordan, Jordan Sash & Door Co., Los Angeles, a set of golf club covers, for turning in the low scores on the four shot holes.

Golf balls were presented to the winners in the other special events.

The follor,r'ing were the winnners of the door prizes: sport coat, Ed Martin, The California Lumber Merchant,

I-os Angeles (drew his own name); sweater, W. O. tsullock, Pacific Cabinet Co., Los Angeles; sweater, C. H. Corwin, T. M. Cobb Co., Los Angeles; set of book ends, Ray Daniels, CMSTP&P Railroad'-Co., Los Angeles; merchandise order, Bob Osgood, Los Angeles wholesaler.

Winners of the blind bogey prizes were: Art Harff, Mengel Co., Los Angeles; Howard Coor-Pender and Lou Cusanovich.

TLe following prizes were donated: sport coat, D. G. MacDougall, MacDougall Door & Plywobd Co.; sweater, George Ryness, Rvness Flooring Co.; sweater, D. D. lVIcCallum, D. D. McCallum Sash & Door Co.; shirt, Ty Cobb, T. M. Cobb Co.; shirt, Homer Warde, Craftbilt Cabinets; sweater, "Spud" Jordan, Jordan Sash & Door Co.;,merchandise order, Jim McLeod, Cadwallader-Gibson Co., Inc.; book ends, Jim Priddy, .W. P. Fuller Co.; merchandise order, Roy Stanton, E. J. Stanton & Son; golf club covers, Lou Cusanovich; refinishing golf clubs, Fred Matzie, Cheviot Hill Golf Course; set of poker chips, Walter Metz, Metz Cabinet Co.; golf balls, Golf Committee.

Dinner was served in the Club House at 7 :@ p. m. and was followed by the presentation of prizes by Earl Galbraith. Applause greeted the announcement during the dinner hour that every one was invited to have a cocktail on Ben Tyre of Tyre Brothers Glass & Paint Co., Los Angeles.

This was the 27th golf tournament sponsored by Southern California sash and door industries, and will be the last for the duration.

At the conclusion of dinner, the gathering stood and sang "God Bless America" and "Auld Lang Syne" with Dee Essley as song leader and Frank Gehring at the piano. There was a nice turnout, 4O playing golf and 65 present for dinner.

The committee, which included Earl Galbraith, Ed Bauer, Orrin Wright and Frank Gehring, was given a round of applause for arranging the tournaments.

California Building Permits for October

UP AND DOWN THE STATE INSECT SCREEN CLOTH

Frank Brown, salesman Division, San Francisco. Camp Rucker, Alabama.

for Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber returned recently from a trip to

George C. Cornitius, of George C. Cornitius Hardwood Co., San Francisco, has returned from a trip to Washington, D. C., and points in Virginia. He has recently been awarded several large contracts by the Bureau of Ships for White Oak timbers.

Kenneth Smith, president of the California Redwood Association, San Francisco, left November 11 for a trip on Association business to Chicago, New York and Washington.

Mr. Smith was recently elected a director of the American Trade Association Executives. This organization has its headquarters in Washington, D. C,

J. E. "Eddie" Peggs, San Francisco November ?3 f.rom a business trip to

wholesaler, returned Oregon.

Eric Hexberg, formerly sales manager, Anglo California Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and now a Cadet in the Army Air Corps, was recently in Los Angeles on leave, He is taking advanced training at Chico, Calif.

Arlo D. Squires, Southern California a number of Pine sawmills, returned to vember 20 from a tour of the mills.

representative of Los Angeles No-

Ralph Zinn, Baskett Lumber Company, Whittier, was a recent Northern California visitor.'

Charlie Christensen, California Lumber Company, Montebello, is with the Navy "Seabees" in the East.

Fred Smales, manag'er of the San United States Plywood Corporation, Northwest on business.

H. B. Cooper of Cooper was a recent San Francisco nual Stanford-California big

Francisco branch of recentlv visited the

Lumber Company, Portland, visitor. He attended the angame November 21.

R. W. (Jack) Dalton, of R. W. Dalton & Co., Los Angeles, returned November 27 from a business trip to Sin Francisco and the Pacific Northwest.

W. J. "Nick" Nicholson, California Plywood, Inc., Oakland, returned recently from a three weeks, business trip to the Pacific Northwest, where he called on a number of plywood mills.

Ronald Harnew, formerly with Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is now in the U. S. Coast Guard Service.

Distribution Yards Appointed by the ,Office of the Chief' of Engineers

Below will be found a list of the distribution and remanufacturing yards appointed in Calilornia by the Officc of the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army.

The Office of the Chief of Engineers has been charged with the procurement of lumber for all divisions of the War Department, all bureaus of the Navy I)epartment, the Maritime Commission, the War Shipping Administration, Defense Plants Corporation; Panama Canal and lendlease.

This includes all of the firms under their jurisdiction that make purchases of. lumber for any purpose whatsoever, and applies to all species of lumber, rough or finished, including plywood-

The work of procurement of lumber by the Office of the Chief of Engineers is administered from Washington, D. C., by the Materials Unit of the Construction Division, of which Walter T. Deadrick is the chief. James F. Mahoney is his assistant, rvith offices in Portland, in direct charge of lumber.

Contracts u'ith lumber mills, auctions and allocations to mills for the various projects are handled through the West Coast Lumber Office, Portland, rvhich is in charge of R. L. Hennessy.

Allocations for the California distribution and remanufacturing iards are handled through the South Pacific Lumber Office, 405 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, which is in charge of Roy Paulus. The California yards are:

Northern California

Christenson Lumber Co., San Francisco; Loop Lumber Co., San Francisco and Alameda; Friend & Terry Lumber Co., Sacramento; Lumber Distributors, Inc., Stockton; E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Oakland; Henry Hess Co., San Rafael, Calif.

Southern California

American Products, Inc, San Diego; Benson Lumber Co., San Diego; Consolidated Lumber Co., Wilmington and Los Angeles; W. E. Cooper Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Hammond Lumber Co., Los Angeles; Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., Los Angeles and San Diego: Pope & Talbot, fnc., Lurnber Division, Los Angeles, yard in Wilmington, Calif.; San Pedro Lumber Co., Los Angeles; E. J. Stanton & Son, Los Angeles; Western Lumber Co., San Diego; E. K. Wood Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

Percy I. Merithew, well known Los Angeles lumberman, has been appointed as representative of five Los Angeles yards, Hammond Lumber Co-, E. K. Wood Lumber Co., San Pedro Lumber Co., Consolidated Lumber Co., and Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., and is stationed in the South Pacific Lumber Office of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, San Francisco. This office has control of all Douglas Fir lumber moving out of distribution yards. All orders of over 25,000 feet must have a clearance permit from the South Pacific Lumber Office. It is Mr. Merithew's duty to determine where stock is available in the distribution yards which he represents and to make allocations to the different yards for what they may deliver.

Other Los Angeles and San Diego yards will be represented by a liaison man appointed by the yard operators for assignment to duty in the South Pacific Lumber Office.

CIJASSIFIED ADVERTISING

LUMBERMAN WISHES POSITION

Experienced lumberman, draft exempt, desires position as retail yard manager in Southern California or Arizona. Address Box C-976, Cdifornia Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.

LUMBER CARRIER WANTED WANTED:-NEW OR USED LUMBER CAR-

RIER. Address Box C-977, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles.

WANT TO SELL YOUR YARD?

Do you want to liquidate for the duration? See us. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petro' leum Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

Obituaries Fred W. Foss

Fred W. Foss of Foss Lumber Company, Berkeley, Calif., passed away at his ho.me as the, result of a heart attack, November 16.

He was born in Missouri in 1871, moved to California with his parents in 1875, and became associated with his father, the late Martin Foss, in the lumber and coal business in Berkeley, which he was operating at the time of his death. He served as Alameda Countv treasurer for a period of 15 years

Mr. Foss was also Supervisor for Alameda County from l%)7 to 1919. He was the first president of the Berkeley Cl,amber of Commerce, and was active in politics.

He is survived by his widow, two sons, tviro daughters, three sisters and three brothers.

He was a member of the Durant Lodge of the Masonic Order, and a former president of the County Treasurers' Association of California.

Harvey M. lsenhower

Harvey M. fsenhower, representative of Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. in Sacramento, passed away on November 20 from a heart attack while on a pheasant hunting trip.

.He was born in Lamar, Missouri, in 1895. He attended school there and business college in Kansas City, and worked ai a boy in his brother's lumber yard in Lamar. He worked for Valley Lumber Co., Fresno, for several years after coming to California. He saw service in World War f, and after a period spent in association work became associated with Holmes Eureka Lumber Co. in 1925.

Mr. Isenhower married Miss Frances Lehman of Philadelphia in 1924. He is survived by his wife and a 15 year old daughter, Peggy, three sisters and one brother.

He was widely known as a fancier and breeder of hunting dogs, and was the founder of the Sacramento Bird Dog Club.

Funeral services were held in Sacramento on November 24.

BT]YEB9S GT]IDD SAN BBANOISOO

LUMBER

Arcata Rcdwod Co. 4Zll Market Street........ -......YUkon 2067

Atkinon-Stutz Com;ruy, ll2 MarLet Stret ..,...........,GArfield 1t09

Dmt & Rwscll, Inc., 214 Frot Sbet .,................GArfield 0292

Dolber & Cru Lmbs Co., llIE Mqchutr Exchmge Bldgf...,.Sutts 7456

Ganqaton & Grco Luber Cn., 1800 Aruy Street ..................ATwater l30l)

Hall, Juer L., 1032 Mills BIdg. ...................SUtter ?520

Hmmond Lmba Compuy, {U Ilfiontgomery Stret ..........DOuglu 33Et

Holmec Eure&a Luber Co.. ll05 Finacial Center Bldg.......GArncH f92f

C. D. Johnon Imbcr Corporation, 260 Califomla Stret ,. ,. ......, .GArieId 6256

Carl H. Krhl Luber Co., O. L. Rueam, ll2 Market Stret...YUkon 1460

Lmon-Bomlngton Compuy, 16 Callfomia Stret .......,.....,.GArfield $tf

LUMBER

LUMBER

MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., 16 Califomia St. ,.. ..., .GArfreld E393

Paciffc Lumber Co., The lll0 Buch Street ,. .. .. , ..,...GArfield 116l

Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lmber Divirion, 461 Market Stret,................DOuglil 2561

Red River Lumber Co., 315 Monadnock Bldg. ..............GArfield 11922

Santa Fc Luber Co., 16 California Stret ...,...........Exbmk 207{

Schafer Brcs Lumber & Shingla Co., I Dmm Stret .....................Suttq l??l

Shevlin Pine Salc Co., lfr!0 Monadnock Btdg, ............Exbrco& ?01f

Sudden & Christenrcn, 310 Sanome Stret ...............GArfreld 2346

Wendling-Nathan Co., ll0 Market Stret ..................SUtt6 5363

West Oregon Lumbcr Co., 1995 Evane Ave. .,...... ....ATwetcr 56?t

E. K. Wood Lumbcr Ca, I Drumn Stret .....,............Exbrook 3?U

OATTLANI)

Ewauna Bq Co. (Pyruid Lumbcr Sales Co.)

Paclfic Bldg. ..Glenourt EZg3

Gamstm & Grccn Lunbcr Co., 200l Livingrbn St....,..,,..,.....KEI|og d-r8&

Hill & Morton, Inc.

Demipn Strat Wharf ..........ANdover lo7?

Hogu lmber Compuy, Znd md Alic! StGt!............Gl.cnourt 6t6l

E. K. Wood Lubcr Co., Fredaick ed King Strets......FRuitvale 0ll2

Wholsalc Inmbcr Distributor!, Inc., 9th Avcnus Pis................TWinoaks 2515

LUMBER

Arcata Redwqrd Co. (J. J. Rca)

\ileyahacu*r Salcr Co,, 149 Califqnia Str6t .. .. ,. ..GArficld t971

HARDW(X)DS AND PANELS

White Brothcrr,Fifth md Brannm Strets..,..,.,.Sutt.r 1365

CREOSOTED LUMBERPOLES PILTNG.-TIES

Ameriro lamber & Trating Co., uG Nfl Montgomenf Street.,.......Suttc 1225

Buter, J. H. & Co., 3i13 Montgomery Street DOuglar 36Eit Hall, Jmer L, 1032 Milb Blds .,.... ....... ......Suttcr 7520

Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lmber Divlrion, 461 Market Strect...........,....,.DOuglar 2561

Vudcr Lam Piling & Lumbcr Co., 216 Pinc Strat..,.. ........,...... Exbrcok 4905

Wendling-Nathu Co., U0 Markct Str6t....,...........,...SUtrs 5ildl

PANEIS-DOORS-SASH-SCREENS

Califomia BulHcrr Supply Co., ?00 6th Avcnue....,,........ :......,Hlgata 6{116

Hogen Imba Conpuy, znd ild Alio Streetr..... .....Glcncourt 6t6l

Wcctcm Dor & Saeh Co.. Sth & Cyprar Strcir,....,TEmplcbu 64O

HARDWOODS

Strablc Hardwod Company. Fint ud Clay Srreti,'........TEnplcbu 5564

White Brcthas, 501, High Stret.....................ANdover l60tt

LOS ANGBLBS

5410 Wilshir. Blvd................WEbctcr 762E

Anglo Califonia Lumber Co. 655 Eut Florcne Avme......TRomwall 3l,ll

Atklnrcn-Stutz Cmpany, 52t Petrcleu Btdg...........,..,PRospet,l3,ll

Bumr Lmbcr Compuy, 9455 Chulcvillc Blvd., (Bwcrly Hilk)..,.............BRadrhaw 2-3itEE

Can & Co- L. J. (W. D. Duntng), ,136 Chmber of Cmmcrce Bldg. PRorpect tt{3

Coper, W. E., 6{16-C([ Richfield Bldg...... .......MUtual 2l3l

Dant & Rue*ll, lnc., 6f2 E. 59th Stret,............ ...,.ADms El0l

Dolbs & Carrcn Lubcr Co., gttl Fidcliry Bldg........... -,. ..vAadike E792

Ed. Foutaln lubcr Co626 Petrclm 81dg...............PRolFGt {341

Hammond Lumbcr Compuy, 2010 Sio. Almcda St.......... ..PR6pect 1333

Holmec Eurcka Lubcr Co., 7ll-712 Architcte Bldg..,.........MUtual 9l8l

Hover, A. L., 5225 Wilshtrc 81vd.......,........,...YOrk [6E

C. D. Johnm hmber Corporation, 6116 Petrclm Bldg........,.......PRolpect 1165

Cul H. Kuhl Lrmber Ca., 704 S. Spring St...........,.......,V.4ndike E033

IawraePhilipa Imber Co., dl3 Petroleu 81dg........... ....PRorpect 6174

MacDonald & BergstrcB, 714 W. Olympic Blvd,.... .... .PRospcct 7f 9l

MacDanald & HaniDgtm, Ltd., Potrolm Bldg.................. ..PRorpect 3l?

Pacific Lumber Co., The 5225 llfilchin 81vd.....................YOrL lr6t

LUMBER

Penberthy Lumber Co.,

21t55 Eart Slst St.. ... ..,.,.. .Klmball 51lr

Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lmber Division, 714 W. Olympic Blvd........,..,.PRo3pcct E23l

Rcd River Lumber Co, ?O2 E. Slaurcn. .CEntury 290i71

lGll S. Broadway..................PRolpcct 03ll

Reitz Co., E. L., 333 Pctrcleum Bldg................PRosFct 2369

Suta Fc Lumber Co., 3ll Flnucial Ccnter Bldg., ,VAndikc {4?l

Schafcr Bror, Lumbcr & Shlngle Co., rl7 W. gth Strcet. ,..,. ,.TRinity 4271

Shcvlln Plnc Salee Co., 330 Pctrol.um 81dg...............PRosFct 0615

Simpon Induatrlce. lnc., l5l0 E. Waehington Blvd...,.....PRoepct 6lllt

Sudden & Chrictorcn, 630 Board of Trade Bldg.. .TRinlty t644

Taoma Lumbc Salcr, EilT Petrclcun Bldg....,...., ...PRosFGt UOE

Wcndltng-Nathm Co., 5225 Wilghirc 81vd....,..,.. ...,..YOrk rrGE

ll/eat Oregon Lumbq Co., 127 Petroleum 81dg......... .Rlchmond 02Ef

W. W. Wilktnon, 3rg W. gth Stret.,......... .......TRinity 4613

E. K. Wood Lmbcr Co., 4710 So. Alueda St....... JEffersm 3ll1

'Weycrhaeuser Salec Co., 920 W. M. Gulmd Bldg.........Mlchisil G354

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLESPILING _ TIES

Amerio Lumber & Treating Co., l03l S. Broadway.......,.........PRospcct 4361

Buter, J. H. & Co., 6{ll West sth Stret. ...,....,.....Mlchigu 5Z9l

Popc & Talbot, Inc., Luber Divirion, 714 W. Olympic Blvd. PRospcct tZll

HARDWOODS

American Hardwood Co., f900 E. fsth Street...,,..........,.PRcp€ct {235

Stiltd, E. J. ft Son, 2050 EaBt 3Eth Stret.....,.....,CEntury 292U Westm Hardwood Lumber Co., z0l4 East l5tb Stret. ........PRospct 6f6f SASH-DOORII-MTLLWORKICREENg BLINDS-PANELS AND PLYWOODIRONING BOARDS

BacL Paml Compuy, 310-314 Eilt 32nd Strcct. ., .. .ADmr 4225 Califomia Dor Compuy, The 4910 District Blvd...........,... ...Klnball'2lll

Caltfomla Pucl & Vcreer Co955 S. Almeda Str6t....,... ...TRlnlty ltlE?

Cobb Co., T. M., 5tll0 Contral Avcnuo..,....,..... ;.ADm. IUU

Eubank & Son, Inc., L. H, {3 W. Rcdondo Blvd..., E-r666 Haley Bru. (Suta Monica) 1620 l{th Stret .........,.,.....,AShI6y 4-226E

Koehl, Jno. W. & Son, 652 S. Myera Str6t,.,........,....ANgclue El91

Orcgon-Warhington Plywmd Co., 3lE West Ninth Str*t... ,. ,. .TRinity 4€f3

Pacific Wod Prcducts Corporation, 36(|0 Tybum Stret..............,.Al.bmy l10l

Pacific Mutual Dor Co., l6lXl E. Wrohington Blvd.........PRoapect 9523

Rem Compuy, Go. E., 235 S. Almeda Str@t ........Mlchige 1854 Red Rivq Luber Co., 702 S. Slawn.. .CEntury 29071

Smpco Co. (Paeadoa), 745 So. Raymond Ave...,.........,RYil l-6S89

Simprcn lndurtrier, Inc., f6f0 E. Warhinston Blvd.........PRogFct 6ltB

Wcst Cmgt Scrm Co., It{s East 6:trd Strcet., , ., ..ADan. Uf0E 'lf,/eatem Mill & Moulding Co., 591 So. lVcstsm Avc.....,,...TWinoakr t66C