The California Lumber Merchant - December 1950

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Portlau<I, Oregon, November 23-Octobcr \\'as the third straight month that Douglas fir sarvmills of u'estern Oregon and \\'ashington have topped the billion-foot mark in lur.nber production. Xfills cut 1.012 billion board feet for the n.ronth.

I-Iarris Smith, secretary of the \\'est Coast I-umbermen's Associ:rtion, said this l;reaks all existing records for a three ntonths' consecutive output.

Thc lumber executive also confirmecl earlier estimates that Douglas fir mills of this region \\'ere expected to set an all-time full year production record of 10.5 billion feet of lumber for 1950. This rvill top the 1929 record cut of 10.29 billion feet rvhich has stood f.or 2l years.

Sn-rith said the huge total produced during October of one Lrillion feet t'ould supply enough lumber to build 100,COO moclcrn five-room homes. If it u'ere all shipped bv boat it u'ould fiIl 200 cargo ships or if shipped bv railroad it u'ould fill 33,334 freight cars.

Although the freight car shortage \\'as the n'rost severe in history and lasted for nearly fi'r'e months in Southern Oregon and Northern California. Smith said trucks and cargo vessels rvere able to take up much <lf the slack. He said the outptlt this year u'ould have been much higher if freight cars had been more plentiful during peak summer shipping periods.

The rveekly average of \\rest Coast lumber production in Octobern.as 233,488,000 b.f. or 112.3% of the 1945-1949 a\.erage. Orders averag'ed 193,320,000 b.f. ; Shipments 225.9.50,000 b.f. ; Weekly averages for September .s'ere: Pro<luction 23,+,330,000 b.l. (142.8% of the 1945-1919 average) : Orders l97.56l,nO b.f.; Shipments 231,614,000 b.f.

Fortl'-three rveeks of 1950 cumulative production 8,890.35t',000 b.f.; Forty-three rveeks of 1949. I,l5-+.100,000 b.f.: Forty-three rveeks of 1948, 8,028,855,000 b.f.

Orders for forty-three rveeks of. 1950 breakdou'n as follorvs: Rail 5,9063A,N0 b.f.; Truck 482.151.000 b.f.; Domestic cargo 2,096,356,000 b.f.; Export 190,022,000 b.f.; Local 570,454,000 b.f.

Tlre Indttstry's unfilled order file stood at 771.29(t,000 b.f. at the end of October: Gross Stock at t312,907,000 b.f.

Lur.nber shipments of 416 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 7.0 per cent below production for the week ended November 11, 1950. In the same week nelv orders of these rnills u'ere 9.2 per cent belorv production. Unfille<l orders of the reporting mills amounted to 44 per cent of stocks. For reporting softwood r.nills, unfilled orders lvere equivalent to 22 clays' production at the current rate, and gross stocks were equivalent to 48 days' production.

For the vear-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills were 5.2 per cent above production ; orclers were 5.7 per cent above production.

Compared to the average corresponding week of 1935-1939. production of reporting mills was 66.6 per cent above; shipments were 72.9 per cent above; orders were 68.6 per cent

above. Corrrpared to the corresponding $'eek in 1949, production of reporting nrills rvas 6.1 per cent above; shiprnents were : 6.1 per cent belou';and new orders were27 per cent below.

The \\'estern I'ine Association for the rveek ended Novem- : I er 11,93 mills reporting, gave orders as 57,813,000 feet, ship rurents 62,189,000 feet, and production 66,534,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the rveek totaled 162,333,000 feet.

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended November 11,87 units (ll2 rnills) reporting, gave orders as 12,351,000 feet, shipments 15,516,000 feet, and production 18,(X4,(Xl0 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 48,519,000 fcet.

'fhe \\'est Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended November 4, 179 rnills reporting, gave orders as 120,071,000 feet, shipments 125,107,000 feet, and production 114,881,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the u.eek totaled 556,760,000 feet.

For the week ended Novenrber ll, these same mills reported orclers as 113,749,000 feet, shipments 112,530,000 feet, and production 116,797,OOO feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the rveeli totaled 556,159.000 feet.

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It is the animal natufe of man that prompts him to shun difficulties, to take the easiest way around obstacles, to dodge duties, and to play truant from obligations. It is the divine nature within us that finds pleasure in toil, joy in conquest, happiness in tasks well done, and , peace in squared accounts.

"There are two kinds of -* r "n*e who do their best today, and forget about it; and those who promise to do their best tomorrow-and forget 3[es1 i1."-Chinese proverb' * *

"Yesterday is a dream and tomorrow is a vision, but today, well lived, makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope. Look well, therefore, to this day."-Sanskrit.

"Yesterday," said " ,.".rrl "Jt*r.rrtion speaker, "is a cancelled check; tomorrow is a promissory note; today is a golden opportunity." **

Dr. Stanley E. Hall used to say, "\ /e do not stop playing because we grow old, but grow old because we stop pilaying."

"No safety device t "" j.a *b..r it.r.nted to take the place of the one just above the ears," says an oft-repeated modern axiom that is always true.

Primitive man found it to be his worst enemy; the Romans built a temple to it; and inan to this day, in spite of all the advances of civilization, still cowers before the specter of his most disturbing tormentor-FEAR.

Friend making i" " -att.l oi r."ipro"ity. A man doesn't give you his friendship-he trades with you. If you have little to offer, you get little in return. In friendship you must give as well as take. If you are one of those who wonder why you lack success as a friend maker, stop for a. moment and consider what you have been giving your friends in return. That may help you solve your problem.

You are as young as your faith; as old as your doubt; as young as your self-confi*dence; as old as your despair.

"The;e is no progress unless there is discontent," said John P. Marquard. True. Philosophers have often said that the universe in which we live is an evidence of God's discontent. Had He been satisfied with things as they were, this world would never have been made. And the

world owes every forward step to men ill at eas€; men unwilling to follow in the ruts m*ade by plodders.

John Truslow Adams in "The Tempo of Modern Life" tells of an explorer who once attempted a forced march on the upper Amazon River. For days they traveled fast. But one day the natives refused to budge. "They are waiting," said their chief, "until their souls have caught up with their bodies." Nice thought ttere.

"Thousands of people cSoss London Bridge every day," wrote Thomas Carlysle, "T*|t fools."

To so live that you will be love4 is a fine art. Moreover, it is the soul of salesmanship.

Elbert Hubbard said, "To be gentle, generous, patient, and forgiving, and yet never to relinquish the vital thingTHAT is to be great." :r *

John Ruskin said, "Lfnless we perform divinc service with every willing act of our liveE, then we never perform it at all." **

The prayer of Socrates, "Grant me to bc beautiful in tbe inner man, and dl I have of outer things to be at peace with those within. May I count the wisc man only, rich, and my store of gold be such as none but the good can bear."

Socrates stood in tfr. -ialt ol*. market place in Athens one day, looking at all thc food and merchandise heaped high for sale, and he thanked God that there were so many things he did not want. * *

Wrote Bruce Barton, 'A God with imagination enough to create oceans and solar sFtems and sexes and seasons

THIS JOURNAL BELIEYES. . . .

os oll iruc Americons oncc bcllcved, thol o mon gets olong in this world, nol by on Act of Congr_ess' Uur ty hij own Industty, choruCter, couroge, o-bility, perseveronce, cmbltion, stlcknolfiYcncss, ond love bC r:Uerty; ond that oll govcrnrne,nt is for - os Thomos Jeficrson nought-is !o provlde o profective fromework in which hc con live, loborr ptoduce, work out his own dcstlny' ond ochieve t{re things he longs lori it bellevel In tlrc Arncricon who stands on his own feet os our forefcthers dld, eorns his own living, provides for his own fiturr, ond is beholden ro ne:tier governmcnl' mon, not dcvil-for- his sup' porti who occeps lorgcose, glftl, subsidles, ond ipeciot privileges from nobodY.

and poets and mountains and mothers and mart)rrs.--€uch a God can be trusted to make the hereafter just and satisfying and full of interest. I think about it very little, but I shed few tears at funerals. I leave it to HIM."

Over the grave of Byron's dog, "Near this spot are deposited the remains of one who possessed Beauty without Vanity, Strength without Insolence, Courage without Ferocity, and all the virtues ot.m1n-without his vices."

A man whose son was not doing very well in his grammar class in school, one day met the boy's teacher. Instead of being upset by the boy's poor grades, the father said to the teacher. "There's one thing f want to thank you for -you've given my son something he never had before, and I don't care whether he passes or not. I would rather he came home and said'I'seed'when he had seen, than say 'I saw' when he had ":.1 seen at all."

Sam Jones, the most famous and at the same time most rabid revival preacher the South ever produced, believed that colleges were poor moral influences. He wouldn't send his boys to college. He used to say, "f would rather have my sons reading the ABC's in heaven, than reading Greek down in ffell." Sam was a bit prejudiced, wouldn't you say? But Oh! What a sp*eaker!

Keep that boy in you alive ! Let that be a daily effort ! Don't get crabbed; Don't go sour ! Don't be too busy to do a lot of laughing and a lot of smiling ! Don't let the corners of your mouth get the turn-down habit ! Don't be so busy chasing dollars that you quit getting a lot of fun out of the world, and putting some into it ! Keep that boy in your heart and mind-alive ! Because, when he dies, Mister, you're dead !

Strange how rapidly the *lrtd progresses in some di-

Two New Reprerentatives Added To Field Promotion Staff

As part of the plywood industry's program to provide market level service to plywood users and specifiers, two new field representatives have been added to field promotion staff of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, the trade promotion group of the 58-factory West Coast plywood industry.

The two new plyrvood representatives are Richard E. Anderson and Stuart Williamson. Anderson is the new south'western field representative, rvith headquarters in Dallas. Tex.: Williamson will travel from San Francisco, Calif., headquarters.

The additions bring to seven the number of technically trained plywood field representatives stationed in key market areas throughout the country. Other field promotion offices are in Tacoma, 'Wash., Chicago, Ill., \\rashington, D. C., New York City and Ames, fowa.

New southwestern field man Anderson is a forest products engineer, having graduated from the University of

rections, and how slowly in others and-perhaps-rnotG important ones. When Voltaire was making his irnme64 fight to put an end to human torhrre in Europe, his friend Frederick the Great wrote to him, "Your zeal burns aCainst superstition, but do you think this world will change? More than three-fourths of dl mankind seem formed to bc sl,aves of the absurdest fanaticism, and they detest tte man who wishes to enlighten them." Looks like Frederick was somcthing of a prophet, considering what goes on in Euro1rc an Asia today.

On Voltaire's funeral "";; were the words, "He gave the human mind a great emphasis; he prepared us for freedom." And, while theologians were condemning the dying Frenchman, that great American, Benjamin Franklin, brought his grandson to see and visit with him who did more to make men free than any other. And Voltaire put his hand on the boy's head, and begged him to dcdicate his life to "God and LibertJr."*

"Life is easier to take than you think," wrote thc gifd Kathleen Norris. "All that is necessar;r is to accept the impossible, do wighout the indispensable, and bear the intolerable."

It was Leo Tolstoi who wrote, "The powerful means for achieving true happiness in life is-and without any dogmas -to spread out from one's self in every direction like a spider, a ivhole spider's web of love and to catch !l it everything that comes along, whether it is an old woman, or a child, a girl, or a policeman."

John Quincy Adams, who, after leaving the Presidency, went back to the House of Representatives and served there many years, dropped dead on the foor of thc housc while making a speech. His last words were his epitaph, "I am content."

\\rashington in 1947. Prior to joining the plywood association field staff, he u'as district sates engineer for Timber Structures, Inc., Portland, Ore. His experience also includes five years in construction rvork before the war in q'hich he served as a naval lieutenant.

Stuart Williamson rvas formerly a freeJance industrial engineer, having graduated from Art Center School in Los Angeles. Williamson's. experience also includes several 1'ears in commercial construction work as well as residential and heavy construction. During the rvar he served overseas u'ith the Canadian army.

Members of the field promotion staff call upon architects, retail lumber dealers, plys'ood distributors, contractors, building authorities, agricultural and architectural colleges as u'ell as industrial users of plywood. A principal function of the department, in addition to furthering acceptance and use of plywood, is to render technical assistance to those rvho sell or use the materiat.

Head of the plyrvood qssociation 6eld service staff, which rvas established in 1938, is Joe Weston u'ho directs the pro. gram on behalf of the panel makers from the trade association headquarters in Tacoma, Wash.

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slNcE l9l2 JOHN Sr. KOEHL & SON; INC., ha6', been furnishing the Retail Lumber Dealets in Southern California with every type of wood door and window for every purpose. During these 39 years we have continuously tried to offer the best CUSTOM MADE VENEERED DOORS, STORE DOORS, SLAB DOORS, PANEL DOORS, STOCK DOORS and WOOD \[INDO$7S that can be obtained anywhete. Our success has been measured and determined by customer accePtance of the many QUALITY PRODUCTS we furnish exclusively through our dealers. \fE SHALL CONTINUE TO OFFER OUR MATERIALS THROUGH DEALERS ONLY. It is out responsibility to protect our outlet so YOU, too, can depend on the policy we adopted-and firmly adhere to-of keeping YOUR profits safe when you depend on us for your source of supply.

And so-at this Christmas time-to our old customers, new patrons and friends we take this opportunity of extending the SEASON'S GREETINGS TO YOU and YOURS!

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While we are mindful tf it throughout the ye&r, Christmas is the time when realization is clearer than ever that we could not be accomplishing the planned results of our program with. out the support "f our good friends and customers, 'We feel the sdme wai about our mills ,4, we couldn't do it without their support either. We are appreciative.

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By Jock Dionne

Oliver Wendell Holmes said that he had discovered in himsc[ a little plant called "reverence" that needed watering at least once a week; so he went to church Sunday. So, we try also, thougb perhaps in clumsy fashion, to water that same little plant once a year at Christmas time, in this column.

One summer evening in the year 1798 a distingushed group of men gathered on the deck of the ship I'Orient which was traversing the waters of the Mediterannean on its way to Egypt. Leader of this group was a small, dark man, who sat at ease and watched the stars shining through the black sky at night. His name was Napoleon. The others were the leading scientists of France. He was taking them with him to help found a new empire. They talked while Napoleon listened. They discussed religion. They were atheists, and they learnedly pronounced all religious humbug, God a m5rth, etc.

Finally Napoleon rose to leave them, but before going he pointed to the skies where the myriad of stars shone through, and said, "Very ingenious, Messieurs, BUT \i[rHO MADE ALL THAT?"

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Henry Ward Beecher, famous preacher, and Col. R. G. fngersoll, the eloquent agnostic, were close friends. Respecting each others opinions they nevertheless loved to "needle" one another. One day Ingersoll walked into Beecher's study, where he saw a new and interesting global map of the world. Without thinking he asked, "Who made that beautiful map?" Instantly the preacher saw he had him. "Who made it?" he said. "Who made this globe? Why, nobody made it, Colonel-it just happened." And the record says that the agnostic laughed as heartily as the preacher.

It is related that on another occasion Beecher demanded that Ingersoll tell him what he would do, had he the power, to better God's creationl "That's eas/," said Ingersoll; "I'd make health contagious, rafhel than disease."

When Bruce Barton wrote his grand books on the Bible, "The Man Nobody Knows," and "The Book Nobody Knours," even though he is a kindly, lovable man who wrote without bitterness or malice, he naturally got some criticism, as who does not who seeks after Truth? A Catholic priest chided him,'though gently, for some of his opinions. Barton wrote him*back:

"Dear Father: I appreciate the tone and spirit of your

note and thank you for it. What is the usc of you and me debating about theology on which we can never agree? What I would like to learn from you is this-will there bc any good eighteen hole golf courses in lfeaven?" To which the kindly priest replied, "My Son, I think therc will be, and I shall meet you there." Now, there were two good men, respecting one anothcr, and meeting in friendship on a cornmo" O"l"U_ where they need not battle.

What an improvement that correspondence shows over the spirit ttrat prevailed so generally during thosc long dark centuries when professing Christians tortured, and tore, and mutilated, and racked" and burned" and killed countless thousands of men and women-yes, and littlc childrce because they disagreed over thcological questions, and dl in the name of Jesus, who, while on this earth, never eve.i heard of the doctrines that caused those murders; who said "I came that ye might have life and that yc might have it more abundantly."

I started this turn in the discussion for only onc lrurpose; as a reminder of how much the world has inprovcd. \A/e seem all to agree that the world il in mighty sorry condition right now-and so it is-but if you will rcad the history of those terrible centuries when fiendish instruments of human torture were as commonly used as knives and forks, you will quickly conclude that this is still a mighty fine world in which we live, and move, and bave our being. * ,r

The other day -y eye was caught by a headline in a newspaper. The heading was over a short letter written by a woman to the editor, and the text of her message was, "They've taken the Chirst out of Christmas." She spoke briefy of the biith of Jesuq of His humblc surroundings, the manger, the angel.chorus, and the pondrous simplicity of it all; and then of the Christmas of today so given over to feasting rather than fasting sousing rather than praying, riotous spending and celebrating. And she drew the conclusion, "They've taken the Christ out of Chrismas."

Well, yes. and no. It is true that to millions of our American people the idea of Christmas has bcen strongly (Continued on Page 18)

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I{AS been said in"t sentiment and business can not go well together. We sihcerely believe they can! Believing so, we thank our many lumber dealer friends for patronage given lrs . . . and at the same time express our hope that this holiday season will open a ye:r of prosperity and accomplishment for every one of you.

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Vagabond Christmas Thoughts

(Continued from Page 14) diluted by the spirit of the jazz age, and that quiet contemplation has been largely succeeded by cocktail parties. Often you ask someone if he had an enjoyable Christmas, and he replies that he certainly did, went to five cocktail parties. (A cocktail party, you know, is an affair that starts out with people mixing drinks, and ends up with drinks mixing people.) Someone has said that in the old days Christmas was a time for forgetting and forgiving, but that now it is a time for getting and for giving. But even so, the present method of celebrating Christmas is an enormous improvement over that which prevailed through most of the Christian era. I'm not sure that Jesus of Nazareth would have objected too much to the Christmas of today. Certainly He would have loved the joy that the day brings to little children; and, after all, this is the children's holida''

One of my favorite writers, Kahlil Gibran, author of two very famous books, "The Prophet," and "Jesus, the Son of Man," tells a little story that will give you something to think about at Christmas time. He says that Jesus of Nazareth met Jesus of modern theology, and they sat down for a talk. Finally Jesus of Nazareth rose and said, "Sorry, friend, but you and I will never agree." flaven't you, dear reader, sometimes wondered how the teachings of Jesus, which were couched in plain words and simple phrases that any normal school kid can understand-be honest, be truthful, be clean, be kind, be fair, be helpful, and love your neighbor-how did these simple instructions ever assume the complexity of modern theology? Give it a thought.

A FINAL THOUGHT: Supposing that eight year old kid of yours comes home from Sunday school'some day, climbs up to where he can look you in the eye, and says,

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Washington, D. C.Of immediate interest to those in charge of military Construction, as well as to architects, engineers and contractors, will be the new pictorial bulletin, "Timber for Military, Commercial and Industrial Buildings," just off the press.

Published by the Timber Engineering Company of Washington, D. C., an affiliate of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, this profusely illustrated booklet is devoted to outstanding examples of structures built of timber in all parts of the United States.

It presents the advanced uses to which the Teco connector system of timber construction, using the wedge-fitted split-ring connectors and Trip-L-Grip framing anchors,'have been put in many types of buildings. The booklet also treats gluedlaminated timber construction and the gracefully decorative lamella construction.

Augmenting a photographic record of innumerable impressive building projects covering a wide field of design and use,

"Tell me, Pop, wbat can a fella do to be sure to go to heaven?" Now ttat's a fair question and-knowing you : to be the smartest man bn earth-he expects a straight answer. No dodging. So you should make your answef just as short and sraight as his question. Tell him, "Soa, all you've got to do is stick to Jesus. He laid down the rules in mighg few words. All youte got to do is follow instructions."

So you open the Bible to the lfth Chapter of Matthcs. You will find the same'thing in Mark and Luke both, but Matthew comes first, so start there. Versc 6 reads, "And behold, one came and said unto Him, Crood taster, what good thing shall I do tbat I may have eternal life?" The same guestion your kid just asked you, scc? And Jcsus said to him, "Keep the commandments." Now this quer tioner was a most unusual man- He knew he was talting to an authority far higher and greater tban Uosca. It was the only time in recorded religious history when a bclievcr in God stood face to face witb'thc Son of God and asted Him the most important of all questions-'what shdl I do to have eternal life?" **

So, when Jesus said to him, "Keep the comrnandmentg" the young man looked him in the eye and said-'Wbich?" Which commandments? And Jesus looked right back at hi"' and said, "Thou shdt do no murdcr; thou shdt not cor'''.it adultery; thou shdt not sted; ttou shalt not bcar fdsc witness; honor thy father and thy mother; and thoru rhalt love thy neighbor as ttryself." That's what thc Man said -He said that! Mattbew says He said it. Uart and Luhe agree that's what He said. No postscripts. Hb wo,rdr were pLain. He spoke them; and tbat was ttat.

So, that's what you ""r, ,lu L irrqoi*ti"c Hd of yours who wants to know how to get to heaven fslt hirn te stick to Jesus! That's a good enough authorig for anybody.

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Sturdiness, durability and complete practicability are the mark of these proved methods of heavy timber construction. Added factors are economv in construction time and in labor and material costs.

The brochure also lists roof truss and timber fabricators in all_parts of the country whose efforts in the last war aided the military in completing on time thousands of timber structures of all types.

"Timber for Military, Commercial and Industrial Buildings" is free upon request to the Timber Engineering C.ompany, 1319 Eighteenth Street, N. W., Washington 4 D. C.

Appointed Stcrte Deputy Sacnks

Announcement is made by Dave Davis, San Francisco, Supreme Custocatian of International Hoo-Hoo, of the ap pointment as State Deputy Snarks of A. O. Sheldon, Tri-State Lumber Company, Salt I-ake City, for the State of Utah, and Bernie Payne, Houston Lumber Company, Carlsbad, New Mexico. for New Mexico.

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Price Fixing and the Bill of Rights

John Henry Kirby, of Houston, Texas, was a citizen of note, an industrial genius, and a man of great stature, both in mentality and personality. He was the founder and operator of the biggest lumber manufacturing concern in Southern history, which at times had 14 large mills in its string. But he was likewise a constitutional lawyer of great power and ability. FIe revered the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as few citizens have ever done. He carried in his pocket at all times and wherever he went a copy of those great documents. He was a speaker of great eloquence, and thrilling an audience by discussing his beloved Constitution was a large part of his life work. To John Henry any man who laid impious hands on the Constitution was a traitor who should face a firing squad, regardless o.f wKether the time be peace or war.

In the light of present day politics John Henry was away behind the times; a constitutional moss-back. Through most of his life the conviction was always with him that the American nation would rise up and utterly destroy any man or group of men who deliberately set about to stretch, or twist, or change the Constitution in any \ tay to suit their own purposes or philosophies. He died a decade ago, having lived long enough to see his beloved Bill of Rights being deliberately chipped and hacked ayay by New Dealers who knew no reverence for those priceless documents.

You will notice, perhaps with some surprise if you will read the opinions of Mr. Kirby as expressed during World War One, how far down the dark road of socialism this nation has traveled since that time. In May, 1919, Mr. Kirby made a speech on the subject-"Price fixing and the Bill of Rights"-to a great mass meeting of lumber manufacturers in Chicago. The meeting had been called to discuss a government suggestion that the price of lumber be fixed by law. Mr. Kirby opposed price fixing on the simple grounds that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights absolutely forbid it. So he delivered one of the most eloquent orations of his career to that gathering. It was ineffective, as the government proceeded to put a price ceiling on lumber at once. Nevertheless, the words of the great Southern orator at that time merit careful consideration, if for no other purpose than to illustrate how far afield this nation has traveled from its original highway. It should be remembered that the opinions he held and so well expressed were likewiise the opinions of practically all distinguished constitutional authorities at that time. Mr. Kirby said:

"f am unalterably opposed to any effort on the part of the government to fix prices to the public for the reason that it violates the Bill of Rights. The government is entirely without power to do such a thing. The fifth amendment to the Constitution known as Article Five of the

Bill of Rights expressly provides that "no pcrson shdl bc deprived of life, liberty, or propcrty without due process of law, nor shall private propcrty be taken for public usc without just compensation." Private propcrty can be taken for public use only.

"I am willing and you are willing that thc governm€nt shall take ouunills, trees, railroads, evcrynhing we own if the government has need of such things and we will not cavil about the price; but when tte government seeks to take our property and bestow it upon anotAer or take another's property and bestow it upon us, the goycrnment seeks to perform an act forbidden under the Constitution, and such act should not be tolerated at any time, under any circumstances, or under any conditions by ariy patriotic American who loves the Constitution or values his liberty. We should oppose such an ac! not because it may impose a loss of property of the citizen, but becausc it violates the Constitution and imperils the very existence of the government itself.

"The Constitution is a contract of all the people with each individual citizen by which he is protected in his personal rights. These our forefathers sought forever to guarantee under a written Constitution. We, their descendants, would be recreant to our duties as citizens and would commit treason against posterity il wc permitted the socialistic tendencies of this hour to lay a nandal hand upon that sacred document.

"Our forefathers knew the political history of all the nations of the earth. The government they created under the Constitution differed from all these. They created a democracy, a government of the people, by the people, and for the people under a written instrument which is thc bulwark of our libcrties. Its underlying princrple is the Bill of Rights. In our politics we should hold tbat a crime against the Bill of Rights is treason. Liberty is too sacred a heritage to be dealt with lightly. The Anglo-Saron racc has been its foremost advocate. In blood and tears they wrung from King John the Magna Charta and after eight years of suffering and sacrifice tAey wrung from King George the power to enforce the Bill of Rights.

"The 'blessings of liberty' are vitatized in the Bill of Rights. It is the Bill of Rights which the socialists in this country desire to destroy. They have no sympathy with the government created under that Constitutioq and no respect for any government instituted for the preserva_ tion of life and liberty and property. The Bill of Rights was instituted for the purpose of protecting the citizen in the enjoyment of his inalienable rights. The government was instituted as an instrument in the hands of the citizen for the promotion of his happiness. ft was a creature of the citizen, and his servant. The socialists believe that

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Hoo-Hoo Supreme Nine Meets in Milwaukee

At the Annual meeting of the Supreme Nine of Hoo-Hoo held in Milwaukee, October 26 and 27, it was decided to break with precedent and set October 7 through 10 as the 1951 convention dates, instead of the usual September session. Local conditions as well as hotel accommodations were the primary reasons for the change. The 1951 convention, therefore, will be held at Miami Beach, Roney Plaza Hotel, on the above dates. The time honored Hoo-Hoo Day, September 9, hou,ever, will be observed by all Hoo-Hoo Clubs with appropriate programs.

Acting upon the recommendation of Hoo-Hoo in convention assembled at Boston, the selection of Denver. Colorado for the 1952 convention was confirmed. The exact dates are to be determined by the local group and depending upon local conditions.

The newly elected Snark of the lJniverse, chairman of the Supreme Nine, Lynn Boyd, presided at this meeting and expressed satisfaction and appreciation of the 100 per cent attendance. All nine members representing the nine Jurisdictions of Hoo-Hoo were present. The board of councillors also present, included Past Snark l\{artin T. Wiegand, newly elected president of the corporation.

Education and Forest Products Promotion

The primary business of the meeting was the consideration of the affairs of Hoo-Hoo and policies to develop and carry out aims and objectives. Two important standing committees, namely on education and the promotion of forest products, were continued so that Hoo-Hoo may be in position to cooperate with the educational programs of the industry and the wood promotion programs of the various lumber associations both at the national and local level, local clubs are to appoint public affairs committees to study and work with other groups in matters affecting the industry.

New Rituals Adopted

. A new ritual for Hoo-Hoo concats was formally adopted and all old rituals were definitely decreed null and void, to be recalled as promptly as the new rituals can be put in the hands of Hoo-Hoo Vicegerent Snarks and clubs. Each member of the supreme nine u'ill present the new rituals to the groups in his jurisdiction.

Dues for all Hoo-Hoo members called into the military service of the United States are waived for the period of their service and their membership continued.

Jurisdiction V Retained

On.the question of jurisdictional changes especially the suggstion that Canada be broken up to tie in rvith jurisdictions adjacent to the border, the Supreme Nine decided against breaking up jurisdiction 5 which is Canada. It was recommended that members of the Supreme Nine u,hose jurisdictions border on Canada should make contacts and u,ork together with Canadian areas bordering and adjoining their particular jurisdictions. Thus they w-ill work in cooperation with the head of jurisdiction No. 5 on a north-south basis rather than across country, east-west basis, as is the case novr..

Pilgrimage to Gurdon

A pilgrimage to the Shrine of Hoo-Hoo, Gurdon, Arkansas

where Hoo-Hoo s'as born in 1892, is planned. The suggested date is December 9 and members of the Supreme Nine closest to Gurdon, headed by the Snark of the Universe and other officers, plan to attend. Appropriate ceremonies will mark the event and the Gurdon Hoo-Hoo Club has promised a concat. It is expected that many Hoo-Hoo members, especially in the vicinity of Gurdon, will join the pitgrimage.

Changes In By-Laws

A committee was appointed by the Snark to pass on all proposed changes in the by-laws and to report such changes to the membership 6O days prior to the annual convention so that such changes may be voted on at the annual convention. Supreme Scrivenoter John B. Egan, of St. Paul, is chairman ot this committee.

In vieu'of suggested changes in the byJarvs and due to the general increased activity throughout IIoo-Hoo, the Supreme Nine will meet in a full day's s€ssion on the day immediatety preceding the annual convention which for l95l would be October 6.

This annual session of the Supreme Nine closed on a high note of satisfaction at accomplishment. The membership of Hoo-Hoo is approaching the 10,000 mark and the figures reveal a sound financial condition. All men on the Supreme Nine were optimistic about Hoo-Hoo interest and activity in their jurisdictions and looked forward to continued growth and development.

Price F:xins and ihe Bill of Rishts

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the citizen is a creature of the goverruDent and that the citizen should have no rights of which tte government may not, at will, despoil him. If we yield to tte dcmand of the Socialists and permit a deviation from tte lines laid down in the Constitution and permit open violiation of the Constitution, the effect will be to destroy this govcrnnent and Mexicanize our people. If we remove from our Constitution the Bill of Rights and the rcpect which the American people have always shown for the eternal tnrths of the Bill of Rights, then we abondon forever the .blessings of liberty for ourselves and for our posterity,.i'

Thus ended John Henry Kirb/s famous spcech on tte subject of "Price Fixing and thc Bill of RighE." And it was only about l8 years later that Justice McReynolds, of the United States Supreme Court, said dramatically, ..The Constitution is gone !" The things that he believed ire and that John Henry Kirby belicvcd in-were bcing dcstroyed.

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Announcement \r'as made in San Francisco November 15 that the owners of the Fairmont Hotel have completed plans for a $7,000,000 32-story sky-scraper addition to the present building on Nob Hill.

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By R. A. Colgon, Jr. Execulive Vice President Notionol [umber Monufoclurers Associolion

When the New Year closes the books on 195O, lumbermen everywhere will realize they have been through a strenuous, and at times, confusing year. Remembering the housing boom of the first six months and the sudden birth of new government agencies-complete rvith allocation, priorities and other restrictions-after the Korean invasion on June 25, most producers are casting a wary eye at th! year ahead.

Predicting lumber trends in l95l is at best a hazy business. None of us can be sure of our forecasts. The world situation is shifting so rapidly that definitive conclusions would be risky. However, I do feel reasonably safe in making a few comments about the general outlook as it appears to be shaping up.

Government restrictions have already reined in the galloping construction industry which had lumber mills operating at peak capacity during the months before Korea. To meet the mammoth demand for lumber, manufacturers produced at a rate of 40 billion board feet per year, the largest output in twenty years. By August, the monthly production rate had climbed to an estimated 3 billion 950 million feet to set a new monthly record.

This amazing feat has apparently had little effect on official government thinking. As partial justification for inflicting controls on the construction industry, defense planners state that home building must be curtailed in order to make available enough lumber for military needs.

Estimates from both the Federal Reserve Board and the Housing and Home Finance Agency place the decline in new housing starts from an estimated peak of 1.300,000 units to a probable 1951 average of 800,000 or 850,000 units. The construction industry, sizing up the effect of nerv credit restrictions on home buying, estimates a steeper drop to about 600,000 new units for the coming year.

From a lumber standpoint, these cutbacks are unwarranted. In consultation *'ith officials of the National Production Authority, the Commerce Department's economic control agency, industry leaders have pledged a 25% increase in the already tremendous rate of production IF it is needed to meet both military and civilian demands.

But as the rveeks go by, that IF gets bigger and bigger. Lumbermen are beginning to think the long-heralded upsurge in lumber demands will not develop.

Here's rvhy: Government orders for housing curbs already signed and being carried out indicate that a drastic cut in home building is almost certain in 1951. A corresponding cut in the civilian demand for lumber will inevitably follorr. With Armed Forces needs taking only 4% oI the present production, military requirements will not take up the slack. So unless defense orders are accelerated in the next ferv months, production s'ill have to be cut and early l95l could easily see a private depression in the lumber industry.

The inherent danger in such a situation is apparent. \\'ith many mills closed and others operating on a 6-hour day, sudden all-out rvar would find the industry unable to supply the lumber that rvould be needed at once. Horvever. r*'e hope the government rvill realize the threat and rvill allow us to keep production high enough to avert such a situation.

The 1'ear ahead rvill also bring a tightening of the manpower availability rvithin the industry. It is a foregone conclusion that a proposed fighting force of 3 million men by mid-1952 is going to siphon off most of the men in the 19-26 age group in nearlv all industries. As a basic material, lumber has been listed bv the Department of Commerce as an "essential industry." But the Department of Labor has not yet seen fit to include any typical lumber industry

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SINCE | 938 if hos been our policy to look bqck over eqch yeor iust post ond conlemplole on lhe fulure qnd our sleody growth qs o wholesole dislributor of lumber qnd qllied wood producls. fhonks to the loyolty of our nony friends we look towqrd 1951 qs q yeqr of greot promise for oll of us. We pledge our conlinued eftort in servicing our qccounls in the propet mqnner 5o we will grow slronger wifh our old cuslomers--<nd develop with our new polrons who ploce their conftdence in us. lt is our good forlune to enioy successful cusfomer occeplonce of the QUAIIIY -FOREST PRODUCTS we furnish. We sholl conlinue lo ofier the BEST ttiATERlAt obtoinqble to the Commerciol ond lndusfriql users of lumber.

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\(/estern Pine Production,

Shipment Records Broken

By Robert O. teonord Western Pine Associotion

Responding to the year's record-breaking demand for lumber and lumber products, the Western Pine industry in 1950 apparently rvill produce and ship more Western Pines and Associated Woods than at any time in its 60-year history.

Topping even the 1948 marks, it appeared in mid-November that production rvill reach 7.5 billion board feet and shipments 7.8 billion feet for the 12 months. Shipments in 19€ were 6678 million and production 7144 million'

By quarters, this year's production outstripped that of 1948 in every period except the first rvhen the second successive hard western rvinter held the total to 1066 million feet, nearly two hundred million under the 1248 figure of the earlier year. Output was 2152 million in the second period, 2416 in the third and is expected to be nearly 1900 million in the last.

Shipments have consistently topped 1948 totals. In the first quarter they were 1426 million, in the second 2083 million, reached 2273 in the third and rvill probably run over two billion in the final period.

Despite two governmental credit orders which have materially 'affected national building plans since July, shipments have held up at a rate consistent rvith the first half of the year. This is attributable chiefly to the fact that Western Pine species are more generally used in woodwork and finish items, which remain to be installed in many houses begun before credit restrictions----or at least the more stringent of them-were set forth.

An outstanding feature of 1950 Western Pine marketing has been the continually increasing utilization of the seven Associated Species, led by White Fir. Averaging approximately 650 million annually since 1946, White Fir shipments this year are expected to be close to one billion feet.

The tremendous lumber demand has been an important factor but the industry regards accePtance of Associated Species more as the payoff of an energetic three-vear promotion and sales campaign, backed by improved manufacture and better seasoning, rvhich has resulted in builder and retailer discovery that the species is a valuable general utility wood. Used most frequently for light dimension, common boards and boxes, White Fir selects have found widespread acceptance for mouldings and t'oodu'ork.

Production of other Associated Woods-Douglas Fir of the Western Pine Region, Larch, Engelman Spruce, Jncense Cedar, Inland Red Cedar and Lodgepole Pine-have also shown marked upturns.

But although overall production was up in the Western Pine Region, so were costs. In 1949 virtually double those of. 1942, they have continued to climb in 1950. Tu'o general wage increases !\'ere granted, stumpage prices soared, and

Production of White Fir ia tbc Wcdcrn Piac rcgioo ir expostod lo recch one billion leet -i! l95lt, repcrcnting c 50 pa c.d ilrccr over the qrorcge ol rhe pcd lhrcc yccrr lbc rood L chi.[t Erod Ior light dimeneion cnd frqning lilc fhd 6ovo but i. clto hcrocr ilgly utilLed lor poreliag cld roodrql-

equipment, supplies and services maintained upward trends. Although stumpage prices will fluctuate with lumber demand, many costs, in the event of a serious decrease in market activity, rvill be difficult to reduce.

And 1951 may be a year of lessened market activity, although it is impossible to predict the extent if it should occur. Before it even gets under way, it looms as one of the most difficult in historl' to assess u'ith even reasonable hope of accurac)'. International developments, ahvays tough to divine, are at their most explosive point since 1939. This year, they're compounded by the life-or-death hold government policy-makers exercise on the American economy.

From an extreme of very nearly unlimited credit rvhich led to the inflationarv over-building of 1950, the pendulum has srvung to rvhat many competent market analysts and economists consider a restrictive extreme on the other side, an extreme rvhich can very rvell reduce construction rvell belorv announced aims and so hamstring the industry that ihe nation's economy rvill be seriously affected.

Generalll'speaking, the Western Pine industry applauded the July credit order. It promised a cessation-or at least r. leveling off----of the furious bidding for materials s'hich characterized the first half of 1950, bringing a revival of the runarvay market conditions of l9l8 rvhich benefited rreither the industry's-public nor its intramural relations.

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California Greatest Lumber User

By H.V. Simpson Executive Vice President West Coost lumbermen's Associotion

could bu1' a home easier than he could buy an automobile and it was cheaper to own a horne than rent one.

Some producers rvill remember l95O as the year of artificial stimulants and curbs, applied to business by government manipulation of credits, as simple as turning a water hydrant on and oft. Not a few lumbermen and other businessmen took a long look at this credit juggling and got a better picture'of the po\r'er government today has over our entire domestic economy. Autocratic porver or benevolent, it is still an awesome force.

Industry made many net gains during l95O in the \\'est Coast region. The ts'o-decade expansion of forestry continued with increased acreage dedicated to tree farms during the year. Utilization practices continued improving all along the forest p:oducts industrial front as research laboratories discovered new products to be made from parts of the log once throrvn away or burned.

California led the parade of states in the purchase of Douglas fir lumber during 1950, with an estimated unprecedented 1.5 billion board feet shipped in from western Oregon and Washington sawmills.

Due to a prolonged shortage of freight cars in Oregon and Northern California producing regions, rvhich began in May and did not end until late October, lumber shippers diverted hundreds of millions of feet of traditional rail business to truck and water cargo. Water cargo from North Pacific ports to California doubled in 1950 over the previous year. No accurate check can be made of the volume hauled by truck into California markets, but it totals a huge pile of lumber.

The Douglas fir region seems headed for its greatest all-time record production year, with the 1800 sarvmills of Western W'ashington and Oregon certain to cut 10.5 billion feet of lumber in 1950. At the end of October mills had run up an amazing total of 8.89 billion feet. Shipments and orders were both slightly higher for the year than production.

Nobody seems willing to attempt a forecast for 1951. Certainly we will not approach the fantastic record of 1.3 million ne'iv homes built by American private industry in 1950. Estimates vary on degree of drop off in nerv home starts but we will still build many homes.

There seems general agreement that industrial and commercial construction rvill step up some in 1951 over this year, with many industries expanding their facilities to get on a full-scale war or defense footing.

The year 1950 will long be remembered here in the Douglas fir region. It will be recited as the year the boxcar shortage lasted six long months. It will be recalled as a year rvhen customers for West Coast woods were plentiful and easy to sell. Many lumbermen will look back on 1950 as the biggest home building boom year in the history of our nation, when credits rvere so eas)' a man

Loggers brought in an additional 25 per cent more sound wood per acre than they did a decade ago as they found

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1950 the year of the sk yt ocket

By Jock F. Pomeroy Executive Vice President [umber Merchonts Associotion Of Norihern Colifornio

Residential building started the year with a rush and kept climbing for 5 consecutive months, set at least 9 all time monthly highs, and broke aggregate totals every month during the year. On July 18, government credit restrictions took some of the steam out of the boom and on October 12 drastic real estate credit restrictions slammed on the brakes. Ifowever, its momentum was expected to carry the boom through the end of the year. There the rocket may 'ivell burst in a brilliant record of residential construction, of materials production, of more people housed in one country, in one year than at any time in the history of the world.

Lumber merchants and building materials suppliers were hitched to the 1950 boom. They started out the year a little low in inventories. As their buying increased a vacuum seemed to build up ahead of them. The pace became furious: more supplies in and a few more going out than coming in. In mid-summer the drain became too great.

First gypsum, then-follorving quickly-cement, insulation board, plyrvood, disappeared from stock. Buyers went from yard to yard and city to city trying to locate the missing

Inspect Teco Research Projects

Washington, D. C.-Twenty-two high ranking officers of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps recently visited the Timber Engineering Company Research Laboratory in a five-hour long inspection tour of its facilities. The Timber Engineering Company is an affiliate of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

High point in the program was an address by Carl A. Rishell, director of research, National Lumber Manufacturers Association. Mr. Rishell outlined the over-all problems with which military planners are faced in utilizing wood products for special purposes in our national defense program. He emphasized particularly that military specifications for wood products be reviewed at this time in the light of scientific developments and present lumber resources.

Among the research activities inspected by the visiting officers, two are particularly noteworthy. A full scale trussed rafter of the type used widely in small homes, apartments and

items. So the scramble became to get supplies. Some items took astronomical price increases at the wholesale level. Profit margins r.hich had been low in many places in the early months of the year improved as the year progressed. Over-all, for lumber and building materials dealers l95O has been a good year for volume, a good year for net profit.

Obtaining materials was the primary dealer problem in the latter half of 1950. With a critical shortage in transportation many dealers were sending their own equipment into Northern California and Oregon for lumber and plyrvood.

Occasional complaints rvere heard of unethical wholesale suppliers breaking the sequence of their deliveries to take advantage of price increases. Undoubtedly that ocurred in some instances. In general, however, the dealers recognized that unprecedented demand from home construction, dislocation in transportation and government purchasing were the causes underlying the materials shortage, and that their suppliers generally were cooperating in every way to keep materials moving on an equitable basis. As the year draws to a blose it is expected that most materials (excepting metal items) will be in good supply by January l.

The real estate credit restrictions imposed on October 12, 1950 have caused concern. It is generally felt they are so severe that a reduction in residential construction of more than the one third desired by the government planners n'ill result. Barring a major change in the foreign situation some easing of these credit restrictions during l95l is anticipated.

From the latter part of 1950, 1951 looks like the year of the big "IF." If-no major war develops; If-government controls do not become too restrictive; If-materials are available; If-government credit restrictions are eased; Ifmodernization and repair business can be increased; If-the many prospective home builders with adequate finances can be induced to build, l95l may well be another outstandingly good year. In any event l95l will be a good year for those firms that return, with the market, from distributing to merchandising.

military barracks was tested with a specially constructed sandbox load across its entire span.

Additional interest was centered on a huge laminated ship frame sent to Teco by the U. S. Navy for testing. Other laminated ship timbers are being developed by Teco under a special contract with the Bureau of Ships. Specifications for frames built under this program call for dimensions up to 70 feet in length.

This inspection tour made by officdrs of the Industrial College of the Arrfied Forces is part of a larger program being conducted by the Timber Engineering Company to acquaint members of the four services in problems affecting the utilization of wood products for military purposes. The Washington, D. C. location of the Teco I-aboratory makes it well adapted to research projects that require close working liaison with various government activities.

Celluloid, the first wood pulp base. plastic, was developed in 1869 on a

The Redwood Situation

By

Shermon A. Bishop, Generol Monoger Colifornio Redwood Associotion

Not too long ago, the lumber industry u'as scolded because it was not providing material for enough houses. In 1950, with an all-time building record in sight, and the lumber industry producing at a rate that would make that record possible, brakes were applied to home building. A while back, rve were struggling to get out from under a controlled economy. Norv, it becomes apparent that controls are coming back. This ever-changing picture makes 1951 predictions a hazardous, if not difficult, problem to handle.

The simplest way to tell you what the redwood industry hopes to do in l95l is to outline the progress it made in 1950 and say, "more of the same."

The year l95O was an extremely active one for the membe: mills, in general, and the Association, in particular. Starting in January, the Association set up 50 major projects and, by the end of this year, these and an additional 25 projects rvill be tagged "accomplished." In addition, another 25 will'be continued through 1951.

Perhaps the most outstanding accomplishment rvas the adoption of a Tree Farm program in the redu'ood region under the sponsorship of the Association. In essence, this vvas the formalization of good forest practices which have been in effect for quite a few years. On August 26, alter five months of intense study and preparation, the first Tree Farm, consisting of 16,000 acres of redwood, was dedicated. Since that time and up to the present, over 108,000 acres have been inspected and certified by the Association. These Tree Farms range in size f:om 27 to 40,000 acres

It is fully expected that, by the end of 1951, there will be in excess of a quarter million acres of Tree Farms.

Another important milestone in 1950 was a series of redwood seminars, which were tried in 1949 and proved to be so effective that the program was continued. For 1951, a series of field trips are planned as a substitute for seminars or possibly the combination of seminars and field trips will be promoted.

During the past year, the Association has given many talks to service clubs, schools, architectural groups and dealers on the subiect of conservation and utilization. The

program has been so successful that \ye are booked up many months in advance and certainly this n'ill be a definite part of our program in 1951.

The Research and Technical Division of the Association had its busiest year in 195O. Such studies as barking, chipping, chemical extractives, sarvmilling, seasoning and handling were a few of the many projects undertaken by the Research Division. The technical staff have started and rvill continue studies on nailing, gluing, finishing, painting and miscellaneous industrial studies. The division, in general, has developed so much valuable information that the Association plans to accelerate the work of this division in 1951 and add many new projects.

The Association's Trade Promotion Division has hung up the biggest record in their long history. It is estimated that over 500.000 pieces of literature rvere mailed in direct response to individual requests. In addition, the publication of "Redrvood Nervs" has increased in popularity and can norv boast of a circulation of over 25.0(X). Plans are underrvay for a good many promotions, particularly designed to develop markets and uses for sizes and grades not generally knorvn to the consuming public. Redrrood still continues to ea:n extensive publicity and since 1950 rvill be one of the Association's biggest years on publicitl'. s'e plan to keep redrvood rvell before the public eye in 1951.

The 17 mills that report statistics to the Association plrorv increased productiqn of redwood of about fr7o and the production of Douglas fir and other associated species increased proportionately. These reporting mills u'ill produce more than 49J million feet of redwood in l95O and the indust-y-reporting and non-reporting mills-as a rvhole rvill undoubtedly set another record for production. The last published government estimate was for 1948, rvhen it rvas estimated that 793 million feet of redwood rvas produced.

Member mills spent considerable money in 1950 "tooling up." This embraces better logging practices, heavier and more efficient logging equipment, improved barking methods, investment on head-rigs, better edgers and trim-

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Uhingle Congress Announcement

Brings ltlemories . . . . . Bv laeA Siotno

Announcement of the forthcoming annual meeting of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau to be held in Seattle on December 8, 1950, brought to the writer some distant memories. Especially when I looked over the printed list of the present officers and directors of the organization, consisting of E. R. Scott, president; W. H. Mclallen, vice president; Virgil G. Peterson, treasurer; W. W. Woodbridge, secretary; and Dale Craft, N. A. English, R. H. Farrington, Keith G. Fisken, N. C. Jamison, J. A. MacKenzie, R. D. Mackie, Charles Plant, Fred A. Roles, C. C. Rose, Paul R. Smith, H. V. Whittall, R. A. Wil$e, and Earl S. Wasser, directors.

I reached back into the dark corners of my memory to try and recall how many of those 18 men were present when I made my first speech to the Shingle Congress, as they used to call it, back in 1918 in Seattle. Not many. Neil Jamison, of Everett, Charlie Plant, of Vancouver, B. C., and Bill Woodbridge are the only ones I am certain were pres.ent, though there could be one or two others. Most of the list of present officials are of another generation. After all, 32 years is quite a long spell. Bill Woodbridge rvas there then representing The West Coast Lumberman, of which he was advertising manager.

I shall never forget that speech. Having ahvays maintained that a good audience was at least 75/o of a good speech, my talk had a guarantee in the shape of one of the best and most responsive audiences I ever talked to in a lor-rg career of jabbering. The toastmaster of the meeting was a gifted and eloquent Irishman-long since gone to thrt lreavenly home of all good lumber and shingle menT. J Donovan, of Bellingham. Ife sent me off to a flying stert by shooting good-natured insults at the free state of -fcx:r". ar-rd I keenly recall that making that speech rvas fun ; for rne, anyway, and the shingle gang seemed to enjoy it, also.

Sor.neone from the Northwest asked me only a ferv months ago what the remark was that I made to those shingle men on that occasion that I heard quoted for a generation afterwards. I had been in the Northu'est for a week or more before the Congress, and had talked to many shingle men in various Northwest cities, both singly and in groups. And my deep impression was that thev were grand men, individually, but they just rvouldn't pull together in anything. So I told tl-rat big crorvd at the Shingle Congress that after looking them over pretty carefully I had arrived at the conclusion that "you are the most lovable aggregation of disorganized jackasses I ever met in my life." And they were. And they knen' it. And they howled until the roof trembled rvhen I told them that.

It took them a long time to get organized so that thev rvould play ball as an organized group, ltut rvhen they did,

business picked up and has been uniformly successful ever since. But they sure used to fight. One day I had lunch with about a dozen of the leading shingle men in Seattle. We ate and talked and laughed and it was a swell gathering and I was impressed with the apparently fine spirit displayed. When the luncheon finally broke up I walked down the street rvith one of the gang, and I said to him, "That was certainly a fine bunch of fellows." And he looked at me pityingly and said, "Yah a fine bunch of soand-sos." And he meant it. That was what I meant when I told the Shingle Congress how they impressed me.

I remember many of the leaders in the shingle gang of that time. J. S. "Bill" Williams was secretary of the organization which u'as then the Shingle Branch of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. Bill is still in the association game, mixed up with a furniture association in Los Angeles. John McMaster, a sturdy oak indeed, was president. He is long since gone. Some of the strong men at the time were to become close and lasting personal friends of mine from that time on. There were Neil Jamison, George Bergstrom. and Henry Olwell, of Everett, the trvo Earles Brothers, Tom and Mike, of Bellingham, E. E. Case, of Raymondville, Arthur Edgecumbe, of Vancouver, Ted Conner, of Seattle, Charlie Plant, of Vancouver, and quite a number of others. And there is another imperishable character in my memory, Charlie Constantine, who handled the publicity for the shingle men and the association. Wish I could remember the names of all the good guys I enjoyed visiting with at that time, which list rvould also include a number of lumber manufacturers.

Bill Woodbridge reformed years ago and left the lumber journal business to take over the active management of the present organization, The Red Cedar Shingle Bu:eau. With him they have rvorked together intelligently and successfully, and the organization is a useful and forceful one. But f can't help remembering that old gang of 32 years ago. They were rugged.

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Lumbermen's Accident Prevention

Association Holds Meeting in Eureka

Fred Hull, Fruit Growers Supply Co., Westwood, Calif., president of the California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Association, called an informal meeting for members and friends of the Association, November 20, at the Eureka Inn, Eureka.

The meeting was called for the purpose of planning a presentation for the hearing of the Assembly Interim Committee on Industrial Safety which took place the next day; and also for the discussion of developments that have taken place in regard to the proposed Logging and Sawmill Safety Orders, particularly the sections that deal u'ith Log and I-umber Trucking.

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club Christmas Party And Golf Tournament December 15

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club will hold its annual Christmas Party and gold tournament at the Oakmont Country Club. Glendale, December 15.

The golfers will tee-off at l2.@ p.m. The prizes u'ill include six trophies, and other prizes will be awarded to the winners of the special events. John Lipani, Russell Bond, Orrin Wright and Harvey Koll will be in charge of the tournament.

Dinner will be served in the Clubhouse at 7:09 p.m. J. W. Fitzpatrick, Harl Crockett and Ole May are making the arrangements for the party and they have lined up a fine program rvhich rvill include seven acts by big time entertainers.

Ten door prizes rvill be arvarded to the winners holding the lucky numbers. Get your reservations in early as a big turnout is expected.

President Orval Stewart will preside.

Sells Interest in Retcril Ycnd

R. \\'. Squires has purchased the interest of J. E. Richardson in the firm of Richardson-Squires Lumber Co. at Colton, Calif. The company rvill continue operating under the same firm name. Mr. Richardson's plans are indefinite but he expects to take a month's vacation before resuming any kind of business activity.

New Booklet on Douglas Fir

"Where to Use Douglas Fir Lumber," a l6-page, tu'ocolor booklet featuring "the rvorld's most versatile u'ood," has just been published by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association. This announcement will be welcome news to retail lumber dealers, architects, engineers, builders and specifiers, who for vears have specified, purchased and depended upon Douglas fir for structural and industrial uses, house construction and farm buildings.

This attractive publication, profusely illustrated, will serve as very useful reference material because it covers the properties, characteristics and grades of Douglas fir; gives recommended grades for interior and exterior uses and points out the hundreds of uses of this dependable softwood.

Coast-type Douglas fir lumbe: is manufactured from the extensive forests of Western Washington and Oregon and Northern California. This region with its moderate climate and ample rainfall makes it the world's greatest treegrowing area. The natural regenerative power of Douglas fir, coupled lvith scientific forest management, assures specifiers of this all-purpose u'ood rvith a permanent and dependable supply.

"Where to Use Douglas Fir Lumber" is the second publication to be released in a series of four species booklets on the Major West Coast woods. The first one "Where to Use West Coast Hemlock Lumber" was made available a year ago.

Copies of the new Douglas fir booklet be obtained in quantity without charge, West Coast Lumbermen's Association. 1410 Street, Portland 5, Oregon.

(8lxlI") may by writing the S.W. Morrison

James W. MacDonald, L. W. MacDonald Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a trip to Northern California *'here he called on the mills.

Ken Conway, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is back from a deer hunting trip in Utah. He got a 4pointer.

E. L. "Bud" Reitz, E. L. Reitz Co., last s'eek in Arcata and Eureka. Los Angeles, spent

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Grant Hall, W. deer hunting trip Co., El Cajon. had a successful and got a 2-pointer.

Ben W. Bartels, general manager of Co., Ventura, and Jack Cline, manager ber Co.'s branch yard at Santa Paula, a recent hunting trip in Utah.

the Peoples Lumber of the Peoples Lumeach got a deer on

H. V. Simpson,. executive vice president. and Robert E. Mahaffay, director of public relations, West Coast Lumbermen's Association, Portland, Ore., were recent Los Angeles visitors while enroute to the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association at llouston,

The Plywood Story

By Winston H. McCollum, Publicity Director Douglos Fir Plywood Asociotion

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imperviour lo wcter cud wecther cnd giont "hot pre:sea" (rhown cbove) lor eetting there cdhegives under both hect cnd pressure. Plyvood pcaels, tesh tsom the glue rprecder, cre iaserted belween lhe occordion-lile plcte:. Typicolly, preasure ol 200 pounds to the aqucre inch cnd o t€mpercsture ol 2SS degneer get the qdhesiver ia 5 ro l0 minutcr, dcpendent upon thicheea, to lorrn :,":f" tbcrt i. sttonser than the

Having shattered sales and production records for the third consecutive year, the West Coast plywood industry is looking ahead to continued high demand for the panel material in 195l-with increased industrial use and stepped up industrial construction offsetting the anticipated cutback in new housing starts.

When in, the final production tally for the current year will probably fix the 1950 Douglas fir plywood production at a new record high of about 2.3 billion square feet, compared rvith the 1950 total production figure of 1.9 billion square feet. Next year, volume is expected to about parallel the current high level provided no obstacles such as manpo\\'er shortages are faced.

In the year ahead, plywood retailers, distributors and manufacturers can thank their lucky order books that plywood is versatile enough to shift right along rvith the nation's overall economy. As one plywood-minded retailer put it, "With plywood, you've got one egg for several baskets."

More Plywood Per ffouse

Even though the total number of new housing starts in 1951 apparently will be substantially ferver than in the

past year, several factors bode well for plyrvood sales. First, even though less in total number, l95l-built houses may rvell use a greater amount of plywood per house should the material become more readily available. Plywood's strength properties, durability and design advantages are standout considerations for larger, quality homes. The speed of fabrication with plywood with resultant savings of labor and construction time is a built-in plywood extra for use no matter whether the house is large or small.

Other light construction uses of plyrvood-u'hich are likely to be greater than last year-are remodeling and built-ins. With any cutback in new construction in good times, home-improvement and modernization become semiautomatic. Custom-built storage w'alls, cabinets, fixed furniture and other built-ins of plywood are dictated by a longgrowing consumer demand for greater convenience and maximum use of available space. And in this particular field, plywood is virtually rvithout competition being-to borrorv from architects' terminology-"the logical material for such construction."

Military Demands

As rvith all industries producing materials valuable to the expanding armed forces, more plywood will go direct to the Army, Navy and Air Force in the year ahead. Similarly, the contractors supplying material to such forces u'ill be sizable consumers of the panels. No one is prepa.red, as 1950

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Biggeet cdvqncement since plywood wag lirgt produced is the introduction ol exterior type pcnels with completely woterprool bond. Two developmenls nqde thir poraible.

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The Plywood Story

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program embarked on by the plywood industry in mid-1949. In a tri-pronged drive to maintain plywood preference in established markets and to create new ones, the industrlsales-building program includes specifier, farm, consumer and industrial advertising; publicity and direct mail ; and personal contact with key plywood specifiers through field representatives.

Plywood manufacturers, rvho have relied upon actite sales-promotion for the past 12 years to triple the demand for their product, rvill invest more in promotion in l95l than ever before. IUainll', the push will be at the customers of retail lumber dealers and the supplying of sales tools to the dealers.

F. \f. Dodge Predicts Moderate Building Decline

Nerv York. Nov. 2G-Building and engineering contracts rvill decline 19 per cent in l95l relative to 1950 in the 37 states east of the Rockies, it is estimated in the annual November outlook of F. \\r. Dodge Corporation construction nervs and marketing specialists, as published in Architectural Record.

The estimates are authored jointly by Thomas S. Holden, president of F. W. Dodge, and by Clyde Shute, assistant vice president in charge of the statistical and research division.

"This is a cut-back from the peak construction volume of all time," they state. "It leaves a dollar total measurablv greater than that of any year except 1950, and a physical volume total that would compare favorably with other prosperous construction years,

draws to a close, to forecast military plyn'ood demands for the period ahead.

There is nothing immediately in prospect to indicate that military will take anything like the quantities consumed during World War II. One thing is certain, horvever: plywood, because of its properties and versatility, will play an important part in the increasing armament picture, with considerable being drained off from the civilian use market.

Typical of the expected upsurge in industrial use of plvwood is the nation's large railroad car building program now under way. Plywood, during the past 15 years. has earned the right to ride the rails as an important part of over 100,000 box cars and refrigerator cars. \\rith the carbuilding program at a record tempo, this calls for plyrvood lining and car siding.

Railroad cars are not a "dealer item," but the rugged performance of fir plyrvood here demonstrates anew the capabilities of the material for nonconstruction uses no rnatter whether the item itself is large or small, the volume big or little.

Another influencing factor on plyrvood demand and sales in 1951 is the hard hitting advertising and sales-promotion

"W'e question whether there will be much change in the. level of construction costs in 1951. Some materials rvill be tight; others which rvere tight in 1950 will be plentiful and competitively priced.

"Demand for building labor will ease somewhat rvith reduced construction volume, though doubttess many men u'ho have been employed in construction in 1950 will shift to defense production."

The F. W. Dodge estimate is that combined residential and nonresidential contract valuations in the 37 Dodge states in 1951 will decline 24 per cent relative to 1949, but that public and private rvorks and utilities, also knorvn as heavy engineering, rvill remain at the same dollar total, to bring the total of all construction dorvn 19 per cent. The estimate is that nonresidential building will decline l0 per cent, and residential 35 percent.

All estimates relative to 1950 are based on F. lV. Dodge nine-month totals of actual contract awards, plus F. \\'. Dodge estimates for the last three months projected from these actual nine-month totals.

"However," the article concludes, "it must be emphasized that the possibility of sudden, unexpected, drastic action by government greatly augments the customarv hazard of guessing future construction activity. More than ever it is necessary for those who make or follorv advance construction estimates to revierv and revise their figures irequently.'

Gi<rnt lcthes like tb'ic one cre used to peel the ven€or from the line, kaot-Iree Douglcs lir used in ncking ol lir plywoo& The blocl ig rotated qgaittst a keen-cuiling blcde (crt bacl) which "rhcves" off the ribbon oI wood usuclly Lom l/10 to 3,/16 inch in thickaegs. From trn eight loot "peeler bloclc" 50 iacbes in diometer, 2,000 squcre leet ol plywood ie maauloctured. Three bloclcs provide enough pcaela io build q smcll oll-plywood houre.

"A Nice Air Trav eler"

Lumbermen who travel by air-as thousands do-will get a kick out of a letter that was sent out to its employees and personnel by Continental Air Lines. It was sent as a warning of how many air lines make enemies for air travel, dnd to tl-rose who have been "pushed around" in your experiences with some air lines, the letter rvill be happy reading. R. E. Saberson, of St. Paul, picked up the letter in l-ris territory, and ran it recently in The I\tississippi Valley Lumberman. Here it is:

"f'm a nice air traveler. You all know me. I'm the one rvho never complains, no matter what kind of service I get. I'll call up to make a reservation and I'll hang onto the phone while the reservationist fumbles around for schedule information or makes me wait rvhile handling other calls. If I don't get the return schedules or fare information, do I complain? No, I just rvait until I pick up my tickets.

"I'll go to the ticket counter, stand on one foot and then the other until the agent recognizes my presence. When I encounter carelessness or lack of interest at the counter, and the agent gives me a cold, stony stare, do I call the Manager and suggest that he fire the personnel and hire some new employees who will be quick with that genuine smile and friendly greeting? No, I just wait.

"When I find that the flight attendant ignores my comfort; does not respond when I push the call button; fails to point out points of interest, particularly when I requested to be advised when we were approaching a certain city that I associate with my youth; fails to pick up my tray

aftcr a reesonable length of time, do I call the Captain or report the indifferent attendant? No, I just wait.

"f never kick, I never nag, f never criticize and I t'ouldn't dream of making a scene as I have witnessed other travelers doing. I think that's awful.

"No, I'm the 'nice' air traveler. And, I'll tell vou rvhat else I am. I'm the air traveler rvho never comes back !!! That's my revenge for getting pushed aroun$ too much. That's why I take rvhatever you hand out because I know I'm not going to ride vour airline again. It's far more deadly revenge than blowing my top would be.

"fn fact, a 'nice' air traveler like myself, multiplied by others of my kind, can just about ruin any transportation company. I laugh when I see you frantically spending your monev on expensive advertising to get me back u'hen you could have had me in the first place for a ferv kind rrords. a smile and a little service."

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F. E. "Tat" Nicholson is now associated u'ith the California Builders Supply Co., Oakland, and is in charge of their advertising and sales promotion rvork.

"Tat" has been out of the lumber business for some time but he was formerly connected with the sash and door business in Los Angeles. He says, "he is having a pleasant time renewing old acquaintances and getting his feet rvet in the business." His many lumbermen friends are glad to see him back in the fold again and wish him success in his new position.

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The Buildins lndustry ln 1950 and 1951

By H. R. Northup Execulive Vice President Notionol Reloil lumber Deolers Associotion

'I-here is no doubt that, in 1950, retail lumber and building materials dealers' have handled the greatest quantity of materials of all time. Their sales must be coming close to $7 billion as against the $5 billion plus reported by the Census Bureau f.or 1949.

The total volume of nes' construction in 1950 is expected to be at least $26 billion, which sets an all-tim'e record. The physical volume of neu' construction also reached a new high during the year but only because of the sharp gain in publicly-financed u'ork. Despite the amazing record made in home building. private construction as a whole fell someu'hat belou' the physical volume attained in the 1920's.

During the first half of 1950, the building industry attained the highest momentum in its historl'. The outbreak of Korean hostilities, hon'ever, meant an overnight change in the picture for construction, as in all industries in r.vhich strategic materials are used to a greater or less degree. The immediate effect was a decided acceleration in the already high demand for materials that might later be in short supply

Coupled with the freight car shortage. this development sent lumber prices skyrocketing over a four-month period. Then, fortunately, the trend rvas ret'ersed. Scare buying lvas largely eliminated, the transportation sitttation came closer to normal, new construction staJts began tapering off, and the market broke sharply.

For the National Retail Lumber Dealers -\ssociation. the events in Korea meant a quick adaptation of its plans in order to meet the new situation. They meant the outlining of a flexible program centering attention on the emergency problems, with the degree of emphasis dependin on how.far and how fast the defense production program develops.

One important step taken in facing the emergellcv \\'as the approval of an 8-point program b1' the Board of Directors of the National at its meeting in Houston. Iissentially this vigorous policy statement calls for increased production so that all defense needs and most cirilian requirements can be met simultaneously. It rnaintains that

credit controls, higher taxes, and reduced government spending are preferable to all-out controls, so long as the countrv is not engaged in a large-scale war.

Temporary casualties in the changeover for NRLDA n'ill be such trade promotions as National Home Week. the Good American Homes Program, and the Open-End lfortgage, rvhich rvill be shelved pending an easing of the rvorld situation. In the months ahead these projects will be replaced bv a study of the Economics of Distribution in the retail lumber and building materials industry and the derelopment of the nerr Dealer Product Data Book.

The National's legislative program, through rvhich nerr legislative proposals affecting the industry are carefullv follos'ed. u'ill be intensified so that individual dealers ma;be kept completely informed of all developments and so that their support may be enlisted rvhen needed to protest and prevent unsound governmental action or to promote constructive plans. The success of such activity has most recently been exemplified b1' Congressional acceptance in the Defense Production Act of the industry's position that \\.ages should be controlled along with prices should such controls be instituted.

In addition to the long-established agencies-HHF-\. FHA, Wage-Hour, and others-rvith rvhich NRLDA has dealt principally in the past, the nerv NPA, NSRB. and otl.rer offices administering the emergency programs have been added to the list of those groups before u'hich the industrt''s point of vierv must be effectively presented. Leading dealers have already been called to membership on many of the industrv advisorv committees set up to guide those agencies.

The National also is cooperating closely rvith other building industrl' groups and rvith organizations representing retailers in other lines. In this rvay it can lend its support to the over-all industry effort in the rearmament program and rvill also be in a position to enlist the support of the other groups on matters affecting the u'elfare of the retail building materials industry in particular.

NRLDA's educational program rvill be highlighted b;" the continuing of the 30-Day Courses for employees of the

Tbolr[up Greetfngs

$reugon'd Grwtfngs

For the posl ftve yeors we hove been growing with Soulhern Colifornio-by olwoys trying to improve our producls--ond by offering o reql .service lo our lrqde ot on equiloble price.

Our Hew 1951 NUDOR is the result of yeors of conslonl reseorch for q QUALITY PRODUCT in o SPACE SAVER door of slurdy conslruclion. NUDOR is eosy to insloll. NUDOR is equipped with our newly designed NU-ROLIERS. NUDOR hos been tesled lo lhe equivolent of ninety yeors of economicql use. NUDOR is creoling consumer demqnd becouse of q consislent qdvertising compoign reoching the home builder.

We otso mqnufoclure ond distribure NUCO WINDOW FRA|I^ES which ore delivered in q smqll pockoge ond require nothing more lhqn noiling the four corners logether before insfqllqtion. NUCO WINDOW FRAilES require no bqck priming.

| 95 | will be o yeor of SATES EXPANSION for NU-WAY BUIIDERS CORPORATION qnd if you hqve nol os yel plcced qn order with us-mqy we suggesl you lel one of our sqlesmen cqll on you ond exploin lhe mony sqlient feqlures concerning the products we furnish the builder? We qre looking toword NEW HORIZONS wirh you!

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industry and by the planning of a new series of Management Conferences for dealers and for managers and department heads. The speed with which conditions are changing and new problems are arising makes the need for such conferences more outstanding than ever.

Appropriate revisions in the public relations program have also been instituted to meet the changing national and international scene. Membership of the Minute Man Committee is being increased so as to acquaint a larger segment of the public with the industry's views on current developments and with facts that will insure public support of the industry's sound objectives. The National's own news releases are being prepared with these same ends in view.

"Your Public Relations and the Emergency," the first supplement to the new Public Relations Guide, will be rgady for all members by the end of the year. The supplement emphasizes the importance of working actively in the interest of the public and of the defense effort during the time when the industry may have to voice opposition to unsound or premature policies and regulations adopted by the government in its attempts to control production and distribution.

At this time it is naturally impossible to forecast future trends with any guaranteed degree of accuracy. There is no telling when new limitation orders may upset the outlook considerably.

Nor is it yet entirely clear why the government, which

had gone all out in its efforts to stimulate housing construction up to June, suddenly reversed itself and chose to cut residential construction to the bone in its initial moves after the passage of the Defense Production Act.

Possibly administration officials believed the effects of their credit restrictions would be less harsh than th'e industry now believes they will be. In any case, if the present predictions of only 500,000 to 600,0(X) new starts next year are correct, as compared with about 1,300,m0 in 1950, the housing restrictions will be conserving a much gTeater percentage of steel, copper, and aluminum than is being exacted from other major industries. The high percentage of the cutback on the building industry also is pointed up by the stoppage of all amusement and recreational construction by the NPA beforb comparable limitations were placed on other industries.

The output of building products requiring strategic metals will no doubt be cut sharply, while other materials, including lumber, may see a buyers' market in which keen competition will reappear. The utilization of acceptable substitutes for certain building materials, and conservation of scarce materials, will be imperative.

Sudden new developments may, of course, drastically affect all the forecasts again. And, as changes are necessitated in the governmental program, so there may have to be further short-notice revisions in NRLDA's activities. Present plans, however, seem well-aligned to future trends so far as it is possible to determine them at this time.

Thc Magic of Lumber--New Motion Film

"The Magic of Lumber," a nerr' 16mm motion picture which tells the story of lumber grading, has been produced by the West Coast Bureau of Lumber Grades and Inspection, and will be ready for distribution January l, 1951.

Fast-paced and informative, "The I\fagic of Lumber" represents the first attempt ever made to give a pictorial explanation of the science of lumber grading.

The 2O-minute, color and sound film explores the formation of characteristics in the tree, reveals the laboratory tests upon which grading rules are based, explains the u'ork of the lumber grader, and classifies lumber grades on the basis of use.

"The Magic of Lumber" is the second film recently pro-

duced on the subject of the Douglas fir lumber industry, the first being "Lumber For Homes," a detailed and absorbing story of lumber manufacturing and home-building rvhich has won wide acceptance during the past year.

Bookings for either of the films may be obtained without charge by writing the West Coast Lumbermen's Association, 1410 S.W. Morrison St., Portland 5, Oregon.

Cclilormic Lumbermen's Accident Prenrention Associction Moves OfEces

California Lumbermen's Accident Prevention Association announces the removal of the organization's offices from 1706 Broadway to 1610 Harrison Street, Oakland 12, Calif. D. N. Edrvards is secretarv-treasurer.

California Redwood Association Speakers Addresr Meetingr

John Freeman, field consultant, and Phil Farnsrvorth, secretary of the California Redrvood Association, flew to Los Angeles recently to talk to students of the Southern California Retail Lumber Dealers Association's evening training course. Mr. Freeman talked on "Redwood Grades and lJses," and I\[r. Farnsu'orth on "Conservation Measures in the Redrvood Region."

Mr. Freeman talked at a mecting held November 15, at Watsonville, Calif., which was called by the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California, on the subjejct of "Tree Farms." He also talked on Tree Farms to members of the Merced Rotary Club at noon on November 15, and at a dinner meeting at Orange Cove, near Fresno, to a group of lumbermen from the Fresno and Bakers6eld areas. This was also sponsored by the Lumber l\{erchants Association of Northern California.

Nmed Webtenr Scles M.-'crger

Charles K. Clarke is the new Western regional sales manager for American Kitchens, it has been announced by F. F. Dugan, general sales manager of American Central Division-Avco l\{anufacturing Corporation. Mr. Clarke until recently was sales manager of Kitchen Kraft Products, Midwest Manufacturing Corporation, Galesburg, Ill-

His headquarters will be at S& Western IlIerchandise l\Iart, 1355 Market Street, San Francisco, Calif.

"He

wants to trade in his wile on a Bruce Ranch Plank Floor!"

Philippine Mahosany

By Wolter G. Scrim, President Philippine Mohogony Associolion, Inc.

Last year on these same pages we concluded our remarks on 1949 with this statement: "The Philippine Mahogany industry faces the year 1950 with the assurance that it will provide an even wider market for their product." This prediction, we are pleased to report, has proved to be correct. The year 1950 has seen the ever increasing demand for Philippine. Mahogany reach the point where importers and distributors are hard-pressed to meet the demand.

The promotional campaign carried on by the Philippine Mahogany Association has contributed a.great deal to the increased demand for Philippine Mahogany. The Association and its members have distributed over 100,000 pieces of promotional literature throughout the United States. The first phase of the promotional campaign has been directed to architects and consists of the distribution of a full color brochure illustrating the varied finishes possible from Philippine Mahogany and a booklet, "The Finishing of Philippine Mahogany," prepared for the Association bv E. R. Hollinger of the Sherwin Williams Company. While intended primarily as reference material for architects, these two items are in constant demand by others who find the information of interest and value. The second phase of the promotional campaign, soon to begin, deals with promotional material designed for distribution to the building and furniture industries in the form of a twelvi page color booklet illustrating the many and varied uses of Philippine Mahogany. -Promotional material for the third phase, the retail and consumer level, is now under preparation.

The war in Korea, combined with the growing consumer demand for Philippine Mahogany in this country, has c:eated temporary shortages of stock. Military demand for Philippine woods for use in the Far East has been high and there is evidence that this demand will further increase. The question of how much, if any, export stock will have to be withdrawn to meet military commitments is one which it is impossible to answer. It is highly probable that the major portion of the necessary stock can be withdrarvn from the local market in the Philippines.

The producers in the Philippines and the importers and distributors in this country are doing their utmost to obtain sufficient stock to mebt the demand in this country. While the United States market is the largest for Philippine

woods, it must be remembered that the woods from the Philippines are distributed throughout the world. fmports of logs and lumber for the 6rst eight months of this year into the United States amounted to a total of 32,84O,O1 ft., of which 18,&5,961 ft. was in the form of lumber and 14,194,W ft. was in the form of logs. During this same period shipments were made to fifteen other countries amounting to %,993,482 ft., of. which 11,062,110 ft. was lumber and 15,931,372 ft. was in the form of logs. While 55% of the total exports from the Philippines was sent to the United States, the Philippine Mahogany Association has been active in encouraging the exportation of an even larger percentage of export stock to the United States. That imports to the United States are increasing is evident from the follorving statistics: In the last three months of l'!X9 total imports of sarvn lumber into the United States totaled 3.552,931 ft., representing 42/o of the total exports from the Islands. The total figures for the month of August, this year, the last month for which complete figures are available, show imports into this country ol 4,537,248 ttof lumber, representing X)% of the total exports from the Philippines.

It is apparent that, barring any further unfavorable developments in the international situation, as the mills in the Philippines continue to improve their logging and milling equipment and as new mills are placed in operation, it is merely a question of a short time until production will be able to fully meet the demand and imports of Philippine Mahogany into this country will reach pre-war levels-

Congrrcrtulcrtions

Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Goudge are receiving congratulations on the birth of a baby daughter, Brenda Jo, at Sacramento, November l. Mr. Goudge is a salesman in that territory for Pope & Talbot, Inc.

Jim Hall, of Dennis Lumber Co., San Francisco, and Art Milhaupt of the Los Angeles office, flew to Portland and back on business for the firm around the middle of October.

Northup Urges Caution in Restricting Building

The National Retail Lumber Dealers Association urged NPA Administrator Harrison to make certain that housing and other essential building is not curtailed to a greater extent than other civilian production in the drive to conserve material for the rearmament program.

In a letter to the head of the control agency, H. R. Northup, executive vice president of NRLDA, said that there is no sound basis for expecting construction to give up an undue share of the supply of steel, copper, aluminum, and other strategic materials.

"To date there are strong indications that credit restrictions and other limitations already announced will cut back housing by 50 per cent or more, whereas no comparable reduction has even been suggested in other fields, many of which are far less essential than shelter," IUr. Northup said.

"Despite the large dollar expenditures for construction in the last five years, there has been no real boom in the physical volume of new building. Indeed, the amount of private construction, when measured in terms of 1939 dollars, has been below the level reached in the 1920's when our population was considerably smaller.

"A very considerable amount of nerv industrial, commercial, and farm construction is still required to maintain a sound economy. While our housing supplv is in better condition than at any past time, there are at least five

million older homes rvhich should be replaced as rapidly as the defense program rvill permit, and additional homes must be provided for newly formed families if rve are to sustain our standard of living.

"The building industry recognizes that it must accept its full share of the sacrifices required to build up our defenses, but rre also contend that there is no sound reason for asking an industry which meets such essential needs to cut back further than others."

West Oregon Office Moved to Scm Frcmcisco

The Northern California office of the West Oregon Lumber Co. has been moved from Sausalito to the Fife Building, I Drumm Street, San Francisco. The telephone number is YUkon 2-5103.

Malarkey Heads M and M

Thomas B. Malarkey has been elected president of Nf and NI \\rood Working Company, of Portland, Oregon. [Ie was previouslv executive vice president of the corporation, and has served as chief executive of the plyrvood and door firm since the retirement of Herbert Malarkey last April. The nerr'president is 49 vears of age.

We are pleased to take advanta,ge of this opportutoity to wish our friend,s in the lumber industry

E. B. Birmingham Looks Forward

(E. B. Birmingham is vice president and general manager of the great Hammond Lumber Company, which is just rounding out its fiftieth year of Redwood manufacturing in Humboldt County, California. In a recent issue of the "Redra'ood Log," which is a bright little magazine published by the Redwood division of Hammond at Samoa, California, appeared the following very interesting little article over the signature of Mr. Birmingham:)

"LOOKING FORWARD. This year marks the completion of a half century of lumber operations in Humboldt County by the Hammond Lumber Company. While there are many firms that have been in business for 50 years or longer, there are relatively ferv lumber companies iir existence that have been able to equal that record. The lumber industry has had its ups and downs during the past fifty years with probably more dorvns than ups, that have left many casualties along the rvay. Through good times and bad Hammond Lumber Company has been able to carry on rvith practically continuous operations, although there lvere many times when the management was not too sure just rvhere the money was coming from to meet the next payroll. Through all the adversities that perplexed the lumber industry over the years, Mr. A. B. Hammond irever lost faith in Humboldt County and the Redwood industry and as a result Hammond Lumber Companl' has grown from a modest production in l90O io otte of thr' major producers of Redwood lumber in the world today.

"Preliminary figures from a study of Company owned virgin timber and cutover land that is now being made by our foresters, indicate a very definite possibility that Hammond Lumber Company rvill be manufacturing Redwood lumber fifty years from norv. With constantly improving logging methods, improved utilization, and better forestry practices coupled rvith sound management plan for our cutover lands, the outlook is promising for a long life for Hammond Lumber Company-Humboldt operations."

(Signed) E. B. Birmingham.

Anccortes Announces New Product

As the first of three nerv products to be manufactured by Anacortes Veneer, Inc., the company now olTers extra long plywood produced by scarfjointing standard length panels of Exterior Douglas fir plyrvood.

Other products, soon to be introduced to provide customers additional sales-building panel materials, are plasticsurfaced plywood and an entirely new hardboard for construction and industrial uses.

According to an announcement from the progressive 12year-old, worker-orvned firm, output of the three new products is made possible by a $1,000,000 expansion program now nearing completion. Volume production of all new products and national distribution to supply end-uses in construction and industry are included in the expansion of the firm which already produces 70,000,0m square feet of plywood annually.

Qeory e. 4orllaer4 /a.

He Mode the Death Morch with \flainwrisht

This is a story of a young lumberman who truly walked through the Vailey of Deaih, yet came back 'home to become a prominent California lumberman' His name is George C. Faulkner, Jr., of San Francisco'

In December, 1940, this young man, 23 years of age' was accepted into the Army Air Corps and commenced duties as an aviation cadet. IIe was commissioned the following surnmer and shipped immediately to the Philippines. His plane was destroyed in the first air raid on -Clark Field on Luzon, and he subsequently fought on Bataan, and was with Wainwright's army when it was captured. He made that awful death march from Bataan with Wai.twright and his 18,000 men' Ife was without food for eleven days on that march. His weight went dor'r,n from a normal 170 to 75 pounds. Only ten per cent of the 18,000 men who made the march survived' He was one of them. He likewise survived incarceration in some of the hell ships of the Japs, and was eventually liberated after three and one-half years of imprisonment, at Mukden, N[anchuria.

What a man !

When he got back to California after the u'ar ended, and while still attached to Letterman General Hospital awaiting disability retirement, he started selling lumber again. Shortly he was made sales manager for Tycer' Nealy & Dennis, fnc., of Grants Pass, Oregon. fn December of 1948 he revived one of the corporations his father had previously owned and operated, and changed the name to Sierrir Pine, Inc.. which he now qPerates. They specialize in buying rougb, green mill cuts. of pine and associated species, preparing it for market,.and then shipping

the dry and finished products to midrvestern and eastern markets.

Today he is a healthy, h"ppy, normal, keen and personable young man, sholing not the least sign of what he has been through. fn June, 1946 he married Miss Joan Elizabeth Litchfield, member of a prominent San Francisco pioneer family, and they have a son Craig, who, when he rvas born in Children's Hospital in that city a little over two years ago, became a fifth generation of the family in San Francisco. Their home is now in Ross, Marin County.

Lumbering came natural to George Faulkner. Born in San Francisco in 1917, he attended school in that city, graduated from high school, attended junior college for'two years, and then studied law for two years at U.S.F. and Hastings. He got his first lumber errperience when he was 14 years old,, working at various times in lumber yards and also sawmills. In 1938 he took a full time job with the Carquinez Lumber Company, in Vallejo, which was one of several retail lumber yards then owned by his father. The elder George C. Faulkner, an attorney to start with, has been connected with the lumber business from away back, as retail vard, sawmill, logging, and remanufacturing plant opefator. So the son came naturally by his lumber leanings.

So there, very briefly, is the history of ond of the most amazing young men ever to have his picture in The California Lumber Merchant. \Vhile there may possibly have been others, he is the only lumberman we have heard of who lived through the trials and horrors enumerated above.

Looks like the young man deserves a salute from all of us.

BEL.AIR DOOR CO.

is proud to onnounce that it hcrs expcmded its mcrnufqcturing focilities to produce, in oddition to its populor BEL-AIR COMBINATION DOOR,

Complete stocks on hcrnd-Fost delivery-Discounts on qucrntity shipments supplied in special sizes ond foces.

At this time we wish to exlend to our mqny friends in rhe vorious brqnches of the industry

CXry lErewr & Connpany WWJI

212-Foot High Fir Christmas Tree Breaks all Records

Kris Kringle took a back seat for Paul Bunyan this holiday season u'hen the Northgate shopping neighborhood of Seattle put through a plan to erect the tallest Christmas tree on earth, past or present. And reindeers Donner, Blitzen, Prancer and Dancer gave way to a helicopter for the trimming of the top of Northgate's giant of Christmas trees for 1950.

A solid length of. 212 feet of Douglas fir tree, weight 25 tons. r.vas wheeled down from the tall timber of the White River Tree Farm of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company to Seattle on November 13 to provide the tree. Tremendous strains were endured by the fibers of the tree on the turns and the ups and downs of the road from loading point to Christmas tree site. It was a good demonstration of the toughness and bending strength of the West Coast's king tree.

"\Aie expected the tree to break or split a hundred times on the 70-mile trip," said an official of the Bon Marche, Seattle department store which promoted the "tallest tree" project for its Northgate branch. "But it came through as sound as it rvas when it stood in the mountain forest. Now we knon' rvhy Douglas fir is in such demand for house framing and industrial uses."

Thanksgiving Day saw the tree up, base above ground. guyed to "dead men," dressed in thousands of tailorecl

branches for which holes rvere bored in the trunk, glittgring with 3,500 lights and miles of decorations, all in the center of a Christmas village.

Yet the real giant on the Christmas tree side of the Douglas fir forest remains in the form of the two and onehalf million regular Christmas trees shipped from Western Washington and Oregon this fall to California, the East and the Midwest, and to Cuba, Guam and other far places. These trees were selected from the eight million acres of )'oung forests nou' grou'ing in the Douglas fir region. I\fostly they were cut as thinnings.

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Chrishcrs In Indic

Iligh noon above the tanarisksr the srnis-h^taboveusAs at home the Christmas Day is breaking wan; They will drink our healths at dinner, Those who tell us that they love us, And forget us till another year be gone ! -Kipling.

This 212-loot trunl oI Douglcrs lir tooL q terrific betrting tom the momqnt ol irs lelliag on ihe White Bivcr lrec Fcra of tbc Wc1'aLcrurr llnber Compcny, 70 miles hom Secttle, until it rtood with new brqnches cad 3.5{tr lightr trr Seatlle's ner rhoppilg ccntcr ol Xortgct -'lh. tollegt Chrigimcs tree on earlh." Fecn ol checlr snd breoLs haunted cll baa& on tbe wtry ton rtunp to NodLgrcrte. But Dongrlct tr nabtcined its repuiction lor unilorm tougbtrels cnd bending rireagrth cll the vcy through.

Fred Holmes, president San Francisco, and Mrs. tober 31 by plane to spend ana.

Art Quirin, sales Co., Dallas, Oregon, November.

F"rnoalt

of Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Holmes. left San Francisco Octwo weeks in Texas and Louisi-

Robert Hood, formerly with Co., at Anderson, Calif., is now Tarter, Webster & Johnson, San ate of Stanford. Francisco. He is a gradu-

Bill Frese, rvho has traveled out of the Stockton office of Tarter, Webster & Johnson for the past several years, is norv rvorking out of the San Francisco office, calling on the mills and the trade in Northern California.

Sidney T. Sheets, Sheets gon, visited San Francisco

manager, Willamette \rallev Lumber was a San Francisco 'r'isitor early in Lumber Co., Culp Creek, Orethe second rveek in November.

Fred Fischer of Fischer Sales Company, Eugene, Oregon. n'as in San Francisco last month on business for his firm.

Clay Brown, of Clay Brown & Co., visited San Francisco and Los Angeles

Portland, Oregon, last month.

Volney Spalding of Spalding Lumber Co.. Los Angeles, recently flew to Eureka on business. While there he attended the big Annual Stag Day meeting of the Northrvestern California Lumbermen's Club at the Eureka Inn. Eureka. November 10.

Lloyd Milne, Coon Creek,Timber Co., Roseburg. Oregon, flew to San Francisco to attend the California-UClA game at Berkeley, November 11. He is a graduate of California.

A. A. (Bert) Dimmick, A. A. Dimmick Lumber Co.. I{iranda, Calif., was a business visitor to San Francisco last month.

Jack Steiner, of Steiner Lumber Company, Sacramento and Oroville, Calif., and Mrs. Steiner, returned recently from spending three weeks in Hawaii. They sailed from San Francisco on the Matson Line steamer Lurline October 25, and stayed at the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Honolulu.

Art Grey, manager Higgins Lumber Co., day business trip to by Mrs. Grey.

of the softwoods department, J. E. San Francisco, recently made a l0Los Angeles. He rvas accompanied

Bill Back, of Back Panel Company, Los Angeles, flerv to N{iami, Florida, November 9, to attend a meeting of the National Plywood Jobbers Association, of rvhich he is a director. While in the south he called on a number of hardwood lumber and hardwood plywood mills' and flerv back to Los Angeles.

Jack Robinson, president of Robinson Plyrvood & Timber Co., Everett, Washington, and l\{rs. Robinson were recent visitors to Los Angeles.

W. T. (Bill) White, Jr. of White Brothers, San Francisco, flew to Mexico on a vacation trip recentlv in a private plane. I\'Ir. White, who is a pilot, flew the plane on the trip.

Chet Dennis, Dennis Lumber Co., San Francisco, was back on the job middle of November follorving a headon collision on the Bayshore Highrvay October 23, in which he escaped serious injury.

Jack Carlow, Carlow Company, I-os Angeles, attended.the Southern California-Stanford football game at Palo Alto on November 4. He spent a few days in San Francisco calling on customers, and on the return trip he visited s€veral s:rwmills which supply his concern with lumber.

Jerry Mashek, Hill & IUorton, Inc.. Oakland; Vic Har. baugh of the Los Angeles office, and Al Chilcs of the Eureka office. attended the Annual Stag Day meeting of the Northrvestern California Lumbermen's Club at Eureka, November 10.

M. W. Parelius, Parelius Lumber Companl'. visited San Francisco and Los Angeles, made a side trip into Mexico, and returned to Portland October 30.

Jack Bergstrom, salesman for Ray Hill Lumber Co., Los Angeles, left November 1l on a two rveeks fishing trip to Panama. He flerv from Tijuana to Mexico City and from there to Panama. and returned bv the air route.

Don Doud, sales manager, Defiance Lumber Co., Tacoma, flerv to San Francisco to attend the Washington-Stanford football game at Palo Alto. He was accompanied by his u'ife.

O. C. Kellogg, E.K. Wood Lumber Co.. Portland, few to Oakland to confer with officers and directors at the home office of the company earlf in November.

Carl Bahr, manager of the Chicago office of The Pacific Lumber Company, flew from Chicago earlv in November to spend 1O days conferring u'ith executives in San Francisco and-Scotia.

Frank Paramino, Paramino Lumber Company, San Francisco, rvas back at his desk November 6 from a vacation spent in Amador Countv at the old Paramino home. Mrs. Paramino accompanied him.

Hugh Pessner, West Coast Timber Products Agency, San Francisco. returned November 6 from a business and pleasure trip to Los Angeles.

Honis lones Beccrlled Into Ncvcrl Senice

Hollis Jones, sales manager, Western Door & Sash Co., Oakland, has been recalled into service in the Navy. He will be flown to Tokyo, Japan about December 5, where he will be on the staff of the Military Sea Transportation Service, TokyoMr. Jones is a full Lieutenant in the Naval Reserve. He has behind him five years of World \Arar II service.

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Changes in Personnel

C. R. DeVaney, general manager of E. K. Wood Company, Los Angeles, has announced the following changes which become effective December 1:

Club No.39 Hol& Chrish,tg Pctrty ct Clcrremont Hotel Dec.

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The annual Christmas Party of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will be held at the Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, on Friday, December 15. Vice president Al Kelley is in charge of the arrangements, and he states emphatically that all who attend are assured of having a good time. Tickets are $5.00 each.

Noed Depcrbent Morngrer

W. W. Partee has assumed the duties of manager of the new products developme nt department of E. I.. Bruce Co. This is a new department to coordinate the findings of the Bruce research laboratory and market surveys. Mr. Partee has served the firm in various executive capacities for tu'enty-five years. For the past several years he has been sales manager of the household products division which includes floor maintenance products.

He was formerly a salesman out of the I-os Angeles yard. Fred Wood has been named manager of all the compa.ny's Lumber branch yards. company

O. R. Hall, formerly manager of the Van Nuys yard, will be in charge of general sales for the entire Southern California division.

M. E. Cowling has been made manager of the 47th Street operation. IIe was formerly acting manager of the I-os Angeles yard.

George Cheney is the new manager of the Van Nuys yard.

Appointed Director ol Ponderosa Pine lfoodwork

Jack Root, general manager of the Ananconda Copper Mining Company's Bonner, Montana sawmill, has just been appointed a director of Ponderosa Pine Woodwork, Chicago, officials of the Association announce. Mr. Root is well-known throughout the western pine lumber country, where he has long been active in industry affairs.

U. S. Plywood Coqporation 2990 Buler Aae. Fretno. Calilornia

Sullivan Hardwood Lumbet C-o. 7O3 Vert F Street San Diego, Calrtotnia

3136 E. Watbingron Blod. Los Angelet 23, Calilornia

]IEW WOOD PATEUXG THAT IS D'FFENENT!

Red Cedar Shingle Outlook for 1951

Bv \fl.V. \Uoodbridse, Secretary Manaser Red Cedar Shlnsle Bureau

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Like the silhouette of Mount Shasta seen in the early morning of a summer day appears the red cedar shingle demand for the current vear, when viewed realisticallyThis demand. rising from the foothills of the spring, reached an all time peak in late summer, and then quite naturally began to recede to a foothill level rvith the approach of winter.

Many lumber dealers and wholesalers have been confused, some even stunned, because of this lack of supply of shingles during the current year. IJnfortunately many manufacturers have failed to keep their distributors in'formed as to the reasons behind this inability of the industry to meet the coast-to-coast demand, and this has resulted in unfortunate misunderstandings and, in places, definite illwill towards the product.

Let's find the answer. Why is it, u'ith production greater than at any time in the past decade, shingles have been so hard to buy-at any price ? There are a number of factors involved. Within the past year or more. there have been devastating storms in many sections of the country. These have emphasized the u'ind resistant qualities of cedar shingles. Climatic conditions have greatlv stimulated the demand for cedar shingles in many sections of the East. Then, of course, the housing shortage has had a tremendous influence on this demand. Needless to say, the past twelve months have broken all records for home building. This has been particularly true in Southern California, where the cedar roof is popular and alrvays in de-

mand. Then there is another, and perhaps a top factor influencing present day demand .the prestained processed red cedar shake. Practically all of these shakes are made from No. I Certigrade Red Cedar Shingles. Many of the larger shingle mills have installed processing machines rvithin the past year or so. The demand for these shakes has developed tremendous acceptance and popularity in sections of the country where shingles are not in common use. Along the Atlantic Coast, from Maine to Florida, in the deep South, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and neighboring states, the shake demand has gtown rvith unbelievable rapidity. Good siding has been more difficult to obtain than shingles, and shakes have filled the gap in sections s'here clapboards rvere used on walls in the past.

This. then, has been the situation during l95o-a marked increase in production and a grorving demand that has passed the ability of the mills to meet.

What of l95l ? Many of the mills are cheering optimistically the pessimists rvho predict that housing rvill fall off considerablv. The industry views s'ith alarm an over-demand as much as they do a demand below maximum production. One manufacturer has said recently that if the housing drops sixtv pencent, there rvill still be an adequate demand for red cedar shingles to take the anticipated supply. There is no man who can believe that the shingle industry has anything to fear from l95l unless panic or rvar drastically disturbs the national economy. No man in the lumber industrv entertains this fear.

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Inside Inlormcrtion

Father and Mother, pouring over The Book one night, were discussing Judas, who betrayed the Carpenter. They were wondering whether or not even the forgiving God could pardon Judas and let him into heaven.

Up spoke their seven year old daughter, "Wait a minute until I go next door, and I'll find out for you."

"What do you mean, daughter?" asked the Mother.

"They've got a baby over there, she just came from heaven yesterday; I just thought I'd go over and ask her'"

Foolish One

Foolish one, to fail to borrow, Joys to fit the moment's need; It may be too late tomorrow.

Losses bring such bitter sorrow

To the hoarders of the seed Foolish one, to fail to borrow.

Spendthrift souls so richly know, Bliss felt only by the freed; It may be too late tomorrow.

Wisdom freezes in old marrow, Youth is such a flying steed; Foolish one, to fail to borrow.

Life's a dizzy skiff to row, To cold caution pay no heed; It may be too late tomorrow.

Minimize the passing sorrow, Tender hearts need never bleed; Foolish one, to fail to !s11e117ft may be too late tomorrow.

-Katherine Gorman.

Honest Conlession

"Ah congramulates you, Pahson, h'it was a mighty fine preachin' you jes done," said the town reprobate to the pastor of the Darktown Methodist Church.

"Glad it hit you, brothah, glad it hit you," said the preacher.

"Sho did," said the other, "h'it sho did. But furs dass concerned, h'its a mouty pore suhmon dat don't hit me somewheres."

Ingersoll's Defense oI Children

"I intend to so treat my children that they can come to my grave and truthfully say: 'He who sleeps here never gave us a moment's pain. From his lips, now dust, neve; came to us an unkind word.'

"If any of you ever expects to whip a child again, I want you to have a photograph taken of yourself while

you are in the act, with your face red with vulgar anger, and the face of the little child, with eyes swimming in tears and the little chin dimpled with fear-like water struck by a sudden cold wind.

"Have the picture taken. If that little child should die, I cannot think of a sweeter way to spend an autumn afternoon than to go out into the countr5r where tte maples are clad in tender gold and the little scarlet runners arc coming like poems of regret from the sad heart of the earth; and sit down upon the grave and look at that photograph, and think of the fesh, now dust, that you beat.

"The laugh of a child ;; ;-. tte holiest day more sacred still. Strike with hand of fire O wicrd musician, thy harp strung with Apollo's golden hair; fill the vast cathedral aisles with you symphonies sweet and dim, deft toucher of the organ keys; blow, buglcr, blow until thy silve: notes do touch and kiss the moonlit waves and charm the lovers wandering mid the vine-chd hils. But kno'w your sweetest strains are discords dl compared with childhood's happy laugh-the laugh that fills the eyes with light and every heart with joy. O rippling river of laugbtcr, thou are the blessed boundary line between thc beasb and men; and every wa)rward wave of thine doth &own some fretful fiend of care. O laughter, rose-trpped daughter of jon there are dimples enough in thy cheeks to catch and hold and glorify all the tears of grief."-Col. R. G. Ingersoll.

The Incompcnable leoncrdo Dc Vioci

"Having created the most beautiful of portraits (Mona Lisa), the most beautiful of pictures (the Lord's Last Supper), the most beautiful fresco, the most bcautiful cartoon, he (Leonardo da Vinci) was content to give his mind to other things-to the modeling of an immensc horsc, to the building of the Naviglio Canal, to the contriving of engines of war, to the invention of diving armor, flyrng machines, and other more or less chimerical imaginations. He suspected the usefulness of steam, and predicted the baloon; he manufactured mechanical birds, which fcw, and animals whictr walked. He made a silver lyrc fashioned in the shape of a horse's head, and played upon it exquisitely. He invented the camera obscura. He planned tte great work of engineering that have controlled the courses of the Arno and the Po. He walked bcside the sea and understood that the waters were comlxrsed of countless molecules.

"No man was ever more human, more lovable, or more fascinating than this same Leonardo da Vinci. He was witty, graceful, polished. His bodily strength was so great that he could bend an iron horseshoe like lead. His physical beauty was flawless-the beauty of Apollo. Great painter that he was, painting was but one among his splendid gifts."-Gautier.

Converting \flood Waste into Synthetic Boards

(The following is an address on a vitally important subject that was delivered by Robert A. Caughey before The American Society of Mechanical Engineers meeting at Worcester, Mass.)

For many years there has been a growing consciousness of the necessity for conserving our raw materials and natural resources, one of the most important of which is u'ood. It was long ago authoritatively reported that the national timber cut exceeded the growth of so-called sarv timber. This fact, coupled with the economic stresses engendered by two major war efforts and their consequent drain on timber resources, set in motion or accentuated widespread research activity in several directions. A basic phase of this activity lvas the promotion of better forest practice, aimed at producing more and better timber in less time, the reduction of fire and insect damage, better land utilization and improvements in lumber harvesting methods.

A second phase involved dealing with manufacturing improvements in methods of and equipment for the more complete utilization of solid rvood, every effort being expanded toward elimination of waste and the salvage of all usable portions of the lumber at hand.

A third phase, which is dealt with in part in this paper, is the utilization of the wood material which has alrvays heretofore been considered as rvaste by the 'rvood using industries. Aside from its major use as fuel, this material potentially forms the basis of several nerv rvood converting industries capable of tremendous growth. and rvhich mav have a pronounced effect on the national economy.

Because the volume of this rvood waste is so large, its complete utilization must necessarily involve business of majo- proportions of a size comparable rvith that of the paper industry. The familiar example is the rnanufacture of insulating board, such as is widely emploved in the building i'.dustr1', and rvhere production runs to billions of srluare feet annually, Here, horvever, we run into the anomalous situation rvhereby the size of the operation may require such amounts of rvood, and in such a form. that it becomes cheaper and mo:e satisfactory to use pulp logs rather than mill waste as the raw material. Also there is a definite limit to the amount of this type of board rvhicl-r may be consumed by the nation's building industry.

The development of the so-called hard boards, notably Masonite Presswood, and the more recent comparable or similar types, has been rapid, and has filled many requirements of the building and furniture indust-ies. Here again, properties of the product, coupled rvith price, make its application somervhat limited, rvhen considered in comparison with the total amount of wood products used; and while this market does not approach the same degree of saturation as does the insulating board market. nevertheless the effect on the total amount of rvood tvaste available is very small.

We are here concerned with a somewhat different approach to the problem of waste utilization, namely: the production of synthetic board materials having properties

comparable rvith those of wood, and involving the use of synthetic resins for bonding small particles of rvood, such as sawdust or shavings, together. This is in distinct contrast to the manufacture of the above-mentioned soft, insulating board, or the hard board, both of which depend on the felting of wood fibers, under various conditions of heat, moisture and pressure.

Basically, the operations involved in making resin-bonded board materials are simple, being somewhat as follows: Relatively finely divided wood, such as shavin$s or sawdust, are mixed with an active synthetic resin of t?ie thermosetting type; the mixture is spread in a uniform layer on a suitable tray, rvhich is then inserted between the platens of a hydraulic press, rvhere heat and pressure are applied until the resin is cured, after u'hich the board may be extracted from the press and, rvhen cool, treated much as lumber or plywood. A tremendous range of physical properties may easily be obtained, (l) depending on the amount of resin, the degree of pressure, and the configu. ration of the wood particles and to a lesser extent on the type of resin and species of u'ood. At the present time. there is little doubt but that a synthetic board can be made for most of the applications where rvood is norv used, often doing a better job than lumber is norv doing.

There are horvever, a myriad of technical details to rvhich attention must be paid in the production of any synthetic board of uniformty high quality. Among these details are size and shape of wood particle, the type of resin and constant uniformity of its activitv and final properties. precise control of moisture of rvood and resin, exact conditions of compounding the rvood and resin mixture, the timing and consecutive operations throughout the process. and conditions of pressing operations to achieve maximum production rates and optimum properties.

For certain types of synthetic board all the production details have been solved, and at present boards for linoleum underlayment and, to a lesser extent, pl1'rvood core stock, are in successful commercial production. at a rate of several million feet per year in one small plant alone. The problems nos'before this particular business are nolv almost entirely economic, involving :

(l) price of competition product, rvhich in the case of undelayment is plyu'ood.

(2) cost of raw materials

(3) volume of production

A discussion of the board now being sold as underlayment for linoleum or asphalt or rubber tile, will illustrate the potentialities of the neu'type of material. The properties of the material are about as follows:

Thickness-/s"

I\fodulus of Rupture-1600 p.s.i.

\\reight-2.1$ per sq. ft.

Shear Strength--{X)-1000 p.s.i.

Thermal Conductivity-K-I.0 (approx.)

Screw and nail holdiing power-Superior to most soft rvoods

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Dimensional stability-Considerably better than wood when subjected to a very rvide range of humidity changes, but under prolonged immersion in rvater will increase more in thickness but less in width than wood.

Fire Resistance-Much superioi to wood.

Resistance to IndentationAbout equivalent to rock maple.

Tliis board, when used over a sub-floor, has all the advantages of fir plywood as an underlayment for linoleum, except that plywood is inferior with respect to indentation and "grain raising," but superior in flexual strength. Flexual strength is of minor importance here, horvever, since the underlayment is ahvays used over a wood or plyrvood subfloor.

This is an example of a material designed to fit a specific application; in this case it has been successful because the material is not only fhysically suited to the job but also is somewhat more uniform, less expensive and easier to work than is either lumber or plywood.

This board is now being thoroughly treated for use as sheathing on frame dwellings, and for roofers. It has been found capable of withstanding all the normal rveathering usually encountered during construction, and because of its strength and rigidity will support heavy roof loads, although rafter spacings would probably have to be closer than rvith 3/4' or 25/32'lumber.

Reference is here made to the address of Mr. Joshua Nickerson at the Wallboard Conference at Harvard IJniversity, September 16, 1949, (2) in which he describes an ideal wallboard for use as sheathing, roofers, subfloor, etc., emphasizing nail-holding power xnd strength, coupled rvith a cost not greatly exceeding that of ordinary sheathing lumber. A material which will meet all the requirements set forth by Mr. Nickerson, u'ith the possible exception of sufficient flexual strength in subflooring, can now be made, and when facilities for volurne production are complete, the cost of this material to the retail lumber yard will be about the same as that of common lumber sheathing. It rvill be ,easier to handle and much less expensive for the builder to use than either lumber or plywood. It will produce a more rigid structure than lumber, insulating sheathing, or gypsum board, and the structure will hold its shape better because the effect of rvind and other forces rvill produce less enlargement of the hole around nails than is the case s'ith any other commonly used material except plyrvood. In contrast to insulating siding and gypsum board. the nailholding power of the synthetic board will be equal to that of lumber, permitting completely random nailing of shingles, clapboards, or other siding, without use of special nails.

At the present time most bf these synthetic boards are being made with waste wood, primarily soft woods, it being found most advantageous to collect material from several sources, such as ground shavings, ground hogged wood, and even ground chips" produced from slabs with a pulp chipper.. Equally satisfactory material can be made by coarsely grinding pulpwood chips, produced from either hardwood or softwood pulp logs. Ultimately, the source' rvill be governed entirely by the cost of delivering material to the grill.

The economic importance of this development becomes immediately apparent rvhen s.e consider the relative degree of utilization of rarv material by conventional practice; for example, it is more or less generally agreed that in producing lumber for building purposes, furniture, etc., less than 3O/o of the rvood in the log reaches the ultimate consumer. Also. it must be borne in mind that of this 30% a verrr considerable portion is of inferior quality. Synthetic boards may be produced from logs or wood rvhich the lumber operator norv considers to be either decidedly inferior or completely unusable; the synthetic board, however, produced from this so called lorv grade or sub-marginal type of wood rvill be of uniformly high quality and can be made to specification such that a given quality can ahvays be maintained. Furthermore, the yield in terms of pound of finished product. per pound of rau' material may be cfose to 100%.

With a reasonable volume of production the number of board feet produced per man day may'be much higher in the case of the synthetic boards than rvith ordinary lumber.

Bibliography

(l) T. W. Sears-Wallboard Production & Uses-Bulletin 31, Pages 89-104 Northeastern Wood Utilization Council.

(2) Joshua A. Nickerson-Ibid. Pages 15-21.

Purchcses Brcmch Ycnd ct Orcnge, CcliL

The Orange County Lumber Company of Santa Ana, Calif., announced the purchase of a branch yard in Orange, Cdif., to be under the management of J. R. (Jack) McClure.

President Lou Adolphsen of the Orange County l-umber Company said the new yard in Orange is part of the company's plans to better serve the increasing business in that area- The yard is located at 324 West Chapman.

Assisting Manager McClure at the new Orange County branch will be John McClure, Sr., and Earl Piper, former personnel at the yard under its previous ownership, The Barr Lumber Company.

The yard will carry a complete line of lumber and building material as well as hardware and paint. "We will also continue our policy of building planning assistance that has proven so popular at our Santa Ana headquarters," Adolphsen declared.

The Orange County Lumber Company's head office in Santa Ana is at 720 Fruit Street.

Bcry Arec Buil.ling Record High

According to Max D. Kossoris, director of the western region of the U. S. Department of Labor's bureau of labor statistics, 1950 is by far the greatest year in the history of home building in San Francisco-Oakland metropolitan area. During the first nine months of this year, 24.llD permanent non-farm drvelling units rvere started in this area, and a total of over 30.000 before the end of the vear is predicted.

New Ptyrood Plcnt lor Astoric

Astoria Plywood Corp. is the name of a new concern which is going to build a plywood plant in Astoria, Oregon. The' report is that the capital stock has been fully subscribed, and that construction will start at an early date. The president of the concern is Norman Jacobson of Kalama, Washington.

Interestins Old Book Tells The Early History of European Sawmills

The Corley Manufacturing Company, of Chattanooga, Tenn., publishes a house organ under the title "We Lumbermen," in a recent issue of which was a most interesting article on the historv of the earliest sawmills on human record. The article is based on a book entitled "A History of Inventions and Discoi'eries," written hundreds of years ago by a German professor named John Beckman, and translated into English in 1814, and printed in I-ondon at that time. This book contains a chapter on''sawmills" and their earliest recorded history.

It is stated that undoubtedly saws in various forms existed long before Christ, but sawmills are first recorded much later. The author is inclined to the opinion that the first saw was made by an ancient Greek named Talus, who made one out of the jawbone of a snake, and used it to cut through pieces of wood.

The first sawmills, so the author believes, existed about the fourth century after Christ, driven by either wind or water, but his conclusions to this effect are based on deductions frorr, writings of that period, and no attempt is made to describe or locate these mills.

The first mills this book actually records were located in the town of Ausburg, Germany, about 1332, and they are referred to in the Surveyor's Book of that town at that time. A man named Giss Saegemuller is the first sawmill operator named, and the town paid him for lumber or "deals" sliced from logs for town use. For the next hundred years sawmills became fairly plentiful in many European countries, so this writer states, and some detailed history of sawmill building in various countries is given by the author in the following interesting paragraphs:

"When the Infant Henry sent settlers to the Island of Madeira which was discovered in 1420, he ordered sawmills to be erected there also for the purpose of sawing into deals the various species of excellent timber with which the island abounded, and which were afterwards transported to Portugal. About the year 1427 the city of Breslau had a sawmill; and in 1490 the magistrates of Erfurt purchased a forest in which they caused a sawmill to be erected, and they rented another . mill in the neighborhood, besides.

"Norway, which is covered rvith forests, had the first sawmill about the year 1530. This mode of manufacturing lumber was called the new art; and because the exportation of deals was by these means increased, that circumstance gave occasion to the deal-tythe, introduced by Christian III in the year 1545. Soon after the celebrated Henry Ranzau caused the first mill of this kind to be built in Holstein. In 1552 there was a sawmiil at Joachimsthal, rvhich, lve are told, belonged Jacob Guesen, mathematician. In the year 1555 the Rishop of Ely, Ambassador from Mary, Queen of England to the Court of Rome, having seen a sarvmill in the neighborhood of Lyons.

the writer of his travels thought it worthy qf a particular description.

"In the l6th century, however, there were mills with different blades by which a plank could be cut. into several deals at the same time. (This would be the first gang saw.) Pighius saw one of these in 1575 on the Danube near Ratisbon. The first sawmill in Holland was erected at Saardam in the year 15!)6, and the invention of it is ascribed to Cornelius C.ornelisen. (This is denied.) Perhaps he was the first person who built a sawmill at that place, which is a village of great trade and has still a great many sawmills.

"The first mill of this kind in Sweden was erected in the year 1653. At present that kingdom possess€s the largest mill perhaps ever constructed in Europe, where a water-wheel 12 feet broad drives at the same time 72 sws- In England sawmills had at first the same fate that printing had in Turkey, the ribbonloom in the dominions of the Church, and the crane at Strasburgh. \\rhen attempts were made to introduce them they were violently opposed because it rvas apprehended that the sawyers would be deprived by them of their means of getting subsistence. For this reason it was found necessary to abandon a sawmill ercctd by a Dutchman' near I-ondon in 1663; and in the year 1700 when one Houghton laid before the nation the advantages of such a mill, he expressed his apprehension that it might excite the rage of the populace. What he dreaded was actually the case in 1767 and 1768 when an opulent timber merchant, by the desire and approbation of the Society of Arts, caused a sawmill driven by wind, to be erected at Limehouse. A mob assembled and pulled the mill to pieces; but the damage was made good by the nation and some of the mob punished.

"A new mill was afterward erected which was suffered to work without molestation, and which gave occasion to the erection of others. It appears, however, that this was not the only mill of the kind then in Britain, for one driven also by wind had been built in Leith, Scotland, some years before."

(No description of the mills or machinery or saws appears in this translation.)

Retail Training Courses Making Major Upron Company Boostr FHA Contribution Towards Industry Efficiency

For the fifth straight year, the 30-Day Courses for employees of retail lumber and building materials dealers are making a major contribution toward industry training and efficiency. Developed by the Educational Department of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association on the lines of a training program originally set up by the Western Retail Lumbermen's Association of Seattle, 17 of the clases have already been scheduled in 14 colleges for the current school year.

Dealer interest in the courses is heightened today because they offer a convenient and timely method of training nerv employees to replace those rvho are called into the armed forces.

Another factor expected to contribute to increased enrollment.in the 30-Day Courses now scheduled for the 1950-51 school season is the fact that this is the last school year during u'hich veterans of World War II rvill be able to qualify for educational benefits under the G. I. Bill of Rights. Attendance at a 30-Day training class is covered by the G. I. provisions.

NRLDA points out that expenses incurred by dealers in sending their personnel to the classes are deductible as "business expenses" for income tax purposes, and those rvhose employees have participated in the program in the past readily testify to its being a sound investment.

Four years of experience have demonstrated that employees, rvho have gained a comprehensive vieu' of the rvhole industry, as well as a better understanding of their o\\'n particular responsibilities, through the classes, do better rvork, give better se:vice to customers, and are more generally useful to the employer. This, in turn, means increased sales and profits, plus a chance for the employer to transfer a great deal of his routine s,ork-load to other capabl'e hands so that he is free to concentrate on business expansion and to devote more time to such activities as buying, employee t.aining. planning improvements. and participation in community affairs.

The subject matter of,the Course is divided into three groups. First are the product subjects. in rvhich the properties and uses of the various species of lumber and of most major building materials are analyzed.

The second group covers general business topics s'ith g.hich everyone holding a responsible position in a retail building materials company needs to be.familiar. Among these subjects are Advertising, Business Records and Bookkeeping, Business Law, the Writing of Business Letters. Industrial Safety, Credit and Collections, I\fortgage Financing, f nsurance, Pricing. and Purchasing, Selling, and Store and Yard Arrangement.

The third and last group consists of construction and estimating subjects, including Blueprint Reading, Design and Construction, Estimating, and Farm Structures.

Prior to the present school year, some 4000 employees from 3000 yards had already completed 89 of the 30-Day Courses. The 19 colleges where these courses were given include: City College of New York, the College of the Pacific, the University of Denver, the Georgia School of Technology, the University of Illinois, the University of

A Booklet entitled "Lets Get Better Acquainted With Your Friend FHA" has been published by The Upson Company of Lockport, Nerv York, as a special tribute to the Federal Housing Administration on the agency's l6th birthday.

The Company, rvorld's largest producer of laminated fiber rrall and ceiling panels, points in its booklet that in the 16 vears of FHA operation nearly 13 million families have been assisted in building, buying, refinancing or improving their homes or have been privileged to live in new rental units financed rvith FHA insurance.

The booklet declares: "To the hardworking, extremely able men rvho comprise the personnel of the FHA must go the credit for the achievements of this extremely worth while government agency. From private industry, their compensation rvould undoubtedly be higher but it is to their credit that rve nevertheless have received in full measure the fruits of their loyal efforts. Through the untiring efforts of these public servants, the public is getting better housing and on easier terms than at any time during the history of this nation."

The L-pson Company has announced that the booklet will be sent, among other places, to public libraried. business organizations and to members of Congress.

Pcbco Announces Color System

No one element of decoration can equal the importance of color. This trend represents today's greatest potential in the merchandising of paint, and alert dealers have recognized the importance of a suitable color system to increase paint sales through broader service to the consumer.

The latest entry into this field is The Paraffine Companies, Inc. of San Francisco, Portland, Seattle and Los Angeles. Under the rvell known Pabco trade name comes the announcement of "California Originals" Decorator Tones, a paint color system for interior decoration. According to a statement b;- Pabco this is claimed to be"The simplest and most practical color system yet devised."

Als'a;-s a problem to dealers, inventories of basic ingredients seem to have been satisfactoril.v answered by the nerv Pabco color system. Under the name "California Originals" the system rvas developed.from twleve basic colors (including white) that are intermixed by simple formulas to produce a variety of fifty-four decorator tones.

Louis Senrente of Francisco, returned calling on Southern

Servente Hardrvood Lumber Co., November D from several rveeks' hardrvood lumber mitls.

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Here is a brief story of a man u'ho didn't have to leave home to be successful, who overcame depression difficulties in the 1930's, and who built shingle and shake plants when he couldn't get materials to sell in the war years. He is ope of the most widely known and best liked men catering to the needs of lumber dealers in Southern California.

A native Californian, born in Los Angeles, Hugh W. Mason, president of Fisk & Mason, South Pasadena, moved to Pasadena at an early age. He received his education in Fasadena schools, and his first experience of selling rvas in the insurance business. This was interrupted by World War I. He joined the Navy and after four years' service as an Ensign came home and became interested in hardwood flooring.

In 1923 he formed a partnership rvith Jackson Fisk to carry on the business of hardwood flooring contractors at 835 1\{ission Street, South Pasadena. Hand-split shakes began to come into prominence about this time as a highgrade roofing material, and they decided to get into the roofing contracting field also.

Fisk & I\{ason was incorporated in 1925. Jackson Fisk passed away a year later, and Hugh Mason rvas elected president by the stockholders, and has managed the business for the past 24 years. They moved to their present location at 855 El Centro Street, South Pasadena, at that time.

The depression years presented many problems, but Hugh brought the business through. During these years he became more and more interested in selling shingles and shakes exclusively, wholesale and retail, s'ith most emphasis on the wholesale end.

In the years preceding World War II he brought in by cargo and stored many thousands of squares of shingles at the Los Angeles Harbor as well as at the South Pa.sa= dena yard. At that time the firm of Fisk & Mason was considered to be the largest distributor of shingles in the United States. The government restrictions on the lumber and shipping industries made it very difficuult to operate,

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but Mr. Mason's experience and able management were equal to the task. and the business survived this testing time.

Today the Fisk & I\Iason Concern is known throughout Southern California for its accumulated knowledge of wood roofing requirements. When questions arise with architects, builders, and lumber dealers about roofing problems, the answer is, usually, "Ask Hugh Mason."

When it was virtually impossible to get merchandise through regular channels in war time, Mr. Mason formed a subsidiary company, the Longlyfe Shingle Company, and a mill rvas built in Kalama, Washington. I-ater the sh6rtage of shakes made it necessary to build a shake mill in Woodland, Washington.

In addition to the shakes'and shingles manufactured by these trvo companies Mr. Mason purchases large quantities of both from all over the Northwest, and sells them to markets throughout the United States.

Mr. Mason married Miss Helen Fisk, whom he met in school, and they celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary last September 17. They have two daughters, both of vhom attended the University of California at Berkeley. They are Mrs. Harry Carpenter of Reno, Nevada, and Mrs. Howard McAteer.

In his early youth Hugh was a'great swimmer. He always got in a lot of practice at this during summers which the family spent in Catalina. In those days he earned the sickname ol.."Fgzzy," from his splendid head of curly hair, which he still retains. Now his principal hobby is hunting. Try and stop him at the opening of the pheasant season when he has his plane reservation for the Redding district in Northern California !

Larch Distinctive Among Associated Species For Strength and Beauty

lighter softwoods but in the same general range with other structural species. Dried from a green state to 12-15 per cent moisture content, it has a volumetric shrinkage of 6.6 Per cent.

Larch has exceptional nail holding power. Safe withdrawal resistance of perpendicularly driven eight-penny nails in seasoned stock is 27 pounds per lineal inch. Blunt-pointed nails are recommended to overcome a slight tendqncy toward splitting.

For painted surfaces, a good prime coat such as aluminum paint or white lead in oil is recommended. When larch ib used in contact with the soil, preservatives should be used.

The properties of larch fit it ideally to structural uses in the construction field. From residential framing to bridging, railroad ties and mine timbers, it has a tong record of proven performance. Joists, studding, sheathing, rafters, ridgepoles, subflooring and decking require the exceptional strength of larch. It is widely used for roof trusses, bridge and wharf plank, factory flooring, grandstands, concrete forms, and many railroad purposes including rolling stock.

I-arch, companion piece to Douglas fir as a Western pine region structural u'ood, is a unique forest species.

It is a conifer, like other softwoods of commercial importance, but it's not an evergreen. Each fall, its short, flexible, brilliant green needles turn a bright yellow, then drop to the ground just as do the colorful leaves of hardwood trees. Through the winter, it is frequently taken by visitors for dead, but in the spring the I-arch tree again bursts forth in its bright green dress-one of the most spectacular of all the conifers. And the vivid yellow-red-brown color of the bark heightens the appearance.

The trees are large, frequently growing to heights of. 2OO feet and diameters of five feet. They grow intenningled with Douglas fir, White fir, Ponderosa pine, Idaho white pine, Engelmann spruce and Lodgepole pine in the Inland Empire area of the Western pine region-in eastern Washington, northeastern Oregon, northern Idaho and western Montana.

Average annual production is more than 200 million board feet and standing sawtimber inventory is estimated at 26 billion board feet. Many mills of limited larch and Douglas fir production combine the trvo into a common product known as fir and larch.

Like the tree, the wood is distinctive in appearance, too. Heartwood is dlrk russet or reddish brown. Sapwood, generally not more than three-quarters of an inch thick and largely slabbed off in sawing is straw-colored.

The wood has an extremely fine and uniform grain, averaging 2l to 27 rings per inch. It is rough-fibered and fine textured, working well and machining to exceptional smoothness. Flat grained stock presents a beautifully figured face. Heavier than most softwoods, it weighs 36 pounds per cubic foot at 12 per cent moisture content. Specific gravity is .48.

As a heaw wood. larch will shrink and swell more than most

In vertical grain stock, larch is extremely resistant to abrasion, scuffing and denting. Its unusual coloring adds to its value as residential, club and store flooring.

About the farm, where strength and durability are usually primary requirements, larch is used for barn construction, feeders, cribbing, flooring, gates and fences, granaries, sheds, watering troughs and many other miscellaneous purPoses.

But larch also finds many finish Purposes. As knotty or clear-vertical-grain paneling and woodwork it is used extensivety in hunting lodges, residences and cabins throughout the west. It is fabricated into lawn furniture, built-ins, swings, ironing boards, window sash and frames and a multitude of other articles bv woodwork concerns.

Hammond Yard Managers Vi3it Mill and Logging Operationr

A group of managers from the retail yards in Northern California of the Hammond Lumber Company left November 13 to spend three days visiting the company's sawmills at Samoa and Eureka, the logging operation, the cookhouse at Big l-agoon, and the retail yards in Eureka and Arcata. With the n-rajority this was their first trip to the logging and saw' mill operation.

Those in the group were: R. C. Allen, assistant to Forest Peil, who is in charge of all Northern California retail yards; J. E. Edwards, R. L. Ustick, C. C. Follett, J. M. Nicholas, B. L. Peart, Robert Remy, L. J. Robinson, J. E. Pearce, Vern Arneson, W. H. Bond

Lqrch is q vergqtile ebucturcl ncrteriql. Here it'r l<rbriccted iato a gitrnt l0-Ioot penrtocL.

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Federal Circuit Judge Joseph C. Hutcheson, who holds court in New Orleans, Louisiana, is forming a "View With Alarm Party" in the South. "The two acid tests of an American," says Judge Hutcheson, "are that he must, first, be a patriot and believe that his country's form of government, as contrasted with its actual government, is the best on earth. Second, he must believe that unless his country's actual government (the prevailing administration) is constantly viewed with alarm and its actions constantly checked and restrained, it is quite likely to turn out to be the worst on earth."

This veteran Southern jurist evidently believes, as did Abraham Lincoln, that it is the duty of the citizenship to investigate and stick our noses into our country's business, and that the more serious conditions are, the more definitely is this our duty. Those who shun this duty of citizenship are in fact traitors to the best w-e hold dear.

Therefore the call at this time, and in the days that are ahead of us, is for courage; the courage to do and say what we think about our couhtry, its management, and its future. Don't let us forget for a moment, in spite of the propaganda from Washington, that we, you and I and all of us, are the government, and that saving this nation is OUR job, and not solely that of politicians, striving frantically to hold their jobs.

'fhe results of the recent election have given courage to thousands who were previously doubtful of what faces us. We saw various politicians go into oblivion via the vote route, who had previouslv seemed invulnerable. We saw a number of very, very dangerous characters shuffled into the discard. And it makes our hearts strong to think that from now on, whenever some wild-eyed planner and spender jumps up and shouts, "We've got to send eleventy-seven billions to Kukamunga," there will be many of those ready to rise to their feet and demand_.,who says 56 ?"_and, .,why should we ?" up until the recent election stout voices asking practical and vital questions had not been too plentiful. There will be plenty of them from now on. Votes have given them codrage.

We will miss in the lower house of Congress Representative Robert Rich, of Pennsylvania, who voluntarily retired this season. For many years Mr. Rich has been constantly rising to his feet in the House to ask and keep asking that very potent but entirely unpopular question-"Where are you going to get the money ?" He asked that question every time the spenders and the wasters suggested another raid on the taxpayers. And he decided to quit because he got so little backing or cooperation in his effort to make his fellow law makers think in terms of economy and common sense. But he can rejoice, for from now on there will be plenty of voices raised in Congress to ask that same question.

Perhaps something may be done about government subsidies and other activities that keep the price of food mountain high. Some authority recently estimattd that our government is still spending about $1300 a minute, 24hours of every day, to keep

food prices high to the consumer. The estimate showed th4t we will spend nearly one and one-half billions of dollars this fiscal year for food price supports. Which means that we are spending $90 for every man, woman, and child in the nation to maintain a support program that forces them to pay high prices at the corner grocery store. S.yt.g it another way, it means that taxpayers are losing about $77,000 an hour on a 2|hour basis for farm price supports. The survey shows that the government has more than $2,6(X),000 of the taxpayers money tied up in so-called surplus commodities. We have unbelievable quantities of butter, eggs, milk, and potatoes on hand. None of this was used to feed our troops irrthe Korean war. The army bought in the open market. In June, according to report, the army bought about four and one-half million dollars worth of butter and eggs for our troops, while our warehouses bulged with surpluses of those foods. All this has been gone over in the public press innumerable times. Nothing has been done to change the insanity of the situation. With new courage, perhaps something may now be done.

We have embarked on the costliest program of armament ever undertaken on earth. It is necessary. It is vitd. It has got to be done. We have got to pay for it. But certainly it is our duty to see that it is done in such intelligent fashion that our economy may not be devastated. That will take brains. It will require an entirely difterent sort of intelligence than the kind that spent fifty billions of dollars for defense previous to the outbreak of war in Korea, and then found that we had precious little to show for the huge investment. If we proceeded on that same basis and got no more for our money than we did before, we couldn't possibly finance the bills \ re are piling up. It must be done in entirely difrerent fashion.

Even some of the thickest heads in Washington saem to have suddenly awakened to the fact that we cannot finance ourselves and all the rest of the world as we have been doing. We are going to have to scrutinize our spending abroad, so they now say. We ARE, boys, we ARE. And we're going to have to scrutinize it with a heavy hand and a broad axe. One of the best writers and thinkers I know said on returning from Europe recently that Americans are going to have to work harder than ever, so that the Europeans may loaf. Perhaps we will now have the courage to figure out a plan much fairer to the American taxpayer than that.

Perhaps from norv on instead of furnishing all the men, all the blood, all the money for the rest of a lazy world, we will change our plans to a point where *e will simply ASSIST those parts of the world that are doing everything possible for themselves. Unless we understand the English language very vaguely, the American of today is sick of spending, defending, financing, and dying for the rest of the world, rvhile most of the world simply stands back and lets us handle the entire burden.

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California Buildinq Shows 208.8 Per Cent Increase

On Sunday, November 12, Charles C. Cohan, Real Estate California for the first ten months of this year. Editor of the Los Angeles Times and writing in that pub- The Los Angeles building permit total for the first ten lication, estimated that total construction for Southern months of 1950 ttas $372,75O014, an increase of $84.401,035 California for 1950 will be considerably more than one over the same period in 1949. billion dollars. This was indicated by the fact that 57 - Experts seem of the opinion that the heavl' building Southland localities alone issued $925,103,665 worth of operations that have continued into November in spite of building permits in the first ten months of the year; rvhich the heavy nerv government restrictions, are very largely I was $282,012,975 more than during the same period of 1949. momentum, and it seems to be generally expected that the

At the same time the publication Daily Pacific Builder, drag of the heavy restrictions will show themselves before of San Francisco, reported that the home building figures the year l95l has progressed far. Government experts seem for all of California for the first ten months of 195O were to think the restrictions will cut down home building one208.8 per cent higher than for the entire year 1949. It gave third. Well posted lumber experts agree that by next spring $1,293,48,932 as the total construction permits issued in the restrictions s'ill have slowed building down heavilv.

A Look at Lumber The Redwood Situation

(Continued from Page 36) skills in its lists of "critical occupations." As yet it is too early to judge how many men the industry rvill lose to the draft and whether their loss will cripple the lumber output. An added consideration will be the high-paying defense jobs which will lure skilled men from the 'rvoods and mills.

It would seem that every major decision affecting the lumber industry in 1951 will be made by some government agency. We in the industry hope that officials s,ill avoid the confusion of World War II by consulting lumber leaders before imposing rigid restrictions n'hich ma1- tend to hamper rather than help production. Several mobilization agencies have called on outstanding lumbermen to serve as advisors. This is most encouraging. but u'e will havc to wait to see if their advice is heeded.

On the whole, the outlook for 1951 is confused but not alarming. I believe that gradually the muddv rvaters s'ill clear and a workable arrangement betrveen government and industry will evolve. But I rvould like to emphasize that lumbermemn are content they can meet all requirements for lumber if they are allowed a reasonably free hand in running their own mills.

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mers, drying improvements and lumber handling techniques. -\ll of this makes for a more efficient over-all operation and equips those mills to serve the consumer better.

The California Redrvood Association has also been revamped to give sen'ice comparable to that of its members. New divisions har.e been formed and staff reorganizations have taken place so that greater flexibility and a more efficient service i5 possible. Nerv programs are on the agenda; nerv training films are in process, and added Data Sheets are now on the drarving boards.

Barring unforeseen controls, the California Redwood Association and its member mills look to 1951 as a good vear for redrvood and certainly a busy one. The primary objective is-"better utilization from tree to consumer."

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Most observers think it will be many years before America can return to the reassuring routine of "business as qsual." Allocations, priorities,,manpo\yer shortages-and perhaps later price and wage controls-rvill be rvith us for quite a while.

We pray God that all these preparations for rvar s'ill not have to be used for war. But if a series of Korea-typ'e "incidents" catapult the.world into total conflict for the third time in 35 years, the lumber industry will again be able to handle the gigantic task of suppll-ing the t-ood to t'in thc rvar.

Norman Davidson, president, Davidson Plyrvood & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, left November 17 on an eastern business trip. He will travel to the Atlantic Coast, and north to Canada to call on hardu,ood plywood mills. and s,ill be back around December 1.

New construction activity turned downward in October from the record rate rvhich it had maintained through the summer, the U. S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Construction Division, U. S. Department of Commerce reported. The total value of all types of new construction put in place during October amounted to about $2.7 billion, 4 per cent less than the September total.

A decline in the amount of private homebuilding was the principal cause of the drop in total construction activity. Highway construction also declined, but most types of nonresidential building, both private and public, increased over September levels. Expansion of industrial and commercial building activity was particularly marked reflecting the high rate at rvhich contracts have been arvarded during the past feu' months.

Before the dorvnturn in private homebuilding in October a new record had alreadv been established this year for the number of nerv drrellings placed under construction. A total of more than 1.100.000 new nonfarm drvellings were started during the first 9 months of 1950, compared rvith 1,025.000 in all of 1949 and the.previous annual peak of 937.000 in 1925.

'Western Pine Records Broken

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But with the entire domestic economy, of which the lumber and building industries are foundation stones, racing along at breakneck speed, October's drastic credit order constituted, in the eyes of responsible industry authorities, less a brake than it did a brick wall. No established Western Pine operator fears an 800,000-900,000 unit annual building market-published goal of Washington planners-but many share a common belief of operative builders and building economists that the comparatively credit-less public, faced with higher down payments and larger installments on other durable goods, cannot absorb more than 500,0@ units.

Such a reduction, with its interrelated effects on employment, purchasing power and tax return, would surely rvork as a debilitating influence on the balance of the economy. Should that occur, the anti-inflationary purpose and recent tax increase would be more than offset by loss iq government tax revenue and in public confidence.

Any opinion, however, is predicated on general current irnpressions of the projected preparedness activrty level during 1951. If, for example, lumber procurement authorities should purchase far in excess of their announced footage during the coming six months and related crating and boxing requirements should be greatly enlarged, the housing downturn would be scarcely noticeable to the industry and the labor slack presumably u'ould be taken up by defense activity.

Anticipated defense activity is in turn highly sensitive to the daily fortunes of our Korean forces and developments on other world fronts. P.redictions in that field are an impossibility.

Horvever, if international and domestic trends continuc t'ithout substantial deviation and construction activity is actually reduced to no less than an 800,000-900,000 unit level, winter-book odds indicate 1951 shipments of Western Pines will be approximately N per cent under 1950, or about equivalent to the 1948 total.

Ralph M. Rounds, p-esident, Rockport Redwood Co. and Rounds Trading Co., San Francisco, arrived in San Francisco November l7 to spend three weeks visiting the mills and the San Francisco office.

California Greatest Lumber User

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a ready market for marginal logs, tops, chunks and broken pieces.

Lumber manufacturers, through the \\'est Coast Lumbermen's Association, u'ill continue the nation-rvide advertising and promotion campaign begun in 1945. Four-color advertisements in leading magazines rvill again be featured in 1951, and trvo-color copy will appear in farm magazines. More than trventy-five general ci:culation and trade magazines will be used this year. Dealer aids will be kept up-to-date and nerv ideas will be developed to help retail lumbermen sell more lumber.

There seems to be no lessening in interest in home building even though easy credits are out the rvindow. We are getting thousands of requests for homebuilding literature every week from all over America.

We intend to continue to tell our story of West Coast lumber to people rvho are in the market for new homes, or who intend to remodel their existing homes. We rvill reach them through their favorite home-service magazine and will make available attractive full-color literature to give them ideas of design and keep their interest alive until conditions are suitable for them to build their home.

We anticipate no let up in school construction for the next several years, barring only restrictions and controls needed to conserve materials for defense. Our special onestory-schools-of-wood advertising campaign rvill be continued.

Best news we can pass along to our retail lumber friends as 1950 draws to a close, is that we rvill have plenty of lumber for you next year. We have the plant capacity and the timber backlog to supply not only all the foreseeable needs of the defense and military establishments, but to take care of a very large domestic demand for housing and industrial uses.

Frank G. Duttle, president, land, had a successful fishing spots in Oregon.

Sterling Lumber Co., Oaktrip to one of, his favorite

R. P. (Bob) Smith, salesman for Rounds Trading Co., San Francisco, flew to Seattle to attend the CaliforniaWashington football game November 4.

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Builders Can Lcad Fight Back To American \(/.y of Life

(The follorving address appeared in the "Building Contractor of America." The author is Gordon Stater, legal connsel for the Building Contractors Association of California, Inc. It lvas written previous to the November elections.)

\\'hen the Neu' Order of Government group finally began to take over in earnest, it started by literally buying the men and women who produce what we eat and rvear-the farmers. Through the ages, the farmer has been the backbone of liberty and independence. \\rhen freedom rvas chocked in America he hid behind stone rvalls, fought from around the corners and the windows of his house. crawled on his belly tllrough the grass and mud, tramped rvithout shoes through snow and cold; he struck from the swamps u'ith the speed and deadlinesS of an animal; in short, he fought for American liberty, and he achieved it. That farmer of those days passed on to his heirs and to all of us man's greatest heritage to date. And he rvas not alone in that fight, nor in the many fights which follorved, for shoulder to shoulder the farmer, the builder and the citv l;red man have kept that heritage and that freedom inviolate.

Nothing ever has, and nothing ever rvill conquer us from u'ithout.

Then came the idea of the Nerv Order. It u'as conceived and carried out with intelligence and speed. Those behind the "movement" knew that the u'hole rvorld had tried bv force and by violence to break through that barrier of American men and women, and had failed. They kneu' that the backbone of American independence rvas the farmer. So instead of fighting him, they bought him. and u'ith such a silken touch that he didn't even know he rvas selling his birthright for a subsidy. The farmer had been conquered by soft, slimy socialism.

Construction fndustry Next

Next in order was the construction industrv: rugged. independent, strong,. and second largest of the American group. By this time it rvas becoming apparent to those who rrould look, that the ,campaign for the conquest of our -\merican way of life was on in full srving. Some of these rugged individualists fought back; groups Nere organized and they too tried to throw back the tide of State Socialisms, Nationalization, Paternal Government. Regimentation, New Deal, Square Deal, Fair Deal, Old Deal-or any other opportune or applied or apt name. But rvhatever it is called, the Thing means the cancerous absorption of -\merican individualism and life by a unit state. We. in the construction industry, knew this, or rve rvere blind and deaf. So, the same oily tactics which had ruined the independence of the farmer were used to submerge the builder. Prosperity was thrown our way in lavish abundance. We built as never before in the United States' history; the same Government that doled out cash to the farmers, gave the Builders of America unlimited financing -a subsidy by another name. As naturally as the farmer,

the Builder seized this easy mone)- and prospered as he has never prospered before.

But nos' the day of reckoning has come for both the right arm and the left arm of America-for the farmer and the builder.

Danger Enhanced

All this has come about by the action of -A,mericans themselves, rvho believe (perhaps sincerely, perhaps for selfish reasons) that the future of America should be State Socialism and that the dav of personal independence should be dead. The fact that they are Americans and the fact that they are or may be sincere, enhances instead of lessens the danger. Those rvho have brought this about and are urging its ultimate fulfillment can succeed only by taking money from all and giving it to some. So far, probably half of evervthing America produces goes to suppoft and strengthen this paternalistic Government through the medium of taxes.

What To Do?

At this moment the American Builders are experiencing the effects of the n'ithdrarvals of paternalistic subsidies by the "Government." Contrary perhaps to calculations, we grerv strong and not u-eak through the stimulus of those subsidies, so other tactics are to be applied. It makes no difference what chimerical excuse is advanced, the purpose is to kill the strength and independence of America's second largest rock-ribbed Business. If rve fall. if we allow ourselves to be rvhipped in this fashion, u,hat can \r,e expect and rvhat do u'e deserve except destruction, or the nicer term of "absorption" into the Governmental scheme of things ?

\\rhat to do ? The ansrver is obvious to anyone. Force a change in policv and activitv in the Federal Government. This must be done b.v a ballot in which a majority of the ^{merican people vote for a reversal of the exiiting scheme of things. In the last national election the national so_ cialism received a landslide of votes, nith the consequent natural conclusion that -the American people rvanted so_ cialism. Of course "rve" didn't r.ote foi the man who ad_ vanced those ideas-..1fisy" voted for him. It is difficult today to find anyone rvho rvill say that he voted for Mr. Truman, but it lvas difficult before the election to find anvone who would sa1, that he was going to vote for l\fr. Truman. Nevertheless. Mr. Truman-was overwhelmingly elected. Somebodv lied; somebody fell down on tt. ioil of letting John Q. Public knorv rvhat was really at stale; and that somebody is you and me, Mr. Buildei. It is noi all our fight. but it is up to us to set the example and to lead that fight back to s'hat u,e call our Ameiican way of life, or to lie down and take the inevitable.

Perhaps it is a blessing in disguise that the pou,ers that behave taken away from us these subsidies. these softening sedatives. Perhaps it is a good thing that we will no* havi time to recognize and understand iundamentals and reari-

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Roil shippers of quoliry West Const lumber GOI}IPETENT WHOLESATE SERVICE CONTINUOUSTY SINCE 1928

T\TENTY.FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY

As reported in The California Lumber Merchant December 1, 1gz5

On Nov. 6 the Fruit Groviers Supply Company entertained its employees with a splendid banquet served in the dining hall at Susanville. Resident Manager E. B. Birmingham presided.

The second annual convention of the Millwork Institute of California was held in the Oakland Hotel. Oakland. November 19 and 20, and. elected the following officers: President, Harry Gaetjen, San Francisco; vice presidents, E. R. Maule of Los Angeles and A. W. Bernhauer of Fresno; Treasurer, E. A. Nicholson, Los Angeles; ManaginC Director, H. T. Didesch, Los Angeles.

The Central Coal & Coke Company, Kansas City, announces the completion of its great new sau'mill plant at Vernonia, Oregon, which cuts about 600,000 feet daily. The Santa Fe Lumber Company, of San Francisco, has been appointed its sales agent for California. Judd Greenman is resident manager.

President Roy Sandefur was .chairman of the annual meeting of the Citrus Hoo-Hoo District Club, held at Santa Ana Nov. 24. A. D. White, of Riverside, was elected Presi-

dent for the ensuing year, and Wesley Shrimp, of Riverside. rvas elected Vicegerent Snark.

James Alexander Knudson, prominent berman, died Nov. 15. Los Angeles lum-

Three hundred lumbermen gathered in the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on November lZ to d,o honor to Capt. Robert Dollar. Fred Roth was toastmaster and Parson Peter Simpkin made the principal address of the occasion. Capt. Dollar made a very interesting talk ora his memories of the lumber industry.

Ileports from the Northwest indicate that both lumber and shingle mills in Washington and Oregon will make long shut-downs for the holidays, the market for both Iumber and shingles being very weak.

'I'entative plans for the annual convention of the Western Itetail Lumbermen's Association to be held February lg. 19, and 20 have been announced by Secretary A. L. porter. of Spokane.

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Frank \(right, Loved Pioneet, Dies

J. Frank Wright. one of the staln'arts among the pioneer retail lumbermen of the State of California, died November 2 at his home in Porterville, as a result of a heart attack. A resident of Porterville for more than sixty years, Mr. Wright was a civic leader in that city. as rvell as'a ver\' prominent lumberman.

He was born on June 16, 1871, in West Branch, folva. When he rvas 13 years of age, his family moved to Kansas City, Mo., and in 1890 to Porterville. After a time spent in the operation of lumber yards in Tulare, Reedley, Visalia, Springville and Porterville,.he went into the real estate and insurance business for some years. and from 1909 to 1916 was employed by the old Pioneer Bank.

On June 1, 1918, Mr. Wright and his uncle, the late H. F. Brey, formed the Brey-Wright Lumber Company. lr'ith which he was actively identified until his death. He 'ivas secretary of the company.

N{r. \\rright served for many years as treasurer of the First Congregational Church, was a past master of Porterville Masonic Lodge, past patron of Palm Leaf Chapter. Order of the Eastern Star, a charter member and past president of the Rotary Club, a member of the Chamber of Commerce, and of the board of directors of the Finance and Thrift Co.

He is survived by his 'rvife, Mrs. Ethel I\{. Wright: a daughter, Mrs. William B. Richardson; a grandson, John Charles Richardson ; a sister, Mrs. James D. Stervart; and a brother, John Wright. He was the son-in-larv of the Rer.' John A. Milligan, a cousin of the Misses Marie and Alberta Brey, and a brother-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Bigham.

Fentress Hill

Fentress Hill, president Company, San Francisco, hospital November 8. He

of the Northern Redwood Lumber passed away in a San Francisco was 70 vears old. and had been in

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Many uses are made of this full-bodied wood product; once it is applied, it is finished. No sanding or painting necessary . all of this is done at the factory, and it saves both time and money in construction. Olympic Texterior is all the name implies being versatile enough to be used on both interior and exterior wall construction. Ideal for complete home construction, gable ends, entrance ways and fences on the exterior of homes and in addition to outside construction, this new prestained cedar suggests many unusual ways to decorate recreation rooms and dens or to renew old wall surfaces with colorful, patterned walls Olympic Texterior can be applied over existing wallpaper or other materials.

failing health for some months.

Mr. Hill was a vice president and a director of the California Redwood Association, and a director of the Newhall l-and & Farming Compan-v, and the White Investment Company. He was a former president of the Spaulding Logglttg Comlnny, and The California Door Company, and. for many y€ars w:rs the Pacific Coast representative of the Detroit Trust Company.

H6 was a member of the Pacific Union Club, San Francisco, and the Burlingame Country Club.

Mr. Hill is survived by his widow, Mrs. Marion Newhatl Hill; a daughter, Mrs. Angelica Hill Dunham of Santa Barbara, and a son, David F. Hill of San Francisco.

Lyle S. Vincent, Jr. Meets Death in Auto Accident

Lyle S. "Ji-" Vincent, Jr., sales representative for Twin Harbors Lumber Co., rvith headquarters in San Jose, Calif., rvas killed on the highrvay rvhen the car in rvhich he was riding hit a tree, November 9. He and a companion, who rvas also killed, were on their rvay to attend a lumbermen's meeting in Eureka.

He was 28 years of age, and is Mrs. Shirley Vincent, a daughter, S. Vincent, Sr., general manager of Oakland.

Mr. Vincent was with the Seabees in World War II, and sarv considerable service in the South Pacific.

Robert M. Farrell

Robert Martin Farrell, who was associated with his son, Dale Farrell in the Sonoma Mill & Lumber Company, Sonoma, Calif., passed away in Sonoma, Calif., November 3. In addition to his son he is survived by his widow, Mrs. Margaret Farrell of Sonoma. He was born in California 7l years ago.

survived by his wife and his father, Lyle Interbay Lumber Co.,

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It would require no world-beating brains to work out an infinitely better and more equitable arrangement for this nation's participation in world affairs than that which norv prevails. Let us pray we have the courage to develop such an arrangement-and fast.

The Saturday Evening Post, with terrific sarcasm, editorially suggests that since foreign countries haven't the dollars to buy our food, we lend them'.the money to finance their purchases from us. The effect is that the American consumer paid the taxes to buy food he was not allowed to eat and then had to pay higher prices for such food as he WAS allowed to eat, and now must lend money to "furriners" to buy the food he was taxed to pay for, and they get it cheap.

Surely, courage is needed to combat these and numerous other types of economic confusion. Let us pray !

With t. W. MacDoncrld Co.

Ken Strawser has joined the sales staff of L. W. MacDonald Co., Los Angeles. From 1946 to 1948 he was with the Kit Manufacturing Company as purchasing agent of lumber and allied materials. From January 19,18 to October 1950, Mr. Strawser was sales manager and expeditor for the fndependent Building Materials Co. He is well known to the lumber trade.

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Dear Jack: Many thanks for your to write many more of fine editorials. May vou them.

R. A. Johnson Oakdale, Calif.

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ties and deal rvith them accordingly. Time to build on something solid, something that is not dependent upon a subsidy, a bribe, or a gift. Something that rrrade the building industry of this nation the greatest of all nations of all times. Yes, it is a good thing, a fortunate thing that the builders of the nation rvill be slowed dorvn to the point rvhere they can devote one day a week to the business of saving our nation. You rvill shortly have the time, my friends, and if you or your children are to be more than socialized automatons, you will have to devote that one day per rveek to giving America back to the Americans. The builders of America still have rvhat it takes, and they will triumph----or they have rotted from rvithin and will disintegrate. \\rhich will it be for you?

Perry Thomlxon To Retire

San Francisco, Nov. 16-Perry A. Thompson, regional forester for the California region of the Forest Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, announced today he will retire Dec. 3l after 35 years in the Service.

Clare W. Hendee of Denver, assistant regional forester of the Rocky Mountain region, will succeed Mr. Thompson, according to notice received here from Chief Lyle F. Watts of the Forest Service. Mr. Hendee has Z) years' experience in forest resource management in rvestern regions, gained in rvorking from the ground up.

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The.Caliiornia region comprises 18 national forests rvith a net area of 19,200,000 acres. Many of California's ke5r industries depend on products of these forests-water for cities, irrigated farms and orchards; timber for sawmills, forage for cattle and sheep, game and fish for sportsmen, and outdoor recreation areas used b1' millions of people annualll'.

Dear Jack:

I have often r,r'anted to drop you a line and tell you how much I appreciate your paper, and especially vour editorials and stories. For a "\Vlld Texan" you can preach a better sermon than most preachers. and. lvhen it comes to "razzing" some of our political greats, you can't be beat.

I have not been doing much in the lumber and mill work field in the late years, but I always read your paper as soon as it arrives. The information about all the old timers is fine, and your writeups of those rvho have passed on is very much appreciated. I have often wondered about what became of some of them. Your Christmas Story, also Abe Lincoln, were great and I hope you will have another fine one for Christmas this year. Your Joseph story gave me a new slant on him, and you hit the nail on the head there.

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ANGETES 2I, CAIIFORNIA

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club held a luncheon meeting at the IJniversity Club, Los Angeles, on November 17. President Orval Sten art presided.

Walter Gould Lincoln, prominent Los Angeles attorney, r,r'as the speaker and he talked on the "Mystery of Lincoln." His talk rvas enjoyed by the large attendance. Don Bufkin introduced the speaker.

President Stervart announced that the next meeting rvill be the Annual Christmas Party and golf tournament rvhich rvill be held at the Oakmont Country Club, Glendale, on December 15.

Announces Compcny Chcrnges

A. B. McKee, Jr. vice president of the Forest Lumber Company, Los Ang6les, has announced the following company changes which became effective on November 1:

C. E. Fortney has resigned as secretary-general manager, and H. B. Grandin has been elected to the office of secretary.

Mel Jelnick, manager of the San Bernardino branch, has resigned and'Walter C. Davidson, who rvas assistant manager, has been named manager.

Dubs, Ltd. Holds Final 1950 Tourncrment

Secretary Jim Knox of Dubs, Ltd. reports that the final 1950 Dubs, Ltd. tournament was held at the Meadow Club in Marin County on November 17. He says: "It w'as held in the middle of the 'big rain.' Twenty intrepid golfers braved the weather to get out to the Club, and of these seven 'swam'around the first 12 holes of the course- To each of these, Chauncey Needham, Jim Needham, Hank Needham, Fred Ziese, Jim Myers, Dave Allen, and guest Jim McNeally prizes were awarded at dinner for'bravery above and beyond the call of Dubs requirements'."

At the business meeting following the dinner the club's first set of by-laws was adopted. President Art Evans presided. Don Younger was chairman of the day.

With Scm Pedro tunber ComPcmY

f. B. "Bud" Crowe is now associated with the San Pedro Lumber Company, and is in the sales department in the Los Angeles office. He was formerly with the St. Clair Construction & I{mber Co. at Toronto, Canada.

HOME WOBT

There is many a prank you can play with a plank, And a board is just full of tricks, You can sarv it and cut it and mortise it and butt it, And millions of things it rvill fix.

A one-by-six trvelve is quite useful to shelve, The pots and pans used 'round the sink, To fill up a niche in most any old kitchen Is easier far than you think.

You can tend to that fence with but little For your shoes you can make a nice box, You can mend the back gate, and, with aid Build a home for your egg-laying flocks.

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Don't grumble and holler but put on your collar, And get from John Lumberman's store, Some lath and a stanchion to fix up your mansion, And save umpty dollars-or more.

Forest fires have been knorvn to overtake running deer and men on horseback.

SERVICE-is thcrt uncharted and intcrngible development ol moden times thcrt mqkes your goods worth buying crnd worth hcrrring.

Out of thc Woods

By Jim Stevens

New Timber Technician . .

Logging camps are fewer now than thev used to be but men enoug'h live there still to keep bullcooking a going trade. I should have said "profession," or perhaps "science." In the 1930s the Federal government was all set to give two-year courses in bullcooking, through the National Youth Administration, and then the lvar menace and decreasing unemployment called a halt. Now' the rirmor has rolled down to my boom-pond shack that the Y.I\{.C.A. is considering taking up where N.Y.A. left off.

I hope so, for with the modern logging camp's electrical and plumbing systems, the oil-burners that have put stovewood out of business in some places, the laundries and bathhouses, the complicated sanitary regulations, the intricate systems of bedding supply, the problem of detergents vs. soap, and more, much more, bullcooking norv stands as a most brainy profession,

The good modern bullcook must even be an expert in landscape gardening. And in family camps he must be something of a child psychologist. No more taking the hooktender's spoiled brat to task rvith an axhandle. It would add to the lad's sense of insecurity, or buzz uP an inner'conflict. No honest bullcook s'ould want to do that.

Note to Hollywood

Before I go on with these observations. let me remind Hollywood movie directors and Eastern magazine editors tl,at the logging camp bullcook never is a "cook." These vi'iseacres often apply "bullcook" to the camp chef.

For their information, a bit of history. In lhe old Lake States camps there was always a "chorebov" rvho rustled rvood, pumped and carried water, built fires and performed all kinds of odd jobs. Out West the chorebov became the bullcook. Historian Stewart Holbrook declares that the later term came from Maine, u'here the man n'ho forked hay and scooped bran and corn meal into the mangers of the logging s)<sn-"[u]ls" to the lumberjacks-\\'as called the bullcook.

The trade of the bullcook rose in importance in the Douglas fir rvhen spring beds, mattresses, pillorvs. sheets and showers became standard logging camp equipment. Long before that time he had escaped the childish toil of pumping and packing water, for in all but some gyppo camps, pipes and spigots had replaced the pump and r'r'ell. But there were more fires to light in the mornings. lvhat with the one big bunkhouse having given rval' to smaller ones set on sleds or to the bunk cars of railroad camps.

The good bullcook took pride in his fire lighting. Prone to use coal oil, despite fire rules, he rvould move fast from shack to shack, and at the end vieu' rvith pride identical curls of smoke rising from the rolvs of stovepipes. Then came his great moment. With a monster silver-plated watch in his left hand, and an iron baton in his right, the bullcook would square off at the triangle of drill steel hanging in front of the cookhouse, and on the dot of appointed time, he would smite the gong a first resounding blow.

Then, music. And pri-de, for with his guthammer the bullcook rang the biggest and best men in camp out of

bed. The glory would linger u'ith him through his day of srveeping, chopping and pig-feeding.

Once in Michigan .

On a shanty camp site so old that I had to shovel among grass, bush and popple to find even charred remnants of log s.alls and pole roofs, I uncovered one day a rvell top-a platform.of heu'n planks. Th.e rough surface rvas crisscrossed rvith ax marks. They told the story of a Michigan choreboy of the 1890s, coming out each rvinter morning long before "daylight in the s\\'atllP," to chop arvay the ice from around the pump. and to tharv and prime it for the day's needs of the camp.

A lad s'ith a lantern and an ax, long, long ago. The big l>unk shanty a silent black shadorv against pinetops and stars. The rvind a-moan. The days of old, so much labor, and ncthing but ax cuts in rotting wood remaining- \\'e've come a long, long rvav from that kind of life into the day of the bullcook technician. I hope rve have improved lnatters. but I'm not too sure about it.

Mill Near Completion

Winslorv, Ariz.. November 3-The nerv sarvmill being constructed here by the Winslos' Timber Companv is expected to .be completed rvithin two weeks. John Babich' company superintendent, said the log pond is being filled u'ith rvater from a rvell at the mill site. Some logs have already been hauled in.

W. S. Cowling, Dixie Lumber & Supply Co., San Diego, and tr\Irs. Cos'ling vacationed at Palm Springs for a ferv r.r'eeks.

Odd ltems

The Lost Colonv of in our historv.

Roanoke in N. C. is still a m)-stery

Elizabeth Cochrane Seaman (Nellie Bly) rras the first \\'oman to travel around the rvorld. It took 72 days-

The violet is America's most florver. It is recognized as such \\'isconsin, and Rhode Island.

I\Iount Whitnel' points in the U. S.

popular choice for state in lllinois, Nerv Jersey,

and Death Valley, hig-hest and lowest are onlv a ferv miles apart in California.

\\/illiam Henrl' Harrison, ninth president of the U. S. served the shortest term. He died 31 days after his inauguration.

The Douglas fir a Scottish botanist is named in honor of rvho introduced it into David Douglas, Europe in 1827. boards used b1'larger spruce.

A great majoritv of the sounding piano makers are made from Sitka

At Ellicott's Rock, on the border of North Carolina, you can rest your hand so it touches North Carolina, South Carglina, and Georgia at once.

Barr at Santa Ana Makes Many Changes

A short time ago there was announced in these columns the news that Ralph N. Baker, of l-os Angeles, had joined forces with the Barr Lumber Company, of Santa Ana, California. in the office of'general manager. The Barr Lumber Company is a veteran retail lumber organization of Southern California that was organized by the late O. H. Barr and operated by him until his death, since which time his son, Wilbur Barr, has been president and executive and managerial head of the concern. They operate six modern and important lumber yards located at Santa Ana, Whittiei. Norwalk, Pico, Artesia, and Costa Mesa, rvith the general office and headquarters located at Santa Ana. Before joining Barr, Mr. Baker was executive vice president and general manager of the Hayward Lumber Company, of Los Angeles, with which he had been associated since 1934.

Now comes announcement from President Barr of various changes now being made in the Barr Lumber Companv organization and set-up. He has been managing the entire Barr business until the recent arrival in its ranks of Mr. Baker. Mr. A. C. Walter has been manager of the Santa Ana yard for the past several years. Effective at once Mr. Barr himself takes over the management of the Santa Ana yard. rvhile Mr. Walter leaves their direct emplov to take over and operate the sash and door and cabinet mill belonging to Barr, which has been virtually dormant for some time past. The mill has been reactivated with a large force of operatives, and rvill manufacture and sell at wholesale the products of the plant, rvhich covers 12.m0 square feet of floor space, and which adjoins the main Santa Ana yard. Mr. Walter has leased the plant and will operate it on his own.

Mr. Baker, general manager, is coordinating the activities of the six Barr yards, as well as of all departments of the business.

Mr. Barr reports that they are revamping, remodeling, and realigning the company departments and personnel. The personnel formerly located in the main office on East

First Street in Santa Ana has been moved into the com- : pany's main store building at lO73 East Fourth Street. The Fourth Street end of the main store is being remodeled : to accommodate four sectionalized offices. This change will unite the Santa Ana yard and general offices under one roof. Also included in the changis is moving to the front sections of the yard the various items of building material chiefly bought by the drop-in trade, which will be especially ' catered to. Additional mechanical equipment of various l sorts has been added to the yard equipment, making for quicker and morri economical handling of orders. Earl Sanborn, estimator for the yard, takes over credits in the nerv set-up. Under the management of William R. (Bill) Hinds, a nerv department of pre-cut wood products is grorving, making fences, yard furniture, etc.

When they get through with their renovating the Barr business will be streamlined as never before, and, under' the direction of Ralph Baker, is going strong. Mr. Barr reports himself highly pleased rvith the changes.

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per cent mo:sture content, it will shrink only 3.8 per cent by ysfurns-31 the extremg lower end of the 3.M.3 softwood range. Its insulative "K factor" (thermal conductivity in BTUs per hour) is .72---close to the bottom of the .&.9 range in softwoods-making it one of the finest wood insulators. The wood takes nails easily but blunt-pointed fastenings are recommended to prevent a slight splitting tendency. Nailholding ability is good in relation to the wood's light weight.

A large proportion of Inland red cedar is converted to poles but the greatest percentage of production is into general purpose lumber for residential construction. Its exceptional decay resistance, high dimensiornl stability and low thermal conductivity are accountable for its immense popularity as siding,sheathing and subflooring. For paneling and interior finish, the beautiful color and grain in either knotty or clear grades as well as the wood's insulative and 6nish properties make it a favorite for decoration themes of any period.

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Inland red cedar, a general purpose lumber used for nearly every building purpose, is manufactured in the Western pine region from slow-growing, long-lived trees found in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and easter Oregon with traces in northern California and western Montana.

Total sawtimber stand is estimated at approximately 4 billion board feet. Average annual production is some 2O million feet.

Nlature red cedar trees in the region are from 80 to 140 feet tall, from two to five feet in diameter and frorn 200 to 500 years old. Growing only infrequently in pure stands, they are found intermingled rvith Idaho white pine, Ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, white fir, larch and Engelmann spruce. The lumber, consequently, is generally available in mixed cars together with an assortment of the western pines and other associated species.

Inland red cedar is noted for its high resistance to decay. Completely non-resinous, .the wood is straight and uniformly grained. Sapwood is almost pure white and heartwood varies from a dark reddish-brown to light yellow. It is strongly aromatic, a characteristic of all cedars, and weighs 23 pounds per cubic foot at 12 per cent moisture content to make it one of the lightest of all commercially important softwoods. Specific gravity is .33 at 12 per cent moisture content.

The wood takes paint, stains and varnishes readily and grips them firmly. It is rated by the Forest Products Laboratory in the first of three groups in workability with hand tools and machines easily to smooth, silken surfaces. In glueability it is classed in the topmost bracket.

Dimensional stability is another outstanding characteristic of Inland red cedar. Dried from a green state down to 12-15

For miscellaneous uses, particularly exterior purposes about the home or farm, Inland red cedar is a preferred species be. cause of its durability under conditions of exposure. It is unsurpassed for outdoor lawn furniture and garden trim such as lattice work, fencing, arbors, pergolas, summer houses and beach cabanas, silo doors, feed troughs, irrigation flumes and rain gutters. Greenhouses, nursery flats and hotbeds are ideal application of red cedar.

Light weight, ease of handling and fabrication lead to its utilization for interior shelving, built-in furniture and cabinets, sash, cedar chests and other household fixtures.

Inland red cedar is manufactured and graded under current published grading rules of the Western Pine association. It is distributed throughout the United States from Western pine region mills in its Inland Empire growth region.

To Conduct College Coursee

An lJpson faculty comprising eight divisional sales manag€rs of The Upson Company of l-ockport, New York, will conduct courses in the study and application of laminated wood fibre panels as part of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association 3Gday college training courses, the company has announced.

More. than'750 salesmen-students in eight universities witl take part in the course given by Upson representatives.

Ios Angeles Sliding Door Mcmulacturer Adds Window crnd Door Froes tc Line

Coor-Pender & Long Co., manufacturers of Sav-A-Space interior sliding door units, and Doormaster exterior slidin3 door units, and equipment, at their plant located at 1753 Blake Avenue, Los Angeles 31, announce that they have added exterior rvindow and door frames as well as inside door jambs to their line. Their telephone number is NOrmandie 3-3238.

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John \(/. Fisher Lumber Company \7CLA Askr ICC to Make Study of Oreson Features Modern Merchandising And No. California Freight Car Shortage

Portland, Ore., November l&-Retail lumbermen throughout the nation will be interested in the steps just taken by the West Coast Lumbermen's Associaiion to solve the freight car shortage tvhich critically hampered orderly movement of lumber to consuming areas through much of 1950.

Still reeling from the efiects of the most s€vere freight car shortage in history, lumbermen this week invited the federal government to take a hand.

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The West Coast Lumbermen's Association has filed " p.fo- ') tion with the Interstate Commerce Commission at \t'ashington asking that agency to make a full and complete study to de. : termine whether the Southern Pacific is giving adequate service to Oregon and Northern Califronia shippers.

This is a drastic step, and lumbermen point out it n-as taken only after efforts over many years had failed to get the Southern Pacific to provide Oregon and Northern California shippers with sufficient freight cars.

The federal agency is being asked to make a full inquiry- into the damaging lack of freight cars and hold public hearings throughout the territory affected. :

At the continually improved and modernized retail lumber yard of the John W. Fisher Lumber Company in Santa Monica, California, there is likewise a continual effort at improving their merchandising methods. To be different, to be unique. to furnish customers rvith original ideas for their building and remodeling efforts, these are the chief aims of the management of which the popular Tom Fox is president and executive head.

During the past year many changes and improvements have been installed in the Fisher plant, of rvhich trvo nerv and distinctive conference rooms desert'e special mention. These two large rooms are paneled in a r.ariety of rvall surfacing, allowing the visitor to get a splendid and practical idea of horv the materials look when in actual use. In these decorated rooms they take a lot of the mysterv out of the characteristics of various rvoods. These rooms the company have placed at the disposal and use of their customers and contractors. Here they may meet and discuss and arrange their building plans. This idea has met rvith the approval of their customers in a big u'ay. and the service has undoubtedly built business for the concern.

In addition to all the staple lumber and building material items needed for a modern building business, the Fisher yard carries in stock many specialty items, including curly Redwood, scores of different hard and softwoods both in lumber and panels, as well as a varied stock of building and insulating boards and materials.

Whatever the builder .may decide he needs for his building, remodeling, or repairing, he can find right there at Fisher's. ft's a nice plant, doing a nice business, and setting the pace in modern merchandising of building materials.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association petition says the freight car shortage has been more or less severe for the past 45 years. It has been particularly acute in 1947.l94E, 1949 and this r-ear. The petition points out that mills in Washington state have not suffered from a car shortage to any extent in recent ).ears.

The loss to lumber mills in 1947 was placed at 99,400.000, said WCLA. The petition cites needless unemplo;,'rnent; enorrnous losses in money to all segments of the industry; severe disruption of orderly marketing; artificial and unnatural inflation of costs for such products; the abnormal accumulation of inventories; and losses of orders that could not be shipped for lack of cars.

The petition charges the railroad has not distributed cars equally to all parts of its system, to the damage and detriment of Oregon and Northern California shippers.

A grave menace to national safety and security is seen by the petitioning lumbermen as a result of the shortage of freight cars which in the event of total war could reach calamitous proportions.

The West Coast group point out they have exhausted all reasonable possibilities of obtaining relief after protracted negotiations with railroad officials before appealing to the ICC as a last resort.

The State of Oregon, through George Flagg, public utitities commissioner, will support the petition of the lumbermen. W. C. McCulloch, Portland traffic attorney, and K. C. Batchelder, traffic manager of WCLA, are handling details of the lumbermen's action.

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Mahogany Importing Company has taken on additional office space on the fifth floor, 621 South Spring Street, I-os Angeles 14. The increased space provides for several private offices.

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Elected Administrative Vice President Activities of Fir Plywood Association

Lockport, N. Y.-The board of directors of The Upson Company has announced the election of James J. Upson as administrative vice president. He will continue his present duties as secretary of the ComPany.

Mr. Upson joined the company in January 1946 after service in the Pacific war theater as a lieutenant senior grade in the U. S. Naval Reserve. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce at the University of Pennsylvania and previous to that attended Culver Military Academy and the University of Buffalo.

He is a member of the U' S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Industrial Conference Board and in Lockport is on the board of directors of the Industrial Management Club and is a member of various local organizations including the Lockport Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club.

Stricdy Promotional, Says Schrader

Tacoma, Wash., Nov. 7-Plywood sales promotion today is both legal and successful, and whether there was agreement among manufacturers to control prices in pre-war years is ancient history.

,That was the pronouncement here by O. Harry Schrader, Jr., managing director of Douglas Fir Plywood Association, the trade association for the 51 fir plywood manufacturing firms of Washington, Oregon and C.alifornia. His statement came after the Federal Trade Commission issued an agleed order agairist the association and 15 plywood companies to "cease and desist" from certain practices which the Commission found existed a part of the time between 1935 and 1941. Plywood firms starting operations during the past l0 years were not involved in the civil action.

"There is nothing for the fir plywood manufacturers to 'cease and desist' from either singly or collectively," Schrader stated emphatically. "Production is at a record rate of over two billion feet a year, plywood is a preferred building commodity and manufacturers are spending $1,000,000 annually to expand markets for the future."

Plywood manufacturers will continue and enlarge the advertising-trade promotion activities through their industry association, according to Schrader. "The sole objective of this trade promotion is and always has been . . . to stimuhte demand for plywood. There is no conspiracy and there will be none. Activities of the association are strictly promotional . . . strictly in accord s'ith the letter and the intent of the law."

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Plywood promotion, Schrader explained, includes laboratory testing of production samples and field exposure tests to assure uniform high service performance of plywood. The program also provides grademarking to provide positive customer identification of panels meeting high U. S. Department of C-ommerce standards.

The Commission did not commence its proceeding against the plywood firms until 1948 although charges related entirely to pre-war practices. It was a civil proceeding only to determine whether years ago there had been any technical violation of the Federal Trade Commission act, the spokesman emphasized.

"The industry which was recognized for outstanding performance during the war, though believing that the charges are ancient and obsolete, agreed to entry of the order solely to dispose of the case and avoid long drawn-out hearings," Schrader explained.

After the case !\'as started in 19,{8, many companies originally named were eliminated by the Commission. Thus, those still included for the alleged violations of l0 or more years ago number onll' l5 firms of the present 5l companies manufacturing fir plywood in 58 factories.

Limited admission b.r' these manufacturers constitutes a rnodification of the flat denial of the complaint when it was first issued. On this point, Schrader quoted from the written answer which provides, "All admissions are made solely for the purpose of this proceeding, and for no other purpose, and in order to expedite its disposition." The FTC issued its cease and desist order after receiving the amended answers from respondent firms.

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Solutions to lighting problerhs which are found in the average home were developed by Sylvania Electric Products fnc., l74O Broadway, New York 19, N. Y., to illustrate how light, color and a few architectural changes can transform the second floor of an old house into flexible and colorful living quarters.

1. MASTER BEDROOM WITH ADJOINING TELEVISION-SITTING ROOM-A conventional type bedroom has been converted by Sylvania Electric Products Inc. into a master bedroom with adjoining television-sitting room which can be closed off for privacy by a folding wall partition.

A 13' deep cove has been dropped l2f" from the ceiling of the television room.and conceals twd rows of standard 4O-watt fluorescent lighting fixtures, staggered to give an unbroken line of light with no dead spots between them. This cove extends the length of one wall and gives pleasant illgmination for conversation,. dining or entertaining. A

portable incandescent floor lamp is used fof reading or other concentrated seeing tasks, in addition to the indirect lighting.

2. LIGHTING MODERNIZES OLD-FASHIONED BATHROOM-FocaI point of the remodeled bathroom is this lighted bathtub and towel shelf section. Constructed from an old-fashioned tub with legs, this bathtub has fluorescent lighting mounted to a board at floor level around its perimeter, with plasticized glass fiber material around the sides to shield the light and enclose the tub. Both lS-watt and 3Gwatt fluorescent strip lighting fixtures are used. The lighted torvel racks are illuminated by two 30-watt fluorescent strip fixtures which stretch acrosp the top of the unit to add color and dramatic effect to this area. An 8" deep cornice shields these lamps from view. Each of the laundry bins beneath the towel racks are illuminated by a 2O-watt tubular incandescent showcase lamp

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3. CLOSET LIGHTING-A spacious bedroom closet with built-in drarvers and shoe rack is ingeniously lighted to form a complete dressing unit for a man. Mounted in the ceiling just inside the door is a 3Gwatt fluorescent strip lighting fixture which furnishes general illumination for the closet and light for seeing inside the drawers. This lamp is shielded by the front of the overhead drawers. Illumination for the suit rack comes from a 20-watt fluorescent lamp mounted beneath the overhead drawers, and the shoe rack is illuminated by a single-lamp 1S-watt fluorescent fixture mounted against the back part of the floor beneath the raised translucent plastic shelf. The door of the closet is utilized for a mirror and tie rack, u'ith the lighting concealed beneath two 5f" deep cornices. A 1S-rvatt fluorescent lamp lights the mirror and a miniature Gwatt fluorescent lamp illuminates the ties.

4. CHILD'S ROOM DESIGNED TO HIGHLIGHT

TOYS-Built for two young boys, this bedroom features lighted niches along two walls directly above twin studio couches. The niches are built of combed wood and serve as storage space for toys and treasured collections, with the concealed lamps spotlighting them and adding color and character to the room. One single lamp fluorescent lighting fixture is mounted against the wall 8" above the top edge of each niche and is shielded by a frosted glass panel. The four sections along the left wall contain 20-watt lamps, rvhile the niches along the back wall contain lS-watt lamps. Student desks which flank the two beds, utilize portable incandescent table lamps, each containing a 200watt Bolite bulb which supplies both direct and indirect light for studying. The room was designed to be used from childhood through the teens, and rvith appropriate accessories, is equally suitable for boys or girls.

Miss Icne Howard Ncmed Miss Hoo-Hoo oI 1950-1951

Miss Jane Horvard, attractive and highly competent secretary of Dave Davis, Rounds Trading Company, San Francisco, Supreme Custocatian of the Concatenated order of Hoo-Hoo. u'as named Miss Hoo-Hoo for 1950-1951 at the meeting of the Supreme Nine held in Mihvaukee, Wis., October 26 and, 27. 1950.

Pabco Holds Semi-Annual Regional Managers' Confe]ence

Under the direction of H. J. Lilleston, vice president, Pabco Products Inc., formerly The Paraffine Companies, Inc., held their semi-annual regional managers' conference at the company's home offices in San Francisco, October 30 to November 3, to outline 1951 marketing, advertising and merchandising plans for all Pabco products-

Highlighting the fi'eek's activities, which included a tour through the company's Emeryville plant and talks by company officials, rvas a two day sales management clinic.

Subjects discussed by the regional managers and key management officials included "Preparations and Plans For Selling To Government," "Sales Managers' Understanding of Finance," "Fundamental Principles of Sales Management," and "Sales Managers' Merchandising Responsibilities."

Pabco regional managers. from all over the nation. aitended the conference. Representing the Pabco Floor Covering Division rvere sales manager F. I- Kerr, New York; and regional managers A. J. Eiberg, Chicago; W. R. Greig, San Francisco; E. T. Wells, Dallas; H. H. Reardan, New York; and C. B. Mclees, Atlanta. J. S. Malmquist, New York : Ira Lazarus, San Francisco; and T. R. Morgan, San Francisco, rvbre also present.

From Pabco's Building Materials Division were R. R. Gallolvay, sales manager, San Francisco; and district managers N. L. Favors, San Francisco; C. W- Hancock, Portland ; Clay Lilleston, Los Angeles; and H- W. Hargrave, Salt Lake City, rvho also handles Pabco paint.

Attending the conference for the Pabco Paint Division rvere sales manag'er J. A. Ludrvig, San Francisco; and district managers H. W. Allen, San Francisco; S. L- Gidley, Portland; and J. A. Elliott, Los Angeles.

I{aury Millar and R. H. Chase, sales managers of Pabco's Architecturai and Industrial Division and fnsulation Division, reSpectively, also attended the regional managers' conference.

Prominent among the Pabco executives who conducted the conference rvere C. C. Gibson, executive vice president; J. E. Holbrook, vice president; Dudley Tait, headquarters marketing group; W. L. Lorve, general advertising manager; and O. S. Dibbern, credit manager.

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Draws BiS Attendance From Entirc Pacific Coast

About 4O0 lumbermen, many of whom came from various parts of the Pacific Coast, were present to enjoy the day's activities at the Third Annual Stag Day of the Northwestern California Lumbermen's Club, held at the Eureka Inn, Eureka. November 10.

The day's proceedings started with a get-together breakfast at 8:D a.m. A tour of a redwood mill rvas arranged for the forenoon, and some of the visitors enjoyed golf and fishing.

A Hoo-Hoo Concatenation was held at 4:29 p-m. in the Louisiana Room of the hotel. This was followed by an informal get-together, and the banquet started at 7 :39 p.m.

L. G. Mclnroe, of Eureka Lumber & Crossarm Co., president of the Club, presided at the banquet.

The entertainmeqt, consisting of first-class vaudeville acts, started at 9:59 p.m. Joey Rardin was master of ceremonies.

This was the largest turnout of any meeting ever held by the Northwestern California Lumbermen's Club. The splendid dinner and exceptional entertainment were thoroughly enjoyed by the big gathering, and the get-together feature of the all day affair appealed to everybodv.

The officers of the Club and the various committees cooperated in completing the arrangements. The officers are: L. G. Mclnroe, president; Al Bowers, vice president; Don Metcalf, secretary - treasurer; Sergeant-at-Arms, R. H. Emmerson.

Arch Le Fors was general chairman of committees. The' committees consisted of the following: Contributions-C. E. Magnuson, chairman, Sam Davis, Chas. Murray, Tom Dimmick, Tom Lannin, Paul Shanahan, H. Markstrom. Publicity-Bob Halvorsen, chairman, Don O'Kane, Wm. Smullin, Arne Jepson, Frank Smith, Cy Bendorf. Transportation & Tours-Chet Eubanks, chairman, Jim Franke. Alden Ball. Reception-Al Borvers. chairman, Howard Libbey, R. H. Emmerson, Pat Archibald, Jim Dixon, Don

Cave. Finance-Don Metcalf, chairman, Jack Fairhurst, Derby Bendorf. Banquet-Dave Dift'ord, chairman, Clarence Fleischer, Art Penberthy. Tickets-Jack Ivey, chairman, Francis Tann, Hal Hamilton, Duke Morrison, Al Norton, I\Iike \\:heaton. Hoo-Hoo-John Eilers, chairman, Ward Lung, Sam Preble. Membership-Geo- Rapin, chairman, Robin Arkley, Orie Dye, Bert Gilbert. Room Reservations-Jalmer Berg, chairman, Paul Freydig. Out of Town Guests-A. L. "Dewey" Young, chairman, Don Larsen, Don O'Kane. Decorations and Banquet-Chairman Wayne. Biord.

Sponsors for the Third Annual Stag Day rvere the following: Acme Foundry Co., Hammond Lumber Co-, Humboldt Plywood Corp., Humboldt Lumber Corp-, Pacific Lumber Co., Trvin Harbors Lumber Co., Mutual Plywood Co., Simpson Logging Co., Hill & Morton Lumber Co., Emmerson & Berg Lumber Co., Precision Lumber Co.. California Barrel Co., Inc., Arcata Redrvood Co., Sound Lumber Co., Chas. F. Barnum, Brizard-Matthews Mach., Dolly Varden Lumber Company, Mclntosh Lumber Co-, Northern Redwood Lumber Co., C. W. Marwedel Co., E. L. Reitz Lumber Co.. Pacific Studs, Inc., Brightwood Lumber Co.. Eureka Boiler Works, Van De Nor Lumber Co., Oregon Pacific Lumber Co., Don Cave, Arcata Manufacturing Co., Humboldt Lumber Handlers, George C. Jacobs Co., Tacoma Lumber Sales, Pacific Fir Sales, Clay Brown Co., Emmerson & Son, Pacific Forest Products, Bank oi America-Arcata, Bank of America-Eureka, Eureka Lumber and Crossarm, Fairhurst Lumber Co., McGaraghan Dravage Co., Hansen Machine Works, Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., Tony Gosselin, Garbudd Lumber Co., Arrow I\fill Co.. Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co., M. F. Mitchell Lumber Co., Cannonball Lumber Co., McCready Lumber Co., Coast Pacific Lumber Co., Hanley Lumber Co., Arkley Lumber Co., Brimm. Bros. Lumber Co., F. P. Baugh, Morrison & Jackson Lumber Co.. Tom Dimmick, Riley & Will.iams.

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New Publication on Teco Trussed Rafters

Washington, D. C.-The origin, development and wide acceptance by the building trades of wood frame Teco trussed rafters for roof construction are fully set forth in a new booklet just published by the Timber Engineering Company of Washington, D. C., an affiliate of the National Lumber IVIanufacturers Association.

This trrochure entitled "Wood Frame Teco Trussed Rafters" will be of interest and immediate value to architects, engineers and contractors in all parts of the country. It will also be especially valuable to those responsible for military construction.

Originally designed for residential buildings, the clearspan trussed rafters are equally adaptable to small industrial and comnrercial buildings, churches, schools, apartments, factory buildings, warehouses, recreation buildings and countless other indoor assembly places.

This whole concept is set forth in text, pictures and diagrams'together with detailed descriptions of latest approved methods of applying the Teco wedge-fitted split-ring connectors and Trip-L-Grip framing anchors.

One of the outstanding advantages of Teco trussed rafters is the economy in material, time and labor their use brings about. As compared with the old-fashioned method, the saving in lumber on a 24-foot span amounts to 2O/o . On longer spans tl.re saving is proportionately higher, ranging up to 30/c and lrore.

The trussed rafter, which is actually a roof truss, has proved itself the most economical, efficient, flexible and enduring of all modern developments in wood frame roof structure. The wide range of its applicability is presented in detail in this richly illustrated booklet.

"Wood Frame Teco Trussed Rafters" may be obtained free upon request to thi Timber Engineering Company, 1319 Eighteenth Street, N. W., rilrashington 6, D. C.

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Northwest Lumber Export Shipments Insecse

\\raterborne lumber exports from Northrvest ports in September were the highest in the past year, according to the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. Domestic shipments also rvere high. September exports totaled 86,595,738 board feet as compared with 55,140,788 in August. Domestic shipments totaled 2n,411,018 feet against 226,2fi,W feet the previous month.

British Columbia shipped 79,245Jn feet to United States ports in September as compared with 76,627P3 feet in August.

For the first nine months this year Northrvest totaled 466,ffi,3D feet. Domestic shipments were 676J81 feet for the sarne period this year.

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Oregon-\\rashington exports for September were n,OD,084 feet as compared rvith 16,190,149 feet in August.

Oregon-Washington domestic shipments in September rvere 143,165,898 feet as against 149,623,583 feet in August. This area's domestic shipments for the first nine months tl-ris vear totaled 1.255.535,139 feet.

Plytrrood Mcmulcrcturer Sellg Doors From S. F. Wcnehouse

Announcement is made by Associated Plyu'ood Mills, Inc. that they are norv handling doors at their San Francisco warehouse.

In speaking of this E. G. (Ed) Gallagher, manager of the San Francisco rvarehouse said: "We are now stocking and selling well manufactured doors made from old growth Douglas fir in one of the most modern plants in the Pacific Northwest. Ample stocks are now available, and rve shall ' be pleased to receive inquiries from the trade. Our business is strictly u'holesale."

B. S. (Bob) Reid With Ziel G Co.

R. S. (Bob) Reid, formerly with American President Lines, has norv joined the lumber department of. Ziel & Co., Inc., San Francisco, importers of Philippine Mahogany, and the various species of Japanese lumber and plyrvood.

His interest in rvood goes back many years. While attending school he worked with the Forest Service during vacations, and rvhen he lived in the Philippines for four years he gained familiarity with the lumber industry there when connected rvith the Robert Dollar Company.

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Parafline Changes Name'

On November l, 1950, the widely knorvn corporate name of The Paraffine Companies, Inc., disappeared from the national and international business scene. In its place appeared the firm's new name. Pabco Products Inc.

According to company officials, the company is making this change because there is no similarity or direct connection between the names "Pabco" and "Paraffine" (the latter usually inferring operations relating primarily to the oil industry)-

The trade-name and trade mark "Pabco" has been used for approxirnatel;,. fifty years to identify the diversified products of the compan-v. Advertising and marketing expeditures totaling many rnillions of dollars have been made to promote its acceptance as a symbol of the highest standards of styling and quality. Todal', the company's floor coverings, building materials, paints and insulations are knorsn and referred to by the trade and consumers throughout the u'orld as "Pabco Products." The name Pabco *'ill thus identifv both the company and the products they manufacture.

Centralia, \Atash., October 24.-Tree stranglers are at work in western Washington forests to help nature reforest harvested lands.

The timber garroters are foresters lvhose aim is not to maim. Life instead of death is their objective, says Paul l-auterbach, rvho heads up Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's forestry research departrnent at Centralia. Putting selected Douglas fir trees in rnetal nooses is designed to boost their cone and seed output. Quantity and quality of this annttal crop determines how soon a logged area lvill bristle u'ith a green carpet of baby fir seedlings.

"The idea come partly from mountain beavers, berrs aud cats," says I-auterbach. "It's not a ne\\' u'rinkle. Horticulturists usecl the system on orchard trces as earll' as 1800. So far as we know, it was first tried on forest trees by Sv"edish foresters in 1938. Our own experiment, started in April of this year, isn't far enough along to report anv findings."

"Distress seeding," as Lauterbach calls it, is supposed to do two things. It stimulates seed and cone production of parent trees specially selected for their form and gror,'th qualities, so that the new tree crop will be of superior qualit-r*. Forced seeding also produces more cones on trees in areas poorly stocked with reproduction and thickens up the stand.

The theory behind the experiment is sirnple, explains Lauterbach. A tree pumps up nutrients and u'ater through the center of its stem, converts them into food and sends it back down to the tree's living parts through the cambium layer inside the bark. Tree farmers have long observed that physical damage ocurring to this inner bark layer, through partial girdling or clawing and chewing by bears, mountain beavers or cats, makes the tree think it's dying. Its reaction is a lastgasp effort to procreate its kind by putting stimulating energy into seed production.

Capitalizing on this botanical fact, Weyerhaeuser foresters have tightly strapped about 100 trees with narro\!' steel bands placed approximate\ a% feet above ground, one band per tree. The "guinea-pig" trees, mostly from 15 to 25 years old, are located on the Clemons, Vail and St. Helens tree farms in Washington. Annual diameter expansion of the fast-growing trees will increase the pressure of the bands, causing re-

Scn Diego Hoo-Hoo Dinner Dtmce

The Han'est Inaugural dinner dance sponsored by the San Diego Hoo-Hoo Club at the lUanor Hotel, San Diego, on Saturdav evening, November 4, rvas an enjoyable affair and rvas attended b1' a large crorvd, about 150 being present. There \\'as a floor shorv. and music for dancing rvas furnished b1- a 7-piece orchestra.

Attending from Los Angeles rvere \[r. and I\frs. George Clough, I\Ir. and I\Irs. Ole \Iav, and lfr. and IUrs. Volney Spalding. I'resident Ed Glasson and his committee arranged for the part\-.

Instc[ing New Equip'ment

The Calaveras Cement Companv is investing $600,0m in nen' equipment at its Sarr -\ndreas, Calif.. plant. according to an announcement bv President \\'illiam \\'. I\[einThe major part of the nerv installation rrill be completed earlv in December. The company completed a $2.500'000 postNar plant extension program less than a )'ear ago.

The nen' program includes the installation of additional ran' and finish mills, and the construction of four new cement storage silos and four nes' slurrv silos.

Redwood Lumber Bcnged To Los Angeles

A. K. \\'ilson Lumber Co.. Compton. Calif.. recently brought to Los Angeles Harbor their first barge, loaded at their dock at Fairhaven, Calif., rvith close to a million feet of Reds'ood from the companl''s mill.

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The "strangling" bands u'ill be kept in place for about two years. The scare efiect on the tree's growth mechanism is expected to linger another 5 or 7 years after the liberation. Result: more treeseed spreads per acre.

If the plot works, it may become a common sight to see Douglas firs in corsets, for birth instead of girth control.

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New Design Book on Garden Apartment Designs

Washington, D. C.In recognition of the steadily mounting interest in the results of the Wood Garden Apartment Design Contest, a comprehensive new book has just been published by the Timber Engineering Company, an affiliate of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association.

Entitled "Twenty-Jhree Garden Apartment Designs for Military Housing, Subur:ban Apartments and Low-Cost Public lIousing" the book contains ll"xlTt' reproductions of the prize-winning designs submitted b)' contestants in both the professional and student divisions. The designs illustrate many new ideas in architectural treatment, planning and structural framing that are as adaptable to military housing and low-cost public housing as to suburban apartments. Typical design details for clear span trussed rafters are included. Trventy-three cash prizes, totaling $5,000, were awarded in the design competition.

Keen interest in these original and rvholly practical designs has been expressed in all parts of the country. Requests have been received from more than 2,100 architects for copies of the winning plans.

Garden Apartment Designs will be of interest to architects, designers, contractors and builders, realtors, investors and those responsible for military rental housing and lowcost public housing.

The book, together with gestions relating to specific plied upon request to the l3l9 Eighteenth Street, N.

additional information or sughousing problems, r,r'ill be supTimber Engineering Company, W., Washington 6, D. C.

Purchcrses Union Gypsum Compcmy

Plcnrt crt Phoenix

Rawson G. Lizars, president of the Certain-teed Products Corporation of Ardmore, Pennsylvania, has .announced the purchase of the plant of the Union Gypsum Corhpany at Phoenix, Arizona.

An extensive modernization and building program will be begun immediately at the plant. Modernization plans call for increasing the operating efficiency and production capacity of the present plaster mill through the addition of new €quiPment and machinery. The Phoenix operation will be enlarged and its production further diversified by the construction of a plant for manufacturing gypsum board and lath.

The rebuilding program r,r'ill go forward with all possible speed. It was necessary, however, to close the Phoenix plant on November lst for a short time to rebuild and install new equipment. When production is resumed, the plant will be operated by Certain-teed Products Corporation.

Moves Eugene OfEce

The Eugene, Oregon, office of Atkinson-Stutz Co., San Francisco, lvas recently moved to 1874 Emerald Street, Eugene. The new telephone number is 56700. J. L. Holland is manager.

Red Book Service Announces Novemb er 1950 Reference Book

Just off the press, the l38th semi-annual issue of the Red Book of the Lumbermen's National Red Book Service contains thousands of vitally important credit rating and business changes.

Acknowledged generally as the, standard credit and reference guide for the lumber, woodworking and furniture manufacturing lines, the Red Book Service is also widely used as a sales aid by concerns selling to these industries.

For those many concerns seeking new sources of supply, the fall 1950 Red Book contains the names of hundreds of new sawmills, woodworking, millwork and furniture manufacturers. In turn, these ploducers will be interested to know that the new issue lists numerous wholesale and retail yards that are just getting started and are seeking sources of supply.

Now in its 74th year, the Red Book Service keeps its membership advised of credit rating and business changes by means of handy twice-a-week supplemental sheets. With this continuous flow of timely data on buyers and sellers, users of the service are able to operate safely and profitably without having to wait for special credit reports. Ifowever, reports are available when needed.

The Lumbermen's National Red Book Service is published by Lumbermen's Credit Association, Inc., 608 South bearborn Street, Chicago 5, Illinois. An Eastern office is located at 99 Wall Street, New York 5. New York.

Industrial Lumbermen's Club Will Hold Meetins Dec. 8.

The Industrial Lumbermen's Club of Southern California will hold a dinner meeting of salesmen and key per.,sonnel of members on Friday, Decem,ber 8 at the Industry Club, 5944 Avalon Boulevard, Los Angeles 3. An interesting picture will be shown, and there will probably be a short talk.

It is intended to have three of these meetings between now and next June. The membership has a regular luncheon meeting on the second Tuesday of each month at the Central Manufacturing District Club. E. G. Reel of Reel Lumber Service is presiilent of the Club; Sterling Stofle, Western Hardwood Lumber Co., is vice president, and LeRoy Stanton, Jr. is secretary. Tarn

Appointed Mana get oJ Redwood Sales

The appointment of W. L. Brauning as redrvood sales manager for the Simpson Logging Company has been announced by Charles E. Devlin, Seattle, general sales manager.

Brauning u'ill handle the sale of lumber from Simpson's redn'ood stands near I(lamath. Calif., rvhich rvere purchased in 1948. Logging operations in this stand have been underrvay for more than a year and production of green lumber at the Simpson sau'mill at Klamath for about ten months.

Simpson's redrvood sales office l-ras been established at Arcata. Calif., rvhere construction has begun on a planing inill, drying kilns, storage yards and other finishing facilities. Beginning in November, a substantial portion of the current production of the sawmill will be brought to the Arcata yard for "sticking" and air-drying until the mill and kilns are ready for use about July, 1951, Devlin said.

Brauning has been active in the sale of redrvood since 1945. He was vice president of Coastal Plywood and Timber,Company at Cloverdale, Calif., luntil 1947, and since then was general manager of the International Timber Products Company, also in Cloverdale, until he joined Simpson. He is a native of \\rashington.

C. H. Kreienbaum, San Francisto, is general manager of the Klamath Working Circle, rvhich encompasses all of Simpson's redwood logging and n-ranufacturing operations.

The Simpson Logging Compariy rvas established on the Olvmpic Peninsula in 1895 and has long been known as a leading West Coast producer of forest products. Douglas Fir and Western Hemlock lumber and doors, Douglas Fir plyrvood, insulation board products and acoustical products are manufactured in Simpson's \\rashington plants at Shelton and McCleary.

Sirnpson's general sales office is located in Seattle and its products are distributed throughout the country u'ith

district c;ffices' located in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Fargo, Shreveport. St. Louis, Chicago and Nerv York.

George E. Ilelville, Southern California district manager. and \\'. \\'. Forrest, Northern California assistant district manager, s'ill be in charge of redrvood sales in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, Devlin said.

Del Travis Wins lcw Gross At Dubs, Ltd. Tourrrcunent

A highly successful October Dubs, Ltd. meeting Nas held at the San Jose Golf and Country Club on Fridav. October 20. Forty-three members and guests playing golf produced the follos'ing l'inners:

Lorv gross: lst, Del Travis; 2nd. Tom Corbett. lst Flight, Lo*' net, Bob Cheim, Sr.; 2nd net Bob Cheim. Sr.; 3rd net Al Bell; 4th net Jim Needham. 2nd Flight. Lorv net \\'eldon Smith; 2nd net Tom Jacobsen ; 3:d net Jim Pierce. 4th net Bob Henderson. Guests: Lorv net Jack Cambrecht; Znd net Jerry Bonnington : 3rd net Norm trIiller.

At the dinner meeting Fred Ziese explained the club handicap system. After the explanation it rvas the unaninrous opinion of the club that Fred should continue as official handicapper since no one else could understand the system.

I\fotion pictures of the Dubs tournament at the Claremont Golf and Countr-v Club in September taken b1' Tom Jacobsen rvere shou'n. "Swivelneck" Bob Hogan brought dorvn the house in the pictures of his recoverv from a sand trap.

A previerv of the nerv club bylarrs to be voted on at the November meeting rvas given by Ernie Bacon of the Bylarrs Committee.

President Art Evans presided rvith an assist b;- Leo Cheim. Sr.. Chairman of the Dav.

Lloyd B. Redfield has been appointed office manager of Door & Plyrvood Jobbers, Inc., Los Angeles, to succeed Ferd Loelkes, rrho is norv general manager. Redfield formerlv handled order desk sales.

Thomas Edison. during his lifetime, produced over a thousand patentable inventions.

W. L Brcuning

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Five Forestcrs Look to the Future

New Manual Makes Forestry Instruction Easy

\\'ashington, D. C.-Elementary and high school instructors interested in forest resource study now have a nerv teaching aid available for the asking. It is the 195G51 "Teacher's llanual" published by American Forest Products Industries, now being distributed to schools in all 48 states.

Entitled "America's Strength Grows in Her Forests," the attractive eight-page manual is designed to create interest in and understanding of the forest resources of the United StatesIn its foreword to the teacher, the manual stresses interdependence of the forests, forest industries and the American people.

"\\'ith prop€r and practical care and use," the manual states, "the forests rvill continue to be an adequate source of valuable supplies.

Lelt to right, Berncrd Orell, Wcshington State Forester" Willicm A' ii"".y, Firester oI the Foresl Conserration Comnittee, Pacilic Northwest ioreat Industries; Nurre Betiy Jqcobsou Deputy State Foresler L. 1. Webgt.r, cnd C. S. Cowon, Chiel Fire Wcrrden' Wcshingtoa Flrest Fire Associqtion, scy it with trees insiecd ol Oowers lo Normoa G. Iccobsoa, St. Ptrul 6 Tccomc Lumber Coopcny's chiel loresler' in f""oi" General Hospitol. Becovering fron a serious illnes' "IcLe" i" ;; hi" wtry bcck to keep c hand ire the compcny'r Eee plcmting program this rrinter. By tcr ihe greoter pcrt oI the new lree crop oD irariested lands comes lrom nqture's retorestction Hond ploating ia required mtrinlY on burns'

The St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company's chief forester, Norman G. Jacobson, recentlv celebrated his recovery from a serious illness with a peckerwood forestry convention in his room at Tacoma General HosPital.

The convention theme: "'What are the industrial foresters going to do for tl-re futufe of the lumber trade this winter?"

One answer was .brought him from the Forest Industries Tree Nursery at Nisqually, Washington, by William A' Tinney, forester for the Douglas fir industry. It was in the form of two potted Douglas fir seedlings. These were part of St' Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company's allotment of 250,000 baby trees out of the nursery's total seven million tree production in 19$0' With these little fellers of the tree world went greetings from fellow foresters.

Washington state forester Bernard Orell and Deputy state forester L. T. Webster informed Jacobson that compliance with the reforestation laws by loggers in both Washington and Oregon had been exceptionally good this year, providing reserves of seed trees for the growing of new crops by Mother Nature'

The state men, and C. S. Cowan' manager of the Washington Forest Fire Association, had good reports of fires kept down on state and private lands in the two states, despite severe drouths last summer. Washington's 1225 fires through September 30th averaged only 2.41 acres per fire, for an amazing all time low record.

"Cheering news," said Jacobson. "In time no more hand planting will be needed and we can turn the tree nursery into a bulb farm."

The "convention" was closed by Nurse Betty Jacobson with a unanimous vote of confidence in the future of the forests, the lumber trade and the greatest products of trees in all history-the American Home.

The teacher's manual, prepared by Grade Teacher Magazine of New York, in cooperation u'ith American Forest Products Industries, covers the complete history of forestry in the United States, starting with the Viking discoveries. The manual outlines many ways of adapting forestry study to regular ctassroom activity. Throughout the manual forest fire prevention and improved woodland management are stressed.

Copies of the "Teacher's Manual" are available without charge from American Forest Products Industries, Inc., l3l9 Eighteenth Street. N. \\-. Washington 6, D. C.

"JOE BEAVER" Bv Ed Nofzlger

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JAMES L. HALL

PHoNE: sulter l-752o -- to32 mtlts BU[D|NG, sAN FRANctsco 4, cAuF. sTADlUi ' BIEACHER qnd OUTDOOR SEAilNG. HEAVY CONSTRUCilON t ATER|AIS, pOtES, rtES, pAu,ETS,-po5r5, ptuNc

PORT ORFoRD CEDAR (White Cedar or lowson Cypress)-AtASKA (Yellow) CEDAR-DOUG1AS FIR RED CEDAR-REDWOOD (Splir & Sown)-StTKA SPRUCE_WESTERN HEMIOCK_SUGAR PINE_PONDEROSA ptNE

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SAYE-A-SPACE

Interior Sliding Door Units

Models ll9O ond 950.[ow Cost.Uniis

-No longer an extraaaganceDOORIUIASTE R

Exlerior Sliding Door Units

D. \nf. Wilkinson

6214 W. Mqnchester Ave. Los Angeles 45, Golif.

ORegon 8-3726

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Pefer J. Vqn Oosring - Russell price

qnd W. E. Bortlett

PTYWOODTUAABER

I I I t So. Glendole Ave., Glendole 5

roont n8vtnatDr.r CRO88 GIRCULATION KILNS

l. 2)/o to 5O/o norc capacity due to colid edge-to-edge stackrng

2. Bcttcr qualfut dtying on low temperatures witL a fast reverrib^c circul,ation.

Literatilre and prices furnished on rcquest

COOR-PENDER, & IONG CO.

1753 Bloke Ave,, Lor Angeles 3l NOrmondic 3-3238

PACIXIC HARDIryOOD $AM$ CO.

t.qaorrJ"ht a,n/ 5 ilkiltufdrl

Philippine and Honduras Mahogany

Spanish Cedar and Japanese Hardwoods

2020 LIVINGSTON ST., OAKLAND 6, CALIF. PHONES ANDOVER I-6342KELLOG 4.38'8

Inquiries Inaited

lryT$T COI$T PTYIryOOD COIIPAilT ABERDEEN, \TASH.

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DOUGLAS FIR PLYITOOD

307 So. Hill St. Los Angeles 13

Phone MAdison 9-2173

8201 San leandro St., Oalland 2l phone L(lckhaven

Spu Tracl lor ln Tnnsit Drying

3. I=owe5 rtacking oosrtsiusr rolid edge.to.edge rtacling in the dmplest fora.

Use Moorekiln Paint Products for weatherproofing your &y kiln and mill roofs.

Kiln Euilderr for More Than HaIf I C,entury North Porderr4 Or. Jectrcavific, Floridr

Exterior Plywood Puts lts Best Foot Forward

This attractive home shou s off to gtlod adr arrtagc thc usc of pl1'u'ood in modern building. The paint job is thc same as used for regular sood siding. All plru'ood edges should be sealed during construction and. in unusuallv damp localities, the panels should be back primed'

WANT ADS

Rcte-$2.50 per Column Inch

Closing dctes lor copy, sth cnd 20th

FOR SALE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY

GERLINGER LUMBER CARRIER

Model 4MH 7257-handles 54', trolsters. In good condition, now in operation at our mill.

WINTON LUMBER COMPANY

Martell. Calif.

II,MBEN FINANCING

Accounts receivable, inventories and sales financed.

J. C. COPELAND, FACTORS 6030 Wilshire Blvd. Phone WEbster t-1373 Los Angeles 36, Calif.

KILN DRYING

-_-'We- are o-ne of the largest cuatom dry kilns on the West Coast. Wc also sell,. rent, or repair lumber cairie.s lna Utt- tructj. - Wiii pxchange equipment for lumber.

WESTERN DRY KILN & EQUIPMENT CO. P.O. Box 622, Wilmington, Calif.

Phones: NEvada Gl37l and TErminal 4-6624

Aaalta'l/drh 4oz 9ak

. Do y-ou.wqlt-lg buy a lumber yard? See our ad in the October 15 rssue ol the Califiornia Lumber Merchant. If V9u are thinking of selling your yard why don't you give us a rrng/ TWOHY LUMBER CO.

LUMBER YARD AND SAWMILL BROKERS

801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif. PRospect 8746

WOODWORKING 'NACHINERY FOR SAIE

l_qEUM SANDER, ,8,,, individual rnotors, V-belted.

SIDE HEAD GRINDER, new condition.

VONNEGUT MOULDERS, ALL ELECTRICS (direct drive) r2,,, 6' (4 and 5 heads) 4,,.

FRANCIS GLUE SPREADER, 3fl, wide, like new.

NORTHFIELD JOINTER, tz'i, ball bearing.

RIP SAW, power feed, ball bearing, new co'ndition.

ROY FORTE,

Prodaction Machinerl for tbe lYoodtuorking Trade 1417 East lfth Stree! Los Angeles Zl, Calrf.

Phones: TUcker 8556-Res. MBtcdll 3-2562

Under forest management, it is possible to take a harvest from the woods and still leave a growing forest.

Benjamin Franklin invented one kind of wood-burning stove.

Roughly, one-fourth of the area of the U. S. is commercial forest land.

Nomes of AdvLrtiscrs in thir Deportment u:ing o blind oddress connot be divulged. Atl inquiries ond rrplioc should be oddressed fo key rhown in tho odve?ti3em.nt

WANTED_SAN DIEGO SALESMAN

- Top -fight commission lumber salesman for San Diego area and lcwer California wanted by long established wholesale limber firm, Must te aggressive, experienced and able to develop steady outlets as well as maintain established accounts. Replies confideniial.

Address Box C-1864, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

WANTED

Po,sition assistant mana-ger in retail lumber yard. I have 15 years' experience in counter selling, yard supervision, estimating. -

Address Box C-1866, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

LUMBER SALESMAN WANTED

For Bay aleg by well rated and established Valley pine manufac- turer and wholesaler. Salar-y and bonus basis. In -reply state age, educatiorl experience and other details of yo'r qualificati.;s.-R;;ii;; treated confidentially.

Address Box C-1861, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

POSITION WANTED

Lumberman with retail and wholesale lumber experience wants po_sition in Southern California. Six years as office'manag"r, fi"ld salesman, then yard manager. Knows bl neta ana industriai lr-b;; anl has purchased lumber for large contracting company. 47 yearc old, married.

Address Box C-1867, California Lumber Merchant 5@ Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

MACHINERY FOR SALE

..A fully eCpppgd nl-aning mill in Oakland, a profitable operation. -wrr!-s,ell and assign lease, or the following machinery can be had for 925,0O0: l-l5".wood matcher, I S.1rg,self-feed rip saw, I Berlin band saw; all with motors and electricll equipmenl.

I Studebaker tr!.ck, I Ro_ss carriir.- Equipment old but in perfect mechanical condition and operating ev-er1i aay.

Write P. O. Box 823, Lafayette, Calif., or phone Lafayette 3414.

DRY PINE UPPERS.-FOR SALE

2O0/6 or less moisture, ..C" Select and Betler. Also Moulding & Better grade running 5$o/o or more ,.C" and better. Grades certified and guaranteed. Rough only. please advise quantity can use. Large orders preferred. Carload shipments handled. 60_90 day delivery.

Address Box C-1865, California Lumber Merchant 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14, Calif.

An acre of pine trees can produce three times more cellulose than an acre of cotton.

Potatoes, one in every state of of America's principal crops, are grown the Union.

A BUSINESS INSTITUTION IS IUDGED LARGEIY BY ITS APPEANANCE. ITS MJI.NAGEMENT, And BY TTIE THINGS PEOPTE READ cnd TIEAR ABouT IT.

BUYER\S GUIDE SAN

Arcctc Rcdwood Co. (tl) YUhon 6-206?

AtLiBoD-Stutr Conpcuy (ll) GArlield l-1809

Cor& Lunber Compqny ({) YUkoa 6-5305

Dqnt d Bugsell, Scles Co. (ll) ....SUtter l-6384

DenniE Lunber. Conpcny (ll) .....YUkon 5-3869

Dolbcer 6 Cqrson Lumber Co. (4) ..YUkon 5-542I

Edgewood Lunber Co. (5) .........YUkon 6-5500

Elliott, F. W. (ll) .... DOuslcs 2-{2ll

Enpire Redwood Co. ....YUkou 2-3522

Fcirhurst Lumber Co. (W, W. Forrest) (5)

YUkon 6-6725

Gcmcrslon G Grreu Lumbcr Co. (24) JUuiper 5-6083

Holl, lqnor L. ({) . .......Sutt6r l-7520

Hcnnond Lunbcr Co. ({) ......DOuglcc 2-3388

Higgine Lumbor Co, J. E. (2'l) ..VAleacic '!-8744

Hobbg Wcll Lunber Co. ({) ....GArlield l-7752

Holnes EureLq Lumber Co, ({)...GArlield l-l9lll

Chce. E. treldcll-Jim Eirbv (15) .PRoapect 5341

Kliac 6 Rul (5) . ...DOuqlcg 2-138/

Lcmou-Bombgton Conpcny (3) YULoD 6-5721

Lumber Scleg Co. (21) .VAleacic 4-4100

MccDonald 6 Hcrringion Ltd., (ll) GArlield l-8392

fRATGISGO

Martiacz Co., L. W. ({) .EXbroo& 2-35{4

Pccifc Lunbcr Co., The ({) .....GArtield l-Il8r

Pccifc Western f,umber Co. of Cctil., tnc. (ll) .DOustca 2-5070

Pqtrick Lunber Co. (O. L. Bussum) (llln 6-lls0

Porsnino Lunber Co, ({) ........Gf,rlield l-5190

Pope d Tclbot, Inc., Lumber Divigioa, (4)

DOuglcs 2-2561

Bicci 6 Kruse Lunber Co. (10) ...Mlssion ?-25?6

Rouds Trcdiag Conpcny (4) .....YUkon 6-0912

Sotq Fe Lumber Co. (Il) ......EXbroot< 2-20?4

Sbevlia-McCloud Lunber Co, (5) EXbrooI 2-20{l

Sidewcll Lumbcr Go, (2{) ATwcter 2-8112

Siskiyou Forsst Products ol Colilornic (l)

Yukon 2-329t1

Sudden 6 Christenson, Iac. (4) ..GArlield l-28116

Tcrler, Wcbster d fohasoa, Inc. (rf)

West Oregon Lunber Co. .YUkon 2-51(B

SASH_DOOBS_PLYWOOD

DOuglqr 2-2060

TriDiry niver Lumbet Sqlea Co. (18) Skytiao 2-2050

Twia Hcrborg Lunber Co. (ll) (Ftcak J. O'Conror) ..GArtield l-5644

Union Lumber Compcay ({) .Suttcr l-6l?U

Van Arsdcle-Hcrris Lumbor Co., Inc. (?)

Gf,rliold l-3600

Weadling-Ncthcn Co, (l) .SUtter l-5383

OAKTAND -BERKDI.EY-ALAMEI'A

Cclilornio Lunber Scles (l) KEllog tl-1004

Gcmcrsioa d Green Lumber Co. (6) KEUog 4-646{

Gosslia-Hcrdiag Lumber Co.

So Leqndro ........Lockhqven 9'1551

Hill E Morton, Inc. (7) ANdovcr l-1077

f,cltoy, Albcrt A. (Alcmcdq)....Lcltehurat 2-2751

Eubl Lunbcr Co., Ccrl H.

Chqt. S. Dodge (Ber}cley 5). .THonwcll 3-90{5

LT'MBEN

Aadorroa-Hqugon Co. (Studio City) .STcnleY 7-1721

Arcqtq Srdwood Co. (1. J. Rec) (36)

WYomiog lltXl

Atlinson-Stuu Co. (Chag. N. Schumccher) (23) INgelus 3-69519-581F

Atldlt:c Lunbcr Co' (C. P. Henry 6 Co.) PRospect 652d

Atlcr fumber Co. (21) ...PRoricct Tdtll

Bcugb, Ccrl W. (Pcscdcrc {)..._.-...AYo l-6382 SYcqmore 6-2525

Bercut-Bichcr& Lurbcr Co., (A. W. "Ardv" Doovca) (t3)..MAdiroa 9'21155

Brown G Compoy, Clqv (38)....WEbrtrr 3-0105

Brusb Industricl Lunber Co. (2121 ANgclur l-1155

Eung Lunber Compcay (36).....WEbrlcr 3-5851

Carr d Co., L. I. (W. D. Duuing) (15) Pf,oeprct'88{3

Ccstell d .f,ssociclcs, Buss (Zl) ......IINioa 8-2127

chollcnd cud Asociqtea' P' w'#llio"r., szge

Chcaev Lunber Co. (8uris trumber Co.) (36). .WEb:tcr 3-5881

Gcorsc Clough (5) .DUukirk 2-2211

Colliu & Meyer, Inc. (Downey) ....TOpcr 2-1070

Con;olidatcd Lunber Co. (7).....Rlchnoad 2l{l (Wilaingtoa) .....NE. 6-1881 Wiln. Ter',l-2637

Coopcr-Morgca Lumber Co. Wiltrcd T. Cooper Lbr. Co. (Pcscdelc l) - RYqn l-7531; SYcmoro 3-191

coopcr wborrcte Lunber co., w. "oruf,lll ,ru

Dalton 6 Co., B. W. (13). .MAdigon 9-2173

Dclnir Lunbcr Compcny (15)....-P8ospect 235{

Dant 6 Bugscll, Scleg Co, (l)...... .ADcro 8l0l

Dolbecr 6 Cqrson Lunber Co. (13) VAadiLc 8792

Donovcr Co, Iac. (ll) ...ADos l-4i105

Doolcy ond Co. ({l) .....Albmy l&Ul

Erslcy, D. C. d Soa (22) ....ANgelur 2-1183

Fairhurat Lunbcr Co, (Phitlipg d

Murphy Lbr. Co.) (15) ........P8ospect @71

FirL ll Mcroa (So. Pcradcnc.....PYrcmid l-ll9 SYccnore 9-267,1

Erit Flqmer (Long Beoch l2)..Long Becch 6-52317

Forcrt Productc Sqlcr Co. (Iaglcwood)OBesd 8-3858

Frccnca 6 Co., Stcphen G. (Bclboq) Hcrbor 2024

Ed, Founlain Lunber Co. (t). .LOgq! 8-2331

Gosslia-Hcrdiag Lunbor Co. (Ioe Pelrcsh) .........PlcasqIrt 3-9781

Hqmnond Lunber Conpcny (5{)..PB.orpcct l3lli!

!{crris Lunber Co., L. E. (5) .....DUaldr} 2-2301

Hcborlc 6 Co., B. J. (Conpton) ..NEmcrk l-9289

Pqcilic Foresi Products, Ilc, ....TWinoqtr 0-9800

Tricngle Lunber Co. (12) ......TEmptcbcr 2-5855

Wertcn Dry Xiln Co. (3) ....LOctrtwen 8-328{

WeBtcrD Pine Supply Co. (Eneryviltc)

Plednont 5-73!12

PANELS_D OONS--€ASH-SCNEETS

PLYWOOD_MILLWONE

Cqlilorniq Builderr Suppty Co. ({)

TEmplebcr {-8383

Dicmoad W Suppty Co. .EHfog ,!-g466

Hogcu Lumbcr Conpaay (l) ...Glencourt t-6881

UBitcd Statcs Plywood Corp. (?) TWiaocla 3-5544

Westen Door 6 Scrh Co. (20) .TEnplebcr 2-g400

E. K. Wood Lubor Co. (6) ......KEltos 4-8{86

!-ox!rr, l, H. 6 Co. (13). .MlcLigcu B29l #:E?H*f t g:ff",6*.t:t rrsr pii"p'JJ iiii

popc d rctbor lac., Lunber oi*"ioooB?iii 8-37s PRoepocr 8231

HANDWOODS Bruce. Co.,_E._L. ({{)............pleqecnt 3_ll0l

osgood, Roberr S, (t{)... ........Tnidib &f25

Pacilic Fir Scles (Pcscdelc) ....SYccmore -S-lgZg

pccilic Lumber co., rbe (36). .. .:Ib"J'llS

Amorictdn Hqrdwood Co, (2t)..... -pn;;;"i iiSi i:'ff..li?,fl":i #,i;;.:iit;: : .FIaii::i i*i ffJf.fi -'#ii:T5i"::i:c1'.?;orf il.lIg:,H5:lll!

lfill 6 Mortor, Iac. ({6)

Earl Hol{nan Co. ({3) EBcdabqw 2-1375 CRegtviow 8-315t!

Holneg Eureka Lunber Co. (17) ..MUtuttl 9l8l

Hoovor. tr. L. (36) . .........YOrL 1168

Pcc_ilic Forest Producis, Inc. (DicL LcFrochi)

(l{) ........TUckar t?x3Z-iXB _ (l{) ....... .Tuckcr tnZ-iXB

Pqcilic Westem Lumber Co. ol Calil,, Inc.

_ (!*cdenc) SYccmore 6-5397-L.tr. BYqn t-8123

Paskill Lunber Co. oI Ore. (F, f,, Togte) ({l)

pq.trictr Lumber co. (Ecsrmca L"-b.frJ"i35 9887 (ll) ..... ....Elchmond 7-0281

Phillips d Murphy Lumber Co. (f?) MAdison 6-6838

The Phipps 9o. (22') .....ANselus 3-3807

Popo C fqlbot, Inc,, Lumber Division (15)

PRogrect 8231

E. L. Rcit: Co. (15). ....PRogiecr 2it69

Rounds Trcdiag Co. (Loag Becch 2) NEvctc 6-4056

Rudbccb 6 co.. lohn A. 0s).1:i::tlrTl"3-3lil

nuflcon Pollcrd Co. (laglewood). .ORcgoa 8-1058

Sqnlord-Lussier, Inc. (47) ......AXmias1er 2-9181

Sqs Pedro Lumbcr Co, (21). .Blchnoad llll

Shevlia-McCloud Luober Company (15)

siskiyou Forest products ot cotlorjildpect 0615

Stephen G. Freeno d Co., Bclboc Hcrbor 2&ll

South 8cy Lunber Co, (Hqwthorac)

spcrdias Lumber co. (2g ). 3ff9:: 3:flil

Suddeu G Christeason, Iac. (l{). .tRiaitv 88lt

Tqcomq Lunber Sqlea, Inc. (lS)... .PnolD.ci l1|l8

Tarter, Webster 6 lohason, Inc. (23) ANqitur ll83

Twin Hcrbors Lumber Co. (15) (C. P. Heary 6 Co.).. ..PBorpcct 852{

Unioa Lunber Conpcny (15)........TBinitv ZI82

Wendling-Ncrhcn Co. (36) .yorl lt6!

W€st OreEon Lunber Co. (Bevcrly Hilla)

BRqdgbqw 2-t353; CRortviiw 5-663{

Weyerhceuser Ssles Co. (7). .Rlchnond Z-0SttS

WheelocL, Inc,, E, U. (t2). ...Mchiccl 2137

White Lumber Co., Harry H.(15) .Rlcbm6nd 0592

Wilson Lunber Co., A. X. (Dominguez Junctiou)

NEvcdq 6-2363 NEmcrL l-0851

Wils@, Wm. M. (5) ....DUntrir} 2-3080

E, K. Wood Lunber Co. (51). .IEflenor 3lll

Wood, Ecrl F. (23). .ANgetu 3-3801

CNEOSOTED LUMEER_POLES PILTNC_TIES

Anerico Lumber 6 Tractiag Co. (15)

Mtrdiror 6-5818

regDorttry_ tunbor Co. (ll). .Klmbqll Sllt iFl*:i9l'olp"1lo"?"*'J.;c;:tr,ir"f 8[,il?:i3ii lVcstern Hcrdwood lumber Co. iss)pn.ip."i Ciii

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PLYWOOD_INONINC BOARDS

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Coor-Pendcr d Lorg (31) .. ...NOrmoadv 3-g3g

Dcvidson Plywood -6 Luuber Co. i2tj--' - ---Dicmon{ -w supply- -c o. ve ruon ) ti[1?]:t":-Bgl

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Slilf Luybe-r Co., Igt ({3) pLcqgqai g_ti96

rrvug l.-uEber cnd Moulding, -r*: l4l --- :. - .LOscu 5-5Ul

Ivlcple E_ros. (llh,iftier) ' .Wt-irri"i i-iOOi

S9chl, fobn W._.__tt Soa (23).. ...rXgjr"" S-8idi

Mcnla.,prlryood Co. (l). .ADcnt 0-6lgg

Iicolci Door_ .Mtg. Cgr. On.;d 8_5i2S

Prcilic. Lunber DeclerJ Supply C".; Inc-. -iH";i;; ciry) :...... ........zEilir usar; i;Eifl]Si

erogo[-wqsbugto! plywood Co...OBegoa g_3226

Scnpsoa Co. (Pcscdeac) nyffi l-6455

Sqnd Doo_r 6 P,lywood Co, (ll) .it;; i-i5ti

sinpiou Lgg_g-i"g Co. (2t).........pRogpcct 9{01

Soutbern Ccliloraiq Rusco Co.

-(_Sc9tg Anc)_-..... .:.,.. Klmberla 2-116

Ilaitod Stctcr Plywood Corp. (21)Blchn;;e i-d6ai

Uaitcd Stctos Plywood Coir.

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Wo:lcn Curton Mitl, lac. (22).. ANs;i;; i-giit

Wcst Coqrt Plywood Co. 03). Miiii"o g-iiii

Il.!t Coqrt Screen Co. (t) .......ADos l-ll0g

Vfcslcrr Mill 6 Mouldine Co. (2). t6t"i! 6-0i5i

Zeegmq! Plywood Co. (58) .......LAlcyette 0l?5