Trruo Ve terans of the tv{ighty Forest

And Their Contribution To Comm Erce

-|HREE centuries and more, this giant Sugar Pine has grown upon Sierras' t slopes, maturing to that perfection for which this wood is famous. Ripened to the height of merchantable value, the sturdy woodsman, harvester of Nature's greatest crop, in turn completes his task. Follow then the processes of men and machines which transform this forest monarch into shapes and sizes for indusry and homes. C[Skill and pride too, enter into this ransformation, producing stock in millions of feet, using science in drying, c^re in handling and security in hous, ing against the day of loading for shipment. C[ Such is the magnitude, and such the spirit of the organization behind the forest products of Pickering in the Far West. Q Ready now for you in ample stocks, California White and Sugar Pine in Lap and Bungalow Siding, Finish,. Drain Boards, Mould. ing and Common Lumber-of texture, color and quality that creates only admiration. M"y we quote?

Survey on Short Length Lumber

Washin$ton, D. C., December 6th.-The su{v.ey report'on economies of short lengths'of'building lumber, prepared .by the construction sub-committee of the National Committee on Wood Utilization. of ,which Secretary of Commerce Elerbert Hoover is the chairman. has beeir received from the Government Printing Office in galley form, and will probably be ready for distribution about January 1.

The report shows that for the buildings studied (various types of dwellings and barns and other farm structures) 20 per cent of the lumber bill as an averag'e could have been taken off the plans in lengths of 1 to 7 f.eet, though in the actual bills'only Il per cent of this was'listed and mostly 7-loot. Following publication of the report a carnpaign of education will be inaugurated to get short lumber properly included.in building lumber bills, as this is the first step to getting it'actually ordered and used. It may be that the bidding lumber nterchant may not have the specified short lengths "and will figure them back into longer multiple lengths;rbut the lower price at which he can buy.the short lengths will gradually bring about their'actual stocking. With lumber properly listed in the bill the right way will becot'rte the easiest way.

Even'bifore its publication the report has already bee5r. responsible for one notable step in this direction. A letter has been received from Findley M. Torrence stating that the Ohio Association of Retail Lumbel Dealers of which he is'the secretary, and which has a strong'architectural department,,has already started to refigure for its considerable series of house plans all the lumber'bills to include the short odd-length material that the plans will take.

"We are inclined to feel." says. Mr. Torrence, "that this method of approaching the problem will ultimately bring about the desired economies. We expect though to encounter some resistance at the outset." Aty retailers, hoivever, can readiiy toii""rt thJ' shoii-l"tigttt. i"t"'tati!.length equivalents if rrecessary; while if the short lengths ,are'not p.ropelly taken off the plansiit is.irhposiible to do mor.e ihan guess ho*'..niirch o.1 in vilr,at assortrnent the plan 'mighttake. ',' .0'',,l .,' -:.

'It must be a rather sound.gospel that makes'converts before there is opportunity.to hear,it. In this instance, however, much of the'work of the'architectural department of the Ohio Associaiion is,done'by the lumber.ltudents at Antioch College, Yellow Spiings, Ohio; and these ,same students, under supervislon of Theodore F. Laist, its director of research irr lumber retailfng, assisted:in the large amount of survey,work which,into ihe shortJengths,repoit. . A supplementary report on end-matched shott building lumber is in preparation as it is recognized that this offers even greater economies than the use of ordinary short lumber ; and it is believed these,economies will eventually bring it into use for.all matched pdtterns, such as ceiling, drop ,siding and even sheathing and sub-flooring, in addition to the finish flooring rvhere it first appeared in softwoods.

LONGVIEW'INCREASES RIVER STIIPPING

Longview, Wash., Dec. IO.-Increased shipping on the Columbia River this year is due largely to this city; accord- 'ing to reports from Portland. The vesselsrbound out of the river for foreign ports during the first ten months of 'this year, acording to the report, already have exceeded the number for the entire year of 1925.

The report gives ,[62 carriers leaving the Columbia River ports for foreign destinations for the first ten months as against 404 last year. Due to ships flying foreign flags calling in Longview harbor,every week, a substantial percentage of .this increase'is dttributed'to foreign shipments of lumber from the Long-Bell Lumber Company docks and the activities at the public docks.