Long-Bell Makes Complete Lin eo] Knocked-Down, Carton-Packed Products

Early in 1931 the Long-Bell Lumber Sales Corporation carton packed the pieces necessary to construct a larvn or porch chair, and offered this product to retail lumber dealers at a most attractive price. From that modest beginning has grown a rather complete line of knocked-down, cartonpacked articles.

Because the back and seat angles of the chair were deterrnined by engineering skill and actual tests, rather than guesswork, it was so comfortable and its appearance so satisfactory dealers found readv sale for it. Following the chair in rapid order came a lawn or porch settee, a juvenile chair and a 3-legged lawn or porch table. These, as is true of all Long-Bell carton-packed products, are shipped with cars of Douglas Fir from Longview, Washington.

For years the company studied the manufacture of cutto-fit hog houses and hog feeders, but only in the last few months has it put out some of these products. They have found ready sale.

The illustration shows some of the smaller carton-packed products. There are practical and graceful flower boxes which are easy to assemble for they use a unique joint known as the U-Nite-It joint and not a single nail is required in assembling them. They are sold either with or without the brackets. Two bird houses are shown, one a trim little home with a bracket or hanger which is included in the carton'ivith the parts for the house. Two front pieces are furnished with this bird house, one of a size for wrens, the other for bluebirds or birds of similar size. A smaller house is a cozy little home for rvrens. Then there is an ottoman which can be used on the porch, on the lawn or in the home and serves well as a foot rest. child's seat. lalvn serving stand or luggage rack. This piece goes well with the lawn or porch chair.

Who would think of getting a fence out of a box? That is just exactly the case with the Long-Bell chain fence. It comes in knocked-down form packed in a Ponderosa Pine box. The links are made of Ponderosa Pine and Oak dowels. It is readily seen that this fence would be effective in service and add beauty to lawn or garden.

Most homes could use a wall shelf like the one shown in the illustration. This one employs the unique U-Nite-It joint and therefore the shelves and side pieces go together without nails. The shelf boards are grooved to hold plates so that the wall shelf can be used as a plate rack if desired. Another product is the good-looking and sturdy sand box which offers many h.ppy hours for the children. The sides of this box go together with the U-Nite-It joint. The floor and top boards are nailed.

Two other products not shown here are a package of trellis material from which a practically limitless number of attractive pieces of trellis can be built; and the newest Long-Bell carton-packed products known as U-Nite-It (patent pending) shelving and cabinets. These last are made up of stanclardized parts. The shelf parts are fitted together without the use of nails by the uniqne U-Nite-It joint so that the shelves may be any depth and sections added to obtain any desired length. With thesb standard parts almost any combination and size of shelving and cabinets can be built and it is possible to add new sections as desired. U-Nite-It accessories include back lining, deeper shelves, ledge or counter, plywood doors, pigeon hole arrangements, wide drawers and small drawers The average home does not have sufficient storage space, and the lack of it is a source of constant annoyance. U-Nite-It shelving and cabinets are especially adapted for use in kitchens and pantries. They can be used in the store, factory, warehouse, office and in the home in storerooms, attic, basement or garage. The company has a special piece of literature on this product, as well as on their other carton-packed articles.

These products are in keeping rvith the modern trend oi

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Plans for this attractive home can be furnished by the Lumbermen's Service Association

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This Column of "Wants" and "Don't Wants" is for:

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Married Man Desires Employment

For Sale

Planing MiLl Machinery for sale. All modcrn, new 3 yrcars ago. Los Angeles Planing Mill Co., 1800 Industrial St., Lc Angeles, Calif. Phone VAndike 8460.

Bookkeeper Wanted

Wanted: Experienced Burroughs Machine Bookkeeper for a retail lumber yard in Northern California, town of 3000 people. Steady employment. Answer to this magazine if you qualify. Box C-415, California Lumber Merchant.

Lumber Yard For Sale

For sale, lumber yard in Santa Clara Valley near San Jose. Long term lease on site and buildings. Stocks and equipment only for sale. Mill machinery and shop to go with lease. $15,000.00 will handle. Has always been a money maker. For full information address Box C-417, California Lumber Merchant.

Carton-Packed Products

(Continued from Page 32) merchandising in which the dealer seeks to handle items o{ ready sale, and ones that ser.r'e the customer because of the ease with which he can buy, handle and erect them. Thev are offered at a price which enables the dealer to meet ail com_p_etition. Dealers have found that they respond most re-adily to advertisinC ?ng sales promotion workl that they offer the yard force odd time employment in assembling ani painting them; that they are an jttractive source oicash rev€nue; that they help to create business not only for the articles themselves, but other business grows out of th. contacts made through their sale. Seldom is a sale of carton--packed_ products made but a sale of nails, screws, paint and paint brushes is also made.

Experience with the lawn and porch chair shows that many dealers have offered it either lnocked-down or assem_ bled, and some have ofiered it assembled and painted ready for use.- Again and,again it has been the expirience of the dealer that he has been surprised at the number of sales of these products--that he could make without a large amount of sales effort, and with a very moderate arrrouit of arlvertising.- These articles bring people to the lumber yard who would seldom visit it otherwise, and these people get an o.pportunity to see many of the other products which the lumber yard has to sell. Dealer and cuitomer have an opportunity to become acquainted, and very often the foun_ dation is laid for future and very profitable business.

Several years' experience Los Angeles lumber industry. Credit, Collections, Books, Properties. Flave auto. Honest, reliable and hard worker. Good references; will appreciate an interview. Address Box C-416. California Lumber Merchant.

Young Lady Desires Position

Experienced stenographer, bookkeeper, with knowledge of general office and detail work, five years wholesale lumber office, rapid, capable, desires position. Address Box C-418, California Lumber Merchant.

WANTS POSITION SUPERINTEN DENT_DETAILER-BI LLER

Planing mill, special and stock millwork, also store fixtures. Can draw up plans and specifications for residences, etc. Age 37. References. Address Box C-419, care California Lumber Merchant.

Position Wanted By Experienced Man

Wanted position. Twenty years' experience lumber and millwork, of;fice or outside. Thirty-eight years old, married, can furnish reference and bond. Hard worker. Address R. E. Stewart, 567 Lincoln Ave., Palo Alto. Calif.

Wanted

To lease small planing size of plant and C. E. Beebe, 261 N.

mill in Southern California. State equipment, also location. Write Hawthorne Blvd., Hawthorne, Cal.

B. C. Lumber Production Declines

Based upon estimates for the larger coast sawmills of British Columbia, lumber production during the first nine months of this year amounted to 826,6n,W board feet compared with 1,113,348,000 during the same period of 1930, a decline of over 25 per cent, states a report from Trade Commissioner E. G. Babbitt at Vancouver to the Lumber Division of the Department of Commerce.

Similarly, estimated shingle production covering practically all shingle mills in B. C. decreased nearly 24 per cent under the 1930 nine-month period.

Of the 49 larger coast mills with a weekly capacity of about 50,000,000 board feet of lumber, 22 mills were closed October 1, 1931. These closed mills represent about 48 per cent of the capacity of the 49 larger mills. Of the 32 reporting shingle mills only 20 were operating on October 31,1931.

Saw-log production in British Columbia for the January to September period amounted to 1,332,933,000 board feet, a decline of 29 per cent under the same nine-month period of last year.