The California Lumber Merchant - December 1934

1. HERB KLASS '. MAX COOK 3. AL NOLAN 4. JIM FARLEY 5. JOHN KLASS 6. RED GRIMES 7. EDRIC BROWN 8. LEW BLINN 9. DICK JOHNSON 10. GUS HOOVER 11. LON GARRETT 19. GUS KRAMER

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Hogan Lunber Co.- --------- -----------------^------2t

Aberdeen Plywood Co.------------------- ---- -- ---. f

Accociated Lumber Mutualg----------------------------16

Bootstaver-Burns Lumber C,o.------..--------.--------21

Booth-Kelly Lumber- Go.,----------------

Brice & Floward Truc&ing C,o. ----------..-----------25

Broolmire, Inc.

California Builders Supply Co.----------------------I4

California Panel 6c Veneer Co.------------------17

California Redwood Associatiorr.-----------*----- 7

California Wholesde Lumber As3n---------------*

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Chamberlin & Co., W. R.-------------------------------21

Cooper Lumber Co., W. E.----,-------------------------21

Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co.------------------------2 I

Elliott Bay Sales Co.-------- -----------21

Hofmee Eureka Lumber Co.----------------------------21

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The Kingdey Company------------------------------------16

Koehl & Sons, Inc., Jno. V.-------------------------2L

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Lawrence-Philipr Lumber Co.----------------------21

Loop Lumber Company---.-------------------------------15

Lumbermen's. Credit Aesociation------------.-----25

McCormick Lumber Co., Chac. R.------------------13

MacDonald & Bergatrom, Inc.---------------------15

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THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDionne,prlt*hu

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How Lumber Looks

Reports from many sections of the country show that,_the lumber outlook in general is better. December is generally a quiet month but tolate the volume continues to hold up well and further improvement is looked for after the first of the year. Lumbet prices in the ezrstern markets are firming up. There is a better feeling in tfie California market and whole. sale pdces are fairly firm. The retail yards in most soction; of the state report that business is*bettet.

The lumber movement during t{re week ended December It 1934, was not only seasonably low but was also afiected by the Thanksgiving holiday. Repo,rts ttom 11249 mills to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association from regional associa'' tions covedng the operations of leading hardwood and soft' wood mills fo,r the week gave production as l)8$Olr0fi) feet; shipments 153'9181000 feet, and ordets 153r866,0fi) feet.

54E mills reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen'i Associa' tion for the wlek "tt-d.d D."ember I produced 75ro79r748 fent. New business for the week amounted to 75r8a9r722 feet, and shipments totaled 70r69lrfiD feet. Otders booked were one per cent over production, and shipments were 5.9 per cent under the cut.

The Western Pine A$ociation for the same week reported new business from 13t milts as 361772rOOO f.e*, shipments 35r' }O3rWO feet, and production 26r77lr0{J0 feet. Orders werc 37.7 above production-and 4.4 pr cent above shipiments. Shipments were 31.4 ovet production. *

The California Redwood Association for the week reported production from 1l mills as 6'19410{110 feet, shipments 5'371r(XX) feet, and new businesE 4?33'(fr0 f.et Orders on hand at these mills at the end of the 1eO *f" lEl2E'oOo feet.

377 hatdwood mills repo,rting for the wee& ended Decembet I gave new business ae 14975r(XX), or 19 per cent above production, and shipments 15r49Er000 feet, or 23 per cent above production. Producion was 12r551r(XX).

Unsold stocks on the public docks at Loc Angeles harbor for the week ended pecember 10 totiled 1'113'(X)O feet. Cargo arrivalc at this pott for the same week amounted to 11r5O4r00O feet, which included 15 cargoes of Fir totaling 10,491'fi)0 feet, and 3 cargoes of Redwood carrying 563rfiD feet. 63 vessels were operating in the coastwise lumber service otr December 10; 38 vessels were laid up.

MacDonald & Bergstrohr Inc. Elected Association President

New Wholesale Firm

A new entry in the Southern California lumber market is the recently organized firm of MacDonald & Bergstrom, Inc., with offices at 733 Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles. Their telephone number is PRospect 7194.

L. W. MacDonald and C. A. Bergstrom are widely known to the lumber industry on the Pacific Coast, where they have a host of friends. Both have been connected with the wholesale lumber business in Southern California for many years, and prior to that they followed the lumber business in the Northwest and have many excellent sawmill contacts. Their varied experiences have given them a thorough knowledge of all.phases of the producing and merchandising ends of the business.

The Wm. H. Andersen Lumber.Co. of Portland will act as Northern representative for MacDonald & Bergstrom, Inc. Mr. Anderson has been in the wholesale lumber business in Portland for the past sixteen years, where he is held in high esteem by the sawmill fraternity and will make an excellent buyer for the MacDooald & Bergstrom organization.

At a meeting of the trustees of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association held at Portland, Ore., on November 22, President E. W. Demarest of Tacoma, and SecretaryManager, W. B. Greeley of Seattle, submitted their resignations. Vice-President F. R. Titcomb of Tacoma was elected president by the board for the remainder of the present term. Mr. Titcomb was also elected to succeed Mr. Demarest as a member of the Lumber Code Authority. A. E. Mclntosh l1'as named as Mr. Titcomb's alternate on the Lumber Code Authority. Colonel Greeley's resignation was tabled but he was granted a vacation from December 8 to January 8.

These events were the result of the controversy in the membership o.f the Association regarding cost-protection prices in the Lumber Code. Mf. Demarest and Mr. Greeley have been in favor of the code cost-protection prices while a majority of the trustees recently declared against the policy. Representatives of the West Coast Division will present their views against the minimum price provisions at. the NRA hearing at Washington beginning December 11.

Weyerhoeuser odvertising contlnueg 3.. complele Promotionol Plons the

O FHA activities are clicking. Modernizing sales are already 4to/6 a\ed of last year!

The movement continues, snowballing into greater and greater volume week by week. Even cold weather hasn't checked remodeling activities. Right now, tbe Housing Adminis$ation is sending out trained men to Promote special winter selling through every state and regional ofrce in the country.

Weyerhaeuser, too, is doing its share by leading offwith its own intensive promotional campaign. The heavy barrage of Weyerhaeuser advertising that began last month continues. Full-page ads are selling 4-SQUARE Lumber to architbcts, contractors, bankers, credit agencies, real estate managements, ProPerty maintenance men everywhere-all the key men in the Better Housing Program.

Within the next 3o days, 4-SQUARE Lumber Dealers will receive still more assistance. Complete selling plans and sales helps are now being printed. Lumbermen who have seen this material, enthusiastically call it the most comprehensive program that has been developed for cashing in on the Better Housing Movement.

WEYERHAEUSER, SALES F]R,ST NATIONAT BANK BUItDING. ST. PAUt, MINNE9OTA

V.sabond Editorials

By Jack Dionne

fn a few more days we shall again celebrate the birthday of a certain simple Carpenter who walked and worked, lived and love4 preached and prayed on the green hills of Galilee'

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Just a simple country Carpenter, but One whose words were lighted by a fife eternal; and whose works matched His words. He was truly one person who practiced atl He preached. *{.{.

Only once do we find Him saying-"1 will give you an example"-and that was when he was doing the work of a servant, for truly FIe came "not to be ministered unto, but to minister." **r<

I remember in this column just a year ago today I suggested to my readers to take off their blinkers and get acquainted with this remarkable Carpenter, just as a Christmas present to themselves. For you will find Him to be quite a fellow; not the "man of sorrows," but the laughingest, happiest, most attractive, most astounding "personality" that ever walked this earth.

An indescribably ,"*"Jo"Jr" l"tto*, and surely a most thoroughly mis-read, mis-understood, mis-quoted, mis-described one. When Bruce Barton calls Him in his fine book on the Carpenfsl-"Jhs Man Nobody Knows"-he gives a perfect description. ***

If f were to search the words of the Carpenter today for the finest Christmas text I know of, unquestionably I would turn to Verse 13, Chapter 15, of the Book of John and quote those matchless and deathless words: "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.''

Many men with ,rr" pri""rlrrio. o, words have turned their pens to the depicting of the sacrament of Friendship; but all other words fall into unseen background in comparison with this inspired declaration of the Carpenter. Many of His most inspiring declarations are to be found in two or more of the Gospels. But only John, the writer who spoke little of parables but seemed to concentrate particularly on quoting beautiful words and phrases of the Master, gives us this priceless thing.

For we who have passed the crest of the hill of life, and find ourselves on that side of the ridge where the shadows are ever pointing toward the West, come to appraise the sacrament of Friendship at a far higher rate than during the earlier years of life. As our hairs become thinner, or grayer at the temples, and as the measuring stick of life's values change in our hands, our friends and our friendships become dearer to us.

This development is accelerated and accentuated by the inexorable application of that great Law of Average which steps in at all-too-frequent intervals and strikes down one after another of those friends we hold dear. Every Christmas finds our list of friends smaller than the previous year. One by one they drop from that circle our hearts hold dear. And, as each one drops, we turn with intuitively increased affection to that lessened number which remains. ***

During the earlier years, life is a mystery, death is a faroff thing, friendships are not imbedded so rock-ribbed in the inner recesses of the heart and soul, and the loss of a friend is a wound soon healed over. But during the later years of life when human values have become so vastly different, the loss of a friend creates a void that is never filled.

What better thought ;J; entertain at this Christmas season than one of rejoicing and thanking God for friends and for friendship? Rejoicing for those who have gone before-who since last Christmas have answered that solemn roll-call-and for those who still remain to cheer and bless us. For those who have gone, let us rejoice that they WERE here, that we knew and loved them and enjoyed the blessing of their friendship; and for those that are still here, why not plan to see them oftener, to serve them better, and derive the biggest.possible return from now on from communion with them? ***

What is friendship? To me it means understanding, loyalty, and helpfulness. Friendship is not a passive thingor should not be. It should be an active, sleepless intent and purpose to do something for that other fellow. I know men-have been blessed by the trust of men-who absolutely amaze me by their high concept of the dutles and responsibilities of a friend. A friend, to such men as I men-

tion, is one whom you keep ever in your thoughts and seek continually for some opportunity to serve and help and boqst and assist in any possible way.

The man who has that concept of friendship, never lacks friends. How could he? I know of no better method of keeping that boy inside of you alive, than by working at your friendships. For that boy in you-that boy in every man-is essentially a friendly, happy fellow. And, when you keep your friendships alive and active, you keep him alive.

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Talk about an ideal Christmas and New Year pledgehere's one for all of us: "I PLEDGE MYSELF FOR THE NEXT YEAR TO BE A BETTER FRIEND TO ALL MY FRIENDS THAN I HAVE EVER BEEN BEFORE " Take your friendships seriously. Put them to work. Be a useful, helpful, understanding, loyal friendbut above all else, be an ACTIVE friend, and keep your friendships well practiced up.

Friendliness, tolerance, fellowship, interest in others, -a determination to be joyful and keep those you contact cheered up-these are the things that keep that boy in you alive and h"ppy; and the finest of these is friendship.

I've always liked the words of an old man I used to know who seemed to make it his eternal business everywhere he went to do something for someone, keep others cheered up, and make other people happy. Someone said to him one day-"What return do you get for all that you do for others?" And, he answered grinningly-"I'm just working for a big funeral." t**

Just clip this little rhyme-the authorship of which I have no idea-and paste it where you can look at it many times a day as you work:

I'd rather have it said of me

When this old journey's through, That on my way I tried to be A friend to all I knew,

Than have it said I gathered gold, And then have voices fall

Because they knew when that was said That they had said it all:

I'd gladly pass along my way

When my time comes to die

If everybody said of me

ffe was a friendly guy.

CALIFORNIA RED\TOOD SHINGLES FOR OVER-ROOFING

\Uhen d new roof is needed, new California Redwood Shingles can be applied risht over the old shingles, sdving the expense of removins the old root dnd the litter of old shingles in the yard below.

Another important odvanta ge ol over-roofing is the greater insulation dgdinst heat and cold provided by the double layer of shinsles dnd the air spdc€s in between.

Protcgts P\(/A Proporal Bateg Smith New Manager for MacDonald & Harrington

The following telegram signed by Spencer D. Baldwin, President of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Asso. ciation, and addressed to Hon. Jas. A. Moffett, Federal Housing Administrator, was released from Association headquarters in Washington, November 26, and a copy sent to President Roosevelt, "as a matter of information."

"Press reports indicate that Public Works Administration is seriously considering recommendations to President for expenditures of vast sums of money for low cost housing throughout the country. I would urge you to immediately impress upon the President the sericius results if such a program is adopted. Such a program adv.ocated at this time just when your housing program is being launched and after months of efiort on your part to successfully build up the cooperation of the financial institutions will destroy all the good work you have done, and private capital will become indisposed to come forward and uncertainty and demoralization will result. The proposal of the Public Works Administration will prove disastrous to the whole housing program and will impair existing real estate values and demoralize the mortgage financial field generally with serious effect to investment companies. The National Housing Act has afforded us a iound policy to work on and this should be followed through in a sane and orderly way. Our National Organization together with dozens of other National Associations of building materials, aS well as the American Federation of Labor, the National Real Estate Boards and the American Banking Association have heartily endorsed the housing program which you are now intelligently working out and these organizations are behind you and have faith in your ability to bring us the results we so urgently need. The present act is not a makeshift legislation but is the Administration's o'iryn plan, brought forth after months of investigation by the National Emergency Council through months of consultation and contact with experts in the financial and building field. This Act was accipted by the Congress and adopted into law only after thorough consideration and pledges of support, by these organizations and Congress was convinced this was a sound policy which would provide work for tradesmen and the use of materials and supplies without further expenditure of vast sums by the Government and the President himself was solidly behind the plan. If PWA proposal is permitted to develop, private industry cannot compete with the Government and the value of millions of homes purchased through thrift and savings of millions of our citizens will be depreciated. As I advised you on November first, on which day you launched the program under Title Two for New Construction, you were just about two months ahead of conservative estimates of the time in which this could be done and you have done a good job. During the first twenty days of this month you have been completing your plans for immediate cooperation of the private lending institutions. This now seems assured for the immediate future. The results you have given us are highly gratifying, many of our dealers having cashed in already and optimistically looking forward to increased business. Our surveys show a tremendous interest in new home building, there is a great demand from citizens who own building lots or have the cash to make the first payment and now with the banks qualifying for insurance under Title Two and the assurance of the American Banking Association which has pledged its full cooperation, there can be no doubt as to the success of the Housing Act if you are not defeated by other unworkable proposals. The National Retail Lumber Dealers Association with a membership of 23,000 retail lumber dealers throughout the United Stites, is behind you 100 per cent and offers the facilities of this

A. W. "Bates" Smith has been appointed manager of the Ircs Angeles office of MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd.

Wendell Brown, formerly with J. R. Hanify Co., Los Angeles, will be associated with him.

Mr. Smith, formerly owner of A. W. Smith Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is very well known to the trade in Los Angeles and Southern California.

MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., have been in the lumber business in Los Angeles for the past 15 years, supplying the rail and cargo trade. Their offices are at 628 Petroleum Securities Building.

\(/estern Pine Agsociatlon Active in Forestry Wo*

Washington, D. C., Nov. 27.-"Typical of the energetic manner in which all Pacific Coast lumber manufacturer organizations have taken hold of the forestry practice program," according to Lofton S. Wesley, assistant to the secretary of the Lumber Code Authority, "is the comprehensive set-up in the Western Pine Association for carrying out the provisions of the Forest Conservation provisions of the Lumber Code."

A report in the matter from S. V. Fullaway, Jt., secretary-manager of the Association, received by the Lumber Code Authority this week, said: "The work in the Western Pine Division is in charge of a Divisional Forest En. gineer, and we have men devoting full time to this work in the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Arizona-New Mexico. This means we have seven men devoting their entire time to Schedule "C" work, and in addition one man in the office gives some assistance to the Divisional Forest Engineer. These eight men have all had not only forestry training, but actual forest experience. In addition to these, the Western Pine Association has four others on the staff who have had forestry training and forestry work."

BACK FROM NORTHWEST TRIP

James L. Hall, San Francisco, returned November 28 from an automobile tour of the Northwest on which he was accompanied by Mrs. Hall. He visited the mills which he represents in Northern California, and called on a great many old acquaintances and friends. He reports a much improved feeling all the way up the Coast.

Mr. and Mrs. Hall visited Vancouver, B. C., and also made an interesting side trip by boat to Ocean Falls, B. C., 300 miles north of Vancouver.

organization and the support of their rnembers in the furtherance of your good work. Please use your good offices with the President to discourage this proposal which necessarily must check reemployment on the edge of winter and retard the general recovery he has so valiantly strived for."

Speed [p ]c@ueJt/ . . . take adrantage of th Piencer-F$ntkote lon - leoursc tinance

Plan . . . Help your customers repair rnd modernize their home$.

lo delay , . . money loaned at llll rates . . . your opportunity to sell roofing and othrr luilding products t0U! . . . yorr customers crn finance their iob lhrough this plan rnd bring profils to you

Timber Conservation Board Advise Divisional LCA Reprerentatives

Lumber Stocks Should be Reduced Accorded NRA

Washington, D. C., Nov. 29.-In a report to the Secretary of Commerce which says that "complications" including "secret violations" of established minimum cost-protection prices, in the lumber industry have been "constantly aggravated by excessive stocks and continuing over-protection", the Lumber Survey Committee of the U. S. Timber Conservation Board recor-nmends that stocks on hand at the mills be reduced 1,400,000,000 feet. The recommendation is based on stocks on hand at the mills as of October l,1934, which totalled 8,352,0m,000 feet, as against 7,693,000,000, October 1, 1933. Consumption has increased only 2 per cent in 1934 over 1933.

The report declares that the lumber industry "should be a large beneficiary of increased public and private a'ctivity in housing, repair, remodeling and construction," but adds that the participation of the lumber industry in the national housing promotion has been "generally inconspicuous and inadequate." "Non-compliance with code provisions," it asserts, "would have been much less acute had the slackening of demand and the continued over-production in some regions not forced an unusually sharp competition."

Need of Stimulating Consumption

Pointing 'out that the industry is continuing to lose markets in some directions, although gaining in others, the Committee states that "the importance of code organiza' tion, compliahce and enforcement should not obscure the urgency of 'stimulating lumber demand and consumption."

' Calling attention to the fact that average wholesale lumber prices as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are at only 82.3 per cent of 1926 levels, "an average level relatively lower than any other major building material reported by the Bureau," the Board points out that national lumber production in 1934 is estimated at approximately 16,000,000,000 feet, as against 14,000,000,000 in 1933, with consumption at about 15,500,000,000. It is explained that in many regions the excess of stocks is largely, and in some instances solely, in grades and items for which there is little demand, with a shortage existing in others. "At no time since the war has there been so large a percentage of 'frozen' or slow-moving stocks, nor so unbalanced an assortment of customary grades and items."

Hand-to'Mouth Buying

The Committee points to the fact that retail distributors show an increasing disposition to buy hand to mouth, thus forcing the sawmills and distributing yards to carry a larger proportion of the national lumber supply than formerly; and that because of this condition a ratio of stocks on hand to annual shipments greater than the corresponding ratio in 1929 by 35 per cent represents a reasonably stable lalance between production and consumption for the industry as a whole. The Committee notes that conditions may be irnproved by exchange of stocks, throug the establishment of mutual organizations for the sale and distribution of lumber, and by agreements, approved by the President, under Section 4 of the NRA.

The Lumber Survey Committee appointed on July 9,

Approval

Washington, D. C., Nov. 30.-The National Industrial Recovery Board today announced recognition of the following as duly elected members of the Code Authority for the lumber and timber products industries:

Members-at-Large-A. W. Clapp, St. Paul, Minn.; C. C. Sheppard, Louisiana-Central Lumber Co., Clarks, La.; W. M. Ritter, W. M. Ritter Lumber Co., Columbus, O.; and Wilson Compton, Washington, D. C.

To Represent Wholesalers-May Myers, Nicola, Stone & Myers, Cleveland.

To Represent Retailers-Ilomer Ballinger, Washington, D. C.

To Represent Exporters-L. E. Force, Douglas Fir Exploitation & Export Co., Seattle, Wash.

Cypress Division-M. L. Fleishel, Putnam Lumber Co., Shamrock, Fla.

Hardwood Division-C. Arthur Bruce, E. L. Bruce Co., Washington, D. C.; E. B. Ford, The Mengel Co., New Orleans, La.; Fred Bringardner, Bringardner Lumber Co., Lexington, Ky.; C. A. Goodman, Sawyer-Goodman Co., Marinette, Wis., and W. H. Walker, McMinnville, Tenn.

Northern Pine Division-Sherman Coy, Northwest Paper Co., Cloquet, Minn.

Northern Hemlock Division-Ralph Hines, Edward Hines Lumber Co., Chicago.

Northeastern Softwbod Division-R. G. Brownell. Central Pennsylvania Lumber Co., Sheffield, Pa.

Redwood Division-C. R. Johnson, IJnion Lumber Co., San Francisco, Calif.

Southern Pine Division-H. Dixon Smith, Columbus, Ga.; Charles Green, Eastman Gardiner and Co., Laurel, Miss., and E. L. Kurth, Angeline County Lumber Co., Keltys, Texas.

West Coast Logging and Lumber Division-John D. Tennant, Long-Bell Lumber Sales Corp., Longview, Wash.; E. W. Demarest, Pacific National Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash.; Joseph Irving, Everett, Wash., and Grant Murphy, Murphy Gardner Lumber Co., Stayton, Oregon.

Western Pine Division-R. R. Macartney, Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co., Klamath Falls, Oregon; B. W. Lakin, McCloud River Lumber Co., McCloud, Calif.; Walter Johnson, San Francisco, Calif., and W. E. Moore, Pondosa Pine Lumber Co., Elgin, Oregon.

1931, consists of 'fhomas S. Holden, Vice President, F. W. Dodge Company, New York; M. W. Stark, Economist, Chicago, Il1.; Calvin Fentress, Chairman of the Board, Baker, Fentress &'Company, Chicago, Ill.; Wilson Conipton, Secr€tary and Manager, National Lumber' Manufacturers Association, and Axel H. Oxholm, Chief, Forest Products.Division; Department of Commerce. This Committee serves voluntariiy in cooperation with the work of the Timber Conservation Board in its study of the economic situation in the forest products industries.

NRA to Hold Hearing on Door Redwood Road Planks in Good Price Coordination Condition Alter 24 Yeaw

Washington, D. C., Dec. 3.-NRA has announced that a public hearing will be held December 17, at the Carlton Hotel in Washington, beginning at 2 p.m., on the Lumber Code Authority's application for revision of present minimum price schedules affecting the relationship between Southern yellow pine, spruce, redwood, Douglas fir and cypress doors. Present schedules are contained in Lumber Code Authority Bulletins No. 22, Vol. II, and No. 35, Vol. II.

The proposed revision would alter the discount differentials as between 'Western Ponderosa pine house doors and house doors of Douglas fir, spruce, yellow pine and redwood so that no difference in discounts would exist.in the No. 3 grade; discounts in No. 2 grade Douglas fir, spruce, yellow pine and redwood would be no more than one point longer than those for Ponderosa pine, and discounts in No. I grade would be no more than two points longer.

The present authorized discounts cover all doors in the species named, granting Douglas fir, spruce, yellow pine and redwood two points longer discount in No. 3, two and one-half points longer in No. 2, and three points longer in No. 1.

Copies of LCA Bulletin, Volume II, Number 22, may be obtained from the Douglas Fir Door Manufacturers Association, 510 Tacoma Bldg., Tacoma, Washington; copies of LCA Bulletin, Volume II, Number 35, may be obtained from the National Door Manufacturers Association, 28 E. Jackson Blvd., Chicago, Il1.; copies of both bulletins may be obtained from the Lumber Code Authority, 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C., or the National Recovery Administration, X)7 16th Street, N.'W., Washington, D. C. Copies of the proposed revision of said prices may be obtained from the Lumber Code Authority or the National Recovery Administration.

LEAVES FOR EAST

Harry W. Cole, Code executive for the Redwood Division, left San Francisco December 3 to attend the meeting of the directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in Chicago, December 6, 7 and 8 and the gneeting of the Lumber Code Authority in Washington, D. C.. December 10.

Used to surface the road between Crescent City and Requa in 1910, Redwood planks were found to be in a good state of preservation when they rvere taken up recently when the new nine-mile "highline" unit of the Redwood Highway, south of Crescent City was being constructed.

The routing of the realigned sector follows the alignment of the original "puncheon" road, construction of which was completed in 1895.

These planks were removed when the new alignment was commenced, and were utilized in the highway embankment as log fills. It was estimated that the planks contained enough lumber to build.725 six-room houses.

LCA Committee on Quantity Discounts

Washington, D; C., Nov. 27.-Appointments and acceptances of memberships on the Special Committee on Quantity Discounts, authcirized by the LCA National Control Committee September 25, have been completed, with the committee personnel as follows: Don Lawrence, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Spokane, Wash., chairman; E. L. Kurth, Angelina County Lumber Co., Keltys, Texas; C. D. Hudson, secretary, National Wooden Box Association, Washington, D. C.; Landon C. Bell, W. M. Ritter Lumber Co., Columbus, O.; R. E. Seeley, Puget Sound Associated Mills, Seattle, Wash.; J. C. Collier, Carr, Ryder & Adams Co., Dubuque, Ia.; Harold S. Crosby, Trade Practices Department, Lumber Code Authority, Secretary.

The committee has been directed to make a study of the problems and status of 100 per cent woodwork industries and commercial box plants with respect to the purchase of lumber, including consequences both favorable and unfavorable of discounts from basic wholesale prices, and the practicability of any system of pricing which would avoid or limit the necessity of discounts. A report of the committee's findings will be made at the special meeting of the Lumber Code Authority, opening its sessions in Washington, December 10.

MY FAVORITE

By Jack Dionne

not guarrnteed--Some I have told

STORIES

for 20 years---Some less No Armadillo

He was a half-grown colored boy in the deep Sabine River pine tree country of East Texas. He was coming home from hunting, a single-barrel shotgun over his shoulder, two cur dogs at his heels, and a broad smile of selfsatisfaction on his face. For he carried in his good right hand a big armadillo he had shot.

The white man, passing, saw the armadillo and stopped

At

All

"Boy, what are you going to do with that?"

"Cap'n," said the happy colored one, "We'se fixin' to eat it fo' Thanksgivin' dinnah."

"You're going to eat an armadillo?" asked the white man' incredulously.

"Cap'n," said the darkey, distress in his voice; "disheah ain't no armadilledisheah is a spote model possum."

Exposition Building Program atSash and Door Wholesalers

San Diego Progressing Rapidly Hold Golf Tournam€nt

The building program at the California Pacific International Exposition, the $10,000,000 international undertaking, which will open at San Diego on May 29, is making rapid progress.

Hundreds of men are at work in 1,40Gacre Balboa Park, with nearly a score of new exhibit palaces going up. Ground was recently broken for the Villages of the World, fun zone of the exposition. Leveling of a huge area for construction of five massive buildings is under way. Work on the 15 buildings of the "House of Pacific Relations" group is nearing completion.

New structures to be erected, for which plans have already been prepared, include the Palaces of Transportation, Electricity, Business Machinery, Varied Industry, Hall of Photography, several special buildings to contain individual displays, and others. Many will be larger than some of the huge buildings already erected in Balboa Park.

Restoration of the scores of magnificent structures in the park is nearly completed. Decoration of the interiors will begin shortly. This will be followed by the installation of exhibits.

The interest shown by leading businesses is growing rapidly as indicated by the increase in space reservations. Representatives in the New York, Chicago and San Francisco offices report a growing enthusiasm, which forebodes the success of the Exposition.

Twenty-three nations have pledged their participation in the Exposition. Many are planning extensive exhibits to augment their activities in connection with the "House of Pacific Relations." Departments in charge of various special phases of the Exposition are being organized. Work on the program has been under way for several months, with special days and events being arranged throughout the 167 days of the spectacle.

The Wholesale Sash and Door Association of Southern California held a golf tournament at the,Potrero Golf & Country Club, Inglewood, on Tuesday afternoon, December 4. Tom Walker, Pacific Wood Products Corp., Los Angeles, and Marshall Deats, Deats Sash & Door Co., Los Angeles, were tied for low gross honors and will play off the tie at an early date for possession of the Association trophy. Following the tournament, dinner was served at the club house.

Leo Rosenberg, Hipolito Company, Los Angeles, and A. W. Koehl, John W. Koehl & Son, Inc., Los Angeles, were the winners of the trophy at the other Association tournaments. To gain permanent possession of the trophy, it must be won three times.

San Francisco Building Permits

San Francisco building permits for November totaled ff347,761f.or 421permits. A slight gain was shown in alteration work and in residential building over November a year ago. Permits in November, 1933, amounted to $3,561,629, of which more than $3,000,000 was for public work including the Federal Office Building.

VISITS HEAD OFFICE

Jim Justice, of the Portland office of the Hammond Lumber Co., recently spent several days at the company's head office in San Francisco.

ATTENDS NATIONAL MEETING

A. C. Horner, consulting engineer, National Lumber Manufacturers Association, San Francisco, attended the lneeting of the board of directors of the Association held in Chicago, December 6 to 8.

Retailers Recommend Over-Roofing

Most of the retail lumbermen are alive to the advantages of over-roofing, the up-to-date method of applying new shingles over the old ones on a roof in need of repair, according to J. W. "Jack" Williams, se,cretary of the California Redwood Association.

"Over-roofing with California Redwood shingles has been proved to be practical and desirable," Mr. Williarns states, "and lumber dealers are recommending it to their prospects all over the ,country.

"One big advantage is the greater insulation against heat and cold given by the double layer of shingles, and the air spaces in between the layers. The insulation against summer heat can be measured by a thermometer, and dollars and cents are saved by the extra protection against heat loss in the winter.

"Another advantage is the saving in the expense and labor of removing the old shingles. The new shingles are nailed right over the old roof, and there is no litter of old shingles in the yard below.

"The house is protected from rain during the process of over-roofing, and when the work is finished the double roof gives double protection against damagg by hail, rain, snow or wind.

"Redwood shingles are light in weight, so that no strengthening of the roof is necessary.

"fn over-roofing the old shingles should be cut back at

Ghristmas Greetings from the Ghas. R. McGormick lumber Go.

For the reason that this year has been a better ye.ar for us all. . . the Christmas spirit we spread among ourselves should hold a deeper and happier meaning.

the eaves. On the rake of the roof they should be cut back about two inches, and a strip of Redwood 1"x7' S4S nailed in place so as to form a straight edge.

"As the old metal valley is usually deteriorated, furring strips should be laid in valley and new valley metal laid in place. Old ridge and hip shingles should be removed. Nerv flashings at chimneys, dormers and other necessary places should be installed. To simplify nailing position of sheathing should be located when shingles on rake are removed.

"A longer nail is necessary for over-roofing. The 5d hotdipped zinc coated nail is the right size to use. Since a roof made from wood shingles of any species can last only as long as the nails used in its constru,ction, it is important that proper nails be used."

BACK FROM L. A. TRIP

Fred S. Palmer, manager of the Pine department, Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, was back at his desk December 10 from a business trip to Los Angeles, where he conferred with Robt. Forgie, the company's representative there.

BUYS PARTNER:S INTEREST

A. W. Shopke, Shopke & Burke Lumber Co., Mountain View, re'cently purchased his partner's interest in the busiNESS.

LUMBER CAREERS Harry V/. Cole

Born in Quebec, Canada, Harry W. Cole has had a prominent part in the development of the California Redwood industry for more than 26 years. His father was a lumberman, so it seemed natural that Mr. Cole after leavittg college should turn to the lumber business as a life vocation.

In 1908 he came to California as vice president and general manager oi The Little River Redwood Company, representing a group of

Canadian stockholders in that concern. He remained in that capacity until January, 1931, when The Little River Redwood Company was merged with the Redwood interests of the Hammond Lumber Company, forming the Hammond & Little River Redwood Company, at which

DEE ESSLEY IN WASHINGTON

D. C. Essley, secretary, Retail Lumber & Building Material Code Authority, San Francsico, left December 6 for Washington, D. C., to attend a meeting of the national executive committee of the Retail Lumber & Building Material Code Authority as proxy for Elmore King, National Code Authority member.

J. B. McKeon is taking Mr. Essley's place as acting secretary in his absence.

time he assumed the duties of vice president of the consolidated company, a position he still holds.

For ten years he was president of the Humboldt Stevedore Company of Eureka, the organization of the associated mills of Humboldt County.

He took a very active part in preparing an NRA Code for the Redwood industry, and many of his suggestions are embodied in the approved Code. When the Code became effective and the California Redwood Association was selected as the administrative agency for the Redwood Division, Mr. Cole was selected as president of the California Redwood Association and Code Executive for the Redwood Division.

He was married in Ottawa, Canada, and is the father of two daughters, Harriet and Claire. He lives in San Rafael, is of a studious nature, and does a lot of reading. He speaks French as a natural result of his early life in Quebec. He is a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason. His main hobby is trap-shooting, at which he possesses more than ordinary skill.

He is a director of the State Chamber of Commerce.

In his capacity as Code Executive of the Redwood Division he has had to spend a good deal of his time in Washington in connection with Code matters. This work coupled with his Redwood Association duties and his private interests make him a very busy man, but he has a large capacity for work and thrives on it.

GLENN HARRINGTON VISITS L. A.

Glenn M. Harrington, president, MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., San Francisco, was back in his office December 10 after spending a week in Los Angeles on business.

SHINGLE QUOTA AGAIN INCREASED

The Lumber Code Authority has added another 100,000 squares to the last quarter production quota for Red Cedar shingles, the second increase within a period of 30 days.

Hany Y. Cole

L. A. Housing Drive Shows Many San Francisco

New Building Prospects

Prospective construction figures disclosed at the end of the second week of the Los Angeles New and Better Housing Program showed new construction as $6,325,000 and modernization and repairs as $1,234,800. These figures were based on 56,234 contacts and 30,467 questionnaires turned in by property owners and tenants.

Analysis of the survey showed that 5,179 owners contemplated repairs, and repairs suggested by 6,882 tenants. New construction prospects totaled 1,268.

Henry S. MacKay, Chairman of the Los Angeles housing campaign, has announced that Samuel Lunden, architect; Fred Ortman, Gladding-McBean & Co., and Hugh Wilbur, Pioneer-Flintkote Company, would comprise a committee to complete the arrangements for the housing show and exposition to be held in Los Angeles in January.

San Jose Housing Campaign

Officials of San Jose's Better Housing Program announced December 4 that more than $625.000 had been pledged for home modernization and ,"piir. in the canvass now being condu'cted there.

A goal of $1,250,000 has been set for the campaign, which is under the direction of A. G. Du Brutz.

Nears Goal

San Francisco's Chamber of Commerce Better Housing program was within less than $4OO,000 of its goal on December 10, with a total of $1O,6O3,46O of pledges for modernization and repair.

The San Francisco program was described by James A. Moffett, federal housing administrator, before the board of the United States Chamber of Commerce, recently, as "the most outstanding in the whole country."

Palo Alto Housing Drive

Up to December 8, $78,540 had been pledged in the Palo Alto Housing Drive by 197 property owners, according to the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce, which is directing the campaign.

lnjured In Auto Crash

Charles R. Wilson, sales engineer, Chas. R. McCormick Lumber Co., San Francisco, was back in his office December 3 affer being confined to his home for two weeks as a result of injuries sustained when his car struck a concrete pole on the evening of November 18. The accident was due to the position of the pole in the center of the road, without proper lighting or protection, and the fact that there was a heavy rainstorm'.at the time. His three passengers were seriously injured.

Pole add Pihns Subdivision Ask For Cost Protection Priceg

Washington, D. C., Nov. 28.-Following action by its Resident Committee the Lumber Code Authority has transmitted to NRA, without recommendation, a petition of the 'Western Red and Northern White Cedar Subdivision of the Pole and Piling Division for the establishment of minimum prices based on reasonable costs for the products of that subdivision, submitting at the same time a schedule of f.o.b. mill prices as proposed by the subdivision and reviewed by the Costs and Prices Department of the Authority. Included in the file sent to NRA was a staternent showing Western red cedar pole stocks on hand December 31, 1933, estimates of poles produced for the years 19281933 inclusive, together with data for the firsi six months oI 1934 taken from cumulative reports for periods indicated.

The Lumber Code Authority has asked that if NRA approved the petition it be made effective four days after date of approval, with opportunity for filing protests within 15 days.

The petition declares the subdivision is confronted with an emergency demanding cost protection for checking destructive competitioir on its products, and recites the following in support of that contention:

(") Annual sales of poles in 1932-282,06; 1933-345, 000.

(b) fnventory of poles as of January l,1934 was approximately 353,000.

(") The inventory necessary to maintain an assortment for current trade is approximately 600,000.

(d) The Subdivision as of January I was burdened with a surplus of over 350,000 poles and the inventory to date has been only slightly reduced.

(.) The market price quoted on poles currently shows a range of from 20 to 80 per cent between the low and the high, and there are instances where poles have actually been given away.

(f) A cost analysis prepared by Ernst & Ernst shows current'costs above today's maximum selling price.

The subdivision asks no coordiriation of prices with those in competing species, pointing out that it is agreeable to the establishment of reasonable costs and minimum prices on its produ'cts without requiring the same for competing species, in view of the fact that the principal cus-

tomer of its producers has a policy of allocating different sections of the country to different species, and because there are many other uSers of poles who specify cedar only.

The petition had been previously disapproved by the Coordinating Committee of the Pole and Piling Division with the explanation that regardless of the subdivision's present position pressure might be brought to bear in the future on the other subdivisions forcing them to establish cost and price regulations based on established costs and prices of the Western Red and Northern White Cedar Subdivisions. Objections to the petition also had been made by the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company on the following grounds:

(a) Full length treated Yellow Pine poles do CO per cent or more of the pole business in competitive markets and cannot be price controlled because wood-preservers are not subject to Lumber Code.

(b) Chestnut pole competition is not cost protected.

(.) Cypress poles, lodge pole and Douglas fir poles are not cost protected.

(d) Sixty per cent or more of the present Cedar pole domestic inventory has been imported from Canada.

(.) Price control without control of production and imports would cr'eate an impossible situation.

\(/, T. Wallace

William True Wallace, salesman for the Hammond Lumber Company, diel at his home in Stockton of a heart attack, December 5.

Mr. Wallace was born in Mendocino City, Calif., 57 years ago, and was connected with the lumber industry all of his business life. Before becoming associated with the Hammond Lumber Company in 1928 he was with the Albion Lumber Company.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nellie Wallace of Stockton; two sisters, Mrs. R. E. Caldwell, Richmond, and Mrs. Jerome Rafter, Eureka, and a brother, Thomas S. Wallace, Eureka.

Funeral services were held at Fort Bragg on Saturday, December 8. Interment was at Mendocino City.

FRANCIS TANN VISITS S. F.

Francis Tann, secretary of the California Redwood Split Products Association, was recently a visitor to San Francisco on business of the Association. Mr. Tann is also manager of M. F. Mitchell & Co., Carlotta, manufacturers of Redwood shingles and split products.

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ATTENDS CODE MEETING

H. W. Bunker, president, Coos Bay Lumber Co., San Francis'co, attended the NRA hearing in Washington, December 11, on the appeal of a group of lumber operators in the West Coast Division from the action of the Authority in Chi'cago, October 5, rejecting their application for the elimination of minimum cost protection price regulations in the West Coast Division.

GOES SOUTH FOR WINTER

H. B. llewes, president, Clover Valley Lumber Co., accompanied by Mrs. I{ewes, left San Francisco November 30 to spend the winter in New Orleans. Mr. Hewes made a trip from New Orleans to Chicago to attend the meeting of the board of directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. December 6. 7 and 8.

NORTHWEST LUMBERMEN VISIT CALIFORNIA

E. L. Connor, Alan Rogers Lumber Co., Seattle, Wash., was a Los Angeles and San Francisco visitor the early part of the month. Mr. Connor was on his way to the Northwest following an extended business trip through the East. George Curkendall, Seattle lumberman, accompanied him on the trip.

T. B. LAWRENCE ON NORTHWEST TRIP

T. B. Lawrence, Lawrence-Philips Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is on a trip to the Northwest where he will visit the mills in the Coos Bay, Reedsport, Portland, Columbia River, Grays Harbor and Puget Sound districts.

WILL SPEND HOLIDAYS IN NORTHWEST

J. H. Prentice, Los Angeles, Southern California representative for the Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills, and Mrs. Prentice, have left for Seattle where they will spend the holidays.

R. S. OSGOOD RETURNS FROM EASTERN TRIP

R. S. Osgood, Los Angeles, sales manager for Cadwallader-Gibson Co., Inc., has returned from a two months' business trip through the Middle 'West, South and along the Atlantic seaboard where he visited the manv lumber consuming centers.

B. J. BOORMAN TO Vrsrr NORTHWEST

B. J. Boorman, Boorman Lumber Co., Oakland, expects to make a trip to Portland next week. He recently bought a farm near Santa Rosa, Calif., and is busy buying materials for its improvement.

BILL SIMPKINS, U.S.A. (A Study in Paternalism)

By H. I. Phillips

Bill Simpkins led a happy life, IIe never knew a careThe government looked after him And kept him from despair; When Bill was born the U. S. A., Directed in the main, By bureaus down in Washington

Kept mother free from pain.

The sickness of infancy

Bill Simpkins never knew; A federal agent cut his teeth

For him without ado; BiIl never had the colic for The B. R. A. S. B.

(The Babes' Relief and Soothing Board)

Prevented it you see.

Ife never had to learn to walk Because from Washington

The AAA and NRA

First taught him how to run; The struggle to express himself Bill Simpkins never hadThe government just taught the kid Instead of ma and dad.

Through boyhood Bill went happily, His manner ever gay; His swimming holes were chosen by The good old U. S. A. He fished in ponds just packed with Fish below a roaring dam

Constructed in paternal mood

By good old Uncle Sam.

When Bill grew up to man's estate And thought he'd like to wed, He asked for aid frorn Washington And this is what it said:

"Please state your color, sex and Age, your height, address and weight Some bureau here will do the rest And choose a proper mate."

A bureau picked him out a girl And showed him how to woo;

It sent him daily bulletins That told him what to do; A code prescribed the length of Time for him to hold her hand And specified sweet little words That she would understand.

He had no money for a ring But hurried to the phone; Some NRA man answered it And then arranged a loan. Bill didn't have a place to live But still he knew no fears; He got one on another loan Due in two hundred years !

It dawned on Bill when he got back From quite a honeymoon That he had never had a job And ought to get one soon; He wired Washington at once And, oh this carefree life ! He soon worked for the U. S. A.And likewise did his wife !

"I'd love a little baby," said Bill's Wife to him one day;

"I'll write to Washington," said Bill, "and see if it's okay !"

The answer broke Bill Simpkins' Heart and killed his trusting Maid-It read: "In re this project We deny you fed'ral aid !"

The Simpkins now rest in a plot Deaf to the chirping birds; An easy-payment monument Bears on it these few words:

"Here lieth two Americans Who couldn't stand the blow. Of asking government aid And hearing it say 'No !' "

THE RIGHT ANSWER

Teacher: "\Mhy did you sign your name 'Mae West' at the end of your arithmetic examination?"

Pupil: " Cause I done'em wrong."

Fresno Better Housing Campaign

A goal of $2,500,000 has been set in the Fresno Better Housing Campaign. Pledges amounting to $1,518,306 had been received up to December 4 by the SERA and voluntary workers now making the house to house canvass.

Set Goal at $300,000

Burlingame-San Mateo Better Housing drive has passed the $200,000 mark in home modernizing and repair pledges, it was reported recently by W. O. Reinicke, field director. A new goal of $300,000 has been set for the campaign.

Santa Cruz Remodels Old House

A feature of the Santa Cruz Better Housing Campaign is the remodeling of an old house, which started December 5. Lumber yards and building material men are supporting the project.

Humboldt County Housing Drive

Approximately $65,00O worth of repair and modernization work has been started or pledged in the Humboldt County Better Housing Campaign, it was announced recently by Clarence E. Tabor, director of the campaign.

"Red" Wood Says;

Don't forget Redwood for shelvingfinish grades provide perfect materid for this use and at prices worth your while considerirg.

Ten of The

Years Ago Today

From the ftles California Lumbe, Merchant, Decem6er 15,1924

In the leading editorial, "Christmas," Jack Dionne says"The true spirit of Christmas is the spirit of loving kindness for all men and for all things; the exemplification of the feeling that it is 'More blessed to give than to receive.' Doing something for the other fellow is a fine way to put that spirit to work."

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The market report states: "The year 1924 is drawing to a close. It has been a profitable twelve months for the lumbermen-retail and wholesale. On the whole it has been a good year."

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Oakland building permits are expected to reach $31,000,000 f.or L924,942 permits were issued during the month of November at an aggregate cost of $2,1O4,74L, With the exception ol $75,7L4, the November permits are for new construction.

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The building permits for San Francisco for the first eleven months of. 1924 exceed the record of any previous full year except 1907. The building permits f.or LX)7 to' taled $56,578,884 as against $52,333,942 for the firs.t eleven months of L924.

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This issue carries an article with two pages of illustrations on the Pacific Door & Sash Company plant at Los' Angeles. ,t**

What is claimed to be the largest shipment of lumber by truck to one job in one day was made recently by a fleet of 115 trucks from the Terminal Island yard of the Hammond Lumber Company to the new Culver City race track. During the day 1,250,000 feet of lumber was landed on the job. ***

A circular published by the California White and Sugar Pine Association which contains valuable information regarding the Pines of California is reprinted in this issue.

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The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo announces that a golf tournament and stag dinner will be held at the Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, on Friday, December 19. Frank Connelly is chairman of the golf committee.

"Determining Costs'r by A. W. Bernhauer, an address before the Millwork Institute of California, is published in this issue.

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Mark Lillard was the winner of a beautiful pair of golf clubs at a recent golf tournament held at the San Gabriel Country Club.

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The J. M. Derr Lumber Co., Elk Grove, is building a large addition to their main shed and making other improvements around the yard. With the completion of the shed they will be able to store most of their stock under cover'

J. Walter Kelly, Vicegerent Snark of the San Francisco Bay District, has announced the Bay District Nine for the coming year. The new Nine will include G. W. Fraser, J. E. Peggs, Fred Roth, J. E. Martin, L. A. Godard, E. P. Ivory, C. C. Stibich and R. E. Caldwell.

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At a meeting of the Lumber Salesmen's Club of San Francisco on December 8, Ben Reed announced that the Lumber Association of San Francisco and himself were offering to the regular members of the Club two prizes for the best article on the subject, "Suggestions for Improving Retail Sales Methods for Lumber in San Francisco." The article is limited to 50O words. First prize will be $50, and second prize $25. ***

The Cotati Lumber Co., Cotati, is building a new lumber office whcih will be attractive and modern in all details.

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The total Fir and Redwood cargo receipts at Los Angeles Harbor for the month of November amounted to 143,00O,000 feet. ***

Total lumber shipments into San Francisco for the month of November, which includes shipments from Oregon and Washington, California coast ports and interior points, totaled 74,858,000 feet as compared to 67,445,W feet for the month of October.

BT]YDBS9 GT]IDD SAN FBAITCISOO

LUMBER

Cbamberlin & Co., W. R.

tth Floor' Fifc Bldg. ............DOug|u 5{70

Dolbeer & Carson Lumbcr Co., ?30 Merchants Excbange Bldg.......Sutter 7l5a

Hammond Lumber Co-

310 S.Nome St.,..................DOuglar 33t9

Hobbl Wall & Co.'

Zt90 Jerreld Avc..................'Mlssioo FOt

Holmer Eureka Lmbcr Co.,

l5ll5 Financial Center Bldg. .......GArfield lt2l

Lewrence-Philips Lumber Co.,

206 Fife BuildinC.........'.........EXbroL lit93

Loop Lumber Company, Ft. of lCth St......................Exbrook l&lr

Long-Bell Lumber Sda Corpontion'

125 Markct StrBt ...............GArfietd lt3t

Mulllru & Co., W. J.' 521 Motrcry St. .....'.'......GArfield 6t90

LUMAER

MacDonald & Hanington Ltd..

16 Califmia Stret................GArfield t393

McComick, Chu. R., Lubcr Co., a6l Markct Strc"t .,,..............DOuglls 2561

More Mill & Lumbcr Co.'

525 Market Str6t .,...............EXbrok C173

Pacifrc Lunber Co., Thc

100 Bub Strut ..................GArfield lltr

Red Rivcr Lmbcr Co., 315 Moadnck Bldc. .......,.....GArficld O22

Suta Fc Lmber Cot6 Califmi,a Stret ......,,..,...KEany 2Ol

Schafcr Brc. Lmbcr & Sbinglc Co.' l20t Fife Bl&. ..,,.,,....,,,.......SUttcr l7ll

Sudden & Christemon, !10 Saromc Strut ...............GArfie|d llll

Unlm Lubcr Co.' Crekcr Buildin3 ..Sutr.t aUa

LUMBER

Vu Andalc-Hanis Lumber Co- lnc.. Fifth & Bruro Streets..,.......GAr6eld 3fel

Wendling-Nathu Co., Ua Muk t Strct ...........,......Suttcr 53a3

E. K. W@d Luber Co., I Drumn Street.....,. i............ .KEamy $?10

Weyerbacurcr Salcg Co..

l4t Callfmir Strcet ..............GAr6std t'?{

DOORII AND PLYWOOD

Nicolai Dor Sales Co3015 rtth Stnct ....................MI.r|on ?t20

Wheeler-Oqod Salet Corpontloo, 3045 lgth st. .......,..............VA|encl,a Zld

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLES-PILINGTIES

McCmick, Ctu. R,, Lumbcr Co., Itl Markct StrEt .................DOu3|U 25lr

LUXBER

Hill & Mctoq Inc. Drnairm St. Wbrt .....'........ANdcvr lOTl

Hogan Lumber ComPanY, -Aa & li* Statr...........,.GLaqrt .ll

LUMBER

HARDWOODS

PANEI.s

Elliott Brt Sder Cc, Ittl Bndnt ....Hltutc l,rt

Crltfmia Buildcn Supply Co. 50f 29tb Arenuc ...............,..ANdora utt

Strablc Hudwoed Co., 5it7 Fint Str..t ...............TEDDL6.r Lll

LOS ANGDLDS

Boohrtavcr Bunr Lmbcr Co, Cbrnbcr of Cmmcnce Bldl"""PRopect l23l

Chubcrlln & Co., W. R. tl, Wc.t NittL st. """""""'Tuckcr l'61

Dolbecr & Camn Lumbcr Cct

azl Shclt Bulldir3............ " " "VArdLc SltZ

Hof,ncs Eurukr Lunbcr Co.

?U-712 Archlrcct! Blds. '. ." " 'Mutual 'rtr

Hunord Lunbcr Co, 2Ol0 3c Alaue& SL .............PRo'Dect 7ul

Howr, A. L.

?c0 Sc I: Bra Avc' """"""""YOrk llG6

Lame-Phlllpl Lubcr Co.'

Gtit Pctrclm Smrifg Bldg..'.PRo*ect 02t

Loog-Bell Lunbc Srlc Coreonuon'

?29 Pctrelcun Ssc[rtdo Bldg....PRocpGCt tLt

MacDonald & Bergetm, hc., 733 Petrolm Saurities Bldg...PRcpcct 719{

MacDonald & Haringtoo' Ltd-, @t Petrolem Slccurldes Bldg...PRcpect 5031

llcCcoicL, Che R.' Lubcr Co'

U? lV6t ttb St ................TRlotty 52lr

Mdftar & Co- W. J., ll? Wot t6 St. .............'....VArdlLc 'lltl

LUMAEi

Pacific Lmba Co., lh

110 So. h Bnr An.....,...........YO'rt rfat

Pattea-Blim Lmbcr Cr.

521 E. 5th SL ..,.................VAadikc Zl2l

Rcd Rivc Lub* 6.

?Ol E. Slaum .CEntury 29ll7l

Sute Fe lanbq Co-

lU Fiucid Centcr Bldg. .........VArdike t|7f

Schafcr Bro. Lubcr & Sblryla Cc,

1220 W. M. Garlard Blds....,....TRintty |2?r

Sudden & Chrirtaso.

63ll B€rd of Tnde Bl&. .........TRi!fty tt{

Uaio Lnbc Co-

9a W. M. GuLrd Bldg. ...,......TRinit22E2

lryajlhg-Nat$al Cor

t00 So. L BU Avr. ..,...........,..YOrk rf|!

E. K. Wood Lmber Co., ,1701 Srnta Fe Ave........,..,....JEffergo lllt

Wcyerhaanr Sdc C,o-

tO Petrcleu 3cf66 Blds-...PRoeGGr fSC0

CRE(XIOTED LUMBER-POLES-PILING. TTES

Mc€mict, 6!t. E" t.*Lcr Co- Itz W6t tth SL ...............TRbtt' l2at

HARDWOODS

Coo*, W. 8., Lubrr Co, ,ul5 E. rsth St. ...................PRcDGi llll

Hamnoad Lunbc Co., 2010 So. Alancda St...,,....,....PRorprct ?ltf

Lrugbli!, C. J., 625 Pctrolm Sqrltlcs Bldg...,.PRaFct ?ct

Stutoa, E. J., & Son, 2030 Eut 3&h Stnct ..,.....,....4xr1d3c l2ll ,WORK

H.Fho-d Lrmbcr Cc, 20lC So. Alueda St..............PRap.ct tut

Kahl. Jno. W., & !is., 652 So Myere St. ...,,...........ANgelustlll

Rcd Rlvcr Lunbcr Co., ?02 E. Slem ..AXrl&c t?l

Whelcr-O:god Sale Corpontioo, f081 So. Bmdmy ................PRcFct Sata

PANELS AND PLYWOOD

Aberden Plywood Conpany, tl? Wert ?th Strt.....,,..,,.PArkway tl5?

Cdtrcala Pead & Vena Co., t55 So Ahncda SL ..............TR|DIty |0tt

Coqer, W. E., Lumbcr Co., altt E. ftth SL ..........,.,....PRo.DGGI51tt

Pacific Mutual Door Co- CAgl0ot ?f0S

U26 WedDllrtcr Ave. (Alhmba)

Whels-Orgod Srlo Corpmdo, 2l5il Sacnnato St. ...............TUc&.r lce

California Building Permits for November

Novetber Building Activity in Hammond Lumber Co. Announces

Western States Changes in Sales Department

The following changes in the sales department of the Hammond Lurnber Company are announced by Geo. W. Gorman, sales manager, San Francisco:

Forrest K. Peil will cover the San Joaquin Valley from Stockton south, and the East Bay territory.

Frank Egnall, of the sales staff, San Francisco office, will cover the Sacramento Valley territory and the Coast Counties.

Beautilul Redwood Calendar

The 1935 Redwood calendar, sponsored by the California Redwood Asso,ciation, and the member mills of the Asso-

ciation, is even more beautiful than any of its predecessors.

thousands of copies are being sent by the sponsors

to their retail customers throughout the country, and many

t'etailers have ordered a supply for distribution to their cus-

Retailers who wish to get a supply of the calendars can obtain them from the publisher, James D. McClure, 1401 Santa Clara Ave., Alameda, at a moderate cost.

The calendar was printed by the Pacific Gravure Co., San Francisco.

Stockton Lumber Co. Building

Chas. G. Bird, manager, Stockton Lumber Co., Stockton, reports good progress in the construction of the buildings at the company's new location at South El Dorado and Jackson Streets. The lumber sheds have been completed and are being stocked up, and work is now proceeding on the office and warehouse building.

"\Me hope to be well settled by the first of the year,', Mr. Bird says.

East B.y Hoo-Hoo Club Talks to Credit Men

There will be no change of name, at least for the present, of the East Bay Hoo Hoo Club, it was announced by President G. F. "Jerry" Bonnington at the club's monthly dinner meeting held at Hotel Coit, Oakland, Monday evening, December 10. This decision was made by the directors owing to a strong minority sentiment against thename change, he said.

Miland Grant, chairman of the committee handling the distribution of Christmas grocery kegs for needy families reported progress, announcing that up to date 246 kegs had been subscribed, and that it was hoped to exceed last year's total of 361.

Major Spiller of the Salvation Army told of the great need of many poor families, and expressed appreciation of this Christmas charitable activity of the club.

Introduced by H. Sewall Morton, the speaker of the evening, Leroy R. Goodrich addressed the club on the interesting topic, "The Efiect of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge Upon the East Bay District'"

Larue Woodson won the door prize, a handsome radio lamp.

The meeting was well attended' Music was provided during dinner by the Patricia Maddern Trio.

Exhibition Home Started

Construction of "Eastbay's Exhibition Home," located on Twenty-second Street, near Broadway, Oakland, was started November 28, when Mayor William J. McCracken turned the'first spadeful of earth at the ceremony' which was also attended by Clifiord C. Anglim, director for Northern California of the Federal Housing Administration.

The str'ucture will be finished by the end of February and will be on exhibition for about six months, then sold and removed to a location selected by the Mayor.

Breuner's Oakland store is supplying the interior furnishings, and 37 building material manufacturers and dealers are donating materials for the undertaking, which is under the direction of the Home Planning Bureau of Oakland.

Bert E. Bryan, president, Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, was the speaker at the meeting of the Oakland Association of Credit Men held December 3. His subject was "The Cred.t Problem of the Material Dealer."

In his talk Mr. I3ryan dwelt largely on the form of mortgage that the federal government is establishing in the Fecleral Housing Act mortgage guarantee plan. He said he was convinceil that this plan will establish a precedent as to the rate of interest and terms which will necessarily have to be followed in future by all private lenders, and that this plan should have the effect of stamping out the evils of second mortgages, and also eliminate the present foreclosure abuses on short term construction loans.

Oakland Better Housing Program

With 69.3 of its house-to-house canvass completed on December 6, it rvas estimated that Oakland's total contemplated modernization and repair amounted to $7,330,000. The Oakland Better Housing Program has set a goal of $10,000,000. An estimated 9000 men have been put to work.

Accorcling to the progress report in "Housing Highlights," the total number of properties canvassed to December 6 was 52,937. The number of contractors registered with the consultation committee was 222. Prospect leads numbering 2M7 have been disbursed to these contractors. Live work prospects to be disbursed number 2239, while 6320 work reports are being held over for follow-up.

East B.y Plans Home Exposition

Plans are almost completed for an East Bay Better Homes Exposition, sponsored jointly by the Oakland and Berkeley Chambers of Commerce, to be held in the Oakland Municipal Auditorium in the latter part of February.

Door prizes will be given to stimulate attendan'ce, the chief prize being a $5000 house and lot. The house is the five-roomed bungalow modernized at Lakeside Park in connection with the Oakland Better Housing Program.

Oahlanil Shyline from Lahe Meritt.

-Corrtesl Oahlotil Chambet of Conmetcc.

Lumber Code Defineg Fair Advertising

Washington, D. C., Dec. S.-With the announcement of approval by the National Industrial Recovery Board of the Lumber Code Authority's Amendment No. 88 to the Lumber Code (NRA approved amendment No. 25), five additional rules became a part of the Fair Trade Practices Section. Schedule "8" of the code. The rules forbid "inducements to breach of contracts, misleading advertising or marking of products, defamation of competitors, misleading imitations of competitors' trade identifications, and false statements of ownership or operation with the effect of misleading purchasers or distributors."

Full text of the rules follows:

"(a) No person shall wilfully induce or attempt to induce the breach of any existing contracts between competitors and their agents and their customers by any false or deceptive means, or interfere with or obstruct the performance of any contractual duties or services by any such means, with the purpose and effect of hampering, injuring, or embarrassing competitors in their business.

"(b) No person shall publish advertising (whether printed, radio, display or of any other nature), which is misleading or inaccurate in any material particular, nor shall any person in any way misrepresent any goods (including but without limitation its use, trade-mark, grade, quality. quantity, cirigin, size, substance, character, nature, finish, material, content or preparation) or credit terms, value, policies, services, or the nature or form of the business conducted.

"(c) No person shall defame a competitor by falsely imputing to him dishonorable conduct, inability to perform contracts, questionable credit standing, or by other false representation, or falsely disparage the grade or quality of his products or goods.

"(d) No person shall imitate the trade marks, trade names, slogans or other marks of identification of competitors, when such imitations have the tendency to mislead or deceive purchasers or prospective purchasers.

"(e) No person shall present in advertisements or otherwise, with the effect of misleading purchasers or distributors that he is a manufacturer, owner or operator of a mill or company producing an article of commerce, when such is not in fact the case."

LOOK OVER MTNING ACTTVTTTES AT MOJAVE

N. H. Huey and C. R. Jordan, Phoenix, Ariz, lumbermen, were Los Angeles visitors the early part of the month while en route to the Mojave mining camp where they- planned to visit for a few days.

An Adequate Stock Alone Does Not Equip You To Accept RUSH ORDERS

You must FIRST pass on the credit. To do this safely you should always have current information right in your office on the credit standing of your customefs.

The Lumbermen's Credit Rating Service gives you this needed information as its credit rating book is Supplemented TWICE-AWEEK and therefore keeps you constantly posted'on the current credit rating of ALL carload buyers of lumber and allied products.

ft equips you to pass on a credit IMMEDIATELY, in nine cases our of ten, without.taking the time to get a special report. - That's why this service is so popular with lumbermen and others who sell the same trade.

Determine the value of this unexcelled system, by using the SUPPLEMENTED book on 30 DAYS APPROVAL-No Obligation. ltrTrite our nearest office.

CLASSIFIED

LARGE LUMBER CONCENTRATION YARD FOR SALE OR LEASE

Located in Houston, Texas. Big steel shed, overhead electric crane and locomotive crane. On paved highway, rail and water transportation. Fully equipped for low cost handling of West Coast products and heavy timbers.

Address

VAUGHAN LUMBER CO.,

P. O. Box 1447, Houston, Texas.

WANTS POSITION

Familiar with every phase of Soft and Hardwood Lumber, Sash, Door and Millwork. Estimating from plans, cost accountant, auditor, etc. Address Box C-528, California Lumber Merchant

EXPERIENCED YARD MANAGER

Eighteen years experience managing yards doing $20,000 to $20O,000. Ten years in California with one company. Understand bookkeeping, estimating, and especially paint and hardware. Good salesman and collector. I am 45 years of age and can give best of references. Address J. M. Bingham, 57t9 College Ave', Oakland, California'

WANTED

The services of an experienced lumberman who can invest $5000.00 cash in stock of an old established corporation. Must be capable of taking an official position, assume responsibilities, and producing business. This position is made possible by the illness of an executive' Address Box C-529, California Lumber Merchant.

Single-Family Home Repairs Lead Modernization Program

Single-family homes are far in the lead in the Modernization Program of the Federal Housing Administration for repair, alteration or improvement of real property, it was revealed in a breakdown ol 44,8@ insured Modernization Loans totaling $19,021,116.72, made public by Administration officials. The figures used are as of November 2L

Estimates based on private and governmental surveys made throughout the country show that for every insured loaned dollar spent on moderni zation five cash dollars have been spent. These estimates are borne out by reports made direct to the Administration by building supply dealers, contractors and large industrial concerns dealing in building material goods. Therefore, the total amount of modernization business done through November 21, according to these surveys, and including modernization loan expenditures, has reached a total of more than $100,000,000 in the fifteen weeks of activities under the modernization program.

FOR SALE OR LEASE

For sale or lease ideal location for lumber yard or any allied product, or light manufacturing. Lot 150 ft. front facing Slauson Avenue, and 400 ft. deep to three railroad services, near'corner Avalon Boulevard -630 East Slauson, Los Angeles, Calif.

l-story building facing Slauson Avenue 75 f.t. x 2W ft.; about one million people pass this location per month.

Call Mr. Greene at PRospect 3215.

SYLVESTER L. WEAVER

548 Chamber of Commerce Building

EMPLOYMENT WANTED

By experienced Foreman, Yard Clerk or Sales and General Utility Man. Not afraid to work. Address Box 110, 802 North Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, California.

LUMBER YARD FOR SALE

Los Angeles and Southern California lumbeS yards for sale. Address Box C-480. Care California Lumber Merchant.

FOR SALE

Lumber yard located on good boulevard in Los Angeles. Low, long lease. About $5,000 will handle. Address Box C-530, care California Lumber Merchant.

In the list of properties improved by the owner, loans on single-family homes amounted to $13,181,376.4I, or 69.87 per cent of $18,8&,692.34; multiple-family homes, $3,024,021.64, or 16.03 per cent. Apartments, farm buildings and stores fell far below these figures, while there was just a "trace" of garages, factories and warehouses, Properties improved by the lessee totaled $156,424.38 or slightly more than eight-tenths of one per cent.

S. F. Building Material Exhibit to Launch Advertising Program

An advertising campaign, starting in January or February, will be conducted by the Building Material Exhibit, 557 Market Street, San Francisco, with the object of attracting a steady flow of consumers to the exhibit, in which many manufacturers of building materials and equipment have sales and display space.

Among the exhibitors are The Pacific Lumber Company, showing the Palco Redwood Sectional Septic Tank, and the Celotex Company.

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Take Look at the Housing Market

Use the Winter months to prepare for Spt ing

Every building job requires a certain amount of preliminary work,-planning, financing and estimating. Wherever possible this should be done BEFORE the building season opens to prevent loss of time during the "income months.tt

There are many reasons rvhy it is advisable for dealers to anticipate an increased building demand and place lumber and plywood orders as early as possible.

Balanced yard stocks are necessary if house bills are to be sold. Prompt and complete deliveries will close many a sale. Don't dissipate your profits picking up odd items piecemeal.

Mill stocks have been limited to current con-

sumption by NRA production quotas. If buyers generally postpone orders until actually resold, the suddenly increased demand may cause a shortage of the items needed most, slow deliveries and rising prices.

RED RMIR MIXED CARS give complete diversification. You can round out your stocks with minimum inventory, outlay and handling cost. All items manufactured and loaded at one point.

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