California BuiHing Pcrmits For November

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*San Fernando Valley Annex.

*West Los Angeles

The Desert Mystery-Or \(/ho Got tha Bird

One of our readers sends in, what he states, is a true tale of the desert. He writes you can use this but minus my name. We thought it was good and are passing it along. Here it is:

"On the day before Thanksgiving, all of the boys in our lumber yard, who wanted one, received a nice fat turkey, as a present from the boss. One of the boys, who is an old bachelor and prides himself on his cooking ability, received his bird, and proceeded to borrow a good sized roasting pan from a neighbor. With the bird and the roaster in his car, he proceeded to the nearby town of Banning, where a friend gave him the use of his oven, for the nominal charge of 50 cents. When the bird was done to a fine brown turn, he gathered up the resultant feast, together with a few friends, and started homeward to his desert retreat, and all looked forward to a grand feast-and who wouldn't ? On the way in, however, the pangs of thirst began to assail the party, and a stop was made at a roadside tavern for the necessary liquid refreshment. The turkey in the pan, in the meantime, had been reposing on the front seat of the car, and after an absence of about ten minutes, or as long as it would take to toss off a couple of quick ones, the party returned to the car to continue the homeward journey.

"But, alas and alack ! The bird in the pan, together with a few sundry pieces of wearing apparel, was gone forever. The bird had flown I

"Total cost as follows: Turkey, $3.60; roasting pan, $8.00; leather coat, $6.50; cooking, $.50; 1 drink, $1.20; gasoline, $.60-grand total, $20.40

"As they say in Hollywood, most anything can happen on the desert."

Armstrong Will Build \(/est Coast Plant

Contract for the construction of the first unit of the new plant to be established by the Armstrong Cork Products Company of Lancaster, Pa., at South Gate, Calif., has been awarded to Lindgren & Swinerton, Inc., of Los Angeles. The company recently acquired 26 actes of land for a factory site at South Gate.

The first unit will ccnsist of a main manufacturing building, 80 feet by 24O feet, an office building and a power plant, all completely fenced, with spur tracks and roadways into the property. The plant is located on the Southern Pacific lines, and is served jointly by Southern Pacific and Union Pacific railroads.

Armstrong Cork Products Company is a large manufacturer of the well known Temlok building insulation products. Branch offices on the Pacific Coast, which direct the sale of Armstrong's Temlok products, are located at San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle. Caliiornia Builders Supply Co., Oakland; Warren and Bailey Company, Los Angeles, and Pioneer Sand and Gravel Company, Seattle, are wholesale distributors of Temlok products in this territory. The company is also a large manufacturer of linoleum.

Information Letter on Nailing

Nailing is the subject of the seventh in a series of lumber information letters prepared by the California Redwood Association technical staff.

It is hard to conceive that the first wire nail manufactured in the United States was made less than a century ago in 1851, just a year before the first power sawmill was constructed in the redwood lumber region of Humboldt county From a crude beginning great progress has been made in the science of fastenings.

The new information letter treats fully with this all important phase of the use of redwood lumber. It contains a detailed table of the kinds and quantities of nails required, the holding power of nails, tells how to nail siding and how best to prevent splitting. Special advice is also submitted on the kind of nails to use to prevent corrosion, how to lessen discoloration around nails and on the use of putty, both before painting and in natural finishes.

Copies of this letter may be secured by writing the California Redwood Association, 405 Montgomery Street, San Francisco. The full series, beginning with The Physiology of Trees, is also available. "Nailing" will be sent to all who have already requested that they be continued on the mailing list for information letters.

Frank M. Connelly

Frank M. Connelll, well known Los Angeles building contractor, passed away Monday night, November D, at the Wilshire Hospital, following an operation for appendicitis.

Mr. Connelly was a native of Illinois and prior to his coming to Los Angeles in 1919 resided in Montana for many years. His first lumber position in Los Angeles was with the Hayward Lumber & Investment Co. Later he was employed by the Woodhead Lumber Co., and then with John Johnson Flooring Co. He retired from the lumber business several years ago, and operated the Frank M. Connelly Co., carrying on a building contracting business,

He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sigrud Connelly, and a young son, John.

Funeral services were held at the l.ittle Church of the Flowers, Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Wednesdav. December 1.

Rio Vista Yard Rebuilt

The formal opening of the rebuilt yard of the Noah Adams Lumber Co. at Rio Vista took place December 10. Numerous valuable door prizes were given and there was a large attendance.

Blg Volume of New Home Loans By Savings and Loan Associations

Los Angeles, December 4-New home mortgage loans made by all active savings and loan associations in the United States aggregated $660,229,000 in the first ten months of this year, an average of slightly more than $66,000,000 per month, it was reported today by the Federal Home loan Bank Board to M. M. Hurford, president of the Twelfth District Bank.

Despite the drop in residential building, new home loans made by savings and loan associations have held up unusually well, an indication that these home-financing institutions are bearing an increasing share of American home mortgage lending.

In the ten months from January to October, inclusive, all active associations reported $182,226,N0 in loans for new construction; $232,93t,000 for home purchases; $139,043,000 for refinancing; $42,074,000 for reconditioning; and $63,955,000 for other purposes.

State-chartered member institutions of the Federal Home L,oan Bank System made loans during the ten months totaling $291,853,000 or 44.2 per cent of the aggregate new lending. Federal savings and loan associations had new loans amounting to $266,411,000 or 4O.4 per cent. Associations which are not members of the Federal Home Loan Bank System had new loans aggregating $101,965,000 or 15.4 per cent of the total.

During October, new loans made by all types of active associations totaled $63,621,000, as compared with $66,411,000 in September and $63,757,000 in October, 1936.

The figures issued by the Board were compiled by its Division of Research and Statistics and cover the activities of all active associations throughout the country. Those associations which are not active for any reason were not included in the survey.

Three typiccl ptrges fron the tirst aqmple bdition ol "Home."

"Ilome," the lumber dealers own magazine is ready for distribution. Just off the press, it provides an inexpensive, cost-sharing, through-the-year method of general sales contact with the new home and home-improvement prospects for the lumber merchant. The National Lumber Manufacturers Association and the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association have underwritten the first costs and month-to-month editorial expense of this new twelve-time system of business solicitation by lumber merchants.

Taking the form of the "dealers own" advertising, and featuring no specific building material, "Home" introduces the lumber merchant's "home building and improvement service," through visual suggestions of new home designs and improvement.

Eighty-four new homes are to be featured during the year in the distribution of this booklet. Seven specially architectdesigned homes are to be portrayed each month, plans for which will be available through regular retail association plan services. Interesting and entertaining material for the homesuch as new interior treatments, home improvement, and home workshop suggestions are to be found in its pages. Historical homes, home oddity cartoons and late movie reviews will also be included in this two-color, sixteen page lumber magazine.

The various designs featured in every number will suggest distinct styles suitable for not only "small homes," but also larger type houses. This is only one reason why it will prove valuable to every person coritemplating building his own dwelling.

"Home" is a concentrated form of local advertising created as a mechanical assistant to lumber merchants in contacting the consumer. It will be an asset to dealers as a circulating medium and as a mailing piece for prospect lists.

Complete "kits" containing not only a sample of the new publication, but an instruction book for its use, a prospect listing book, and full mailing information are in the hands of all retail lumber association secretaries.

Calls On Pine Mills

P. J. Barbare, of Brockway-Smith-Haigh-Lor-ell Co., Boston, Mass., lvholesale lumber and millwork dealers, recently visited the Pi.ne mills ancl offices in California and the Northrvest.

O ltcre's oot muchgroftio relliag thc raw lumber that toes into haod-nade, nailedtogether, makc-shift kitchen ftrrniture...luber which art deder can fuoish.

... There's PnOfIT in ir!

BUT there's nal ptolt and a happy cus' tomer, every time you sell PEERLESS Built-in Burnitute. So write today for in' teresting details of how PEERLESS viU increase yout busrness an<. yout profits.

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FOR SALE l77,NO ft. No. l and No.2 Shop.

6/4 Rough Ponderosa Pine Lumber.

64000 ft. Moulding and Better.

201,000 ft. Box.

135,000 It. l2/4 No. I and No. 2 Pencil

Address-Harris Lumber Co., Cedarville,

Stock, Calif. Cedar.

Lumber Yards For Sale

Lumber yards for sale. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Securities Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

Wholesale Salesman Wants Position

Experienced wholesale salesman open for a position. Has covered the Southern California territory for several years and knows the retail trade. Good references. Address Box C-698 Califonia Lumber Merchant.

Position Wanted

Lumberman with several years' experience-both retail and wholesale-in selling, estimating and managerial capacity is available for a position with a reputable concern. Has wide acquaintance with contractors and dealers in Southern California and their requirements. Address Box C-697, California Lumber Merchant.

Increased Lumber Consumption Seen in Small House Construction

Washington, D. C.-Calling on the lumber industry to vigorously promote increased consumption of its product, especially in small house construction and heavy structural uses, the Special Lumber Survey Committee of the Depart_ ment of Commerce in its 26th quarterly report, released today, pointed out that the major weakness in the lumber manufacturing industry is the low point to which unfilled orders have declined and the conti.nuing general decline in new business. This recommendation of the Survey Committee, which reports that residential building in October this year declined 25 per cent as compared with October, 1936, takes on added significance when viewed in the light of the President's recently announced intention to block the present ltusiness recession through the stimulation of construction of low-cost dwelling units by private enterprise.

The Committee reports lumber stocks at the mills on October l, 1937, of approximately 8.4 billion feet, or 6 per cent, greater than on January I this year, and 5.4 per cent lreavier than on October 1,1936. "Due consideration should be given," the Committee emphasizes, "to the combined effects of large stocks, lower volume of unfilled orders, lower expected demand during the next quarter and the momentum of current production schedules. Efiort to adjust current pro.duction more closely to current demand should be continued in both the lumber and plywood manufacturing industries. But adjustment of production to consumption is only part of the problem. Orderly distribution of forest products rvill be much aided by adhering to distribution and marketing practices shown by experience to be conducive to fair, free and equal competition. Organized industry effort in this direction has been sporadic, timid, easily discouraged. It should be resumed and diligently pushed by the lumber and plywood industries."

Pointing out that costs of lumber production have been generally increasing, and that prices in many species barely cover cost, the Committee notes that in some regions price fluctuations in the past three months have been small: "Price stability in the lumber industry is pre-eminently desirable," the report continues, "more dependable price lev_ els rvill aid building revival. The record of the past few years indicates that building does not increase in an era of declining prices and costs; rather the contrary, as evidencecl by the boom years of I9Z5-D and the lorv years of L932-34.',

The Committee also recommends that public and private cooperation be continued in the earnest effort to increase export opportunities for American forest products, free of discriminations. It finds lumber and log exports of the first nine months of 1937 fell 3 per cent below similar period in 1936 while lumber and log imports gained 7 per cent.

Nine months reports indicate lumber production in 1937 of 25,750 million feet but the year's total may possibly exceed 1936 by only 5 per cent which would bring it to ZS,5@ million feet. The report quotes the F. W. Dodge Corporation estimates for 1938 of an increase of 12 per cent over 1937 in dwelling units, also their estimate of no gain in 1938 over 7937 in privately financed construction and a loss of 10 per cent in publicly financecl.

The report finds 1937 will probably show some gain over 1936 in the furniture industry, a slight loss in lumber consumption in the box industry, some orclers from the automobile plants, and a quiet flooring business pending a building upturn.

The Lumber Survey Committee appointed on July 9, 1931, consists of Thomas S. Holden, Vice President, F. W. Dodge Corporation, New York; M. W. Stark, Economist, Columbus, Ohio; Calvin Fentress, Chairman of the Board. Baker, Fentress & Company, Chicago, Illinois; Phillips A. Hayward, Chief, Forest Products Division, Department of Commerce; and Wilson Compton, Secretary and Manager National Lumber Manufacturers Association.