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II ihere ever wqs cr tirne when property owners were demqnding top vqlue lor their building dollcrs, thct time is now. By the scrme token, deqlers cre selling more Brcrdley STRAIGHT-LINE Oak Flooring thcrn ever belore. For, this proved superior product crssures the highest possible protection lor lloor dollcrs in crny consbuction where hardwood floors cre specilied.
Further increqse in decler sqles is indiccted crs smqll home building qnd remodeling gcrin momentum. Thct Brcrdley declers cre tcking cdvcrntcrge oI these opporiunities is cppcrrent from the volume ol orders coming in qnd the volume ol Brcdley STRAIGHT-LINE Ock Flooring going out io hundreds oI retcil mqrkets in the counby.
Whct's the outlook in your territory? Hcrve you a stock oI Brcdley STBAIGHT-LINE Ock Flooring sullicient to meet cll requirements, including those oI smcrll home construction crnd remodeling? Betler cqll our neqrest representctive to come in qnd tclk it over, or il you preler, write us direct.
"BRADLEY BRAND" includes oll sizes qnd grodes of slqndord strip, ond ook plonk Ilooring; ook ond gum trim ond mouldings, hordwood pqneling; Arkonsqs Solt Pine Uni-rim* (nnel<nood sets) ond mouldings; ond mony other items which ossure you ond Your cuslomerc top volue Jor your lumber investments. tTrimPak Pat.
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SOUTHERN CALIFONNIA
Western Hqrdwood Lumber Compcny, Los Angeles
There have been increases in all Douglas Fir mill prices, as high as the ceiling in some items as a result of lvar conditions. It is certain that there will be a large increase in Government buying of lumber for housing of workers in expanding war industries.
Low inventories in the hands of many California dealers has caused heavy buying. It is likely that many of the steel ships in the coastwise lumber trade will be requisitioned by the Government and that wooden lumber schooners now tied up will be put back into service.
The Philippine Mahogany lumber situation will depend on what effect military operations will have on mill production in the Islands, also on whether the ,sea lanes can be kept open. There is a possibility that lumber steamers may be convoyed to Pacific Coast ports. California wholesale distributors report that their stocks are low.
Seattle, Washington, December 9, L941.-The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in November (4 weeks) was 154,549,000 board feet, or 97.O per cent of estimated capacity, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly survey of the industry. Orders averaged I36,2L3,W board feet.; shipments, 141,542,0n. Weekly averages for October were: production, 179,459,W board feet (91.1 per cent of the l92Gl9D average) ; orders, 154,882,000; shipments, 173,497,W.
48 weeks ol L94I, cumulative production, 8W,376,W
board feet ; same period, t94O,-4,552.433,000; 1939-5,954,' 279,W.
Orders for 48 weeks ol l94l break down as follows: rail, 4,6D,589,W board feet; domestic cargo, 2,067,534,ffi; export, 205,869,000 ; local, 1,100,879,000.
The industry's unfilled order file stood at 587,403,000 board feet at the end of November; gross stocks, at 9D,' 121,ffi.
The situation of West Coast lumber took an unfavorable turn in November, due principally to restrictions on all 'nondefense building, owing to controls on scarce materials. Second cause was the shortage, yet increasing, of water space to California and Atlantic Coast. The resulting difficulty of moving low grades is curtailing production among tidewater mills. Third, the prospect of a general rise in freight rates is a depressant on lumber production.
The market for West Coast lumber is becoming very unbalanced. The still large demand for defense lumber runs to timbers; to types of lumber used in heavy construction, as in timber roof trusses which are increasingly replacing steel; and to boatbuilding lumber, ship decking, and aircraft stock. 30 to 40 per cent of the Douglas fir log cannot be made into such items. With restricted outlets foi this large portion of the industry's raw material, production falls and unemployment increases.
The Western Pine Association for the week ended No(Continued on page 50)
'Twas Christmas eve in the barracks, , And the soldiers all were there, ,, .' Thinking of home, but trying ' To act like they didn't care; When suddenly the voice 9f a rookie, Rang through the barracks-"Ptrts, What do you want for Christmas?"
,, And the soldiers answered-'GAls !" ***
Well, lumber friends, you've finally got itl Ever since 1929 you've been hoping and praying for just a touch of prosperity to hit the lumber industry; and it got to look as though it were never coming. But it finatly came, didn't iq? And when it arrived, it was no "touch.t' It was a smash.
Wishing our friends in the lumber business a prosperous and happy Christmas this year of 1941 is almost a waste of words. It's here,iand bveryone rin the industry has gotten a share.
North, East, South, and, Tl/est, by groufs, by divisions of the industry, by species, and any other way you want to divide the lumber business and its ramifications, prosperity has come this year to the lumber people and their friends and affiliates. It took another World War and a world catastrophe to bring it about. But it came. That's the main thing. ft's here.
Mr. Lumberman will be able to sit down to his Christmas dinner this year in much the same fix as the rancher who said he had "cattle on the hoof, shecp on the range, and cash in the bank." Yes, it should genuinely be a very merry Christmas for the average lumberman in general and for the sawmill man in particular. ***
Of course we've had a selleris market atl through the year. So naturally the producer, the first seller, has had a heap of fun. He had it coming, for he had had no fun in his business for a long, long string of years. Which made it all the more pleasant for him when it arrived. **t<
I have heard the manufacturer of lumber criticized many times during the past year, for getting over-excited by the great tide of business. But there were extenuating circum-
stances. The sawmill man in general was much like the fellow who had been wandering without water in the desert for a few days. When he.finatly came to a river, he didh't drink from a cup; he dove in head first.
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Of course, there were rnany automatic brakes to control his speed. Rapidly advancing costs of everything that goes into the manufactur6 of his product, had their stout effect. And now the tax collector will come along and take a huge portion of what he has been making. But he doesn't kick. After a long and dreary drought, the rains came, and he had 'a iocidtiime. The fun was almost as satisfactory as the profit.
One mill man said to me: "I find now, after hustling like the devil to get the best prices possible for my lumber, tira=t . I could have sold it all for much lower prices and still had Sbout as. much left after I pay my taxes, but wbat t'hell? Look at the fun I've had." It was governrnent business that was the backbone of the,great lumber market of 1941. And now the government will reap the tax harvest. ***
It is reminiscent of the old story about the Irish pallbearer at the funeral. When the preacher pronounced the words: "Dust thou art, to dust thou shalt return," the drunken Irishman hiccuped and exclaimed: "Nuthin' could be fairer than that."
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So it is with deep satisfaction that we wish our lumber friends at this time a happy holiday season. This time we know our wish will come trug and not be just wasted sentiment as it has boen so often in the past. We wish dl our friends in the industry the best there is for Christmas, and a New Year that will bring them a full measure of happiness and satisfaction.' ***
There is satisfaction in the thought that no matter what conditions prevail, there would be littte genuine pleasure in business without the friends that business creates. And so, at the close of another year, we look backward and think of the many friends who have made the tasks of the year lighter, the sun brighter, the desire to serve stronger, and the ties of friendship dearer. The joys of friendship are
things that not even war can take away from us. What saith the poet? "Their cause I plead, ptead it in heart and #ittd, a fellow feeling makes one wondrous kind.,, Friendships are assets that neither war nor {qpression can destroy.
What does the future hold for u4? No, no, my friend. There shall be no prophecying here,.*Sufrce it for this time thet we talk of the grand times of the past year, and let the future take care of itself for the moment. But advice? Ah! That's different. This column was always strong in that depadf,ment. So, let us close these Christmas Vags by quoting what a wise man said to us once, long ago. It would be a fine working plan for any man for the year, and all the years to come. He said: ***
"Get up right in the morning. Go to bed right at night. Start with joy in your heart, hope in the future, kindness in your purpose. If it is a dark day, never mind. You will help lighten it up. If it is a bright day, you will add to the brightness. Give a word of cheer, a kindly greeting, and a warm hand-shake to your friends. Forgive, and try to forget your enemiei. If all of us would bear in mind that happi'ness is from within and not from without, there would be a well-spring of joy in every human heart, and the sun would shine forever."
Known as the "USO Wanta Ride Wigwam," and constructed by the Southern Lumber Cornpany, San Jose, in co-operation with the San Jose Evening News, the first USO sheltered bench stop ,for men'in uniform seeking a ride from passing motorists was dedicated in San Jose, November 29. The structure was presented to Leland Prussia, chairman of the USO committee.
The idea was suggested by a reader of the News that shelters with benches be built along roads near cities and army camps for the benefit of soldiers. The idea was approved by army officers who were consulted.
Edwin Pohle, manager of the Southern Lumber Company, approved of the suggestion and lost no time in having the first bench constructed. He feels certain that the bench will be used by the soldiers and that similar benches will be placed in other parts of the city.
Mr. Pohle commends the idea to lumber dealers in other cities and towns in defense areas. Incidentally his concern rtceived a good deal of front page newspaper publicity in return for his efforts in getting the first bench built and located on the highway. It was placed on South First Street at a point where it is easy for motorists to pick up soldiers looking for a ride back to camp.
tr cr lew dcrys the Christicm wortd celebrctes the grect secson ccrlled Christmcs, cr combined holy dcy crnd holidcry. [t mcrrks the crnniverscrry of the birth oI Jesus Christ, lounder oI the phristici religion The story of this Gclilecm Cgrpenter is found only in the book we call Bible. kolcme history tells nothing oI this Ccrpenter, csrd IIis world-shcking story. We hcve no cruthorit1'lor Him, but the Bible.
The crmcrzing democrccy ol religion is indispulcbly proven by Christicrn crcceptcnce ol the Bible crs the text-book oI Truth. On December 25th, more th.'n seven hundred million non-lewish people cll over this ecrth will tun for guidcmce to their Bible; the first hcll of which is the history of the Jewish rcce, cnd the second hcll the history ol c lewish ccrpenter. This crlone would explcrin why the lew-hcting Hitler spurns Christicmity.
Jesus, crccording to the Greek Doctor Luke, wqs born in a stable, crnd crcrdled in cr mcnger, thus giving to posterity thcrt becrutiful story oI ihe Bethlehem bcrbe. Another thing thcrt Doctor Luke tells us in recitiag thcrt story, is thct it was tcrxes thct brought it cbout. Right now when tcrxes plcry so prominent cr pcrrt in humcrn experience, the direst pcnt thcrt tores plcryed in giving us the story of ChristEtcts, seens decidedly interesting. The crvercge Bible reader probcbly hcrs overlooked thcrt phcse oI the birth ol Jesus.
Luke tells us qbout it in the second chcpter ol his Book in the New Testcrurent. He scys thct Ccesar Augusfus, Bomcrn Emperor ct thct time, issued c decree that cll the world should be tqxed, crnd qrdered every mcrn to proceed to his home city to render himseU for tcrxcrtion loseph crnd his spouse, Mcry, lived in lhe town of Nczcreth in Gclilee, where loseph plied his trcrde crs ccrpenter. Mcrry wcs hecvy with child. But, obeying the order of Ccrescn, Joseph took his wife Mcry cmd mcrde the trip to his home city ol Bethlehem in ludqec, Ior Joseph wasi ol the House ol Dcvid, cnd Bethlehem wcs the hecdgucnters ol thct fconily.
Arriving in Bethlehem, they lound the plcced crowded, no doubt with the retunring tcrx-pcyers, cmd there wcrs no room lor then in the loccl inn" "Aud so it rvcs," scrys Luke, "thcrt while they were there the dcys were cccomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought lorth her lirstbora Son cnrd wrcpped Him in swcddling clothe* cnd lqid Him in c mcnger." So, you see, it wcs tcxes thct cqused thcst Babe whom the world worships, to be bom in c stqble cnd crcdled in cr mcnger, fcrr cwcy lrom his pcrents' home in Nczcrreth.
Itr cr book about lesus by Knhlil Gibrcrn" there is c mcrrvelous cnd inspirctionql word picture of the Ccupenter thcrt belongs in every scrcpbook In c letter supposed to hcrve been written by the wile of Pllcte to c Romcn lcdy, she scys cbout Jesus 'Ife wcrs specrking to His lriends of IO\IE and STBENGTII. I lnow He spolce ol LO\IE, lor there wcrs melody in His voicei and I know He spoke ol STRENGTII beccruse TIIERE WERE ARMIES IN HIS GESTUHES. And He wcE tender, even though my husbcnd could not hcve spoken with such <ruthority. Alter thct dcy His iurcrge visited my privccy when I would not be visited by mcrn or womcll. crnd His eyes secnched my soul, when my own eyes were closed. And His voice governs the stillness of my nights. I cm held lcst lorever more,' cmd there is pecce in my pcin, cnd treedom in my tecrs."
Ponderosa Pine is Servins Widelv and \ilell in California
Up in the Klamath country they have their eyes on the needs of the market before "They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree." For roughly a dozen years the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. has been falling the mature trees in the widespread forests of Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine on the mountainsides surrounding Klamath Falls, Oregon, and hauling them away to the big mill which operates with unusual steadiness and with remarkable efficiency. Much of the lumber manufactured there has found its way into use in the California market during all those years. Now, with defense injecting its new problems in lumber demand and supply, the quantities of Pine rolling into California from up Klamath way are heavier than ever. Even more significantly, the uses to which these good Pines are being put are more extensive than ever. Hundreds of lumber dealers, contractors, carpenters and others in the building trades have established a new acquaintance with Ponderosa Pine and Sugar Pine during the past year or two as the old law of supply and demand has called forth more and more ingenuity. Thus custom and common usage have in many cases been tossed to the winds. Out of all this has come a new appreciation and a genuine respect for the multitude of needs the lumber from these species can meet rryhen given the opportunity.
But, to go back to the mill, or, more accurately, to the woods behind the mill. Written prominently into the
Weyerhaeuser policy is the firm conviction that "Timber Is A Crop." Accordingly, the woods eperations are projected on a long-term basis which maps out the logging on principles of scientific forestry under which the mature trees will be harvested at the proper time with maximum efficiency and minimum waste and the land left in perpetually productive condition. That such a policy is being effectively carried out may be seen by the most casual visitor. There are strips of road where one side has been logged within the last few years and the other has not. Yet, to the passer-by, no difference can be noted.
In this Weyerhaeuser logging operation, both truck and rail transportation are used to keep an adequate supply in the log pond which has a storage capacity of about 10 million feet. It takes a large and steady supply of logs to feed the four SZ-foot double-butting band saws in the sawmill per eight hour shift.
The big gangsaw in the center of the mill is an important aid in maintaining the overall production figure. The cutting is fast and the lumber rolls ceaselessly down through the mill, but there is rhyme and reason to it all. Even before the log heads up out of the pond, the "eye-on-themarket" policy is exerting its influence from headsaw to car door. That's why the mill at Klamath Falls has been able to maintain a record during the years not only for
lxl0" D Ponderogc Pine Cbcrnnel Rustic Siding on home in Sheffield Vitlcge crt Ocrldtrnd, Cclilornicr. Ponderosd Pine and Sugcr Pine both used lor sqsh cnd Ponderosq Pine used extensirely lor interior trim cnd paneling.steady operation but for getting maximum useful products out of the tree.
The job of sorting out the lumber for eventual use really gets its start on the green chain where two and sometimes three graders walk miles a day with chalk sticks in hand classifying the bright new rough lumber into groupings according to the seasoning requirements of each piece. The green chain, or sorting table, is 505 feet in length and is said to be the longest in the world. It is completely enclosed so that the lumber stays under roof and the men who sort it and pull it off have ideal working conditions the year 'round. This is an outstanding feature of the operation-the fact that practically all the lumber stays under roof from the time the log comes in until the finished product is carefully loaded into the car. Only a minor proportion goes to the yard green.
Manager R. R. Macartney and his crew are rightfully proud of the careful kiln drying process to which the lumber is subjected. They are proud of the fact that the lumber thev send to market is properly seasoned and thereby fitted to serve the best interests of the ultimate consumer'They have a long battery of forty modern dry kilns to do the seasoning job and more recently have supplemented their seasoning capacity by the installation of a special type of kiln known as the Macartney kiln. Approximately 1,750,00C board feet of lumber are undergoing seasoning at all times. The drying period, of course, varies according to the size and species of each batch or kiln charge.
Once dried, the lumber stays under roof as it passes from one building to another until it finally reaches the car. The main stock is held in rough dry storage and then run through the planing mill on order and loaded directlyusually the same day. One look at the rough dry storage shed, 1250 feet in length, will convince even the most skeptical that the mill has adequate storage under roof. It will hold 35,000,000 board feet at one time. The shed is a splendid advertisement for timber construction, too, because the roof is supported on bowstring type timber trusses.
As for planing mills, they boast one of the finest layouts in the lumber industry at Klamath Falls. This department not only has large capacity-600,000 board feet per eight hour shift-but it has exceptionally good layout and a wide variety of machines which permit high speed surfacing and manufacture ranging from boards thirty inches wide to .small quarter rounds. The heavy equipment consists of six machines into which rough boards can be fed. automatically, surfaced on all four sides, matched and run to profile, all in one operation. Thirty-five cars can be loaded at one time at the shipping dock where exceptional care is taken in cleaning cars and sealing them from dust and dirt in transit.
While the product of the box factory operated in conjunction with the mill does not go through the dealer, it is,
(trbove) Two double-cutting bcnd scws, 52 leet in length, provide the mill with the ccrpccity oI cpproximctely 400,000 bocrd leet per eight-hour shilt.
(Center) Looling down crlong the green chain in Weyerhtreuser'r Klcrnath Folls mill. Length is 505 teet-believed to be world's longest. Note that this depcrtment is entirely enclosed.
(Below) The rough dry etorcae ghed hcs c ccpcrcity ol 35 million bocrd leet. Buildins * trlfrj":l long-believed to be lcrsesl struc-
nevertheless, of considerable importance to the dealer because its close utilization of low grades and what might otherrvise be waste releases an equivalent amount of good lumber for the normal building trades. The box factory utilizes off-grade stock, broken pieces, short lengths and similar items and cuts them into usable items, some of which are no longer than one's thumb. A thousand carloads of Pine for crating and boxing of all kinds go out of this factory in the course of a vear. fn normal times much of it is used to package fruits, vegetables and industrial products, but in these defense times there are many strange nerv items such as stout boxes for ammunition, bombs, artillery shells, and other urgent needs of war.
In southern California Ponderosa Pine is being used for many purposes. In residential construction it is winning new laurels as an exterior siding. Here is a wood which, because of its grainless texture, nails easily and resists splitting. It is light to handle and unusually free from slivers. Because of its light color and satin-like surface it takes an unexcelled paint job.
For interior use Ponderosa Pine has a high rating for trim, 'ivindow sash, doors, cabinet work and many similar items. Here again the smooth finish and easy working qualities of the wood are unexcelled. Where fine p4int jobs are a requisite, Ponderosa woodwork has much to its advantage. Great quantities of Ponderosa Pine have gone into individual residences of the finest kind as well as nrass housing projects.
For furniture, Ponderosa has such excellent qualities that some of the manufacturers of fine furniture will have nothing else. Here the careful seasoning is most important if drarvers are to slide easily and the furniture is to be free from checks. The grainless texture of the wood is most important in a trade where it must be worked in all directions and to patterns that are often intricate.
The movie studios have long since discovered the virtues of Ponderosa Pine. It is said that nearlv all the woodwork
that meets the eye is of this excellent species. Here good working qualities are important, but even more important is the necessity of having a wood that is light in color and very smooth so that a perfect paint job may be applied quickly and economically. The light color of the rvood frequently cuts down the painting job by one coat.
fn department stores Ponderosa Pine is used extensively for making effective department interiors, display windou's and shelving. It serves eQually well on defense jobs where wide boards have been used extensively for rough sheathing. Here the builders find an added advantage in handling wide boards, usually l2-inch, because they nail up fast, can be nailed close to the ends, are light to handle, have feu' slivers, and form a tight job because the lumber is fully seasoned when put in place.
Among industrial users Ponderosa Pine finds an increasing number of proponents for such uses as crating plumbing fixtures, oil industry machinery, aircraft products, and many others too numerous to mention.
Ponderosa Pine is serving both widely and well.
There is but one regret as one leaves this story of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. mill at Klamath Falls and its products. fn many sections of the trade Ponderosa Pine is known, called, and ordered under the designation of "knotty pine." This is distinctly a misnomer, and a somewhat unfortunate one for the species. Certainly, Ponderosa Pine does offer some lumber that is without peer for the many "knotty" uses, but it is far from the truth to say that all such pine is "knotty." One has only to look over the 800,000 or more board feet in all widths and sizes and lengths that go out of the Klamath Falls mill in the course of a day to realize that a great percentage of the lumber cut from the perpetual crop of logs has never the semblance of a knot or blemish in it. A lot of dealers are reacquainting themselves with that fact and are adding to their "knotty" stocks more and more of the selects.
(LeIt) (Ponderogq survey-Thorpe) This corner oI the Virginion R€stqurcnt operqted by Ed "strcngler" Lewis at 4300 Long Becch Boulevard, Long Becch, Cclil., shows cn interesiiag use ol Ponderosc Pine lor wcll linish cnd qlso lor booth pcrtitiong betweEn icbleg. Since the reslqurqnt ia pctterned qlter ctn old-style horse bcrn" with exposed hcrylolt over the center ol the lloor, dressed out with old rcrddles, hcy- Iorkg crnd olher pcrcrphernqliq, ihe desigm ol the pcrtitions lo augg€at horse giqll pcrtitions is well chosen Note hcy leeding rccks sbove. (Right) Grcding atrd inspectiDg go on continuclly tbroughout the raqaulacluring procesa ct Weyerhceuser's Klcmdth Falls mill. Here gradors cre inspecting lumber in the plcning nill.
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Considering the fact that Redwood normally operates on a stock or inventory basis, 1941 has probably been even more hectic for Redwood manufacturers than for the lumber industry generally, where the bulk of the business of manufacturers is on the basis of quick turn-over and minimum stocks.
Volume of sales for the first quarter was above normal, but did not put any strain upon production facilities. In the second quarter, unfilled order files built up rapidly, to reach by the end of July a peak equal to 60 days' production. Of this, 25/o to 45/o, varying at the different mills, was represented by direct and indirect defense orders. This caused production to be stepped up until it
variety of uses than any other species, and has been particularly called upon to step back into fields where it had in a measure been displaced by steel.
Naturally, there is uncertainty as to what the efiect of the impact of the war economy may be upon cutting schedules in L942. The announced restriction upon private residential construction will definitely curtail some typ'es of business, but on the other side of the picture is the tremendous increase for industrial and war purposes.
In addition to defense housing, it is expected that there will be a definite increase in the requirements of the farm trade for new utility buildings, maintenance and repair, and that in cities there will be a continuing large volume of remodel business, as well as a sharp increase in the "over the counter" trade for fencing and other improvements of the thousands of small homes that have been built in recent years, and for which the owners will, for the most part, have more money available for such purposes than usual.
There is some question as to the adequacy of supplies to assure continued operation of the mills, but it is believed that these will be made available because of the necessity of keeping the sawmills in first-class condition for the production of lumber actually needed for defense, although difficulty is likely to arise from the unbalanced order files caused by the changing nature of the market. Staple yard items accumulated in the production of defense orders may not move in the accustomed volume.
The Redwood Industry recognizes that it will take more than ordinary resourcefulness and selling ability to meet the challenge of a war economy, but expects to hold up its end of the lumber business.
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was 50 per cent above normal, and while it has not been dropped back as much as orders have declined since October 1, production is now running at a rate of about 25 per cent above normal.
While Redwood production is only about 2 per cent of total softwood production, it probably goes into a greater
W. G. (Bill) Laubender has joined the sales staff of Geo. M. Huff Lumber Co. and is working in the Los Angeles territory. Bill was formerly rvith E. K. Wood Lumber Co. and is well-known to the Los Angeles lumber trade.
Loag hfe ig tbe ILgt plus; a lact proved on the toughest oI jobs by millions oI leet o[ Wolmarized Lnnhsl. "But what about the aaih 61d boltg-or timber coa' nectors-that hold the conetruction logetber? Ie the metal attacked by the wood preaewalive?" And here'g another plus lor Woloanized Lumber.
Wolman Salts* preservative, driven deep iuto ihe cells oI the wood by the vacuum-pressure method, Iurnishes active protection agrinsl termites and the Iurgi tLat cause decay. Eut.rt does aotattackmetsls. What a combinatiou! Loag-lived lumber, which ofiere no unusual erection problems, giving you long' lived consbustiou. And the wood is clean, odorlegs and paintable.
Wobnani"ed Lumber is produced at many plaab lhroughout tbe coultry, under the colhol oI one central laboratory. It ig digtributed through regular trade cbanaelg, under tbe oae name, WoLnauized Lunber. AMERICAN LIIMBEB & TREATING COM' PANY, 1648 McCornick Building, Chicago, Illirois. r8ogdltcrod TradoMul
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It seems hcrdly recrl-noi in my wildeet dre-. could I for the pcst hnenty yecrs hcve believed it possible-thcrt I arn sitting down to my typeuniter, iust cs I did in April, 1917, to write to my fellow lumbennen cnd fellow Americcns, tbe snne stera words that I wrote then: "Our Country ls At Wtn."
Even with the terrilic reports thct are coning over the rcdio every few minutes qs I write, it still aeens unrecl thcrt such c thing should be. Thqt old, otd folly-"It Ccn't Hcppen Here"hcs been ccught lcrlsilying crgcriru crnd how bilterly.
In l9l7 cr despercte cnd treqcheroue world power pushed us to that point where further tolerance wcs impossible, qnd prorrpted by our President, Congress dectarld a iust cnd holy wcr cgcrinst the Gennan Hun.
In December, 1941, thqt scme power, chcnged only fron to "Nczi," lurnished no doubt the &ive thcrt sent cr nation of lcrncticcrl, fcrtalistic, treccherous cmd double-decling yellow tcrp<rnese into sudden conllici cgeinst the United Stcrtes, even while their wily, oily crmLcrsscdors -tclked peace to our Government crt Wcshington
The English lcmgucge seems cppcllingly lutile irr trying to describe the totcl surprise, the totcl mczement thct cqme to the Americcn people when the fearlul news begcn coming in over the air utcvea. Neither is it possible to describe the wcrve of indigmntion thct immedicrtely lollowed. I scrw it hcrppen once belore, curd nothing in history is nort drcrmcrtic to wcrtch ihln c srrelling tidcl-wcrve of cmger thct develolx when a grreat ncrtien suddenly discovers thct it has been mcde lhe victim ol trecchery unspeckcrble, bcrbcrisn ada infonv imnrecsurable.
The Americcn people cre the mcddest right now they hcrve ever been in cll their history. TAd wave of indignation expresses itsell throughout the lcnd in cr nrillion delinite wcry* All elte E lorgotteu. Cweek crgo this nction icrwed,-cmd crgued, cmd debcted cr score of pr'oltems thcrt then seemed vitcrl. Irr the wcke oI the Jcrpcmese crttcrck those mcrtters todcry crppecrr no nore importcrnt thcn cr lcrst yecr's bird nest. This people is united irr spirit cnd determinntion" convinced thcrt there is cr tremendous iob to be done, cmd thcrt only through the complete unity ol every sbcrtum ol Americcnrism, ccn it be successfully crnd promptly cccomplished.
We stcnd 'rnited behind our President, our GovernnenL cmd our tlcg, detenrrined to do so thorough cr iob with those damncrble little yellow rren lhct when we getlhrough the "yellow P"til" ol the trecrcherous nction crcrosa the Pcrcific will be peril no longei. Whcri hcppened crt Pecnl Hcrbor-regcrdless ol how it hcqrpened-hcrs drcwa-rhis nrrtion-into one lirm-mind crnd mq88, cs nothing less trcgic could hcve done. We hcve but one nationrrl idecr now; we hcve a wcrr to win
-Co-me whcrt mcry, we shqll win it. It rrcy be thct our stqrt looks slow, cnd the lcp stcrt loolcs fcrst But wcit c little until "our lsrrrn gets rolling," cs they say in footbcll, cnd God help thoee little, tricky yellow criminals, and their Ncrzi ment6rs.
Americcr-o cre springing to crrms by lhe tens ol lhouscands. Whether they be twenty yecrrs oI cge_or-fiItye s€eES to ncrke no diflerence. Everyone wcurts cr hcod in wiprng out oufloes, and estcrblishing once cgcin c world where decent people mcy live in pecCe. -With lcith in ourselves, our kesident, our Government, our nction, cnrd our-God, we-cre tcking up the gauge thcrt wcrs throwu down qt Pecrrl Hcrbor, cnd will not cry "Enough" until the necessiryiob is done. I.et us lly *O$ Glory" over our plcrces of businesscrndoverourhomes,cndgetlheglowcnd determinction thct however proscric the duty ol each ol us mcry be, thcrt duty will be Lccepted prou_dly cmd glcrdly lor our country's scke, and thcrt we wilt alt help in lhe great tcrsk to be dtne, loycrlly cmd helpfully, without grudging or lcult-Iinding.
The lumber industry of the nction shilts i-rmedicrtely from cr delense to c wcr basis. No i'dustry shcrll serve its country better in this grrect emergency. Wctch the lumber industry tecm roll too!
We are proud of our performance through these hectic months to have supplied the retail trade with every Redwood need when wanted-delivery in a day or a weeh-And at the same time doing our part for National Defense.
Softly the bells are chiming Under the vaulted blue, Peace and the Christmas Spirit Are calling to me and to you; And here where the fields are smiling And in winter lands afar, The eyes of earth's children are lifted To the light of one shining star.
Beautiful golden legend
Thrilling the world again, Easing the weight of our burdens, Stilling the throb of pain; Whispering low, "be patient, Valiant and faithful still," Breathing the olden message, "Peace and Good Will-Good Will."
C. C. ("Sti") Stibich, of Tarter Webster & Johnson, Inc., San Francisco, returned December 6 from a five weeks' eastern trip, calling on his firm's sales connections. On his way East he flew from San Francisco to Boston and also used the air route home from Chicago.
Linger oh Christmas Spirit, Dwell in our midst for aye, Shedding the light of gladness Over life's shadowed way; Speak to the troubled nations, Bid envy and hatred cease. Till the whole world walks serenely In the smiling paths of Peace.
Softly the bells are chiming Under the vaulted blue, Peace and the Christmas Spirit Are calling to me and to you. May we not keep them with us All through the glad New Year, With the light of the Star to guide us And the Angel song to cheer.
-A. Merriam Conner.Cliff Bergstrom, MacDonald & Bergstrom, Los Angeles, who has been on the sick list for the past two months was a recent caller at the company's office. He is convalescing at his home in Hermosa Beach, and expects to be back at his desk after the first of the vear.
We thank our friends for their many favors during the past year and wish them A ffiewy [,tlristmag and g lFrospsroud 9.en Desr HoG A'*
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November 15 marked the anniversary of the organization of the Engineering Department of George E. Ream Co. under the charge of C. W. Comegys. The purpose of the department is to promote the use of specialty materials distributed to the trade and to develop expanding markets for these and all materials handled by this firm.
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The addition of an engineering department by a wholesale distributor is an innovation characteristic of the foresight and advance think-
ing of Mr. Ream. The department has been very successful, particularly in the introduction of Thermax structural insulating slabs and Kimsul blanket insulation.
Mr. Comegys' background is varied and interesting. His original ambition was to be an electrical engineer and he spent a good many years with what was the Edison Electric Co.. now the Southern California Edison Co. and the Westinghouse Electric Manufacturing Co.
About the beginning of World War I, Mr. Comegys joined the motion picture industry as purchasing agent for the Jesse L. Lasky organization and remained there until building became so active, after the close of the war, when he reached into heating and ventilating and finally into the insulating field with The Celotex Corporation. He called on the architects and engineers throughout California, and as Therrnax Supervisor extended his operations as far as Seattle, Salt Lake City, Phoenix and Albuquerque. He left The Celotex Corporation to join the George E. Ream Co.
Mr. Comegys is widely knou'n throughout the retail lumber trade.
Vander Laan Piling & Lumber Co,216 Pine Street, San Francisco, recently enlarged their office space.
Pcul won his l,-re with an axe curd cm on. The Iumber industry of todcry is more compliccted but Pcul Bunycrn still stqnds crs the synbol ol crchievenent
Bed River's logging includes selective cuttiag, consenrction cmd torest protection Bed River's lxoduction requires cccurcrte crnd unilorm milling, Hln-secsoning cmd grcding to Associction etcmdqrds.
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Uncle Mose, as he had done for more years than he could keep count of, dropped in for his Christmas morning visit at "de cunnel's house." The cook, as usual had given him liberally of the leftovers from the Colonel's breakfast table, ham, sausage, grits, eggs, hot cakes, plenty of cane syrup, and all the hot coffee he could drink.
Then when, well stuffed with food, he started for home over the slippery, frozen path that pointed toward his house, the Colonel himself handed Mose a package, just as he always did on Christmas morning. The shape, the weight, the feel of the package left no possible doubt in old Uncle Mose's mind as to the contents. It was a full quart. And he knew it was his favorite "red licker." Let the white folks have their Scotch, and their various other alcoholic beverages, but to Uncle Mose there was just one kind of sure enough libation, and that was "red."
made his way along, until he got within a block of his cabin. It was there the awful thing happened. A patch of ice with a sprinkle of snow, covered the path at that point. Before old Uncle Mose knew it, his both feet slipped. That survival of the fittest instinct caused him to throw up both hands and clutch at the top of the rail fence. He made it, and was able to pull himself back to his feet. But he knew all too well the meaning of the terrible scrunching sound that he had heard as he let go the bottle and grabbed the fence. At his feet lay his package, a wide circle of liquid drifting out from it and covering the ground for a yard square.
Uncle Mose bowed his old head in stoical resignation. It was a sort of a "thy-will-be-done," gesture, as he solemnly said:
"Crismus done come an' gone !" To "yo,r
Carrying it proudly and tenderly under his right arm, he
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Oregon-Wcshington Plywood Compcmy
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In our mind one underlying principle should govern oll problems of trode whether thot trade is between individucls, powerlul lirms, or governments. Thcrt principle is friendship. Where there is friendship, there is I Ioir trcde; there is no dumping; there is no price SouS- lll ing; crnd where there is friendship, credits cnd collec- lll tions qre hcrrdled with eqse. Indeed, we could trulv H soy thot "Friendship meons thot Friend's Ship." fi
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BccLed by more thcn cr hcII centutt' ol e:rperience in meeting ihe reqtrirements ol building progress.. wilh thct experience mcrtched by courprehensive lccillties including hqrdwood tirnber, modern curd fuIly equipped flooring fcctories qnd bcinedpersonnel....
Royal Oak Flooring points the uay to profitable salcs in Ig42 New buildings for lhe many pbcses oI Defenge . . low-cost housing . reaodeling cnd reconditioning of old homes will be the l9{2 tend. Let Roycrl Ocrk Flooring keep you in step with thcrt trendt It meetg crll Governnent qnd FHA reguirernents . guclilies lor every iob where hcndwood floors cqn be specilied.
Boycrl Ock Flooring is cvailcble in ned cnd White Ock, in cll sizeg cnd grcdes of stcndcnd ship cnd plcnk in "V" or flush ioints. For guotction+ conlcct our necr€st scles represenlqtive todcry, or crd&egs:
Defense demands on lumber in the latter part of. I94O were a warning shot across the bow compared to the broadside which hit the Douglas fir industry in 1941. Camp Lewis and Camp Ord were completed; dozens of other smaller camps were ready for or occupied by the new Army at the end of '4O. The job of supplying more than half a billion feet of dimension, boards, drop siding and flooring for these cantonments had put the woods and mills of the Douglas fir region "full steam ahead" by the beginning of 1941; prepared them for the impact of the all-out defense demand to come.
A giant new program for the building of tanks and planes and motorized big guns called for the expansion of existingindustrial plants and the erection of new plants for such production. And the first requirement of that job was lumber. No concrete could be poured without form lumber; no structural steel erected without lumber scaffolding.
New shipyards and new ways for old shipyards were rapidly brought into the picture, and again materialization had to depend upon the delivery of lumber as the first step.
More than 40 thousand delense housing units for workers and enlisted personnel were built.
The defense construction program, both industrial and residential, will amount to $4,200,000,000 for 1941. Added to this are what might be termed the defense program "byproduct" demands-hundreds of new factories to service the Army and Navy and equipment plants; thousands of new railroad cars to handle the increased transportation; ships to supply England and Russia without enforcing restrictions on our essential commerce, many of them built entirely of wood and all calling for quantities of lumber for hatch covers, cargo battens, bilge ceiling, hold lining, bulkheads, decks.
Retail yard buying reached a new high, as lumber dealers tried to meet the need of the farmer for grain storage and other buildings, to handle this year's bumper crops and care for the additional livestock needed to feed the augmented Army and Navy; or to furnish lumber for privately-financed homes, a booming market resulting both from increased buying power and from housing-shortages in industrial areas.
These are the highlights of the lumber market that pushed production of West Coast mills to a peak 15 per cent higher than estimated normal capacity, and to a record of shipping seven and a half billion feet of lumber before November 1 this year.
They are an indication of the markets ol 1942, and of the way in which the Douglas fir industry will serve them.
Defense construction lor 1942 will at least equal that of l94l; and, the "by-products" purchases will logically follow. There may be some curtailment of defense housing, but there will also probably be a new cantonment program.
Probably there will continue to be-and this, of course,
is of prime importance to the retail lumber dealer-curtailment of privately-financed home constructioir, and nonessential civilian building outside defense areas, but present SPAB rulings on this undoubtedly will be altered. They were not necessitated by any lack of lumber, and when hardware and nails and tools, wiring and plumbing, are available in quantities greater than those needed by defense purchasers, home building, farm building, store and factory building will again hit its stride.
The remodeling market looms strong for next year. Just as we are going to have to recondition the family car a,nd get another twenty thousand miles out of it, so we are going to have to patch and repair our homes. There's a strong movement on to remodel the old "big family" type house to two or more modern apartments, as an answer to our need for housing space without too much drain on materials.
The brightest prospect for 1942, to both manufacturer and retail dealer, is in the respect being earned by Douglas fir as a structural material.
Modern engi,treering designs and methods and the use of power tools in timber fabrication have greatly increased the efficiency of Douglas fir as a material for heavy construction. Timber is now being rediscovered by engineers and designers, and this trend will have a strong bearing on the lumber markets of. 1942.
Douglas fir trusses for factories, for airplane hangers, for shipyards, are releasing steel and other metals urgently needed for planes,. tanks, ships and guns, and in doing so wood is not just a "substitute" but is earning recognition as an engineering material of the first quality.
In an editorial. "Timber Proves fts Worth," in the October 9 issue of Engineering News-Record, this highest authority in the engineering field states:
"Now that the structure (A British Columbia plane factory) is completed, it appears that little could have been gained by using steel even if no emergency had existed .' the required roof truss span is provided with an ample safety margin and at low cost . , This building and others in our own country emphasize that tirhber is not only a defense material of first rank, but that modern practices in its manufacture and use ofier the designer what is in effect a new material for peace-time applications."
New timber use is reflected in the Army's statrdard specifications for a 184foot span wood truss tgngar; new specifications of standard timber truss construction for Army motor repair shops, previously steel, and on which 2160 wood trusses of 4Gfoot and 60-foot spans are now being fabricated in Portland for shipment to New York and Pennsylvania. USO buildings, sports arenas, theatres, all specified in steel in first Army specifications, are being made standard for timber truss or Lamella roof construction.
A prime example of the effective use of structural Doug-
las fir in shipyard construction is that of the West Basin plant of the California Shipbuilding Company at Los Angeles. Erection of 14 Summerbell Teco-connected trusses in the West Basin mold loft was done in the record time ot 5l hours. The trusses have a span of lt6,?r.
A highly publicized story has been.that of the comeback of the old-time wood shipbuilder,s of Maine. This is of special interest to the Douglas fir industry of the West Coast, for no other wood is long enough and strong enough to turn out ship keels 108 feet long, or the other required big timbers uniform in strength.
The new Port of Embarkation at Oakland is of timber truss construction. Major E. J. Walters, constructing quartermaster, commended the design and added: "IIeavy timbers being used in the construction are more fire resistant than the exposed light-steel trusses commonly used in warehouse and shed construction," declaring that light steel will melt at a temperature of 1300 degtees, a temperature always exceeded in any major conflagration, but that heavy timbers would char to a depth of approximately a half-inch and the charcoal formed on the outside will ha'lt combustion and resist re-ignitiorl.
Wood in plane construction, even in the big ships of Lockheed, Douglas and Vega, is increasing rapidly. Five of the largest producers of training planes are now using Sitka spruce spars, and England, which has used Sitka spruce as a basic plane material since the beginning of the emergency, is now using quantities of Douglas fir also. These cases are cited to illustrate the manner in which
Federal specifiers are turning to wood construction. Civilian building will follow suit, influenced not only by the greater economy and availability of wood, but by the weight of approval from Army and Navy engineers and architects.
For this increased construction market, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association has prepared technical data and designs, as Supplements to the Douglas Fir Use Book, as part of the Blue Ox Series of Structural Designs, and in a new publication: "Highway Structures of Douglas Fir." Single copies of these publications are available to all retail dealers without charge. The Association's staff of engineers and field men are contacting engineers, architects and specification writers throughout its consuming territory, offering assistance in Douglas fir structural design.
In meeting the combined requirements of civilian use and defense construction in 1941 the Douglas fir industry did a great emergency job. No defense work was delayed by lack of lumber; and lumber is one of the very few basic materials to show a capacity of production so great as not to need priorities. With reasonable assura,nce of machinery and equipment replacements, the production capacity of the region will be as high in 1942. Government requirements of the grades commonly needed by the retail lumber dealer for his home and farm building market will probably be less than last year. All indications point to there being a steady flow of lumber from the mills of the Douglas fir region to the retail lumber market.
This is the season of good cheer when we pause to review the past, count our bless' ings, and look ahead in anticipation of what the future holds. # We are grateful to you who have borne with us in our effort to supply simultaneously the needs of Defense
and the building indu$try.
# Where the going has been rough, due to abnormal de, mands, 'we have appre€iated your indulgence -it has made us more determined than ever to try to fill your requirements as well as those of Uncle Sam. K Heartiest Ctreetings!
Lumber shipments from the Western Pine region during the third quarter of 1941 were approximately I,775 million feet or an advance of about 15 per cent over ships for the same period last year, the Western Pine Association reports. This is an all-time high for the movement of Western Pine lumber during any quarter of any year in the history of the industry.
The favorable month by month comparisons of 1941 shipments over those of 1940 began to narrow in August and it was expected that by the middle of the fourth quarter there would be no increases at all because the stock accumulations which helped to'make such heavy shipments possible in the fall of I94O arc lighter this year. A large percentage of the fall and winter shipments this year will have te come from current production.
' The third quarter production of. 1,975 million feet was up 323 million feet from the second quarter and showed a gain of 14 per cent over last year. This record production constituted an excellent response by the industry to appeals made in August by'the OPM and OPACS for greater lumber production during the period of emergency needs. Due to the demands of the Government and other customeis for shipments, this immense production did not permit the usual normal accumulation of stocks during the quarter. Stocks grew less than ftO million feet during the period.
With a probable greater cantonment program, continued
heavy industrial building, and the proposed program of 625,W0 family dwelling units to be built in the fiscal year 194I-1942 as compared with 600,000 in the previous fiscal year, the lumber industry's capacity will be heavily taxed in the coming months. Especially important in the case of Western Pine is the constantly increasing demand for boxes and crates in which to ship planes, shells, rifles and other munitions.
It is estimated that during the fourth quarter of 1941, the consumption (shipments) of Western Pine lumber will be about 1,461 million feet. This would mean a volume of shipments 71 million feet lower than the 1,532 million feet shipped in the fourth quarter of 1940 and 17.3 per cent less than the third quarter shipments of this year.
California leads all the other states in the country in Western Pine lumber consumption. During the month of October, 1941,2,622 cars were shipped into the State. For the same month in 1940, shipments were 2,553 cars.
The Western Pine Association reports total orders, shipments and production for 90 identical mills for the year 1941 up to and including November 29 as follows: Orders 3,873,064.000 feet; shipments 3,898,295,000 feet; production 3,628,366,000 feet. The figures for the same period in 1940 were : orders 3,552,041,000 feet, shipments 3,445,124,000 feet; production 3,2O5,587,000 feet.
"Ponderosa Pine Woodwork has set an example the rest of us in the lumber industry would do well to follow," is the opinion of J. F. Coleman of Kinzua Pine Mills, Kinzua, Oregon. "We all know,'f Mr. Coleman says in a statement just released for publication, "that continuous, well rounded, well planned eftort are the essential ingredients of a successful promotional campaign. Yet too often we are inclined to dignify a series of three or four more or less unrelated advertisements as a campaign. Proof of the results that can be attained is found in what Ponderosa Pine Woodwork has done."
"It may be fairly common knowledge," Mr. Coleman contined, "that an impressive number of inquiries was received from the advertising in national magazines over the Ponderosa Pine Woodwork signature. That kind of result is always gratifying, but a second look at the monthly reports shows a significant fact. Returns did not mount
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suddenly to a peak and then fall ofi. Instead, each new advertisement brought more inquiries than the one before. I am told by men who ought to know that it,s this cumulative effect that the advertising experts always hope to get.,,
"When they get it, they know that the idea common to all advertisements is right. It shows that a lot of people who read the first advertisement, but didn,t act on it, remembered it anyway. The second one of the series reminded them to do something they already were ready to do, and in comes an inquiry: The first and second ads together 'softened up' still more interested people, and the third ad brings them in, and so on.',
"There are two morals to this story,,, says Mr. Coleman. "One is to give your advertising a chance to do its work, and the second is that dealers, wholesalers, and manufacturers of doors, windows and frames would do well to capi_ talize on Ponderosa Pine Woodwork's successful campaign pronto !"
Contracts for twelve more ships costing a total of $18,000,000 have been awarded by the United States Mari_ time Commission to the Richmond Shipbuilding Corpora_ tion, Richmond, Calif., it was announced by Russell J. Carroll, the commission's resident engineer at the plant, No_ vember 25.
The new vessels will be the EC-Z type, 10,500 ton cargo carriers worth $1,500,m0 each and bring to thirty-six the number of ships scheduled to be built at this yard.
As l94l draws to its close we want to express to our dealer friends our sincere appreciation of their patronage and to say
The Los Angeles City building permits, up to and including December 2, L941, amounted to $81,393,728, as compared with $74,688,,+00 for the entire year of 1940, and $74,790,911 for the entire year of 1939.
Fir cargoes, arriving here, to December 6, I94I, amounted to 908,555,000 feet, and for the same period irl 1940, were 712,248,ON, showing an increase of almost 2,000,000 feet.
There has been a definite increase in building permits, which have offset in a remarkable wav. the increase in receipts. The Los Angeles City building permits do not include a large percentage of increases in small homes in the airplane production areas; and without doubt, will constitute an enonnous increase in building construction outside the ordinary Los Angeles City department. The fact that I am listing only Los Angeles City building permits means that the general area not being included in the total figures is of invaluable importance-the reason for this being that outside of Los Angeles City there is an
immense amount of construction which is not included.
The fact that the small home construction is a predominant factor in the industrial districts should indicate that our lumber business for 1942 can very easily exceed our past years' activity. The growth of these areas is phenomenal and the changes in plans for the increase in production are more or less of a military secret in view of the war situation. Mechanics, carpenters, and the like, must be hou,sed, and to make this expedient, they must be situated near their work-which again calls for homes somewhere in the vicinity of construction areas.
This explains in part why we have such a large amount of unsold lumber on the dock-because we are a defense area, lumber is being poured into our market to fill our defense needs-and although it is coming too fast, I believe it will begin moving at a rapid speed, and believe, too, that with the possible exception of the year 1923, 1942 will show the largest year in Southern California lumber history.
There is no way in the present war program to predict what the 1942 building program will produce, but hazarding a wild g'uess, I believe that either by rail or water, Southern California will see enlarged consumption of lumber, because we have one of the largest productive areas for war and civilian production in the entire United States.
rt is with pleasure that we again wish our friends a happy holiday season. May the next year deal generously with you in health, happiness and prosperity.
Volume of insured-mortgage business held firm during the past week showing an increase over the previous week in the Southern California District, and according to Wilson G. Bingham, District Director, Federal Housing Administration, added another more than two millioh dollars worth of applications to the cumulative volume.
The week ending Dec. 5, recorded 563 applications representing mortgages valued at $2,1ffi,820, or 5.6 per cent in number over the 533 cases for $2,344,50 for the previous week, and 16.5 per cent increase over the corresponding week of 1940 when a total of 483 applications, calling for an advance of credit of $2,071,50O, were received.
All but 79 of. the 563 cases called for new home construction under FHA inspection and amounted to $1,796,700. The 79 cases for $364Jn called for the refinancing of existing liens or purchase-money mortgages on homes built previous to FHA inspection.
"The influence of the defense emergency in the housing field, in its demand for volume housing, is reflected in this maintained and increased volume," said Mr. Bingham. "At the same tirne a continued lower average amount of individual mortgage will be noted, indicating the effectiveness of FHA's effort to assist defense workers, in the lower and moderate income groups, to find suitable housing."
During the past week, Mr. Bingham's report shows that the average amount of individual mortgage shown in the new construction cases was$3,712, as compared with $4,180 during the corresponding week of 1940.
Gucrcrnteed to meet or exceed requirements ol Anericcur Society lor Testing Mctericrls Specificcrtions for High Ecrly Strength Portlcnd Cement, crs well aE Federcl Specilic<rtions lor Cement, Portlcmd, High-Ecrly-Strength, No. SS-C-201.
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(Exbenely sevcre auto-clcve test reeults consistently indiccte prcrcticclly no expansion or contrcction" thus elimincting one oI most rtifficull problems in use ol cr high . ecrly sbength cemenL)
Mr. LrumbermanThe beet for you in'42and thanks for all your help in '41. Your foiends ct
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PAPER SAGT STAIIIPTD WNf, DATI OT PACITTIG AT IIIU.
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Details of a plan whereby individuals and firms in the lumber industry of the East Bay district were invited to participate in the distribution of 500 kegs of staple gro- 'ceries to worthy families in need at Christmas time were iannounced at a meeting of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39.
"The Lumber Trade in California and Some Suggestions," ,by H. G. Larrick, Solano Beach retail lumbermen, appeared in this issue.
A career sketch of A. C. "Tack" Horner. National Lumber iManufacturers' Association, San Frarrcisco, was in this number.
Frank H. Ransom, formerly vice-president and treasurer of the Eastern & Western Lumber Co., Portland, Ore., was named president of the firm, succeeding W. B. Ayer, who resigned. Manager K. H. Koehler was appointed vice-president and manager, and Charles B. Dufiy was appointed secretary-treasurer.
A large crowd attended the dedication of the new Manzanita bridge on the Alto highway, two miles south of Mill Valley, Calif. The structure is 2000 feet long and contains more than 2,000,000 feet of Redwood lumberi
The number of financial institutions originating FHAinsured home mortg'ages continued to increase during the first three-quarters of. L941, while the number of institutions holding such mortgages in their portfolios increased at an even faster rate, federal housing administrator Abner H. Ferguson announced recently.
Thus, both prirnary and secondary markets for insured home mortgages are broadening further, Mr. Ferguson said, as they have done consistently every year since the FHA was established.
As of last September 30, lending institutions financing mortgages accepted by the FHA for insurance numbered 8027, a gain of 242 over the 7785 originating institutions as of last December 31.
Over 400 attended the Lumbermen's Hi-Jinks at the Royal Palms Hotel, Los Angeles, Friday evening, December 5. These parties are a regular home-coming for the lumbermen, and everybody has a fine time. Lumbermen from all sections of Southern California were in attendance. The entertainment which featured singing, dancing and vaudeville acts was enjoyed by the large turnout. The party was sponsored by Lumbermen's Post, No. 403, of the American Legion.
Y O U are cordially invited to attend our "Xmas Party"
Wednesday, December 24, frorn I l:OO a. m. to 5:OO p. m. at our new offices and display rooms - 3926 Wilshire Blvd.
We are engaged in providing the Lrurnber Industry
with efficient transportation in the Coastwise Trade
This progressive concern is owned by M. J. Enos and Mike Dominick. who started business in Santa Clara in 1924 and moved to the present site one year later. The yard handles a full line of lumber and building materials and has a mill that manufactures a general line of millwork.
The office and display room is 30 by 40 feet. The visitor steps onto a beautifully polished Oak floor from the entrance door. This display contains four grades of Oak flooring and occupies one-third of the floor space, with the rest in Fir.
Knotty Pine is used on the lower six feet of the walls and above that Celotex insulating plank, with 16" Celotex tile on the ceiling. The counter top is Presdwood.
In the private office the walls are paneled in various hard-
woods including Oak, Gum, Walnut, Jenisero, Ash, and ribbon grain Philippine Mahogany. The wainscoting is Jenisero. The flooring is Oak plank, four, six and eight-inch.
The estimating room has knotty pine wainscoting with Fir panels above. The yard office has solid Redwood paneling to the ceiling.
Large windows give plenty of daylight and fluorescent lighting is used throughout. The thermostatic heating system heats the building at small cost due to the fact that it is fully insulated. Pioneer insulation was used instead of sheathing in the walls. There is a full basement which will be used partly for storage.
A new storage shed at the rear is 28 by 60 feet.
\M"'rr" been q huntin' and q fishin' , , . ltot sorne venison and a couple oI elk, too, by golly. Ccrught some trout and the biggest one didnt get crwcry. Trcmped the hills, bucked the snow, Iell in the creek smelled the camp fire cnd the bccon. \ll/'e've 'et good, slept good and hcd a swell time.
I ou lumbermen have mcrde our plecsures possible crnd our year most plecrscrnt. We sincerely crpprecicrte your mcny lcrvors crnd wish you a very, very
The hardwood situation in California has been considerably brightened by the defense program.
Scarcity of steel has increased the demand for hardwood lumber in the building of truck bodies, and heavy hardwood timbers have supplanted metal in shipbuilding plants and other defense industries in many r,vays. Considerable Philippine hardwood has been used for planking and frames for smaller defense crafts, such as motor torpedo boats, landing boats, and coastal patrol craft. Long timbers have been imported from South America as well as the Philippines for use as keels, chines, and sheers. There has been a considerable improvement in demand
for hardwoods this year from the furniture manufacturing industry which has been going at high speed during 194I. Alder and Maple from our own Pacific Coast forests have been used up to the available supply on account of extremely high prices for Southern Gum, and Philippine }fahogany has also played a prominent part in filling the needs of our local furniture factories.
Hardwood is being used more and more for interior paneling, even in the smaller type of homes, in the form of thin solid panels manufactured from Philippine Mahogany, and also in the so-called "character marked" hardwoods. This type of paneling is within the reach of the builder of most modestly-priced homes.
Prospects for the hardwood business in California for 1942 arc somewhat uncertain, due to the war situation. Ilome building will be curtailed, but to offset this demands from defense industries should take up some of the slack.
We wcnt our cuatomers to &now lhct we cppre- cicte the businegs they bave cccorded ue during l94l-a record yecr with production recrching 190 Million Feetl
The huge ccrpccity qnd modera lcrcilities ol our Toledo, Oregon mills hqve enqbled us to meet the denqads ol Ncrtioncl Delense cnd our regulcr trcde WITHOUT SACNIHCING THf,T WELL XNOWN
IOHNSON QUALTTYI
We will be even better equipped to tsle care ol your ordere i! 1942 crad hope thct you will lqvor ue with your inquirier.
All lohuon Luabcr ir KILN DRIED crd f,cil Shipnells areStored aad Locdcd Uader Cover. fhc Trodc llork of qUAIITY IUTIIEER
Dnawn more closely together than ever, by the
ties of real fellowship, we wish to extend to our many friends a wish which comes from deep within our hearts
Mary bought a little Bond, And slipped it in her soclq "Tis safer there, by far," guoth she, "Than under key and lock."
When Mary bought that little Bond, And stowed it in her stocking, The interest that investment drew, Was really rather shocking.
Mary bought a little. Bond, And hid it in her lisle; She bought a second, third, and fourth, And nowshe's got a pile.
If Mary.keeps on buying Bonds, And stowing them in lisle, To cover her deformities, Long skirts will be in style.
Home, the center of civilization ! Home, the bulwark of constitutional government t Home, the ark of safety to happiness, virtue, and Christianity! Home, the haven of rest in old age, where the higher elements of better manhood can be taught rising generations by the splendid example of settled citizenship ! Every man should own his home ! (By
Janies Stephen Hogg, immortal governor of Texas.)"May I print a kiss on your cheek?" he asked, She nodded her sweet permission. Then they went to pressAnd i rather guessThey printed a large edition.
When f am gone, I wonder if You'll go the same old ways, And sing and laugh through happy hours, As in the olden days; When you and I, as sweethearts, trod Moonlit field and heather, I wonder if you'll sing the songs We long have sung together? And if your dreams will be of me, Or will you gaily go, Another way, without a care-? (Deep in my heart, I know.)
frate Church Woman-"Why don't you arrest that nudist colony that is disgracing this neighborhood?"
Sheriff (Something of a wag): "I would, but it's awful hard to get anything on them."
By Sidney Lanier
Into the woods my Master went, Clean forspent, forspent.
Into the woods my Master came, Forspent with love and shame.
But the olives they were not blind to Him; The little grey leaves were kind to Him; The thorn tree had a mind to Him; When into the woods He came.
Out of the woods my Master went, And He was well content.
Out of the woods My Master came, Content with death and shame.
When Death and Shame would woo Him last; T'was on a tree they slew Him last; When out of the woods He came'.
All arrangements have been completed for the big annual Christmas party of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 to be held at the Leamington Bowl, Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Friday evening, December 19.
George Clayberg, entertainment committee chairman. announces that the program will include nine first-class vaudeville acts. The master of ceremonies, B.B.B., is well known to radio listeners and for his work in motion pictures.
Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club members will attend in a body, returning the recent visit of the Oakland Club to Sacramento, and many members of the Central Valley Hoo-Hoo Club, Stockton, will be present.
Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. An attendance of about 200 is expected.
Everybody is invited to bring a present, not to.exceed 25 cents in value. for the Christmas tree.
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, manufacturers of Kimsul Insulation, announce the opening of their new sales organization in California.
Up to this time the sales of Kimsul have been largely confined to the Middle West and East. However, with the advantage to be found in the shipping and handling of a compressed blanket insulation, it is felt that a broad market exist's in the Pacific Coast area for a product of this kind.
Forrest Lundstrom, formerly in the Chicago territory, will serve as district sales manager for the state of California. He will be assisted by C. W. Edinger, formerly with the Insulite Co., who will work with the dealers in the Central area and Northern part of the state.
This organization will support and 'supplement the promotion and sale of Kimsul by the George E. Ream Co. in Southern California and the Harbor Plywood Corporation of California in Northern California.
Lumbermen noticed at the big game between Stanford and California on November Z7 incladed Ed Middleton, president, Anderson & Middleton Lumber Co., Aberdeen, Wash.; Don Doud, sales manager, Defiance Lumber Co.. Tacoma, Dennis Sea, Capital Lumber Co., Sacramento, and W. B. Jones, W. B. Jones Lumber Co., Los Angeles.
Horne oI todcry cnd tomorrow; it is one oI the cll-plywood, prelcbriccted houees. While erected oI mqsa produciion" ahopbuilt Bectiona lor speed cnd economy, it hcr obviour cppecrcnco vqluec. Delense needs hcve boosted prelcbricction into a lull-lledged industry destined to hcve vcst irnport<rnce in port-emergency conrtrudion.
The parade of new uses for Douglas fir plywood-slorved temporarily during l94l while the industry expanded production capacity to cope with government and private demands-is destined to take up in full stride again in 1942.
Year-end indications are that during the next 12 months almost every type industry in every part of the nation will rely upon the big, rigid wood and glue panels to do new jobs for them. The nation's factories today are called upon to do the double job of maintaining regular supplies and providing for defense; these tasks demand new techniques, new materials. Plywood, which combines many of the qualities of both steel and wood, is proving the answer to the new production problems.
It is not surprising that the operators of both big and little plants are looking more and more to fir plywood to aid in production. For up until five years ago nearly all the fir plywood manufactured went into so-called industrial uses; since that time utilization of the material for construction of homes and buildings has overshadowed the other applications.
There are other significant factors in the plywood picture as 7942 turns up on the calendar. Here are some of the components:
l. Production capacity lor 1942 will total two billion square feet. This is in excess of three times the 1938 production; output for the new year would be enough for 400,000 all-plywood, five-room houses if the entire production were used for that single purpose.
2. Prefabrication, rushed to maturity as the greatest single development in the building field during the past year, undoubtedly will continue to grow in importance as it stands as the only answer to defense housing needs. Refinements in prefabrication methods will be effected. and prefabrication with plywood will continue to dominate this new industry because the inherent qualities of the panels contribute to the system of factory-formed house sections.
3. Farmers are expected te demand vast quantities of the panels for construction of new buildings and improve deteriorated structures. With war and emergency demands
for food, renewed high prices for farm products and with the government favoring betterment of farm facilities, building in rural areas is expected to be heavy. Thp effects of plywood experimental projects undertaken during the past year and a half at various agricultural schools are being felt, and farmers are becoming familiar with the material.
4. Plywood construction will continue to gain favor in the home construction field. Paneled walls finished in the light stains developed for plyrvood are increasingly popular. Advantages of "dri-bilt with plywood" construction, speed and economy with durability, are more clearly defined than ever before.
5. Plywood is not on the list of critical materials. There is every indication at the present time that the material will remain free from such restriction.
While acute shortages in certain metals partially account for the renewed attention on plywood for industrial uses, there are other equally important contributing factors. As a result, there is definite reason to believe the new applications for the material expected to develop in the near future will be established as permanent uses for plywood no matter what the turn of world events. Manufacturers right no\\' are being put to a different kind of test of efficiency -the test of maximum capacity.
Plywood contributes to the geared-up output simply because of its exceptionally high strength-to-weight ratio and because it comes in big panels which can easily and quickly cut to desired dimensions and patterns; it can be bent to minimum radii and still retain its rigidity. Because of these qualities, fir plywood may soon be used for bomb doors in thousands of the hard-hitting, high-flying planes being built for United States and England; already it forms certain parts of many planes, is being tested for seaplane pontoons.
Other recently developed industrial uses are for crates or boxes in which to ship airplane motors, propellers, parts. A major tobacco company is curing its leaves in plywood barrels because they are stronger, cut costs due to increased
a full grown industry of perhaps 75 or 100 firms capable of manufacturing thousands of houses a day.
Most of these firms use plywood as the primary structural material. An average of 5,000 square feet of the panels are used for inside and outside walls, sheathing, roof sheathing and subflooring. Many of the systems call for glued-up or stressed skin construction with the plywood panels glued ' to light framework and bearing part of the structural load. The sizes and types of the shop-built house sections vary according to systems employed, but all have accent on speed construction. Prefabrication is the fastest way to build and prefabrication and plywood are so interrelated they are almost synonymous.
Two important improvements are expected in the system of speed building during the coming months. First, greater attention is to be given to architecture to improve exterior
re-uses. Railroads build boxcars and refrigerator cars inside and out of plywood; truck lines do the same. Fishing boats, coastal patrol boats have bulkheads, compartments, cabins of plywood. Fruit canners have learned plywood trays cost less, last longer than trays built of any other material; factories use plywood for air ducts.
Startling example of the abuse that plywood will take is that presented by the shock absorbers now used in the driving of piling. Some contractors use a thick chunk of plywood between the top of a wood piling and the metal driving hammer to prevent splitting of the piling.
The versatility of plywood long has been recognized; industrialists now are grasping for new materials, new methods and they have their eyes fixed on plywood to do more and more different jobs.
Construction news of. l94l has been almost entirely centered in prefabrication; the interest has been justified because its growth has been phenomenal. At the beginning of 1940, prefabrication was a dwadling infant in the building field. Soundness of prefabrication had been demonstrated in the all-plywood house built by the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory engineers five years earlier, but there seemed to be no need for the system, no impetus to push forward the handful of prefabricbtors. The frantic call for housing facilities for defense workers and their families planked down the need; overnight prefabrication became
For cut-outs, signs like thig one, plywood is c lqvoritE matericl. It is ecrsy ,""r1Tn;["":lprool, ccn be re-us€d
appearance; finer interior finish is expected. While government needs may account for the vast majority of the shopfabricated structures, increasing percentage of the privately built homes are destined to be prefabricated.
In the farm buildings construction field, plywood already has appeared as an ally of the farmer who does his own building, of the builder and of the prefabricator who shopbuilds ,small (and often portable) farm structures. Aided by J. D. Long, agricultural engineer of the Douglas Fir Plywood Association, engineers at agricultural schools in every part of the nation already have completed enlightening experiments with plywood buildings. Such structures as circular and rectangular grain storage bins, corn hoppers, range shelters, brooder shelters, dairy barns, g'reenhouses, hog houses, poultry buildings, silo linings and septic tank forms are being tested.
At the same time farmers already are utilizing the big panels to do an endless number of jobs in the improvement of their facilities. First they are remodeling or building their homes and farmers give more attention to the convenience, attractiveness of their homes than ever before with the big panels. They are lining barns, milk houses with the panels to provide a clean, smooth surface, eliminate drafts and dirt infiltration and strengthen the buildings.
The "Dri-bilt with plywood" system of home construction was introduced just four years ago; since then it has been firmly entrenched as the outstanding advancement of the type during the period. The system includes use of plywood for exterior siding, sheathing, subfloors, roof sheathing and interior walls. Advantages are listed as speed of erection, lower labor costs, extra strength, exceptional strength and susceptibility to any architectural design, any desired interior finish.
Newest interior decorative treatment for the paneled plywood walls is that of light stain applied to subdue the grain contrast and enhance the natural beauty of Douglas fir. It makes possible introduction of warm, soft colors for
walls and ceilings to provide surroundings which have definite "Furniture Flattery" values.
With features of dri-bilt construction more clearly outlined and contractors, carpenters, architects now familiar
with this type of building, an even greater proportion of the new homes to be erected in the new year are to be of all-plywood construction. Because the material fits right into any remodeling program, this use also is to account for a major part of the output of plywood, the material that does more different building jobs than any other single item.
Expcrnrion oI production ccpccity ol the Fir plywood indurtry ia tbe Pacific Norihwost wqs rocleted during t94l by addition of c hcrll doren new mills lite thia one. There now trre 3l plcnte ptoducing the pcnelr; dyerctge iuvestmenl ir in exceig ol tr million dolltrrs c plcnt. Plywood doeg cnolher job in behcll ol cold storcge. Theee cqbinetg cne ol exterior type fir plywood, recrdy lor installction in c cold storage room. The lockers cre rented to individuals.
Washington, Dec. 6.-The Federal Home Loan Bank board reported today the average cost of building a sixroom house was 1.7 per cent greater in October than irr September.
The combined increase in labor and materials costs in the last year was 13.3 per cent, the board said, and average costs now are almost 19 per cent above the average month of 1935-1939.
The cost of the standard house has risen more than $500 since August in 7 of the 24 cities reporting building cost figures to the bank board. San Antonio reported a $923 increase; Dallas, $7@; Houston, $694; Albuquerque, $668; Philadelphia, $598; Harrisburg, $578, and San Diego, $570.
To you, our friends, our customers, upon whom our own prosperity depends, we extend our wishes lor cr very
Three of the best known figures in the lumber industry will be featured as speakers during the 25th annual convention of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau in Seattle on December 19. The meeting will mark a quarter century of service in the promotion of red cedar shingles.
The convention will be one of the most important in the history of the shingle industry, according to an announcement by W. W. Woodbridge, secretary-manager of the Bureau, and will come at the conclusion of a banner year of shingle production.
Proposed ceiling prices for all lumber made from Western Pine were discussed by officials of the Office of Price Administration and lumbermen at a meeting December 8 in San Francisco and at a second meeting December 10 at Spokane, Washington.
Northern operators met at the Davenport Hotel, Spokane.
Peter A. Stone of the Office of Price Administration presented recommendations at both meetings in regard to a ceiling on Ponderosa and Sugar Pine.
, A committee was appointed from each group to meet with Mr. Stone's group in Portland on December 11 to work out the proposed ceiling.
As we stand on the threshold of a new year we naturally want to look ahead and see what is in store for the poor lumbermen in the year 1942.
After a careful survey of the situation it appears to me that Southern California is in as good a position as any place in this old troubled world.
We are the hub of the Southern California defense program. While the first year has seen a large part of the construction. from now on the increased production will have its benefits.
Los Angeles County has defense orders for nearly two billion dollars at the present time and this is giving employment to one hundred and thirteen thousand men who draw twenty million dollars a month.
The backlog of two billion dollars in defense work will mean that one half of it will be spent for labor.
This is just a mere bagatelle when things get into motion. Douglas had just finished a twelve million dollar plant when
they broke ground to double the original. Many other plants are expanding which means that 6efore 1942 is very old Los Angeles County alone will be spending a million dollars a d.ay, including Sunday, for labor.
With this enormous amount of money turnover it is bound to find its way into every channel of business, and the wideawake lumberman should be able to corral his share.
The National Lumber Dealers Association is sparing no expense or trouble in an effort to work out with the Department of Justice a plan and a set of definite rules to govern the activities of any or all associations in the United States. This should be of great benefit to all lumbermen and a highlight of. 1942.
The Southern California Retail Lumber Association is making plans to render even a greater service to its members for the coming year.
All signs point to factors that will make a good year, but whether it will be a profitable one or not depends upon the mind conditions of the lumbermen. Volume will not make a good year, but if all pull together, and have a little of the thing that was lacking last year and obtain a reasonable price for materials and services, 1942 will be all that one could ask for.
With almost 17 years of continuous activity behind it and with every indication of a useful and prosperous future, Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 of Oakland is one of the most important lumbermen's clubs in the country.
Organized at a luncheon in Oakland on February 18, 1925, with an attendance of 49, its meetings have been well attended ever since that time. For the first few years luncheon meetings were held, but it was found later that dinner meetings brought out larger attendances and gave more time for hearing worth while speakers and for carrying on the various activities of the organization.
One of the big factors in the success of the Club is the 'interest taken by the past presidents, who have been ex officio members of the board of directors since 1931.
Past presidents who are active as advisory members of the board include the following: Clem Fraser, H. Sewall Morton, Bert Bryan, Ray B. Cox, Larue Woodson, C. I. Gilbert, G. F. Bonnington, Miland R. Grant, Henry M. Hink, S. C. Forsey and Tom Branson.
The Club has done much charitable work throughout the years, and its Good Fellowship Christmas Fund, created 11 years ago, has assisted many lumbermen who were in
need from one cause or another during that period. This Fund has never failed to attain its quota.
The annual Reveille of Northern and Central California lumbermen, sponsored by the Club, inaugurated in 1933, has become a great get-together meeting f,or men in all branches of the lumber industry. The annual golf tournament is held in connection with the Reveille.
Another popular annual afiair is the Club's Christmas party, to be held this year at Hotel Leamington, Oakland, on Friday evening, December 19.
The present officers of the Club are Lewis A. Godard, president; George Clayberg, vice-president, and Jas. B. Overcast, secretary-treasurer.
It is fitting that mention should be made here of Carl R. Moore, who served the organization as secretary-treasurer for 14 years, resigning a few months ago to take a position out of town. In accep'ting his resignation the directors made Carl the Club's only life member.
Last year's paid up membership was just over 100. The membership committee is out this year to raise the total to 125. All lumbermen are welcomed at the meetings.
Club No. 39 has done and will continue to do a good job in fostering better acquaintanceship among lumbermen.
The Masonite Corporation has issued a cordial invitation to the lumber and building material trades to attend a Christmas Party, Wednesday, December 24, from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at their new offices and display rooms, 3926 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles. W. P. Frambes, Western Manager, and his staff will welcome the visitors.
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Washington, November L7'---The third edition of Lumber Literature, a catalog of all publications available through the Federated Associations of lumber manufacturers which compose the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, is ready for distribution.
This 4x9 inch catalog, illustrates, describes or lists over 200 different books, booklets and folders about lumber, covering topics such as-light and heavy construction, boats, caskets, export information, fences, forestry, furniture, grading rules, motor courts, pattern making, ready-prepared advertising, species data, trailer construction, veneers and wood handicraft.
Copies of Lumber Literature can be obtained, free of charge, from the National Lumber Manufacturers Associaciation, 1337 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D. C.
Approval of a $542,800 contract with the E. C. Nesser Co. for,construction of a slum-clearance project at 88th St. and Avalon Blvd., Los Angeles, was announced by the United States Housing Authority in Washington.
Mr. Nesser said that the work on the project, providing for the construction of. 164 low-rent dwelling units, probably will begin within the next week and a half. It will be finished within six months, he stated.
Families of workers employed in near-by airplane factories and shipyards will benefit by the project, Mr. Nesser said.
Los Angeles answered the need for more houses during the first 11 months of this year to such an extent that building permit totals climbed $13,500,000 over what they were for a like period last year.
This was revealed by the city Building and Safety Department, which reported 41,026 permits, valued at $81,916,470, have been issued since Jan. 1.
During November there were 2855 permits f.or $6,557,326 worth of building, a major increase over the $5,264,72I total of November,l94O,
Wholesale Lumber Distributors, Inc., Oakland, recently enlarged their yard by taking over adjoining space. They have added to their equipment a new Ross Carrier, making a fleet of four of these carriers. They also operate a Ross Lift-Truck.
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More than half this year's quota of East Bay Hoo-Hoo Club's Good Fellowship Christmas fund has already been subscribed, according to Fund Chairman Jas. McNab.
There is no limit on the number of "Shares of Happiness" that may be purchased by any firm or individual, .he says, and reminds that the disbursement committee's activities are limited only by the total annual subscriptions.
Shares are available at $1.50 each. Checks should be made payable to Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 and mailed to the Fund Committee Chairman, Jas. McNab, c/o E. K. Wood Lumbei Co.- 2lll Frederick Street. Oakland. Calif.
Al Nolan, \Mestern sales manager of The Pacific Lumber Company, returned to his office December 4 following his recovery from an automobile accident in which he received a broken collar bone. The accident occurred on November 9 and Al considers himself fortunate to have escaped without more serious injuries. His wife and daughter, who were riding with him, were not seriously hurt.
Geo. J. Hilton, Jr., formerly in the Los Angeles office of the San Pedro Lumber Co., ha,s been appointed manager of their Whittier yard. He succeeds Tom Burnett who has been transferred to the Los Angeles office.
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vember 8, X) mills reporting, gave orders as 71,318,000 feet, shipments 75,713,000 feet, and production 7O104,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 263.743.000 feet.
The Southern Pine Association for the week ended November D, lO7 mills reporting, gave orders as 25,456,000 feet, shipments D,Wp00 feet, and production 28,289,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 108,806.000 feet.
Lumber cargo receipts at Los Angeles Harbor for the week ended December 6 totaled 13,762,W feet as compared with 16,174,000 feet the previous week.
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Several hundred hardwood lumber manufacturers of the Southern states met with Peter Stone in the Roosevelt Hotel, in New Orleans, Friday, December 6th, and spent the day discussing the proposal of the Of6ce of Price Administration to fix a ceiling on Southern hard'r,vood products. After listening to the opinions of the mill men for five hours, Mr. Stone took the matter under consideration. There seemed little doubt in the minds of the'lumbermen present that some sort of ceiling will be fixed in the very near future. A lumber committee composed of one manufacturer from each of the Southern hardwood producing states will probably be called on by Mr. Stone for another meeting, to work out details.
The strike at the San Diego lumber yards called December 1 by the A.F.L. millmen and truck drivers ended December 8 and more than 1300 men returned to work. Lumber handlers were given a lGcent-an-hour increase and skilled mechanics an 8-cent-an-hour raise. The workers had asked for an increase of. l7l cents.
Paul Revert, manager of The Red River Lumber Company's Los Angeles warehouse, was a recent business visitor to Las Vegas, Nevada.
Larue Woodson, Wheeler Osgood Sales Corp., San Francisco, returned December 13 from a visit to the Southern California territory.
G. R. Bleecker, manager of Westfir Lumber Co., Westfir, Ore., was in San Francisco recently on his way home from an Eastern business trip.
L. A. Morrison, San Francisco, California representative of Eastern & Western Lumber Co., has returned from a business trip to Arizona.
The 604ton wooden lumber schooner Willapa, bound from Marshfield, Oregon, to San Francisco, foundered off Port Orford, Oregon, December 3. She was carrying a cargo of more than 1,000,000'feet of lumber.
All of the crew ol 24 were rescued by the Coast Guard station at Port Orford.
Arcata Redwod Co.' 420 Market Stret ' ..YUkon 206?
Atlrinon-Stutz Compay, 112 Market Stret ..'...'.........GArfield lE09
Bokstaver-M@re Lumber Co525 Market StrFt......'.'......... EXbrmk 1745
Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., 149 California Stret.,....,....,...GArfield t97{ HARDWOODS AND PANELS
White Brothers,Filth and Brannan Strects..........Suttcr 1365
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Dant & Russell. Inc., Zi4 Front Stret'.,...'..'.........GArfie|d 0292
Dolbeer & Car$n Lumber Lo-' lllE Merchmts Exchuge Bldg.....SUtter 7456
Gamerston & Gren' 1600 Army Stre6t.. '. '. .Atwater 1300
Hall, James L., rbiz uitt"'gtag............. "...'...'sutter 7520
Hallinan Mackin Co.' Ltd., -- ?2i Ssnd Stret........'.... " " "'DOuglar l91l
flamnrond Redwood ComPanY, {17 Montgomery Stret.'...... DOuglaE 33EE
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Holmes Eureka Lumber Co.' --- iloi Fi"-ii"l center Bidg........GArfield l9zl
C. D. Johngon Lumber Corporation' --- zOO Caiitot"ia Stret. ........ .GArfield 625t
Carl H. Kuhl Lumber Co' - O. L. i"""t-. ll2 Markct Stre€t"'Yukon 1460
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Hoean Lmber ComPanY' '*';',i & Alil -Stretc.............Glencourt 6E6l
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E. K, Wood Lumber Co., -' 'i;ej;a Exi"g stieets"""'FRuitvalc 0ll2
LUMBER
SASH_DOORS_PLY\vOOD
Wheeler Osgood Sales Corporation, 3045 rgth Street.........,.........VAlencia 2241
CREOSOTED LUMBER_POLESPILING-TIES
American Lumber & Treating Co., ll5 New Montgomery Street.......Sutter 1225
Baxter, J. H. & Co., 333 Montgomery Street...........DOuglaa 3883
Hall, James L., 1032 Mills B|dg.......... ............Sutter 7520
Vander Laan Piling & Lumber Co., 216 Pine Street ....,...............EXbrook 4905
ENS
Califomia Builderc Supply Co., 700 6th Avenue ....Hlgateflll6
Hogan Lmber Cmpany, 2nd & Alice Streets..............Glencourt 6861
Western Dor & Sash Co.. 5th & Cypress StreetE..........TEmplebar E400
HARDWOODS
Whitc BrotherE, 5O High Street....................ANdover 1600
Arcata Rcdwood Co. (J. J. Rea) t23 Bumside Ave.... .WEbster 7E2E
Anslo California Lumber Lo., -555 East Florene Avenue..'...THornwall 3144
Alkinson-Stutz Company, 62E Pctroleum Bidg.. :........,.. .PRospect 4341
Burnr Lumber ComPanY, 9455 Charleville Blvd.,
2-338E
PRolpcct tt{3 Engstrand)
dosjsoo Ri.hfi.td Bldg. ......'.'...Mutual 2131
Dant & Russell. Inc., tl2 E. 59th St..',.'.................ADams Elol
Dolber & Carson Lumbcr C'., gltt Fidelity 81dg...................VAndike E792
Hallinan Macktn Co., Ltd.' W. M. Garlud Bldg. ..........'.TRiniiv 3644
Harnnrond Re<lwqrd Lonrpany, 2010 So. Alaneda St. ..'....'..PRosp*t 1333
Hobbs Wall Lumber Co.,
625 Rowu 81dg...............'.....TRinitv 5086
Holmes Eureka Lumber Co..
7u-?12 Architects Bldg'. ...,'...... Mutual glEl
Hoover. A. L.,
5225 Wilshirc 81vd.........'..........YOrk 1168
C. D. Johnsn Lumber CorPoration,
506 Petroleum Bldg..,............PRospect 1155
Lawrene-Philips Lumber Co.,
633 Pctroleum Bldg.... .PRospect tl71
MacDonald & Hanington, Ltd.
Petrcleum Building PRospect 3127
Pacific Lumber Co., The, 5225 Wilahire Blvd. ..................YOrk ll6E
Patten Bllnn Lumber Co., 521 E. 5th Street..................VAndike 2321
LUMBER
Pone & Talbot, lnc, Lunbc Divleion, 714 W. Olympic Blvd....'......PRo5pect E23l
Red River Lurnber Co., ?02 E. Slauson.. .CEntury 290?l l03l S. Broadway.................PRosp*t 03ll
Reitz Co.. E. L333 Pitroleum 81dg..........'.... PRospect 2369
Rorboro Lumbcr Co., u9 So. Orang" Drivc...,.........WYoming 2770
San Pedro Lumber Co., l5l8 S. Central Ave.....,.......Rlchmond lltl
Santa Fe Lumbcr Co., 3tl Financial Canter Bldg........VAndikc {l?l
Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shinglc Co., lU W gth Strcct. ..............'....TRinily 1271
Shevliu Pine Sales Co.. 330 Petroleum Bldg...............PRo6pect 0615
Sudden & Christenron, 630 Board of Trade Bldg...........TRinity EE44
Tacoma Lumber Sales, E37 Petroleum Bldg. .......'....'.PRospat ll0t
Union Lrrmber Co.. 923 W. M. Garland Bldg. ..........TRinity 22t2
Wendling-Nathan Co., 5225 Wilshire 81vd............,.......YOrk tl6t
West Oregon Lumber Co., 427 Petroleum Bldg..............Rlchmond 02El
W. W. Wilkinson. 318 W. gth Street..................TRinity 4613
E. K. Wood Lunber Co., 4701 Santa Fe Avenue............JEfreron 3lll
Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., 920 W. M. Garland Bldg....,....Mlchiga 635{
CREOSOTED LUMB ER-POLES-PILINGTIES
American Lumber & Treating Co., l03l S. Broadway.................PRospect,1363
Buter, J. H. & Co., 601 Weet sth Street...,..........Mlchigm 629{
HARDWOODS
American Hardwmd Co., f900 E. fsth Street .......,........PRospect ,1235
Cadwallader-Gibson Co., lnc., 3626 E. Olympic Blvd.............ANgelua lll6l Stanton. E. J. & Son, 2050 East 36th Str$t ........,...CEntury 29211 Western Hardwood Lumber Co.. 2014 E. lsth Street,,..........,..PRospect 6t6l
SASH_DOORS-MILLWORK PANELS AND PLYWOOD
California Door Cnmpany, Thc 4940 District Blvd. .Klmball 2l1l
Calilorrria Panel & Verreer Co., 955 S. Alameda Street ., .. ..TRinity 005? Cobb Co., T. M., 5800 Central Avenue...............ADams llIU
Eubank & Son, Inc., L. H. (Inglewood) l0l0 E. Hyde Park Blvd.. .ORegon E-1666
Koehl, Jno. W. & Son, 65: S. Myers Street................ANgelus El9l
Mutual Moulding & Lumber Co., 9303 So. Hooper Ave.,...........LAfayettc 1922
Oregon-Washington Plywood Co., 3lt West Ninth Street............TRinity 46ln
Pacific Wood Products Corporation 3600 Tyburn Street. ........,......Albany 0l0l
Pacific Mutual Door Co., 1600 E. Washington Blvd....,...PRospcct 9523
Ream Company, Go. E., 235 S. Alameda Street............Mlchigan 1851
Red River Lumber Co., 702 E. Slauson,. .CEntury 290?l Sampmn Co. (Pasadena), 745 So. Raymond Ave.........PYramid l-zlu
West Coast Screen Co.. U45 E. 63rd Street.........,......ADamE Ul0t
\Arheeler Osgood Sales Corporation, 922 S. Flower Street...............VAndike 6326
During l94t a lot of wise and thrifty people took your sound advice and bought durableDiamond-H Redwood. Year in and year out that decision is going to pay them dividends in comfort, in lower repaint and repair bills, and higher resale value for their Redwood homes.. just as it has thousands of other home builders in the past.
Next year, and every year, you'll find Hammond producing the same high quality Redwood lumber, keeping in mind always the goal of satisffiqg you and your customefs.
The whole Hammond organization, the mill men and the sales force, wishes you a h"ppy and prosperous 1942.
