The California Lumber Merchant - December 1942

OUR ADVERTISERS

I. E. MABITN MctlcEing Editor

THE CALIFOR}.IIA LUMBERMERCHANT

JackDiorne ,prblishst

W. T. BI.ACK Advertieing Mcncgcr

ANGEI.F,S, C!AL, DECEMBER 15, 1942

How Lrumber lrooks

Seattle, Wash., Dec. 10, 1942.-The weekly average of West Coast lumber production in November (4 weeks) was 154,45O,@0 board feet, or 79.7 per cent of estimated capacity, according to the West Coast Lumbermen's Association in its monthly survey of the industry. Orders averaged |6,Z26pW board feet; shipments, 152,715,000. Weekly averages for October were: Production, 170,569,000 board feet (86.6 per cent of the I92GI9D average); orders, 172,130,000; shipments, 175,7n,m.

Eleven months of. 1942, cumulative production, 8,AgZ,- 7l?,W board feet; 11 months, 1941-8,015,883,000; 11 months, 1 940--6,838,656,000.

Orders for 11 months ol 1942 break down as follows : rail, 6,704,049,000 board feet; domestic carg'o, 897,074,00O; export, I 58,148,000 ; local, 1,231,748,000.

The industry's unfilled order file stood at I,LCf,,,3ZZ,NO board feet at the end of November; gross stocks, at 595,818,000.

In the face of high water, log shortages of alarming extent and increasingly critical shortages of manpower, the lumber industry in November sloughed ahead to a production total slightly ahead of November last year-a 1.6 per cent increase in footage.

The pressure continues for unusually large amounts of

specialized cutting items and rvar requirements. The industry is straining to produce all the "aero," ponton lumber, ship decking and heavy ship framing which are still demanded by the government in tremendous volume.

It is becoming increasingly difficult to maintain produc. tion because of growing man shortage in the woods and log shortage in the mills. The industry has its work cut out for it during the coming winter months when every possible effort will be made to maintain the production of critical items. The "freeze" of Douglas fir lumber, putting it on the critical list along with steel, aluminum and copper, under L-2I8, has been taken by the mills in their stride as part of the war.

The Western Pine Association for the week ended November n,90 mills reporting, gave orders as 70,001,000 feet, shipments 67,376,000 feet, and production 59,646,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 398,725,N0 f.eet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended November 21 reported orders as 139,568,000 feet, shipments 110,099,000 feet, and production as It7,967,ffi0 feet.

Shevlin Pine Sales Gompany

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I. C. Dionr, Pror. qld Trccr,; I. E, Mortia, Vicc-Ptcr,; W. T. Blscl, Srcrcitry Publirhcd th. ht srd l5th ol ccch nonth at 5lt8-910 Ccatrcl Buildirg, 108 \f,ort Slxlh Strcrt, Lor f,agolcr, Ccl', Telcphgoo VAadiLo 1585 Entrrod qr Soioad-clcu ncllrr Scplcnber B' 19X2, ct tho Post OlEcc crt Lor Angolcr, Cqlilorda, uadcr lct ol March 3, 1879

M. IDAMS Clrculctlol Morcatr

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It was Ogden Nash, who wrote: "God rest you, merry innocents, While innocence endures, A sweeter Christmas than we to ours May you bequeath to yours.

That seems unusually pertinent this Christmas. For truly, we are unable to bequeath to the youngsters this year a particularly merry situation. Surely they will be able to do better when their turn comes

"Adirondack" Murray ;r;" *thir "ppu"ling Christmas thought:

"Ah, friends, dear friends, as years go on and heads get gray, how fast the guests go!

Touch hands, touch hands, with those who stay.

Forget, forgive, for who may say that Christmas day may ever corne to host or guest again?

Touch hands ! Touch hands !" :F**

Some signs of light: OPA recently announced that it would issue revises of all lumber orders, translating them into plain and understandable words and terms, leaving out the legal phraseolog"y, and making it possible for the ordinary business man to be certain what they meant, without calling in a lawyer who would likewise be confused. We have pleaded for such a change in recent issues of this column.

Another sign of sunshine for lumber dealers: Ben Alexander, WPB Lumber Coordinator, testifying before the Senatorial Truman Committee the other day, expressed

the opinion that the country will shortly have plenty of ordinary construction lumber. We've been uttering that opinion here also, in spite of occasional published figures to the contrary. That we must necessarily be catching up on the building of big army camps, and that the units that have already trained four million men can be used to train the others that are to come, just stands to reason.

Great and continual nrrirratl"Jof lumber are going to be needed for the rest of the war efort, but it will turn to more largely specialized items, and the gigantic demand for common lumber to build barracks and warehouses galore, will eventually terminate. And Mr. Alexander says it will be soon'

Folks, Christmas ain't what it used to be in the lumber business. Not this Christmas, at any rate. During what we used to call normal times all sawmills closed down for anywhere from one to four weeks for repairs, rehabilitation, etc., for that was the chosen time of the year to put the mills in shape for another year. This year most mills will close for Christmas day, only. Donald Nelson, head of WPB, has called on industry to rest that day, even though they rest no other day. :frt*

It looks reasonable that as ordinary building ltunber becomes less desirable for Government uses and therefore in line for civilian building, there will be softening of the building restrictions and prohibitions, to the end thit the housing and shelter of our l3O,(X)0,000 people may be kept in decent order for the duration. Something of that sort may reasonably be expected by spring. Many thousands

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of men who will now be dropped from the WpA rolls, men who cannot handle war jobs, can pull a saw or drivc a nail, and thus help keep their families alive, and help keep the roofs over our heads. Remember, all our men canrt do shipyard or industrial plant work.

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So far as the sawmills of the nation are concerned, there is no change in the situation. There is a hectic demand for everything they can cut, just as there has been for many months past. The great maw of war swallows up their boards and planks like a hungry dragon, and cries for more. The mill man has many problems, such as labor, rationing, priorities, tires, gasoline, etc. In the South the countless small mills that rushed into being during the early part of this year, are being thinned out considerably, according to reliable reports. The rising price of stumpage, the scarcity of labor, the tire, gasoline, and equipment situation, and the price ceiling-all these things are concentrating to make it hard for him to run. The big mills will have a problem next March lSth-paying their income tax. The average small mill won't be bothered much that way.

Here is a rationing ,tol, lrr"i is guaranteed true: Joe Richards, a sawmill friend of mine, swears that a colored woman came to him the other day, a big bag of sugar in her arms, and said: "Mr. Joe, how much longer is de

Guv'ment gwine to make us buy all dis "ogrti', Shoand plenty of others like her-thought the half pound per week per person was a MUST buy order. It reminils us of little Ike Ginsberg who asked his father: "Papa, where do the Gentiles get all this money we take away from them?"

rn case you who *" J"rrltrrl abort the matter, think the income tax is something new, I would remind you that the great philosopher Plato, who lived from 427 to 347 Before Christ, wrote: "lll/hen there is an income tax, the just man will pay more and the unjust less on the same amount of income." Looks like they tried to shave it down as far as possible, even in those days, the just man sticking out his chin and writing the check, and the sly guy calling in a tax expert to find him a loophole.

During the days of V"il"f rJrge, Trro-as paine wrotc those famous words: "These are the times that try men's souls." You can change that word "try" to "fry" and bring the thing right up to date. ***

Paine also wrote at that time, this little known verse: "From the east to the west blow the trumpets to arms ! Through the land let the sound of it fee; Let the far and the near all unite with a cheer, fn defense of our Liberty Tree."

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PORTIAND GEMENT

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Harbor Plywood Corp. of California Supplies Many Major \Var Projects

"The engineering and technical service department of the Harbor Plywood Corp. of California is totilly engaged in the war effort," states George E. Ream, presideni of the company.

_.'Many major war projects in the San Francisco Bay District and adjacent territory have been and are bein! rushed to completion by our service and materials engineers."

_{mong the projects are the Marin Shipyard, Sausalito, which is operated by the Bechtel organiiition; the huge T""-"1 housing project at Vallejo, attd Arserral housing in Benicia.

- Wayne Rawlings, who heads up the sales and engineering department, is assisted by Gene Hall. Both these men are expert plywood and insulation technicians.

wrNs $50.00 wAR BoND

The United States War Savings Bonds awards in the Herald-Express (Los Angeles daily newspaper) Lucky Chips game went to Jack fvey, of North Holtywood, fieli representative of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, on De_ cember 5. fn announcing the lucky winner for that day, the- newspaper gave Jack some nice publicity, running .an article and picture. Jack will add hii prize to the bonds he has already purchased, for, as he put it, ..W'e've got a war to win."

Hammond Lumber Company Completely Frecd In Portland Trial

Much publicity was given in the press and on the air to the indictment of the Hammond Lumber Company for alleged false representations in their applications to federal agencies for the purchase of logging trucks.

When the case came to trial in Portland early in November the trial was stopped by Judge Claude McColloch after testimony by Harry C. Patton, the company's Portland manager, named jointly with the company in the indictment.

Judge McColloch in clearing the Hammond Lumber Company of any guilt, made a lengthy statement to the court. It was as follows:

"I think it is time now to recall that this is a criminal case. This is not a trial about rates, or conditions of employment, -or whether truckers have a good setup on the Hammond Lumber Company operations this is a charge that these defendants, the corporate defendant and the individual defendant, knowingly and wilfully committed a felony against the United States of America; That they defrauded the governrnent, that they defrauded it in a way that, if it were true, would seriously affect the war effort. It is a t:harge which, if proven, would require a penitentiary sentcnce to be imposed on the individual defendant.

"I find no evidence of fraud in the case as charged. I had that feeling at the end of the government case. But I felt that it was in the public interest to see that the defense developed its case by putting its principals on the witness stand particularly so that they might be crossexamined by the government. As they have now been cross-examined.

"No one knows in this room but that he tomorrow-it might come to me, it might come to anybody sitting in front of us-might be faced with a charge, which if proven, would cause his liberty to be taken away from him and his business reputation ruined. This is such a charge in this case, and our criminal jurisprudence, coming down from our Anglo-Saxon forefathers, has wisely provided that all such charges must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. In other words, they are not likely to be made, nor lightly to be considered by the trior, whether a court or a jury.

"I repeat that in this case the charge that a fraud was committed on the United States goyernment by a knowing and wilful falsification of material facts which caused the diversion of important war materials to this defendant, is in my opinion not established by the evidence, and I see no reason for carrying the trial further. The find and verdict will be for the defendants."

"Longing for a \7hite Christmas"

BY JACK DIONNE

Perhcrpe it wcrs the infectioug tones of Bing Crosly thcrt crironed thcr song cbout "Longing lor c White Christmcs," into the front rcmk ol nctionnl music populcrrity in the trrcrst Iew weeks.

Or perhcrtrx it was the deep yecrning ol the h"'ncm soul to hrow once cgcin thct lrcrce lhct hcs for centuries seened to be the chiel ingnedient of the trre spirit ol Christmcrs,. lhct pecce of mind cod of soul thct aeems so terribly remote cnd lcrr off to us todny.

It seemed so nrrturcrl in those dcrys to sp€* o[ "thcrt pecce thcrt pcsseth cll unilerstcnding"; so ecsy to understcmd the words oI Iohn when he wrote thct "we cne all the sons of God, cmd it doth not yei crppecn whcrt we shcrll be." We rcised our minds cmd hecrrts ct Chrishcs time to thoughts of the White Christ never drecrring that the Four horrid Horsenen would soon ride roughslrod qys; fhic ecrrth crgcin" bringins more horrors in their wqke thcrn hcrd ever been hecrrd of before, cnd fcirly ercs. ing fron the minds ol men the bloody memories ol the Golhs, the Visigoths, cnd other monslers ol the pcist.

So thcrt now, cts we lind the world of men over cll the continents and in cll the Bsyen seds prelrcring lor the reddesi, bloodiest, saddest Cbrishcs within the memory of mcrn, it is no wonder tbct tbis pecrce-loving nqtion should rcise its voice crnd sing from its very soul its "longing lor a white" culd lrcceful Christncsr And there is clso cr bit ol c sob in rrost oI our hecnts cs rre sing, or hecrr sung, thcrt other populcr lune of the noment '\lllhen tbe lights go on crgcin cll over the world." Truly the hcrpies ol deepotism hcrve dimrned the lights of the world, cmd instecrd ol cr "white Chrisr-rcs" we lind the cnnies of civilizction bcrttling crgcinst cr threcrtened blcck-out thcrt would never snd.

We hcrve lrrown no Christncrs like thi.r lsfsse, neither during the First World Vlcr, nor even during the dqys ol Vclley Forge. This is so much bigger, blcrcker, more heart-rending thcm craylhing the pcrst ccm poirt to. All over the world millions of our boys in the <rnned serices have bcned their bosoma to the blcst of wcrr, or cne prepcring to do so in ever gnecter numbets All over the getrs our ships fight the cotucgeous tight. Wcrr, with crll its hcrtreds, its pcssions, its unslrc&able violence, its sad glories, hcs the world tight gripped in its monstrous tentacles.

Fects of ctms cs brillicrnt qs ever thritled the soul ol pcrbiotisn crrd beroism, hcrve clrecdy been perlormed c thouscmd lmes by ylung Americcms, Every report brings true stories ol surpcssingi vclor. Tlrct glory-kigsed emblem, the Stcrrs cnd Stripe* is being upheld by as gcllcmt men cs ever lilted bcr Iolds on high. The strength "thcrt cometh from on high" powers the cnrns of these millions ol bow who spring from the loins of cr heroic rcce, cmd whose ncmes crnd deeds will bloom through the caes thct cne to come.

But glory hcrs excrcted costly tribute. The cqsucrlty lists grow. Ire thousgnds of houres in this land gt Se coming C_lrristncrs, there will be only the sctddeaed nenory of c loved one who is not coming b<rck. There will be thouscrnds ol loving hecnts which will never cgcin hecr, except in hcppy dssann:, the footsteps ol returm.

In millions of other homes there will be hecrrts not light, beccuse of the boys in unilotn who cne somewhere in dcmgeu hecnts thcrt hope, cmd lips thcrt pray thct those boys ncry be scde. ' So thiE ccm hcndly be ct "Merr1' Chrishcs." As we go crbout our crffcrirs on thct girect cmniverscrl', we will no doubt utter the grcmd old wish-'t1erry Christmcs, my lriend." But it will be lcrrgely ei mctter of lip sendc+ol followirog old custons-using old words. For in the world we see cbout us todcry, recrl meriment could lind no home. Over too many strong cmd gcllcnt hedrts will lctl c shcdow that mixes crnd rringles not with meriment.

Let this be, rcrther, q courcgeous Chrigbcrs; cr hopeful, detenniaed, prcryerlul Christnc* Fgr on the occcsion ol the birth of thcrt splendid Ccrrpenter, this yecr rhir ncrtion will turr cs it has neyer turned before, in crwlul reverence cord in aorrour unspecrkcble, to sorrelhing more powerful thcm blitzkreigs-more poteat thcm Stukcs; thcrt Power thct ccm mcke the ffiong things right tlcrt ccm tunr rreelring into lcrughter, the ioy ol the monring lor the woe ol the night

Lincoln said thcrt he wcs often torced to his kneeg beccruse there was nowhere else to go. Thig once ccrefree nction will go to its kuees rhiB Chrishcs ca it hcrs never done before, crnd tura tor confort cmd cid ia theee dcrrk dcrys to Him who said: "As thy dcry, so shcll thy strengrth be"; thcrt Power thct is higher thcm the stcrrs, wider thcm the skies, deeper thcn the seas. And we shcll mcke our crplrcl for delivery from this time of dcrkness in the nme ol Hin whose birthdcry gcrye us Christnas. Il norql lorces qre to continue in this world; il they cre to swcy it cmd control it cmd crvoid cnother erc ol the Dcak Ages, then fcrith cmd courcrge must be the ro& we lecn most upo!" There cre no gubstitutes.

I.et us then get recdy foi cr counrgeous cmd c prcryerful Chrisbcs rqther thcn c Eerrf' one; lor c victorious New Yecn, rcrther thca c iovinl one.

1943 And The Dealer

When Rome was in the heyday of her glory, the proudest boast of her people was: "Civis Romanus Sum," which meant, "I am a Roman citizen."

This was no empty title. It meant something definite, something real, something vital and active. No sluggard, no weakling could be a Civis Romanus. He had to prove it by his deeds.

Time was when to say, "I am a retail lumber dealer," carried with it no special meaning other than what it showed on the face of it. That went on for a lot of years.

But it's different now, and don't you forget it for a moment. In the year 1943 that is now approaching, it's going to take something besides just the name to make a man a retail lumber dealer. He will have to have something more than just a title. In fact, he will have to haveor at least will NEED to have-many other things.

He will need intestinal fortitude. (They call it by a rude word, but you know what I mean.) He will require the three famous W's-Wim, Wigor, and Witality, but mostly Witality. He will need the three notable I's-Intelligence, Industry, and Intestines, but mostly Intestines.

No quitter, no sluggard is going to stay in the retail lumber business through 1943. It's going to be a man's job, full size. He will have to meet problems that will call on all his grit, his nerve, his sticktoitiveness, and his sense of humor, to get by. It's going to be a tough year, and it will try the fiber of the individuals. Those who come through it will have qualified for the full He-Man's Diploma. He will, sho nuff!

We don't mean that it can't be done. It can. It will. But it won't just happen. Every dealer is going to have to be like the old nigger who met the bear. When he saw the grizzly had him cornered, he got down on his knees, and prayed. He said:

"O Lawd, I nevah axed You fo nuthin befo, an if'n You'll hep me dis time, I'11 nevah axe You fo nuthin ergin. But, Lawd, if you lvon't hep me, jest don't hep de bar, but stand back, Lawd, an I'11 show You de doggondest bar fight You evah seen."

We suggest that attitude for the retail lumber dealer for the year L943. Most of the dealers are going to live through this, but the ones that pray and fight are going to be in the best shaoe when they come out.

STANTON UIISHES ALL A MERRY

CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPIER NEIII YEAR

STANTON'S KEEPS PACE IilITH CHANGING TIMES

Our outfit is cr friendly fomily crffoir with but one creed-devotion to our customers cnd friends who mcde our business possible.

WAR BUSINESS

As wcr regulcrtions prohibited sqles to our regulcr lumber customers we switched to glovernment work.

KICKING HELL OUT OF HITLER AND TOIO

We hcrve furnished untold millions of feet of construction lumber to build airfields--cqntonments-forts-Jcrp ccrmps ond defense plcrnts qll over the southwest, crrd whot we qre especiclly proud of is the foct thcrt we sold it qll through our retail lumber friends so long os it wcrs possible to legcrlly do so.

TODAY IT IS TOTAL UTAR WITH US

Fully 95'/. of our business is for the wor effort. W'e lcrve supplied millions of feet o{ cirplone Spruce cma NoUte Fir, and so much aircrcrft plywood to our crirplone fcrctories it stcrggers the imogincrtion. We {urnish Balsc to moke rofts to sqve our boys when lheir ships go downgrcin bins to scrve our whecrt crop ond joinery mcrteriqls crnd Iobor to finish our ships-cll of which hqstens the destruction of the Icrp crnd the Hun.

TODAY IIIE HAVE NO SALESMEN

They crre procurement experts, service engineers, expediters crnd dispcrtchers. The wcrtchword is: Get the moteriol pronto. Process it quickly cmd deliver it to the wor plcrnt now!

OUR WORKERS ARE IOO%

They work long hours. They never complcrin. Much of our success is due to their efforts. Some dcy-+oon we hope-the lion will crgcin lie down with the lcmb cnd we will be dqmn glcd to get bcrck in the old grroove with our lriends. Till then-hcppy lcrndings.

N. L. M. A. Holds Annual Meeting

M. L.. Fleishel. Re-elected Prasident

It[. L Floirhel

Confronted with unprecedented wartime demands for lumber products and beset with harassing production problems within the industry and growing threats of encroachment from without, the board of directors of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association at its annual meeting in Chicago last month again placed the experienced hand of Marc L. Fleishel at the helm for the coming year. Thus, in a crucial period for the nation and for the lumber industry, Mr. Fleishel was accorded the distinction of becoming NLMA's fourth-term President for the second time in its history, the first being during the first World War, 1914 to 1918, in the presidency of the late Robert H. Downman, a leading cypress manufacturer.

In the best-attended annual meeting in years, held at the Blackstone Hotel, Edmund Hayes of Portland, Oregon, was elected first vice-president; W. M. Ritter of Columbus, Ohio, was elected vice-president and treasurer; and regional vice-presidents were elected as tollows: O. R. Miller of Portland, Oregon, representing West Coast woods; J. M. Brown of Spokane, 'Washington, representing Western pine; E. M. McGowin of Chapman, Alabama, representing Southern pine; and C. L. Freiler of Canton, Mississippi, representing Southern hardwoods.

J. F. Coleman of Kinzua, Oregon, was elected president of American Forest Products Industries, an affiliated agency for the conduct of projects in research, promotion, and publicity of interest to forest products industries.

The determination of the industry to maintain a continuous flow of lumber products for the winning of the war pervaded the four-day meeting, all sessions of which, beginning Monday, November 16, were dominated by a primary preoccupation with industry actions necessary or helpful to the war effort. This concern was set forth in a report hy Dr. Compton to the Lumber & Timber Products War Committee assuring members again that "all essential needs in lumber and timber products, of our armed forces, of the Maritime Commission, and of other war agencies have been met, are being met, and will be met."

He also warned that government iumber procurement agencies may expect another "bottleneek" in lumber pro-. duction if the federal controls of forestry practices now being sought as a "war measure" by the U. S. Forest Serv-

ice are imposed on the timber industries during this national crisis in war production.

While extension of the industry's conservation program continued, as in previous meetings, to command general attention, a new insistence developed that the lumber industry promptly and substantially expand its products research activities to the end that wood products may take a forward position in the expected intense post-war competition with plastics and metals. Speaker after speaker brought this subject to the fore. Definite action ensued when the AFPI Board of Directors adopted a formal resolution directing that its Executive Committee collaborate with the Board of Directors of Timber Engineering Company to formulate concrete plans to be submitted to the interested industry groups for the early esablishment of a modernly equipped and adequately staffed research laboratory for the benefit and at the service of the lumber industry.

Previously, in an overflow meeting of the NLMA Trade Promotion Committee under the chairmanship of C. R. MacPherson of Palatka, Florida, Harry G. Uhl, Teco vicepresident and manager, pointed out in a summation of the company's skyrocketing progress in supplying timber connectors and other building devices and tools this year, that Teco's progress had been built from the beginning' on a solid foundation of research, and that this research was being continued and expanded.

For every three dollars Teco has spent in sales and engineering promotion work, Mr. Uhl said, it has spent one dollar in timber engineering design and research. ReBearch work, he said, is now being conducted at the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, George Washington Llniversity, and Pennsylvania State College. Teco also participated in the San Francisco Treasure Island tests. To date, some 29 U. S. and foreign universities have tested timber connectors. Research plans for 1943 include a program of wood products development, including improved methods of fastening wood to wood and to other materials, glues, laminated framing, and compregnated wbod.

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THERE'S OI\E THII\G THAT OI/ERSHADOVS AtL ELSE

AS THE YEAR

ROLTS BY.O'O

At this time, every yecr, we like to tcke stock crnd review our position with respect to our Redwood Lumber Declers. This yecr, pcrrticulcrly, we find ourselves more deeply indebted to our dealers ihqn ever belore. In the lqce ol delcrys cmd shortcrges, cB well as limitcrtions imposed on supply by urgent wcr re' quirements, our declers have shown the most pcrtient considerc' tion plus cr complete understcurding oI our problems. We, in turn, hcrve been constcntly.cwcrre oI their situction cnd ol their needs. As this yecr comes to cr close, the one thing cbove everything else we rrish to express is our grctelul crpprecigtion lor the close cooperation displcryed in cll oI our declings. Mcry we crlso extend our hecrty wishes lor a.merry Chrishncs cmd c victorious New Yecrr.

N. L. M. A. Annual Meeting

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wood and its future was led by Richard G. Kirirbell, chief engineer of Teco and director of the NLMA Technical Division. He predicted that with a combination of gluing and mechanical devices such as ring connectors wood can be produced in almost any shape desired, such as Ibeams, rrsing different grades of lumber in different parts of the structural member. With other speakers, however, he stressed the need of intensive laboratory research before such a development can come to pass.

Judge W. S. Bennett, of New York, special counsel, and Dr. Compton were principal speakers at a general meeting on the timber industry's tax problems and contracts held under the chairmanship of W. B. Nettleton, board member, of Seattle, Washington, and chairman of the Committee on Resolutions. Numerous members of affiliated regional lumber associations participated in the discussion that followed, which resulted in a recommendation that a small committee be established to explore the matter more fully.

Expansion of the industry's "Tree Farm" program under the guidance of the Forest Conservation Division of NLMA was made new business for 1943, and funds were provided for additions to the forestry staff and facilities necessary to provide continuing attention and activity to advancement of this program. Intense interest in Tree Farm expansion was expressed by representatives of the Southern Pine Association, the states of Alabama and Arkansas already having taken leadership in state sponsorship of the Tree Farm movement.

One of the most interesting sessions of the four-day meetings was a conference with government war agency officials. Speaking to the lumbermen on behalf of the Office of Chief Engineers, which since September first has been the central lumber procuring ag'ency for the armed services and the Maritime Commission, Lt. Col. Fred G. Sherrill declared that he foresaw no material over-all shrink in lumber requirements for "several months to come." He forecast a falling off in requirements for dimension lumber with an offsetting increase in boards for boxes, crates, and containers.

J. P. Boyd, chairman of the Lumber Committee of the Army and Navy Munitions Board, scouted the idea of any serious lumber shortage and said that there was now such a sufficiency of aircraft lumber that the Army is buying and stockpiling it. He predicted a similar sufficiency, he said, of ship planking.

Mr. Boyd assured the lumbermen that the trend in 1943 will be toward relaxation of federal regulation, except in the case of "a few hot spots" where slender supplies will be available. He mentioned a few items of Douglas fir, mahogany, white oak, cypress and birch.

Speaking at the same meeting, which was presided over by M. L. Fleishel as chairman of the Lumber & Timber

Products War Committee. Ben R. Ellis. director of its Priorities Service, declared that the lack of sufficient tractors and tractor repair parts needed for woods operation has become a serious problem for the industry. The Army he said, has taken over 85 percent of tractor production, leaving 15 percent for all other needs.

The afternoon of November 18 was devoted to an open forum on "The New Age of 'Wood" under the chairmanship of Roderic Olzendam of the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, Tacoma, Washington. Speakers who stressed the great possibilites of wood product development were Morris Sanders, chief of the Product Development Branch, Consumers' Durable Goods, OPA; W. F. Leicester, vicepresident of the Casein Company of America; and Henry Wright, associate editor of the Architectural Forum and outstanding authority on prefabricated housing. Dr. Claude Robinson, president of Opinion Research Corporation, discussed probable post-war trends as revealed in recent public opinion surveys.

Mr. Leicester, in urging the urgent necessity for additional research, proposed a sort of "Mellon fnstitute" for the wood products industries and declared they should bring new technologists and scientists into the field of wood research.

Grove Patterson; editor of the Toledo Blade and widely known publicist, was guest speaker at the large, formal luncheon, held on Wednesday. In an inspiring address, Mr. Patterson urged the vital role of free enterprise and a free press in a democratic society.

On Wednesday evening, the President of the Association was host at a formal dinner. Full reports on the successful progress of AFPI's new public relations program having previously been made to the Public Relations Administration Committee, the attending lumbermen were given an opportunity to see a sample of the program when they viewed for the first time a newly completed motion picture by Paramount, entitled "Trees for Tomorrow." The picture, which portrays the industry's progress in con. structive forest management, was prepared for educational distribution and will be made conveniently available to the members of the industry for local showing.

The dinner concluded with a showing of stirring war films from the fighting fronts and the singing of the Star Spangled Banner.

Resolutions adopted at the annual 'meetings follow: Tree F'arms

Recognizing that continuous production of lumber and other forest products is basic to the national welfare, and that there is a vital relation of forest conservation to the permanence of all forest using industries and the people dependent upon them for employment, the Forest Conservatioh Division of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association assumes responsibility in cooperation with other

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responsible agencies and forest land owners, to encourage the estahlishment, development and maintenance of Tree Farms. In doing so it takes responsibility for working with the several regional associations, in promoting registering and recording Tree Farms, and looks to the pubIic Relations Dvision of American Forest Products Industries toward publicizing them so as to encourage wider application of the principles of sound forest management to properties in private ownership.

War Housing Construction Standards

The lumber industry, through the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, protests the Order of the War Production Board on War Housing Construction Standards, issued October 28, 194?, on the following grounds:

l. The softwood products of this industry are now completely and drastically conserved for war requirements, ih the order of their need, by other Directives. These are specifically L-218 in respect to Douglas Fir and M208 in respect to other softwoods. To add a further restriction is both needless and harmful to maximum production.

2. It has been demonstrated that war requirements cannot take all the items and grades necessarily produced in the manufacture of softwood timber. Specifically, the lower grades of Boards and Dimension and higher grades of Flooring and Siding. Unless the unavoidable accumulations of these items can freely move, lumber production will be slowed up in many instances, especially at small sawmills.

Douglas Fir has been more drastically frozen, for war needs, than any other species of lumber. But even in this species the Lumber Procurement Agency in control has found it necessary to currently release a substantial part of the production of Douglas Fir in order to keep the mills clear for manufacturing the items which are needed for this war. This proportion will probably not be less than 25 per cent.

3. The Order needlessly freezes the present stocks of softwood flooring, sidings of other .types than bevel, and bevel siding over eight inches in width, now at sa$, mills and lumber yards. These stocks in many cases exceed the needs of war agencies and of civilian uses not covered by this Order; and there is no gain in forbidding their use in war housing.

4. No hardwood flooring is produced in the Pacific Coast and adjacent western states. The prohibition on the use of softwood flooring in this area induces needless cost in construction and .wasteful use of transportation.

5. This order will necessarily have far reaching effects upon building practices and choice of materials. The lumber industry is prepared to accept sacrifices in its competitive market position that are necessary to prosecute the war. It protests the Order in question as needlessly harmful and discriminatory. It believes that the channeling of its products into war requirements is already fully provided by other Directives.

I. N. Tate

The Lumber and Timber Products industries are under great obligation to I. N. Tate, who has, to our deep regret, retired from his activities in the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. No man in our industry in recent years has given more time or contributed greater talent to handling the difficult national problems of the lumber industry. We are deeply grateful.

War Bonds

The National Lumber Manufacturers Association heartily recommends to the industry the continued wholehearted support of the War Bond campaign and further recommends to company managements the desirability of immediately inaugurating among their own personnel a campaign to secure the voluntary purchase of bonds to the extent of ten per cent of the overall payroll.

Even though gas and tire rationing now limits our personal contacts we want to express the hoPe that aI!ofuswill still be together throughout and after the duratiolx.

Wishing You the Season's Greetings

New Redwood Mill in Op"ration at \Tiflits

Hobbs Wall Lumber Co. to Handle Sales

Announcement was made in the December 1 issue that the new sawmill of The Sage Land & Improvement Company at Willits, Calif., rvould start operation about December 15.

This mill has been under construction for approximately a year, and is complete in every detail. It will manufacture Redwood and Fir lumber from timber owned by the Sage interests west of Willits. It wiil cut about 70.000 feet per day on one shift.

The owners of this operation, The Sage Land & Improvement Company, a New, York corporation, have had a very interesting history.

H. W. Sage & Company was founded by H. W. Sage of Ithaca, New York, which had acqrrired extensive White Pine timber lands in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. They operated a sawmill at Bay City, Michigan, during the 7Os and SOs, and also acquired a considerable acreage of Pine timber in Mississippi and Alabama. Dean Sage and W. H. Sage, became associated with their father in the business during this time.

In 1893 The Sage Land & fmprovement Company was incorporated in New York State for the purpose of taking over and administering the business of H. W. Sage & Company. The main office was moved to Albany, New York, which was then a distributing center of lumber and

and timber products coming from the Great Lakes area by way of the Erie Canal. Upon the death of H. W. Sage, his son, 'W'. H. Sage became president of the company, and Henry M. Sage, his grandson, became active in the business. The Michigan timber was finally cut out and the company began liquidating its timber lands in the South, the greater part of which were disposed of by 1916.

In the meanwhile proceeds of the sale of the Southern timber were invested in Redwood timber in California. During the period I9O5-192O the company purchased approximately 100,000 acres of Redwood timber lands. Some of these lands were subsequently disposed of so that The Sage Land & Improvement Company now owns 85,000 acres of Redwood and Fir timber, principally in Mendocino and Humboldt Counties.

Present officers of the company are: Dean Sage, president, New York; A. G. C. Sage, first vice-president, New York; E. O. Holter, Jr., vice-president and general manager, San Francisco. The mill manager is John S. Ross, Jr., Willits.

Hobbs Wall Lumber Company, San Francisco, will handle the sales. This concern's name is one that is favorably known to most of the retail lumber dealers in all parts of the country.

Tbe nill, located one mile wegt ol Willit* Ccrlil., oa privcle .pur cotrnocled with tbe Northwestern Pccific Bcilroad.

Log pile, 60 leet high crnd 500 leet lonE crt The Scge Lcrnd {l Improvemenl Cornpcny/e mill.

For seventy years we have suPP[ied hardwoods of every commercial kind to Pacific Coast users. We, [i[ee the rest of the X.umber furdusffiyrare directing affi outr energy toward the war effort untiX. fula[ victory!

Treated lumber is giving a splen&d account of itsell during these days when every available man is needed for vital war production. Construction in which Wolm.rrir6d f.,r m her was usd, is requiring only a minimum of attention for maintenance. It is establishirg a reputation which will earn an important place for this long-lived l"mber in postwar markets.

ing with The advantages of builds with wood are beina being told to government and in-dushial executives, architects, engineers and builders in their business papers -Business Week, Ar;hitectural Forum, Encrineering News Record, Aro-erican Builder & Building Age. Advertisements lifte tfiis one reproduced here point to the added value qained by buil&ng with loni-lived Wolmanized Lumber.

Wobnanized Lumber is distributed nationally through regular trade chanaels. We are counting on you to handle the postwar demand. American Lumber & Treating Company, 1648 McCormick Building, Chicago, Illinois.

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Christmas D.y Should be Observed Says \fPB Chairman Nelson

Washington, Nov. 27.-Donald M. Nelson, WPB Chairman, today issued the following statement:

During this year of war there have been no full holidays in war production. With patriotic zeal, management and workers in our mines and factories have made even such traditional holidays as fndependence Day and Labor Day days of steady unbroken production. It has been necessary to do this, because of the overwhelming need to turn out munitions and essential equipment in the greatest possible volume without delays or interruption, and the country has recognized this need and has met it.

Now we come to the Christmas holiday. I believe that this day should be the one exception to the rule which has been observed thus far.

More than ever before in our lives, I suppose, we need this year to pause from our labors on Christmas Day and think deeply and humbly about the faith by which we live, in order that from the profound promise of this day we may draw the hope and the vision which we must have. On the birthday of the Prince of Peacc we can and should rest from the production of the weapons of war.

Therefore, except for such maintenance and stand-by crperations as are necessary for best productive efficiency, I hope that in all war plants where it can possibly be done Christmas Day this year will be observed as a full holiday. After the holiday, we must drive ahead with renewed energy for the increased production job of 1943-a bigger job than we have ever faced before.

NEPRESENTATTVES

NOBTTIENN CAIJFORNIA

SOTITHERN CAUTONMA

I. E. Higgins Lunber Comptmy, Scrn Frcrncisco Wester' Hcndwood Lumber Conrp<rny, Los Angeles Strcble ltrcndwood Conpcny, OcHcmd

Hoo-Hoo Club No.39 Christmas Party Senate Committee Hearing3 on Propored Forest Products Service Plan To Be Held December 18

Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will hold its annual Christmas Party on Friday evening, December 18, in the Hotel Leamington Bowl, Oakland.

Vice-president D. Normen Cords is in charge of the program, and vouches for the quality of the entertainment, which includes 13 bigtime vaudeville acts. These will include Leonard Auletti's Band, Sonia Shaw, NBC song stylist, Emil & Evelyn, "the King and Queen of the Teeterboard," formerly with George Jessel's show, and other stars, headed by Billy Grant as master of cere-

Washington, Dec. l-A proposal by the U. S. Forest Service to employ $100,000,000 of Commodity Credit Corporation funds with the avowed purpose of augmenting lumber production for war needs by financing and otherwise assisting hundreds of small lumber mills in the South and East, came under the scrutiny of Senator Truman's committee investigating the war program in hearings here November 24 and 25.

The proposal, known as the Forest Products Service Plan, with the joint endorsement of Secretary of Agriculture Wickard and WPB Chairman Nelson, is now before President Roosevelt for approval. Spokesmen for the lumber industry have freely characterized it, and the proposed plan of federal control of forestry practices with which recently it was coupled, as a covert attempt by the Forest Service to obtain, by executive order and without open public debate and consideration. a wide measure of domination over the country's private forest industries.

monies.

President George Clayberg estimates there will be an attendance of about 2@, and, suggests bringing along a Service man as a dinner guest.

JANUARY 1 DEADLINE ON TIRE CERTIFICATES

Washington, Dec. 1.-Commercial vehicle operators who have applied for certificates of rvar necessity but have not yet received them may qualify for tires until January I under a ruling today by the Office of Price Administration. OPA said it made the ruling in order to give the Office of Defense Transportation more time to put certificates into the hands of operators.

FHA TO BUILD 8OO HOMES IN RICHMOND

The Federal Housing Authority in San Francisco announced November 30 that a contract for $1,310,475 had been awarded for construction of 800 temporary family units at Richmond near the shipyards. The contractor, who will begin work immediately, is the G. W. Williams Company of Burlingame.

The plan would set up in the Forest Service a new unit to be known as the Forest Products Service and would endow it with broad authority to "procure, produce, store, and sell forest products."

Ben Alexander, WPB lumber coordinator; Arthur lJpson, director of the Lumber and Lumber Products Division, WPB; Col. W. B. Greeley, secretary-manager of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association; H. C. Berckes, secretary of the Southern Pine War Committee, and S. V. Fullaway, secretary-manager of the 'Western Pine Association, testified before the committee.

HOUSING

Housing accommodations rented to the National Housing Agency for remodeling and cortversion into war workers' dwelling quarters are exempt from Federal rent regulation, OPA announces; rents charged by NHA to war workers subletting the dwelling remains subject to maximum rent regulations, however (Supplementary Amendment 11 to Maximum Rent Regulations), effective November 24. oPA-tt74.

LEN COOPER IN NAVY

Len Cooper of the Portland office of Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, has been called into the U. S. Navv.

George Clcyberg

On this our Eightieth Christmas, we of r\DOtBEER & GARSON''

join with you in Pledging Ourselves to do all we can to make Future Holiday Seasons

More Joyous

6la&Dilp Shlul

BV laah Saaaa

Age not guaranteed---Some I have told lor 20 years---Some Legs Anyway Something Had

Ephriam Jackson, tall, colored, and kindly, had worked since he was a small boy for Judge Hawkins, of Mobile. He was yard man, butler, chauffeur, and man of all work around the Judge's house. FIe was practically a member cf the family, and treated as such. But Ephriam heard all the talk going round nowadays about the labor and the wage situation, and it impressed him greatly. So one day when the Judge was sitting on the side porch, doing nothing much but smoke his black pipe, E'phriam approached him.

'Jedge Hawkins, Suh," said Eph. "Kin I talk to you to a minute bout sumpin very portant?"

"Certainly, Uncle Ephi' said the Judge. "\Mhat is it?"

"Jedge," said the old darkey, scratching his head to get the words together in good shape, "I gots to hab mo' noney.tt

"Is that so, IJncle?" asked the Judge. "Just why have you got to have more money?"

"Becuz, Suhr" said Eph, seriously, "eve'thing has gone up, so I gots to hab mo'money."

"That's interesting," said the Judge, smiling. "Go ahead and tell me what it is that's gone up so that you need more money."

This reply surpriscd Uncle Eph, because from all he'd

heard he thought it was taken for granted that everything had gone up, and did not need any proving. But he was started, so he had to muster up his arguments and facts. "Well, Suh," he said, "eve'thing's gone up. De cost ob vittles is gone 'way up. So is de cost of clo'es. De/s way up. So I gots to git mo' pay."

"Wait a minute, Ifncle," said the Judge. "Just how does that affect you? You've been eating my vittles all your life, haven't you?"

"Yassuh," said Uncle Eph, taken much aback and getting rapidly beyond his economic depth.

"And you've been wearing my clothes all your life, too, haven't you?"

"Yassuh," said Uncle Eph.

"As a matter of fact," said the Judge, t'you've never really bought any vittles or any clothes in your life, have you?"

"Nossuh," said the colored one.

"Then tell me," said the Judge, "what has gone up wittr. you so that you've got to have more money?"

Eph scratched his head hard now, then his face brightened.

"I can leJl you, Jedge," he said. 'WAGES IS GONE, UP.'

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The Women of lumber cqn be Proud of their Wqr Time Record

LaVerne Bustrin is boring and grooving a timber for a Teco Csnnector which will join this to other timbers. Roof tmsses, assembled from these timbers, are making possible the speedy and economical erection o[ airplane factories and. other essential structures.

The demand for forest products is tremend.ous. The:rshortage of man pirwer is acute. And the fact that produLtion is being mairrtained at high leve1s is a credit to the women

of the Northwest who have entered the mills to take over those jobs for which they are best suited.

These women are determined to do their share in the battle of production. With deep earnestness they are tryirrg to make up the shortage of man power. They have tackled jobs that are new to thern. And let it be written to their everlastins c;edit that their contribution to the production of lumber is important.

Coprrighr n4r, Wcyohrru Salcs tb.

WAR T IME SHIPMENTS

Fir Plywood Priceg

San Francisco, Nov. Jg.-Bxlgnsion of the scope of the maximum price regulition covering Douglas fir plywood to the wholesale and retail levels was announced today through the regional Office of Price Adminis'tratiirn.

This action was effected through issuance of revised maximum price regulation No. l3-Douglas fir plywoodeffective December 5. The revision also brings price regulation for the plywood in line with the provisions of a War Production Board limitation Order and, at the same time, simplifies and clarifies former provisions of the original maximum price regulation No. 13Douglas fir plywoodby rewording and rearrangement of those provisions and incorporation of examples and interpretations.

The revised regulation sets dollar-and-cents maximum prices for purchases originating at the mill, as did the original regulation, and then by use of formulas controlling mark-ups, sets ceilings on sales out of stocks of wholesale and retail distribution warehouses and yards. The latter are divided into two basic categories"plywood distribution plant" sales and all other warehouse and yard sales.

The lumber industrl' hcs met the demcnds oI Wqr by working every lacility to the limit. In the l<rce oI serious shortcltes oI equipment, mcchine replcrcementB, supplies crnd lcbor production crnd shipments hcnre gtone lorwcnd.

'?qul Bunycnr's" crews qt Westwood cqtr1, on with c yecr round, full ccpccity schedule.

"Pcrul Bunycm's"

CATIFORNIA PINES

Soilt Ponderosa cnd Sugcr Pine II'IVIBEB MOI'IDING PTYWOOD

Incense Cedcn I|ENEIIAN BUIID SLATS

For plywood distribution plants, delined in the regulation as those which during the first six months of 1941 received 2O per cent or more of their revenue from plywood or veneer sale, the ceiling prices are composed of the basic F. O. B. mill price, plus transportation from the mill to the distribution plant, plus a mark-up of 20 per cent on sales of $200 or more and of 25 per ceni on sales of less than $200.

!(/alter J. Crow

Walter J. Crow, one of the oldest hardwood lumbermen in the business, and for the past 10 years with Forsyth Hardwood Co., San Francisco, passed away in San Francisco, December 1.

He was born in England 66 years ago, and started to work for Neihaus & Co., hardwood dealers, San Francisco, 4O years ago. He was in the hardwood business for himself in Oakland for a short time.

He is survived by his wife Mrs. Mary J. Crow, a daughter, Mrs. Norma Belle Rose, and a sister, Mrs. Rosa Dawes.

C. Lester Normoyle

C. Lester Normoyle sales manager for Ingham Lumber Company, Glendale, Oregon, died suddenly from a heart attack in the Portland Hotel, Portland, December 3. He was r,vith the Ingham Lumber Company for many years.

He is survived by his wife, and a son who is a student at the University of Oregon, Eugene, and now awaiting a call to the Navy pre-flight school at St. Mary's College, Moraga, Calif.

Funeral services were held in Salem. December 7.

OXNARD HOUSING RERATED

Washington, Dec. S.-The War Production Board today announced.that Oxnard, Calif., had been added to the de. fense housing critical area list.

WOOD FON VENEIIAN'S ASSI|.

H.E REIDWOOD TIGHTS TOR A IONG I.ASTING And Substantial

Aeritrl view ol tbe present Port Gqmble, Wcsh.. mi[.

The Popes and Talbots were among the first settlers of East Machias, Maine, having come there from England. Their background of experience in the lumber business covers a period ol 175 years, for before the American Revolution-in 1767 to be exact-members of the two families shipped a cargo of lumber from East Machias to Boston.

Early in 1849 Frederick Talbot and Andr'ew J. Pope came to San Francisco and started in the lighterage and transportation business on the Bay and the rivers. That was the original firm of Pope & Talbot.

Captain William C. Talbot sailed frorn East Machias in his brig, the Oriental, around Cape Horn with a cargo of lumber for California in October, 1849, and arrived in March, 1850. He sold his cargo at Sacramento for use in the mines.

Frederick Talbot sold his interest to his brother and the firm became W. C. Talbot & Co. The firm then consisted of W. C. Talbot, Andrew J. Pope of San Francisco, and J. P. Keller and Charles Foster of East Machias.

Captain Talbot then decided to go to the Pacific Northwest to engage in the manufacture of Douglas Fir lum-

Pope & Talbot's t Op.ration Oldest

Lumber Experience of the

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Pre-Revol

ber, for he knew there was plenty of timber there and an excellent market for lumber in San Francisco. In 1853 he took the schooner Julius Pringle from San Francisco to Puget Sound to establish a sawmill.

He selected Port Gamble as the site of the new mill. Puget Mill Co., a subsidiarl was the owner. From this modest beginning-the first mill cut only 2,000 feet a day-grew the mighty lumber and shipping enterprise of Pope & Talbot, u'ith logging camps, mills, and a fleet of vessels sailing the seven seas.

Pope & Talbot today have their original mill at Port Gamble, and a mill and creosoting plant at St. Helens, Oregon.

The service and tradition of almost 90 years of manufacturing and distributing Douglas Fir lumber and othep forest products continues.

George A. Pope, chairman of the board of directors, recently passed away at the age of. 78 in San Francisco.

Capt. George A. Pope, Jt., U. S. Army, of the third generation, is president of the company. His brother, W. K.

An&ew J. Pope Member oI the Origiacl lirn Pope d Talbot.

Ccrpt. Wn. C. Tclbot Menber oI the origincl finn ol Pope 6 Tclbot.

Cgrs Wcller Forner Genernt Mcncger ol tbe Puget Mill Co.

Gamble Lumber

Douglas Fir Region

and Talbots Dates Back to ory Doys

Pope, is one of the directors, and vice-president in Southern California. Charles L. Wheeler is vice-president and general manager. Hillmann Lueddemann is vice-president and Northwest manager at Portland. J' A. Lunny is vicepresident, in charge of operation of the steamships' Other officers are Talbot C. Walker,-acting president,.and a son of the late Cyrus Walker, former general manager; Fred C. Talbot, a grandson of Capt. William Talbot, who died in 1881, and Joseph L' Paiva, secretary.

Establishment of Port Gamble Operation

The story of the founding of the William C. Talbot & Co. mill at Port Gamble, the oldest lumber operation of the Douglas Fir region, is the story of one of the great American pioneers. The history of the establishment of this operation is a part of the history of the hardy founders of Puget Sound's industries, who allowed no obstacle to deter them from accomplishing what they set out to do'

Before he went to Puget Sound on the Julius Pringle to look for a site for the new mill Captain Talbot had never visited the Northwest, and while he had heard a good deal

Aericrl view ol the St. Heleng, Ore., mill. al>out the country most of the information was not reliable.

Equipment for the Port Gamble mill was ordered in Boston by Captain Talbot before he ieft San Francisco. The machinery for the mill and the saws were purchased in Maine, and an engine and boiler in Boston.

E. W. Wright, a millwright, and James White, a machinist and engineer, came from Bangor, Maine, to help build the mill. Before the Pringles left for the Northwest the party was joined by Cyrus Walker, also from Maine, who later became general manager of the Pope & Talbot timber, mill and shipping interests.

Some time was spent by Captain Talbot and his party looking over possible mill sites before it was decided to locate the mill at Port Gamble. Traveling by canoe the party inspected a mill being built at Port Ludlow by W. P. Sayword and J. R. Thorndike. They later stopped at a place on Hood's Canal that bore the Indian name of Tekalet, and named Port Gamble by the white settlers.

They were impressed by the suitability of Port Gamble, but before making their final decision visited Appletree

George A. PoPe

Until his recent deqth, Chcirmctr ol the Board ol Pope 6 Talbol, Inc.

Chcrlel L. Wbeeler Vice-Presidenl and GenErql Mcncger, LunbEr and McConnic} SteanshiP Divisione, PoPe 6 Tqlbot, Inc'

Ccpt. George A. Pope, Ir. U. S. Army Pregident. Pope d Talbot, Inc.

Cove, where a mill was being built by J. J. Felt, and also the sawmill being operated at Seattle by Henry Yesler.

Eastern lumber, carried by the Julius Pringle, was used to build the bunk house, cook house and store building. Soon after this work was completed Captain J. p. Keller, a partner in the firm, arrived from Boston with the schooner L. P. Foster, which he had sailed around Cape Horn, with the machinery.

The schooner Pringle then went to Seattle and loaded a cargo of lumber and piling for San Francisco, inaugurating the traffic in lumber from Puget Sound to San Francisco.

operated by the Puget Sound Commercial Co., and the tugs belonged to the Puget Sound Towage Co.

Cyrus Walker was general manager of all the Puget Sound activities, and E. G. Ames was.assistant general manager. William Walker was engineer, and Fred Drew was log and land agent. Mr. Ames later became manager of the Puget Sound interests and activities.

Nine sailing vessels carrying lumber to all parts of the world were owned by the company in 1903. They had interests in 80 other ships.

Holdings of Pope & Talbot in 1925, including 80,000 acres of Puget Sound timber land, were estimated to be worth $20,000,000.

Sell to Chas" R. McCormick Lumber Co.

The Pope & Talbot lumber and shipping interests were sold on March n, 1925, to the Charles R. McCormick Lumber Co., another giant Pacific Coast concern, organized and built up by Charles R. McCormick.

McCormick established the St. Helens Shipbuilding Co. at St. Helens on the Columbia River, built a sawmill there in 1909, and a creosoting plant in l9l?.

Captain Keller was resident manager at Port Gamble until 1861. His wife and daughter, who accompanied him on the voyage from Boston, were the first white women to arrive at Port Gamble.

The first sawmill was 4O by 7O f.eeL, with a daily capacity oI2,W board feet. The saw had a half inch kerf. In 1854 a "live gang" from Maine was put in, and with an edger the cut was increased to 15,000 feet a day. The mill shipped 3,000,000 feet the first year on the schooner Foster.

A new mill was built in 1858 with a double circular rig, an edger, scantling machine, three trimmers and a planer, with a daily capacity of 60,000 feet. In l8Z0 the company bought the old Alberni mill on Vancouver Island and moved the equipment to Port Gamble. By IBZZ the daily capacity was increased to 110,000 feet and by 1903 there were two mills cutting 220,000 f.eet. In 1925, when the McCormick company took it over, the plant capacity was 375,000 feet daily.

In 1878 the Puget Mill Co. purchased the Amos & phinney mill at Port Ludlow. They had bought the Grannan and Cronnie mill at Utsalady in 1876 and operated it until 1890.

The interests of Pope & Talbot had grown tremendously. The Puget Mill Co. was incorporated in 1874. The mills at Port Gamble and Port Ludlow were operated by the Puget Lumber Co. The merchandise business by the Puget Sound Trading Co. The ships were owned and

At this point in the story Charles L. Wheeler, a native of Wisconsin, where he had grown up in the lumber business, comes into the picture. He went to Seattle in 1908 to gather material and write about Pacific Coast industries and resources for an encyclopedia. He liked the Coast and decided to stay. He opened an office in portland, where he did land settlement work, and also acted as property agent for a number of lumber concerns, one of which was the McCormick company. He became associated with the St. Helens Lumber Co. of the McCormick organization in 1911, and took an important part in building the city of St. Helens. By l92l Mr. Wheeler was vice-president and general manager of the McCormick Steamship Co., which had been organized to take over the vessels of the McCormick firm.

Soon after the sale of the Pope & Talbot properties to McCormick, the latter interests held 2,850,000,000 feet of merchantable timber, four sawmills with an annual production of 300,000,000 feet, lumber yards in Los Angeles, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino and Oceanside, Calif.; a sales office in New York City, terminal docks at Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tacoma and San Diego; and the largest fleet in the coastwise trade of the Pacific.

The McCormick ships handled 45 per cent of the total trade between the Pacific Coast and the east coast of South America, and in one year the company ranked fourth in the total tonnage passing through the panama Canal.

Pope & Talbot were always represented on the board of directors, William H. Talbot, who was a son of Captain William C. Talbot, having been president of the McCormick company when he died in 1930. Ife was succeeded by George A. Pope, who remained president until the McCormick properties were again taken over by pope & Talbot in 1938.

The Present Organization

The Pope & Talbot Lumber Co. was incorporated in (Continued on page 38)

Lieut. W. f,. Pope, U. S. Army Vice-Presidenl "t" ?:iili-rrGclilornicr

OUR PRIVILEGE

The entire effort of this organization is pledged to the nation's war P{oduction. We -are proud of the part we have been permitted to take in blose co-operation *ittr the Maritime Commission, the Army and the Navy.

WAR REQUIREMENTS DEMAND SELECTED LUMBER SHIPBUILDING . AIRCRAFT INDUSTRIAL EVERYTHING IN HARDWOODS

SEASON'S GREETINGS

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E. HIGGINS I,UMBER SAN FRANCISCO co.

Pope & Talbot's Port Gamble Lumber Operation Oldest in Douglas Fir Region

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April, 1938, to take over the McCormick interests, and again the Pope & Talbot name is over the mill at Port Gamble and the mill at St. Helens.

Once more the name of Pope & 'Ialbot is a large factor in the West's lumber and shipping industries. Along with the tradition of nearly a century of lumber and shipping experience the organization is entirely modern in its outIook. Both mills have been rebuilt and modernized. to the last degree and new stands of the finest timber have been added to the company's holdings.

Head offices of the Pope & Talbot Lumber Co. continue at 461 Market Street, San Francisco, and Mr. Wheeler, Capt. George A. Pope, Jr., and Mr. T. C. Walker are located there.

The office of Pope & Talbot, fnc., occupies the 27th floor of the Russ Building, San Francisco. Here on the walls is the famous collection of early San Francisco and California prints and lithographs, believed to be one of the finest and most complete that exists.

The late Mr. Pope told how he acquired one historic pictures that occupies a prominent place collection.

of the in the

"I was looking in the window of a second-hand store,r' he said, "and saw an oil painting of a sawmill. It was a dandy picture and f went into the store and asked the proprietor how much he wanted for it.

"The man told me he didn't know its value. I then offered him ten dollars and he took the money. but said he thought I was getting it cheap.,,

The picture was of the Port Gamble mill, but the artist had not put his name on it.

In Mr. Pope's private office is an oil painting of his father, Andrer,r'J. Pope, and of his mother, who was Emily Talbot, Captain Talbot's sister.

There is an interesting relic from old port Gamble that hangs in the Russ Building office. It is a hantl-carved sign that reads: "1853-Puget Mill Co.,, That sign hung over the mill office 89 years ago !

..TOP THAT 10% BY NEW YEARs"

Out of the 'l 3 lobor-monogemenl conferences sponsored by the Notionql Committee for Poyroll Sovings ond conducted by lhe Treosury Deporlment throughout the Nqtion hor come this formulo for reoching thelO% of gross pqyroll Wqr Bond objective:

7. Dccide to gci loft.

It hos been lhe Treosury experience wherever mqnogement ond lobor hove gotlen togelher qnd decided rhc iob could be done, the job wos done.

,. Gct o committec o( lobor and monogement to work ost detoils fq slicitorion.

o. They, in lum, will oppoint coploinJeoden or chqirmen who will be responsible for qctuql solicitotion of no more rhon 1O worker:.

b. A cord should be prepored for eqch qnd cvery worker with his nome on il.

g An estimote should be mqde ol the porsible omount coch worker cqn sel oside co lhql qn "ovcr-oll" ol 1O%-is qchieved. Some moy not be oble fo gel oside 1O%, olhen con sqve morc.

t. $f oside o dolc to stoft thc drive.

1 fhcre rtouH bc littlc q ao limc Sefwea lf,c onnosnc.ment ol thc dfivc ond tf,o drlvc itself. The ddve should lqst not over I week.

t. The opening of rhe drive moy !e rhrough o tolk, o mlly, or just o ploin onnouncemenl in eoch deportment.

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[S of today, more than 2oroo0 firms of ./[]l. all sizes have reached the "Ilooor Roll" goal of at least lo/q of. the gross payroll ia Var Bonds. This ig a glorious testimony to the voluotafy American way of facing emergencies.

But there is still srore to be dooe. By January 1.st- L943, the Treasury hopes to raise participation from the Present total of arouod 2o,ooo,ooo employees iovestiog an avefage of. 8% of earnings to ovef 3O,OOO,OOO iovesting an ayetage of at least Loft of earnings in Var Bonds.

You are urged to set your own sights accordiogly and to do all io your Power to start the new year on the Roll of Hooor' to give Var Bonds for bonuses' and to pur' chase up to the limit, both persooally aod is a compann of Series F and G Bonds. (Remember that the new limitation of purchases of F and G Bonds io aoy one calendar year has been iocreased from $5o,ooo to $1OO,O0O.)

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This space is a Coatribution to America's Nt-Out lflar Efiort by CALIFORNIA IITMBEB MERCIIAIII

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Construction Order Amended

San Francisco, December S-Certain types of farm and railroad construction were eased today by amendments to conservation order L-41, it was revealed by the Regional War Production Board today.

The major amendments include the following changes:

Construction of railroad tracks is exempted from the provision of order L-41. Buildings, tunnels, overpasses, underpasses or bridges, however, are still covered. Applications for laying trackage already are handled by the transportation equipment division and today's change was made to eliminate unnecessary paper work required by the additional authorization of the administrator of L-41.

Agricultural construction incident to the erection or installation of machinery or equipment, which is now controlled by limitation order L-170, is exempted, in order to remove a second unnecessary control on farmers by order L4t.

Construction of facilities by the communications industry is exempted from the provisions of L-41.

Adequate control of such.construction is maintained by blanket preference rating orders P-130 and P-132. Consequently, it is not necessary for the Bureau of Construction, which administers L-41 further to control construction or extension of communication facilities, except buildings.

The order was also amended to make clear the fact telegraph and teletypewriter services conducted by telephone operators are to be treated in the same manner as telephone. service as exempt from the order.

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Fuller Starts in Btrsiness Under Old

Name at Lodi

George L. Meissner, president and manager of the Valley Lumber Company of Lodi, is retiring from the retail lumber business, and the corporation which he organized 32 years ago is being dissolved.

Robert S. (Bob), Fuller, who has been associated with this concern for the past l0 years, has purchased the stock of merchandise, and will continue in the retail lumber business under the assumed name of the Valley Lumber Company of Lodi, at fuO East Elm Street, Lodi, former location of the Elliott Lumber Co. The latter lvas.purchased October I by Valley Lumber Company of Lodi.

Bob Fuller is an energetic and competent young lumberman, and his many friends will wish for him as much success under the well known name as his predecessor enjoyed.

Sell Intere3t to Scott Lumber Co.

Ralph T. Moore, Carl R. Moore antl Frederick T. Moore, of the Moore Mill & Lumber Co., who purchased a substantizil.interest sdme time ago in the Scott Lumber Co., Inc., California Pine manufacturing concern, at Burney, Calif., sold their interest to the Scott Lumber Co., November 15.

John N. Berry, Sr., sales manager, and Raymond H. Berry, general manag'er, are now in charge of the op.eration.

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SASH AND DOORS

Alameda Housing Proiects to Cost Carl R. Moore Making Headquarterg $4500,000 In Oakland

The planned 1200-unit housing project to be built on the site south of the Bethlehem Steel Co. plant in Alameda will be named after William Worthington Chipman, founder of Alameda. Chipman and Gideon Auginbaugh bought the then peninsula of Alameda in 1851 for $14,000 and sub-divided the land, donating free ferry trips from San Francisco to prgspective buyers. The 800-unit project east of Clark Pottery near Pacific Avenue, which is also expected to be constructed shortly, will be named Encinal, after the evergreen oaks. Both projects, financed by the Federal Government, will be for the benefit of war industry workers and of temporary construction. Total cost of both is estimated at $4500,000.

WILL SPEND HOLIDAYS IN NATIONAL CAPITAL

A. L. Hoover, Los Angeles wholesale lumberman, and Mrs. Hoover will spend the holidays in Washington, D. C. with their children, Bob, Dick and Ethel Hoover. Bob is associated with the Kaiser Co. in Washington, and Dick is at the Officers' Anti-aircraft Training School at Camp Davis, North Carolina. Ethel is visiting her brother, Bob, and his familv.

HOMER E. MARIS IN ARMY

Homer E. Maris of the sales staff of Harbor Plywood Corp. of California, San Francisco, is now in the U. S. Army.

Carl R. Moore is again making his headquatters at 1924 Broadway, Oakland, after spending more than a year as general manager of the Scott Lumber Company, Burney, Calif.

Fie is vice-president of Moore Mill & Lurnber Co., and will in future be active in the affairs of that company, which controls and operates Cape Arago Lumber Co., Empire, Ore., and McKinley Lumber Co., McKinley, Ore.

Mr. Moore reports that the Moore Mill & Lumber Company's mill at Bandon, Ore., is operafing two shifts, exclusively on Government orders, and that production from the three mills is about 500,000 feet a day.

WOODEN BARGES

U. S. Maritime Commission announces contract awards for construction of 330 knocked-down wooden barges to seven firms located in East, West, and Gulf Coast regions and the Great Lakes. OWI-861.

NO PRICE CEILING ON CHRISTMAS TREES

Washington, Dec.3-There will be no ceiling on Christmas trees.

Three government agencies today exempted the Yuletide institution from price, production and distribution control.

The Office of Price Administration said there would be no price ceiling but asked that "prices be held at the level of last year."

Pressure Treated Forest Products

With the sincere hope thct cll members ol the retail lumber industry mcrl'be able to withstcrnd the present abnormcl conditions, qnd be opercting their ycud.s qt the success. Iul terminction oI the wcr, we wish you

Redwood in 1942

By Kenneth Smith President, Colifornia Redwood Association

War necessities have dominated the lumber industry, retailer and manufacturer, all ol 1942. Construction has been progressively restricted, primarily because of metal shortages, but in the second half of the year, lumber shortage would have forced these restrictions had they not been already in effect.

It is estimated these restrictions saved 8 billion feet of lutnber for war uses, and except for that it would not have been possible to keep the construction program of the armed services going. As it was, 6 billion feet had to come out of inventory to make up the difference between the 38 billion used and the 32 billion produced.

Redwood made an outstanding contribution of which Californians can well be proud. Recent figures compiled by the National Lumber Manufacturers Association show production of the Redwood region for the year to date as 1O3 per cent of 1941, compared with 96 per cent for the total of all softwoods. Shipments to date are 119 per cent of. 1941, as compared with 102 per cent for all softwoods. Orders to date are 133 per cent of 1941, as compared with 107 per cent for all softwoods. The unfilled order file is 233 per cent of this time last year, which compares with 163 per cent for all softwoods.

Millions of feet of Redwood have gone into storage oil tanks; millions of feet more have gone into water tanks, water reservoir roofs, water pipelines and sewage disposal plants for Army and Navy. The demand for this use is so insistent thal Army Engineers have sought our aid in finding additional tank manufacturers for them.

Millions of more feet of Redwood have gone into cooling towers in powder plants, munitions factories, aluminum foundries, and oil refineries. Hundreds of thousands of feet of Redwood Expansion Joint have gone into the runways and aprons of scores of airports.

fn recent months the insistent demand for Redwood for pipe as a substitute for metal pipe has far outrun our ability to supply the grade required.

We have manufactured all that the logs would produce of Pattern Lumber for shipyards and Naval Bases and still have been unable to supply the dcmand.

The items recited above are speciaity items, for which Redwood is a peculiarly superior product, but in spite of every effort, we have been unable to keep abreast of the demand. In addition to these items, a large share of the ordinary construction grades and items that we have been able to produce, including railroad ties, have gone into the war housing projects and into war plant for Army and Navy, such as cold storage plants, barracks, mess hafls, schools, hospitals, officers' quf;r.ters, post exchanges, chapels, recreation centers, warehouses, hangars, and amnrunition dumps, bridges, culverts, fences,' bulkheading, shoring, cribbing, fire walls, storage pits, fragmentation shieldsevery conceivable type of construction.

In addition it has gone into scores of the industrial products using lumber, of which the Army and Navy buy some 200 different items.

Redwood is making as great or greater contribution of value for war purposes as any comparable sized segment of the softwood lumber industry. Naturally it has been impossible under these circumstances for Redwood manufacturers to serve their retail friends as they would have liked to. They have done the, best they could after doing first all they could to help win the war, as the statistics given above amply demonstrate.

Prediction is hazardous because war upsets can change tomorrow what appears reasonably sure today, but I believe that as we get into 1943 the war strain will ease a little and make it possible to supply more dealer require. ments for Redwood than hds been possible in recent months.

I feel rather sure also that the existing restrictions upon civilian use of lumber and upon the use of lumber for war housing and the restrictions upon selling by mills and buying by dealers of yard sizes and grades are going to be materially relaxed.

Redwood manufacturers will continue to have war problems to wrestle in 1943, as will all other manufacturers and all retailers, but it will not be as dizzy as 1942 has been.

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Christmas Trees at Usual This Year

Santa Claus-and Young America-got a break when three governmental agencies ruled that no restrictions will be imposed this year upon the production, distribution and sale of Christmas trees.

ODT has directed, however, that box cars be furnished instead of gondolas and flat cars lor shipment of trees. Producers and distributors are requested also to exercise care to avoid unnecessary use of gasoline and rubber for truck transportation.

Although no restrictions have been applied to production and marketing of trees, the Lumber and Lumber Products Division of War Production Board urges that all producers of trees and ownel! of timber maintiin good forestry practice and avoid the employment of manpower that would otherwise be engaged in essential war work.

OPA has exempted Christmas trees from the maximum price regulations and other provisions of the general maximum price regulation. OPA asks, however, that prices be held at the level of last vear.

RUTHERFORD GRAY IN AIR CORPS

Rutherford Gray, shipping clerk with California Builders Supply Co., Oakland, is in the ground mechanics' school in the Army.Air Corps.

L. J. WENTWORTH VISITS S. F.

L. J. Wentworth of Portland, president of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, was a San Francisco visitor around the first of the month.

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"Sharcs of Happiness"

The Good-Fellowship Christmas'Fund of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 again offers Shares of Happiness for $1.5O each to lumberman of the San Francisco Bay district. The money is wisely distributed by a responsible committee.

Mail checks to Reginald Smith, Chairman of the Fund, Smith Lumber Co., 19th Avenue & Estuary, Oakland.

F'IR PLYWOOD

OPA extends scope of maximum-price regulation covering Douglas Fir plywood to the wholesale and retail levels; dollars-and-cents maximum prices are set for purchases originating at the mill, then by use of formulas controlling markups ceilings are established on sales out of stock of wholesale and retail distribution warehouses and yards (Rev. MPR 13) issued November 30. OPA-T-355

DEFENSE HOUSING AREAS

WPB adds 11 areas to defense housing critical area list: Flagstafi, Ariz.; Fall Brook, Calif.; Carrabell, Fla.; Pocatello, Idaho; Hobbs, New Mexico; Cressona, Pa.; San Moncos, Texas; Port Washington, Wis.; Brillon, Wis.; Casper, Wyo.; and Greene County, Pa.

JEF'F CORKRAN ILL

C. G. (Jeff) Corkran, veteran Northern California lumber salesman, is in a hospital in Napa, California. He has been ill for some time.

A' B. Johnson Prominent Figure in Lumber Business For Over Haff a Century

Francisco in 1888 tp sell their lumber. On January l, 1889, he became a junior partner with Wilson Brothers, and the firm name was changed to Wilson Bros. & Co., continuing until 1918 when the partnership was dissolved.

In l92I Mr. Johnson organized the A. B. Johnson Lumber Co., in San Francisco, a partnership consisting of his wife, his son, A. B. (Bert) Johnson, Jr., and himself.

Wilson Bros. & Co. established a retail yard at 5th and Channel Streets, San Francisco, and operated it until 1917, when they closed it out. This was on the site now occupied by Rolando Lumber Co. Every yard that was in operation in 1891 in San Francisco is now out of business, liquidated or retired.

A. B. Johnson, one of the best known and respected lumber and shipping men in the United States, and the oldest man in the Douglas Fir industry in San Francisco, is still active and can be found every day at the office of his company, A. B. Johnson Lumber Company, in the Fife Building, 1 Drumm Street.

A real pioneer, Mr. Johnson came to portland as a young man on March 1, 1885, from Minnesbta, where he was raised on a farm. His father and mother came from Sweden and settled in Minnesota in 1852. His first job in Portland was driving a lumber team, but after three months of this work he started clerking in the retail lumber yard of Wilson Brothers. He had been a bookkeeper in a bank in Minnesota for 18 months before coming West. Mr. Johnson recalls that all finish lumber sold in the Northwest in those days was Red Cedar.

In the fall of 1886 he went to Gray's Harbor with C. R. Wilson, elder of the two brothers, and worked there while Wilson Brothers built their mill at Aberdeen. After the mill was finished and in operation this firm sent him to San

fn order to have their own transportation for their lumber Wilson Bros. & Co. decided in 1890 to build the schooner Chas. R. Wilson, a three-masted sailing ship that carried 500,000 feet of lumber. Mr. Tohnson superintended the construction and did a good job, for the ship is still in operation in the codfishing trade. He had six sailing vessels built during those days up to 1898, u'hen steam vessels began to be used. Between 1898 and 1926 Wilson Brothers and A. B. Johnson Lumber Co. built seven steamers. The Esther Johnson, built by Mr. Johnson, was the last wooden steamer constructed on the Pacific Coast. Later his company bought tr.vo coasting steamers.

When he went to Grays Harbor from Portland in 1886 Mr. Johnson says the journey took 3l days, by stage and railroad. Wilson Brothers' sawmill was the fourth mill built at Grays Hdrbor, and is now the oldest sawmill in the Douglas Fir region with the exception of the Port Gamble mill of Pope & Talbot.

Mr. Johnson married Miss Mariett Cartwright, a native daughter of San Francisco, in October, 1891. They had two children, A. B. Johnson, Jr., and Mrs. McRae, who is the wife of a prominent San Francisco physician, and four grandchildren. Mrs. Johnson passed away in May, 194O, after they had been happily married for 49 years and eight months.

The A. B. Johnson Lumber Co. still represents the Wilson Brothers' mill, also the Grays Harbor Lumber Co. of Hoquiam and the E. C. Miller Cedar Lumber Co. of Aberdeen.

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..T[IE IT'MBEN DEAI.ER'S FRIE![D" extends thanks to all decrler friends lor their pcrtroncrge, qnd wishes them one clnd qll. g filewy @ltristmsg flnD g TSUPPY

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We cre hcppy to hcve had a srndll part in lurnishing the lumber requirements lor the Wcr Progncun through the lumber declers.

We tqke this medium oI expressing ow crlrpreciction lor your coopercrtion and clso to wish you

Christmas

Christmas is coming again ! Aird once again do we hear The chiming bells and the dear old songs And voices athrill with good cheer. Christmas is coming again ! Flaunting the forces of night, Dispelling the shadows of fear, Filling our hearts with delight.

Christmas is coming again ! Nothing can alter its sway; Ever this message it brings, Night is succeeded by day. Clouds are dispersed by the sun, Stars do not fade with the years, Hope lights the pathway ahsad, Smiles are more potent than tears.

Christmas is coming again ! Friends are more dear to us now, Hearts have grown tender and wise With the joy of the day rve avow. Christmas is coming again ! Its promise forever is true, Right shall prevail over might, Earth shall be fashioned anew.

Christmas is coming again ! Its spirit is lingering near, Over life's tumult and strife, Its clarion voices we hear.' Onward,.press onward, it cries, With banners of courage unfurled, Till we stand in the light of that day When peace shall encompass the world.

-A. Merriam Conner.

LUMBERMEN'S POST MEETS

Lumbermen's Post No. 403 of the of the American Legion met at the Royal Palms Hotel, Los Angeles, the evening of December 9.

This was Service Men's Night, and the members had service men as their guests for dinner. A fine program was arrang'ed for by Junior Past Commander Lvons.

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An o*tt.t's solid satisfaction, after you furnish a Hatd Maple floor for him, paves the way for you to land the bigeerlobs that are bound to follow the war. He can't forget Ih. btigh,, clean beaury of Maple-its resistance to hard *.". *d its low maintenance cost-or the good judgment that prompted you to suggest it.

Those flooring qualities-plus its smooth, warm comfort underfoot and ease of cleaning-make Northern Hard Maple the ideal floor for war projects, defense housing, factory rehabilitation, food plants, stores' schools, and homes.

For today's many repair, maintenance and remodeling jobs as well as new consffuction, sell trtFlAA Northern Hard Maple-for permanent satisfaction! arrml trade'marked urrd gon "rrr..d! In strips z7$" to 68/sz" thick, widths tfu" to )%'., to suit perfecdy every flooring requirement. AIso a wide range oi sizes in blocks. Ifrite for Grading Rules booklet and photo-descriptive folder.

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This grreeting is coming to you crs in the pcst without chcrnge of word beccuse we crre confident oI c Victory which will insure our lives crgcinst crny other thcrn a lull reclizcrtion oI this message.

Highlishts of 1942 in the Douslas Fir Resion

Bv R.T. Titus Director of Trode Extension \flest Coast Lumbermen's Association

Just as Paul Bunyan dated everything from the Winter of the Blue Snow, the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest will probably remember 1942 as the Year of the Great Fir Freeze. 'Ihis, of course, refers to the War Production Board's Limitation Order L-218 effective October 29, L942, which limits the sale of all Douglas fir lumber produced in western Oregon and Washington (except No. 3 boards, dimension and timbers or any grade of factory or shop lumber) to the

B. T. Titug Procuring Agency of the Construction Division, Corps of Engineers, IJ. S. Army.

Of all the species of lumber Douglas fir was singled out for this distinction because from it alone can bi produced many of the special items needed for war such as aircraft carrier decking, ponton bridge material for the Engineers, long lengths of ship planking and solid keels over 100 feet in length for mine-sweepers, subchasers and related. types of fighting craft.

Items of Douglas fir included under LAI9 were released from the provisions of Conservation Order M-208, which still covers other softwoods, and which was intended to divert from less essential uses to the war agencies, vast quantities of lumber needed for shipyard, factory and ordnance-plant construction, barracks, defense housing, ammunition cases, truck bodies, Army and Navy bunks and hundreds of other war purposes. These Conservation and Limitation orders naturally had a great effect upon the manufacture and distribution of West Coast lumber. As war demands increased, less and less lumber was available for distribution through usual channels to civilian consumers, until at the present time it is estimated that not . Iess than 85 per cent of the West Coast lumber production is going to war.

The principal contribution of Sitka spruce to the war effort has been in the form of aircraft lumber for our own training planes and for the trainers, fighters and bombers of our allies. Spruce is preferred above all other woods for this purpose because it is probably the strongest material for its weight to be found. Demands foi aircraft lumber in this war so greatly exceed those of World War f, however, that spruce alone could not fill the need. West Coast hemlock, noble fir and Douglas fir are now going into construction of both airplanes and gliders in incriasing quantities. During 1942 the West Coast sawmills were

called upon to increase the production of "aero" many fold.' To this end WPB issued an order (M-186), on July 20 "freezing" all Sitka spruce logs in the hands of the Director General for Operations. This was followed on September 11 by orders M-28 and, M-2D similarly freezing logs of noble fir and aircraft logs of West Coast hemlock. To swell the volume of aircraft material the National Park Service authorized selective logging of high-quality spruce on lands being acquired as corridors to the Olympic National Park and the State of Washington opened its forest in the Olympic Mountains to regulated logging. The Forest Service has organized emergency logging in Alaska and it is planned to raft the spruce logs cut there to mills on Puget Sound for sawing. The best of the straightgrained, even-textured logs with deep clear wood will yield only about 10 per cent of "aero" and only a small percentage of the trees will yield such logs.

In addition to furnishing much of the topnotch aircraft lumber West Coast hemlock has been called upon to supply many of the general building items formerly produced in Douglas fir. Both Sitka spruce and hemlock are going into ammunition boxes and crating for war supplies, also. Even the production of Western red cedar has been greatly influenced by the war. Normally the cedar mills of the Pacific Northwest specialize in the manufacture of bevel siding and other clear items, the logs of lower quality usually going into the manufacture of shingles rather than common lumber. Construction Limitation Order L-41 put a stop to the building of high quality'homes which are sided with cedar and although demand for the narrourer widths of siding for defense housing held up well the mills were faced with a falling off in orders for the wider sizes. Much of this high grade cedar is now going into tank stock to replace steel and other woods such ag Douglas fir, needed for different types of service.

Nearly each month of the year saw the promulgation of some new order or regulation of the Federal Government to complicate the job of making and distributing lumber. These included limitation orders on contruction, conservation orders on the sale of lumber, regulations involving priorities required in the purchase of equipment and supplies, ceiling price schedules and the like. In addition to the General Maximum Price Schedule of O. p. A. the year brought to the lumber industry of the pacific Northwest schedules of ceiling prices on logs, on Douglas fir and West Coast hemlock lumber, on spruce, hemlock and noble fir aircraft lumber and "aero" recovery grades. O. p., A. officials also conferred with spruce and cedar manufacturers on proposed ceilings for those species generally, but at the time of writing neither of these schedules had been made effective.

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JOY AND RIGHT THINKING

(Margaret Morrison in "The Vagabond")

Joy can no more be separated from right thinking than shining can be separated from a ray of light. It takes courage, unwavering courage, to to identify one's self with poverty when one's is empty. It takes courage, holy courage, to through the mists of tyranny, hatred, cruelty the world of material greed seemingly dominant in and see the Omnipotence of tove filling all space$t takes courage, sublime courage, to look through the lie of w-ar, the claim of physical force to power, and to see and know that the truth of the universe is Spirit invincible in its omnipotence.

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THE JOY OF AGE

There is a poet in Ruth Feiner's novel, "Three Cups of Coffee," who is forty-five years old, and says he would rather be seventy-five. Asked why, he replies: "Because at seventy-five the past joys of life appear like dear friends rnrhom one remembers with a smile. At forty-five they are like dying acquaintances."*** Nq usE GrvrNG

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WHAT THE COST OF WAR WOULD BUY

Charles Sumner said (and this was before even the first World War): "Give me the money that has been spent for war, and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens would be proud. I wtll build a school house in every valley over the whole earth. I will crown every hillside with a place of worship, consecrated to the gospel of peace."

THE TIE THAT BIN

O some will say that a gent's Should only be seen, not But I want a tie that will And render their vision

I yearn, I long for a tie so It will take two men to tft it, If such there be just Whatever the **'t

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BEN FRANKLIN'S RELIGION

- "Ilalt!" called the sentry in sha tones. "Who goes able service we can render Him is doin there?" children. That the soul of man is

ttYou wouldn't know me," s the voice.from the dark- treated with justice in another respecting its conduct ness. "They just checked in this afternoon." in this. These I take to be points of all

DIDN'T MEAN IT

I'm all done with dames.

They cheat. And they lie.

They prey on us males

To the day that we die.

They tease and torment us.

They drive us to sin.

Hey! Look at that grand blonde

That's just coming in!

NO CHANCE TO WIN

Henry was leaning on his hoe when the preacher man approached him.

"Henry,t' he said, "we is havin' a raffl'e fo' a pore widow 'oman. I wish you'd buy a ticket. Hit's only two bits."

But Henry said:

"Nossuh, Parson, h'it ain't no use my wastin' 'at money, 'cause my wife, Mandy, she wouldn't let me keep her even if'n f won her."

true religion. Respecting having experienced the goodness of that Being)h conducting me prosperously through a long lif.e, | ftve no doubt of its continuance in the next, the smallest conceit of having

"Here is my creed: I believe in one God, the Creator of the universe. That He governs it by His providence. That He ought to be worshipped. That the most acceptto His ottrer and will be merited such *rFt

swEET (AND NUTTY) MEATS

I never sausage eyes as thine, But if you'll butcher hands in mine, And liver round me every day, We'll meet life's frown with love caress. And cleaver road to happiness. ***

SUSPICIOUS

stared hard and then sniffed at little yellow cubes which the waiter^ had placed oy{a side dish before him. Then he picked djl his knif.e yt( one hand and his bread in

: "I take thee for butter

The man at the restaurant table was suspicious. He the other, and or worse."

We express our sincere crpprecicrtion lor pcst lcvors and wish you the heartiest

D. G. ESSTEY & SON

Plywood and Lrumber

909 Atlcntic Blvd.

Ios Angeles ANgeIus 2-1183

Hishf isht s o| 1942 in the Douslas Fir Region

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During the first 11 months of. 1942 lumber production in the Douglas fir region totaled 8,@2,712,m board feet which is I per cent more than was turned out during the same period last year. This production was achieved in spite of a shortage of labor averaging 20 per cent in sawmills and 30 per cent in logging camps, and in the face of difficulties encountered in securing equipment and supplies. High as it was, production could not keep pace with demand and as of December I unfilled orders at the mills amounted to 1,1M,327,000 board feet. Gross stocks meanwhile had been reduced to 595,818,000 board feet.

and the NEW YEAR

Supplied with logs and labor the sawmills could have produced perhaps another 100,000,000 feet per month. This is another way of saying that labor has been our bottleneck. Thousands of men have been lost from the woods and mills to the Selective Service. Thousands more have left the lumber industry induced by the higher wages and advantages offered by the shipyards, airplane factories and other war industries. To partially offset the difference in wages the operators in the Douglas fir region granted increases from 8 to 15 per cent or more so that at the present time the average scale in the mills, small and large, is about 96 cents and in the logging camps more than $1.15 per hour. Loss of men to other industries was stopped somewhat by the War Manpower Commission order.of September making it more difficult for workers to shift from one industry to another in 12 western states. Even the. Selective Service recognized the essentiality of lumber workers and Director Major General Lewis B. Hershey said.:

"Without the lumber which the northwest loggers and mill workers produce, America's great army cannot be adequately equipped. To help insure the continued production of lumber, the agencies of Selective Service have been urged to give the most serious consideration to the deferment of men who are employed in the felling and milling of timber."

TIMES DO GHANGE

- Plctured cbove qre six 77'tnrsses, wiih ECO Timber Connectors ct crll ioints, fcbricqted crt cr cenbcrl tcrbriccting plcmt cmd hauled by truck to the iob site - ttree niles digtcmtrecrdy lor erection

For litercture or conaulting lewiceg on TECO

Tirnber Cornectorr get in touch wi&

One of the outgrowths of the manpower shortage in our region has been the increased employment of women in sawmills. Nowadays one.may find grandmothers, matrons and debs in many a sawmill running carriers, feeding machines, tying flooring, marking lumber and even working on the green chains. We have yet to hear of a Pauline Bunyan faller or bucker but we have had rumors of a female whistle punk.

One of the most welcome developments of l94Z so far as the lumber manufacturer was concerned was the concentration of government buying in the Central Procuring Agency of the U. S. Engineers. Previously the Engineers had bought lumber for the Army's contractors and for some Army branches, the Navy had purchased its own requirements, and the Maritime Commission and others had gone their respective ways. The result was confusion and needless competition. Late in the summer the Construction Division of the Corps of Engineers was intrusted with the purchase of all softwood lumber for most branches of the War and Navy Departments and for the Panama Canal,

again desire to extend best wishes for GHRXSTI}IAS

Maritime Commission, War Shipping Administration, Coast and Geodetic Survey and Defense Plant Corporation. Concentration of lumber buying in one agency has already had a beneficial effect.

The biggest problem confronting the Northwest mills today is the log supply. Labor shortage in the woods has made it impossible to build up log inventories as usual during the summer months. Winter will temporarily close many logging operations and rainy weather will interfere with log hauling in some localities, so it is unlikely that mill production can be maintained at the present level in the months immediately ahead. Nevertheless the entire industry, workmen and management alike, will do their utmost to "Deliver the Woods." Day and night they will work with the words of Lieutenant Colonel F. G. Sherrill, Corps of Engineers, spoken at an industry gathering in Portland September 24, ringing in their ears:

"Remember always, that we are engaged in a war on the outcome of which our existence as a sovereign nation depends. Put up with annoyances, misdirbcted efforts and maladministration. Remember always, that the lumber you are producing is to be used to shelter some mother's son. Remember always, that it is to be used to build and repair ships to'transport or convoy him to the field of battle. Remember always, that it is to be used to provide hospital facilities in order that he may survive the wounds that will be inflicted upon him. Remember always, that it is to be used to build munitions plants to give him the tools to defend himself, to save his life, to win the war, and to save the nation."

Nleruy Chrisfmqs

cnd sincere thcnks to all those loycl friends whose generous support put me in the generql lumber business cfter Hirohito so abruptly retired us from the Philippine lumber business.

To 1943-c yecr of Service to the Lumber lrdustry and to the Wcrr Eflort.

Not with hope ol profit or gcia" but in cr sincere crtlempt to try to preserve for the future thct which we hcrd belore Pecnl

A lfreruy Chrisfmqs

and Health, Happiness and Prosperity in 1943

A. B. IOHNSON IUMBER GO.

FiIe

Four O'Neill Boys in Air Corpt

The four sons of W. H. O'Neill, San Francisco wholesale lumbermen, are in the U. S. Army Air Corps.

Gil graduated December 9 from the Air Corps Officers' Training School at Miami Beach, Florida. W. H. (Bill) O'Neill, Jr. is an aviation Cadet at the Santa Ana, Calif., Air Base. Kenneth is a Cadet in the Army Air Corps, and Richard S. (Dick), the youngest, enlisted in tbe air corps as a private, November 28.

Gil, Bill and Kenneth were associated witl-r their father in O'Neill Lumber Co., San Francisco.

Thorn-Goodrich

Nancibel Goodrich, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Goodrich of Alhambra, and H. Clifford Thorn, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Thorn of Pasadena, were married on November 15 at the home of the bride's aunt, Mrs. Eleanor M. King, in Pasadena. They are both graduates of the Pasadena Junior College.

The bride's father is E. A. Goodrich, widely known Southern California lumberman and owner of the Goodrich Lumber Company in Los Angeles.

VISITS SITE OF NEW PINE MILL

W. D. (Bill), Dunning, Southern California representative of L. J. Carr & Co., Sacramento, is back from a trip to Northern California, where he called on Mt. Hough Lumber Co., at Quincy, Calif., and Sacramento Box Co., Sacramento, mills for which L. J. Carr & Co. are exclusive sales agents.

He also visited the site of the new sawmill which is being built by the Sacramento Box Co. at Woodleaf, Yuba County, Calif. This plant will have a minimum capacity of 30,000,000 feet annually, of which 4O per cent will be Sugar Pine.

FRANK WATSON WITH ENGINEERS' OFFICE

Frank H. Watson, until recently a salesman with MacDonald & Harrington in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, and formerly with Hobbs Wall Lumber Co., is now assistant to Roy Paulus who is in charge of South Pacific Lumber Office of the Office of the Chief of Ettgrneers, 405 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.

FIRE DESTROYS LUMBER MILL

Fire destroyed the sawmill of the Mt. Whitney Lumber Co. at Johnsondale, California, during the early morning of December 4. The fire was of undetermined origin. The mill had a capacity of 85 to 95 M feet per shift. The company will rebuild at once. The box factory waS not damaged.

The lumber piled in the yard, estimated at about 11,000,000 feet, was not damaged and the sale of lumber will be continued as usual.

Presenth

Prefab House Built Bv Door Manufacturers

Bringing to the prefabrication field the woodworking experience gained in more than 25 years of manufacturing doors, three Pacific Northwest plywood and door manufacturers have tooled parts of their plants to assembly lines for house sections.

The companies are Wheeler-Osgood Sales Corp. and Buffelen Lbr. and Mfg. Co., both of Tacoma, Wash., and Harbor Plywood Corp.-Acme Door Co. of Hoquiam, Wash.

Basic material used in this system of shop-fabrication is fir plywood. The stressed-skin principle with plywood glued to both sides of light framework is followed. The new system was developed by I{em $eber, Los Angeles, Calif., designer, and utilizes pre-built panels of walls, roof and floor large but light enough to be handled easily by two men. The first house was erected at Tacoma by March Construction Co.

As designed, the house is the type that can answer the critical housing neejd for war workers and can be erected as single or multiple-unit dwellings. Also, the panels can be formed into dormitories or commercial buildings. The structures can be erected as permanent homes or buildings or be made demountable for post-war movement and reerection. Manufacturers are looking to the post-war market for stock house sections.

The one-family home, as developed by Mr. 'Weber, can be erected by two carpenters and a helper in a day and a half. (He prefers careful handling rather than recordshattering speed even though he believes erection time could be cut further.) Finished in another day or two it would be ready for occupancy only four or five days after the ground is cleared for the foundation. Cost complete with exception of the lot is only about $2,2ffi when erected in quantity.

Mr. Weber has contributed at least two developments' to prefabrication. First, the roof is supported by a single box type girder built of plywood. It extends from front to back of the house, is supported at three points and provides a slightly pitched roof. This girder will accommodate most of the electric wiring and acts as a duct for distribution of both heat and ventilation.

Second, the designer has placed emphasis on interior room arrangement and built-in features to pack livability into every square inch of the 24 x 3O-foot floor area. Here are the room sizes of the four-room structure of functional design and simple architecture. The living rom is 16x 11 feet and opens into the dinette section of the kitchen. The kitchen is aQout 12 feet square with the dinette section and a small utility area taking part of this space. One bedroom is l4x 11 feet; the other 12x 10 feet. Bathroom is

ample with full-size tub.

Built-ins which come as house include the table and standard equipment with the dinette bench, ample kitchen

Ol prelcbriccted plywood cotrstructioD lor rpeed and economy oI conetruction, ccrrelul design ptrcls convenience into the 24 x 30-loot Ooor plcn CoeL only $2,200 conplete.

Any ol tbe lcclory-lotmed wqll, root or lloor gectiong ccrn be hqadled by hpo men Lcrgest qre 4 x l2Joot rool aectioar which cre.supported by cenler plywood girder.

Developed by Xen Weber, Lor Angelee, Cqlil., desigrer, tbir "ncnulactured" home includer ccbilctr cnd other conveniences inrtclled as part ol wcrllr durilg election Floor plcn includea living room which openr into dinette reclion ol kitchen, trpo eizcble bedroorna, bctb cnd utility roon.

$esgon

Prefab House

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cabinets, storage space in the utility room, living roorn cabinets and shelves and bedroom closets and drawers.

Crux of the Kem Weber system of construction is the factory fabrication of floor sections 4 x 8 feet, wall sections 4x7 feet, and roof panels 4xl2 f.eet. These are made by gluing plywood to either side of the framework so thc plywood becomes part of the load-bearing structure.

For outside of exterior wall sections /s-inch exterior (water-proof) plywood, bonded with synthetic resin adhesives, is used. Interior finish is ol r/a-inch plywood of the regular moisture-resistant grade Floor panels are formed with fu-inch panels on top of the joists and 5/16inch plywood on the under side. The roof sections are of 5/l6inch plywood on top of the rafters as a base for finish roofing and fu-inch plywood underneath.

First and Clay Streets

Oahland California

Extra insulation for exterior walls, roof or floor is installed at the factory merely by inserting blankets as sections are fabricated. The original house has blanket insulation in roof and exterior wall sections. A sealer coat is factory-applied to protect panels during erection.

These manufactured parts provide for a locking device ' permanently holding the wall, roof and floor sections together when erected. It is an interlocking wood spline slipped between the framework of adjoining panels as they are erected.

Erection is simple. After the usual foundation is prepared, floor stringers are placed and the floor panels slipped into place. Anchor plates for wall sections go at edges of the foor panels Wall secticns are erected; as interior partitions are formed, cabinets and other built-ins become part of the walls. The plywood box girder is installed and roof sections hoisted in place. Finish roofing completes erection.

In the original structure the living room and dining alcove has walls finished with light stain in a mellow tan which retains the grain pattern but subdues the contrast, Wallpaper is the finish for the bedrooms. Kitchen and bath are painted. All ceilings slope slightly (under side of the roof panels form the ceilings) and give the effect of added room size.

Still free in a free country to wish all of you g huppy,lPeucetul Tholi\uy

ln remembrcnce ol the opportunities allorded us to serve you-we wish our friends g 9ery filewy @btishmas

sn! a 9ictorioui fle6 Desr

E. It. WHEELOGK, TNGORPORATED

l**.H0N0R R[|l[.**l

* of Lumbermen ln Armed Forees a

King Goodrich, Goodrich Lumber Company, Los Angeles. .... ..Army Air Corps

William Haskin, U. S. Plywood CorP., San Francisco... ....Army Signal Corps

Homer E. Maris, Harbor Plywood Corp. of California, San Francisco... .Army

Len Cooper, Wendling-Nathan Co., Portland, Ore...Army

Rutherford Gray, California Builders Supply Co., Oakland 'ArmY Air CorPs

Theodore S. Walker, The Red River Lumber Co., westwood " " NavY

Gil O'Neill, O'Neill Lumber Co., San Francisco. ArmY Air CorPs

W. H. (Bill) O'Neill, O'Neill Lumber Company, San Francisco... .ArmY Air CorPs

Kenneth O'Neill, O'Neill Lumber Company, San Francisco. . ArmY Air CorPs

Richard S. (Dick) ONeill, O'Neill Lumber Co., San Francisco... .ArmY Air CorPs

Henry N. Anderson, Twin Harbors Lumber Co., Aberdeen, Wash. ... .Navy

Ronald Harnew, Brush Industrial Lumber Co., Los Angeles..... ..Coast Guard Service

Herman B. Kinney, Zenith Mill & Lumber Co., oakland " " "ArmY

Stan Swanson, Calif Los Angeles ornia Panel & Veneer Co., Army

Sesson'r Grcetfngs

SUGAR PITIT I.UMBER CO.

Eighth cnd Hcrrrison Streets Scn Frcncisco

Telephone llNderhill 1484

Sugtrr Pine-Ponderoscr Pine Lumber

UP AND DOWN THE STATE

Homer B. Maris, Oakland, Northern California replesentative of Simpson Industries, Inc., ltas returned from a trip to the Northwest. He visited the firnr's head office in Seattle, and the mills at Shelton and McCleary, 'Wash.

Ed La Franchi, made a trip to the Hill & Morton, Inc., Pacific Northwest to Oakland, recently call on the mills.

Norman O. Cruver, general manager of Wheeler Osgood Sales Corp., Tacoma, recently visited San Francisco' on his way back from a trip to Washington, D. C.

A. C. Penberthy, Tacoma Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, returned December 14 from a business trip to the Northwest, where he called on the rnills represented by his firm in Southern California. He made the trip both ways by plane.

Ed Fountain of Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, is on a trip to Oregon for the purpose of calling on a number of sawmill connections.

W. B. Jones, W. B. Jones Lumber Co., Los Angeles, has returned from a business trip to the Northwest.

Lee Canfield, Lumber Wholesalers, Pasadena, has returned from Medford, Ore. Joe Hearin is now in charge of their Medford office.

A. G. PASCOE

HANDWOOD TUMBER\TENEERS

l03l South Brocdwcry', Los Angeles

PACIFIC COAST REPNESENTTTTVE

Wood-Mosaic Co., Louisville, KY.

lchabod T. Williqmr 6 Son, New York, N. Y.

Angelinc Hqrdwood Co., LulLin, Texcs

Penokee Veneer Co. Mellen, lllisconsin

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

F'OR SALE

American Swing Cut Off Saw. 30" Orton Planer.

'36 Ford V-8, oversize dual tires, platform and roller body.

'28 2-ton Moreland 6, duals on rear, platform and roller body.

AT OUR YARD

Hudson-Bonney Lumber Co.

6919 San Fernando Road Glendale, Calif.

HELLO BILL !

A happy event occurred in Pasadena December 5, which is costing Bill Sampson of the Sampson Company, Pasadena, a lot of cigars. This was the arrival at the Huntington Memorial Hospital of a grandson, Bill Sampson Bollinger.

VISIT SON IN CALIFORNIA

Dean Johnson, president of the C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation, Portland, and Mrs. Johnson recently paid a visit to their son who is attending the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.

WILL SPEND WINTER IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

E. A. Blocklinger, Chiloquin Lumber Co., Chiloquin, Ore., and Mrs. Blocklinger, have arrived in Los Angeles where they will spend the winter.

A. C. PASCOE SAN FRANCISCO VISITOR

A. C. Pascoe, Los Angeles, representative of Wood-Mosaic Co., Louisville, Ky., and other hardwood mills, spent a few days in San Francisco recently on business.

RESIGNS POSITION

Mrs. Dorothy Frost, who has been switchboard for California Panel & Veneer Co. for the past years, has recovered from her recent illness, but cided to retire from her position.

oRRrN WRIGHT, JR., IN SERVTCE

LUMBERMAN WISHES POSITION

Experienced lumberman, draft exempt, desires position as retail yard manager in Southern California or Arizona. Address Box C-976, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles, Calif.

LUMBER FOR SALE

Have available for immediate shipment one million feet of Red Fir and Pine 2x 4 and 2 x 6 rough. Logs can be manu.factured to any dimension.

Write P. O. Box 1132, Redding, Calif.

WANT TO SELL YOUR YARD?

Do you want to liquidate for the duration? See us. Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers, 801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles. Telephone PRospect 8746.

THEODORE S. WALKER IN NAVY

Theodore S. (Ted) Walker, manager of the Lumber Division of The Red River Lumber Co., 'Westwood, Calif., is on leave of absence from the company, having been commissioned a Lieutenant in the U. S. Naw Reserve.

STAN SWANSON IN ARMY

Stan Swanson, salesman for California Panel & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, is now in the Army.

VISITS SOUTHLAND

W. W. Woodbridge, Seattle, manager of the Red Cedar Shingle Bureau, recently spent a few days in Los Angeles on business.

IN ARMY AIR CORPS

King Goodrich, Goodrich Lumber Company, Los Angeles, was inducted into the Army Air Corps at Santa Ana on November 16.

YOUNG LUMBERMAN ?

There is rejoicing in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Berry at Palo Alto, Calif., over the arrival of a son, Craig Lane Berry, born November 6.

operator . several has de-

Orrin Wright, Jr., of the office stafi of West Coast Screen Co., Los Angeles, is now in the Army.

SACRAMENTO HOO.HOO CLUB

Sacramento Hoo-Hoo Club held its monthly dinner meeting November 18. There was a good attendance. The principal speaker was Arch. McKinley, gasoline rationing co-ordinator.

Mr. Berry is associated with Pope & Talbot, fnc., Lumber Division. San Francisco.

ENSTGN J. R. PTERCE VISTTS S. F.

James R. Pierce, now an Ensign in the Navy and formerly with Paramino Lumber Co., San Francisco, left by plane for New York December 4 af.ter spending a short leave with his relatives.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA VISITORS

Paul Clarke, California manager .of the R. G. Robbins Lumber Co., Eugene, Ore., and Mrs. Clarke were recent Southern California visitors. I\{r. Clarke spent a few dayl with Arthur Twohy, their Southern California representative, calling on the trade.

BT]YBB9S GT]IDD SAN I.BANOISOO

LUMBER

Arcata Redwmd Co. 420 Market Street.................'.'YUkon 2067

Atkinen-Stutz Company, ll2 Market Street ...............GArfield f609

Dant & Rugsell, Inc., 214 Front Street,........'........GArfield 0292

Dolbeer & Carmn Lumber Co., lllE Merchants Exchange Bldci.....Sutts 7456

Gamerlton & Green Lumber Co., l8ll0 Army Street .................'ATwater 1300

Hall, James L.' 1032 Millc Bldc. '..'.... '. '.....Sutter 7520

Hammond Lumbc Company, 4l? Montgomcry Street .,........DOuglas 33E8

Holmes Eureka Lumber Co., U05 Financial Center Bldg.......GArfield l92f

C. D. Johnon Lumber Corporation, 260 Califomia Street ......,...,.GArfield 6258

Carl H. Kuhl Lumber Co., O, L. Russum, ll2 Market Street...YUkon 1460

Lamon-Bonnington Company, 16 Califomia Street ...............GArfield 6861

LUMBER

LUMBER

MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., 16 Calilornia St. ..................GArffeld E393

Pacific Lumber Co., The 100 Bush Street ...,...............GArfie|d UEI

Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Diviaion, 461 Market Street .................DOuglas 2561

Red River Lumber Co., 315 Monadnock Bldg. ... ...........GArfield O922 Santa Fe Lumber Co., 16 California Stret,..............EXbrok 207{

Schafer Bros Lumber & Shingle Co., I Drumm Stret .....................SUtter l77l

Shevlin Pine Saleg Co1030 Monadnock Bldg. ............EXbrok 7041

Sudden & Christenson, 310 Sansome Stret ...........,,..GArfield 28,16

Wendling-Nathan Co., ll0 Market Stret ............,.....Sutter 5363

West Oregon Lmber Co., 1995 Evma Ave. ,. ... .ATwater 567t

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., I Drumm Stret ................,.EXbrmk 3710

OAIILANI)

Ewauna Box Co. (Pyruid Lumber Saler Co.) Pacific Bldg. ..Glen@urt 8293

Gamerston & Green Lmber Co., 2001 Livingston St...............,.KE11o9 l-l6t{ Hill & Morton, Inc.

Dennison Stret Wharf .........,ANdover 1077

Hogan Lumber Company, 2nd and Alise Strets.,...,.,. ...Gl€ncourt 6EOl

E. K. W@d Lumber Co., Frederick and King Strets, ., .FRuitvale 0ll2

Wholesale Lumber Distributors, Inc., gth Avenue Pier................TWinoakg 2515

LUMBER

lVeyerhaeuser Salce Co., l{9 California Stret ".....'...'.GArfield E974

HARDWOODS AND PANELS

White Brothers,Fifth md Brannu Strets.. ., ,Suttcr 1365

CREOSOTED LUMBER _ POLES PILING-TIES

American Lmber & Treating Co., 116 New Montgorery Street. ,SUtter 1225

Buter, J. H. & Co., 3:13 Montgomery Stret DOuglar 3863

Hall, Jamer L., 1032 Mills Bldg .....................SUtter ?52e

Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Division, 461 Market Street..................DOuglas 2561

Vander Laan Piling & Lumber Co., 216 Pine Stre€t..... ..,....,.......Exbrmtr 4905

Wendling-Nathan Co., ll0 Market Street.........,..........Sutter 5:163

PAN ELS-DOORS-SASH-SCREENS

California Builders Supply Co.. 700 6th Avenue ....Hlgatc 6016

Hogan Lumber Compay, 2nd and Alice Strets. ., .Gl-enourt 6t6t

Western Dor & Sash Co., 5th & Cyprees Strets......TEmplebar E4ll0

, HARDWOODS

Strable Hardwod Compuy, First md Clay Strets.........TEmplebar 55E4

White Brot}err, 500 High Stret...............,....ANdover 160ll

LOS ANGBLBS

Arcata Redwod Co. (J. J. Rea) 5410 Wilghire Blvd.. ..,. .,. ..WEbater 7826

Anglo Calilornia Lumber Co., 655 East Florence Avenue'...,.TRornwall 3144

Atkinon-Stutz Company, 628 Petroleum B|dg.. .....'.....'.PRospect 43,11

Burns Lumber Crmpany, 9455 Charleville Blvd,, (Beverly Hills)............,... BRadshaw 2-336t

Carr & Co., L. J. (W. D. Dunnlng), ,l3E Chamber ol Commerce Bldg. PRospect tt43

Coper, W. E., 506-608 Richfield Bldg............... MUtual 2l3l

Dant & Russell, lnc., 8r2 E. 59th Street...............,....ADamr Elol

Dolbeer & Cargon Lumber Co., 9lll Fidelity Bldg..... ..............VAndike E792

Ed. Fountain Lumber Co62E Petroleum Bldg..........,....PRospect,1341

Hammond Lumber Compuy, 2010 So. Alameda St..............PRospect 1333

Holmes Eureka Lumber Co.,

7u-?lz Architects Bldg..,.........Mutual 9l8r

Hover, A. L5225 Wilshire 81vd..............,....,YOrk 1168

C. D. Johnon Lumber Corporation, 6116 Petroleum 81dg........... ..,..PRospect 1165

Carl H. Kuhl Lumber Co., 7(X S. Spring St...............,..,.VAndike t033

Lawrence-Philips Lumber Cr., 633 Petroleum Bldg.,..,..........PRospect EU{

MacDonald & Bergstrom, 714 W. Olympic Blvd...... ........PRospect 7194

MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., Petroleum 81dg..,.............. ..,PRospect 3127

Pacific Lumber Co., The 5225 Wilshire Blvd.. ., .. .,, ,. .YOrk 1168

LUMBER

Penberthy Lmber Co., 2055 Eut slst St.....................Klmba!| 5lll

Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lrmber Division, ?14 W. Olympic BIvd......,..,...PRospect t23l

Red River Lmber Co., ?02 E. Slausn. .CEntury 29071 l03l S. Broadway........,.,..,...,PRospect 03U

Reitz Co., E. L., 333 Petroleum 81dg.,............. .PRospect 2369

Smta Fe Lumber Co., 3ll Financial Center Bldg.........VAndike 447t

Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., lU W. gth Street.. ,., .,TRinity {271

Shevlin Pine Sales Co., 330 Petroleum Bldg..........,....PRospect 0615

Simpon Industries, Inc., 1610 E. Washington Blvd.. .PRospect 6183

Sudden & Christenaon, 63ll Board of Trade Bldg..........TRinity E6{4

Tacoma Lumber Salec, E37 Petroleum Bldg...., .PRcpect lllB

Wendling-Nathan Co., 5225 Wilshire B|vd...,.................YOrk ll6E

West Oregon Lumber Co., 427 Petroleum Bldg.... ....Rlchmond 02El

W. W. Wilkinson' 3rE .l^/. gth Stre€t..................TRinity {613

E. K. Wood Lumber Co..

4710 So. Almeda St....,..........JEffergon 3lll

Weyerhaeuser Sales Co., 920 W. M. Garland BIdg.........Mlchisan 6354

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLESPILING _ TIES

American Lumber & Treating Co., 1031 S. Broadway......,..........PRospect 1363

Buter, J. H. & Co., 601 West sth Street.......,...... .Mlchlgm 6294

Pope & Talbot, lnc., Luber Divicion'

714 W. Olympic Blvd. PRospect E23l HARDWOODS

American Hardwmd Co., 1900 E. rsth Street.....,......,....PRogpet 4235

Stanton, E. J. & Son, 2050 East 36th Stret..........,.CEntury 29211

lVestern Hardwod Lumber Co., 2014 East lsth Str€et......,.......PRdpect 616l SASH_DOORS-MILL\[/ORK-.SCREENL BLINDS-PANELS AND PLYWOODIRONING BOARDS

Back Panel Compay, 310.314 East 32nd Street....,......ADms 4Zs

Califomia Dor Compmy, The 4940 District Blvd..................Klmbal! 2lll Califomia Panel & Vereer Co., 955 S. Alameda Stret....... .......TRinity 11057 Cobb Co., T. M., 56lXl Central Avenue. ...ADms llll?

Eubank & Son, Inc., L. H. (lnglewod) 43.i1 W. Redondo Blvd......,......,ORegon t-1666 Haley Bros. (Smta Monica) 1520 l{th Stret ....,...... .,....AShley,l-226E

Koehl, Jno. W. & Son, 652 S. Myers Str6t................ANgelur 8l9l

Oregon-Washington Plywod Co., 318 West Ninth Stret,....,....,.TRinity {313

Pacific Wod Products Corporation, 36fi1 Tyburn Street................Albany 0l0l Pacific Mutual Dor Co., l60lt E. Washington Blvd.. ., .PRospect 9523

Ream Company, Grc. E., 235 S. Almeda Street ........Mlchigan 1654

Red River Lumber Co., 702 S, Slauon.. .CEntury 29ll7l

Sampson Co. (Pandena), 745 So. Raymond Ave.. ..RYan l-6939 Simpson Industries, Inc., 1610 E. Washington Blvd.. .,PRospect 6lE3 West Coaat Scren Co., u{5 East 5:trd Street.......,......ADug 11106

\Mestern Mill & Moulding Co., 5941 So. Western Ave.....,.,..TWinoakr l60t

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