The California Lumber Merchant - December 1944

Suorlion "{ th.e Ch,rittmat Spirit

To those stalwart loved ones who have died in the defense of God, Country and Freedom, we owe a debt that cannot be paid by words. Because of their sacrifice, America is free to build into a better nation exerting a greater world force for Peace on Earth and Goodwill toward men. ft is our solemn duty to these heroes to work and act so that the fame of Liberty will always burn brightly in America.

E. MARTIN Mcncging Editor

THE CALIFOR}IIA LUMBERMERCHANT JackDionne,

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W. T. BLACK Adverti:ing McacAer

Restriction on Delivery and Receipts How Lumber Looks Of Western Pine Lumber

Owing to a critically short supply of Western Pine lumber, tlre WPB has issued Direction 2a to L-335, effective December 2, 1911, limiting the receipt of such lumber to only such consumers rvho have specific authorization from WPB.

Hereafter, the usual authorization on Form WPB-3640 for Class I Consumer to receive lumber generally is not of itself sufficient authorization for such consumer to receive Western Pine lumber. The authorization must state specifically that the Class I Consumer may receive a specified amount of Western Pine lumber. A Class I Consumer who has been authorized to receive an amount of Western Pine lumber must use the certificate in paragraph (e) of the order, in addition to the regular certificate required by L-335, and insert the case number assigned.

Class II Consumers and farmers are likewise prohibited from placing orders for Western Pine lumber, unless authorized by WPB in writing, in which case the certificate in paragraph (e) must be used, as rvell as the case number supplied by WPB.

Direction 2a does not affect any supply of Western Pine lumber in the inventory of a retail distributor; any Western Pine lumber received by a retail yard before December 31, 1944; nor any Western Pine lumber which has been placed in transit by a sawmill prior to December 31, 1944No orders may be placed rvith sawmills covered by the order after Dec. 2, 7944, for Idaho White Pine, Ponderosa

The Western r.ember. 18, 109 feet, shipments Ieet. Orders on 295,000 feet.

Pine Association for the week ended Nomills reporting, gave orders as 59,906,000 67,225,W feet, and production 67,5n,000 hand at the end of the week totaled 393,-

The Southern Pine Association for the week ended November 25, % units (142 mills) reporting, gave orders as 76,224,000 feet, shipments 15,110,000 feet, and production 16,764,@0 f.eet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 109,281,000 feet.

The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended November 25, 176 mills reporting, gave orders as 97,703,m feet, shipments 94,928,000 feet, and production 94,429,ffi f.eet.

The California Redwood Association reported production of thirteen operations for the month of October, 1944, as 40,747,@O feet, shipments 35,348,000 feet, and orders received 31,208,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the month totaled 77.851.000 feet.

Pine or Sugar Pine, without one of the certifications in paragraph (e) and (f). Orders placed with sawmills before Dec. 2, 1944, without such certification may be placed in transit any time before Dec. 31, 1944. This direction does not apply to Western Pine produced by mills cutting less than 10,000 feet per day.

SEASON'S GREETINGS

ANOTHER, BO

When Christmas time comes and the choristers sing, With voices fresh, lilting, and true, I'd like you to know that the fond words they fing, Are things I am thinking of you. I'd like to join in and sing carols to you, But it's not as easy as that, f'm forced to report (don't you think I'm a sport?) That my voice is horribly, downright deplorablyFLAT.

So just let me sayfn my slap-happy way- ..GOOD

Another Christmas. and the world still at war. At war? Yes, more completely, more fearfully at waf than ever before since history began. All previous wars were like Sunday School picnics compared with this one. Nineteen hundred and forty-four years ago :rn inspired Man came into this world to preach a gospel previously unknown; the gospel of brotherly love, of peace instead of war, of love instead of hate, of good instead of bad, of humanity instead of savagery, of helpfulness rather than hurtfulness.

Yet at the end of that great span of time in human history we find the peoples of the entire world locked in mortal combat; more men bearing arms than ever before; more men being killed and maimed than ever before; more methods and weapons for destroying human beings, than ever before; -more destruction of human possessions than ever before; more destruction of human VALUES than everbefore * * *.

Yes, in spite of all the preaching and teaching of the loving philosophy of "The White Christ," there is more HATE in the world today than ever before in history. Not even back in the days of complete paganism was the world ever swept by such a tide of utter hate. Wonder what Jesus must think, as He contemplates the avalanche of war built on hate that has engulfed the earth? Wonder what Paul, who sold the principles of Christianity to the world nineteen hundred years ago, thinks of what goes on in this world he so eloquently pleaded with? Wonder what Luke, "The Beloved Physician," the man who gave us the story of Christmas nineteen hundred years ago, thinks of it? Wonder what Mary, who gave her only Son to the world that he might save its soul, thinks of the

success of her sacrifice-and His? It occurs to me that the preachers have much fodder for interesting sermons at this Christmas time.

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Nineteen hundred years ago He walked alone through the Garden of Gethsemane, suffering that this world might be saved. And nineteen hundred years later countless millions of people, smitten by the black hand of war, walk through their own private Gardens of Gethsemane, their minds and hearts lifted in voiceless pleading that the end of this torture come soon. Going to'their knees, as Lincoln said he did "because there was no place else to go," they turn for help at this Christmas time to that Power that they have been taught "can make the wrong things right, can turn weeping into laughter," because there seems no other place to turn. "As thy day, so shall thy strength be" is the promise they rely upon.

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Lest this sound too tragic, let me quickly add that the outward evidences that we see around us everywhere we go give an impression that is far from dismal or despairing. Crowds everywhere, smiling faces, jingling purses, everyone rushing around trying to find somebody that will sell them something regardless of price; something they can trade their surplus war money for. IJnreasonable and urheard-of prices for Christmas stuff? Who cares? Nobody, apparently. Ladies' purses at five times the highest price the same things would ever have brought before, have so many prospective buyers that women almost fight for the first chance to buy. Everything else in proportion. All sense of values has been lost, swept away by this overplus of inflated war money. Liquor is high, but the only kick you hear is that there isn't enough to be had, even at the price. All this in strange contrast to the fact that all of them have loved ones fighting and dying somewhere. Alexander Pope said that "the proper study of mankind, is man." IIe wasn't kidding, even then. But if he was looking for human nature studies he should have waited untilnow' * * *

Always in previous wars we waited for !'the boys to come home." Now we wait for the boys and girls, both. All over the globe faithful women in uniform are doing as fine work as the men, in trying to get this war won. The poet wrote dramatically about "when lovely woman stops to folly," but he can write a far better one now about "when lovely woman goes to battle." The story of woman's work in this war will take lots of telling and re-telling,

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LUCK WITHOUT END TO YOU, MY GOOD FRIEND!'' ,

We feel thetime is fcst crpprocching when we shall cgcrin be cble to serve our customers with the sqme *WYBRO" stqndcrd ol Hcrdwoods thqt has been the mark ol qucrlity lor so mcny yecrs.

To both ouroldcndnew friends we extend our sincere wishes lor a Merry Christmcrs cnd a Victorious crnd Prosperous New Yecrr. 1872 -

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after it is all over. Sweetest story of woman at war that I know of happened in Alabama during the Civil War. A young Alabama girlis guiding a Southern soldier over trails unknown to him. The soldier is General Nathan Bedford Forrest, one of the most formidable fighters in history in addition to being an outstanding cavalry officer. Suddenly shots flew around the head of Forrest. .Instinctively the littlegirl spread her skirts wide in front of Forrest, and called tohim: "Quick! Get behind me!" For THAT is the spirit of the American woman in war.

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One of the fine stories coming back from war circles in England. A young British officer was walking through the corridor of an army hospital when a woman in rough .attire who was busy scouring the woodwork called to him: '"Hi, young man, bring m,e some more water, will you?" The officer stopped, astonished, and said: "Dash it all, mI good woman, I'm an officer.".She looked up from her menial job and said: "We,ll, dash it all, young officer, I'm a .duchess." And so she was. And he got the water.

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The Archbishop of Canterbury, of England, says that the trouble with the world today is that we've got our price tags all mixed up. He tells about a prankster who switched the tags on some articles displayed in front of a hardware store, (they call them "ironmongeries" over 'there), and when he got through lawnmowers were being

offered for sale at two for a shilling, while nails were selling for $35 each. All the values were confused. And, said the Archbishop, "that's what has happened to our civilization, and we shall not come to order and peace until our price tags tally with God's.". Not bad, eh?

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Give us this day your pint of blood, Let us not plead in vain, For on some shell-torn battlefietd, A soldier lies in pain.

Give us your blood lest sleepless nights, Your conscience lingers nigh, Whispering to yo,ur small, smug heart, "Why did you let him.die?"

-Author Unknown.

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Frankness is the trademark of the American soldier. It is related that on the eve of the invasion of Germany, an ofEcer made a little talk to his men. "Don't let it wor.ry you if you feel scared," he said. "It's a natural way to feel under the circumstances. In fact, I might say that fear is a healthy condition for you to be in." And from the ranks came a voice that said: "Captain, you're looking at the healthiest soldier in the United States Army."

A peacerul christmas .: ,:",1ri"r,4".

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By the Jahns-llanville Boving Reporter

There have been thousande of words written and untold speeches made about the necessity for the Building Industry to do a consnrner selling job. Practically ever)r man, wornanr or child who expects to rnake a livelihood in the future in the Building fndustry can speak quite glibly about oopackage" selling. But, letts take a candid look at the situation.

f tr fE ARE LTVING in a very unusual economy today.

Because of the war, manufacturers cannot produce anywhere near enough goods to supplytheneeds of their customers.

Some have been hit harder than others. If the manufacturer's plant happens to be located in an area which the War Manpower Cornrnission qalls a No. 1 critical area, he is able to produce goods only in accordance with the manpower he can scrape out of the bottom of the banel. If the manufacturer is in a No.2,3 or 4 area, he can prduce mone goods.

The Big Battle is Ahead,

As a result, there have usually been just about enough building materials available from all sources to pennit the dealers of the country to chug along on two or three cylinders, and in the main to keep their businesses afloat.

Some day this abnormal economy will end and the real battle for survlval will begin. All of us have read the staggering figures ofpotentials for the Building Industry after the war. But let's not be misled. Those potentials that we hear bandied about can dissolve into a fine mist when the manufacturers of automobiles, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and all those other products supplying other consumBr needs get their selling organizations out into the field and go after the consumer dollar in the post-war world.

A Challenge to the Build.ing Industry

What do those manufacturers have that we don't have? Ilere, I believe, js a challenge to all of us in the Building Industry. Those manufacturers in other industries have the selling power of brand names which have obtained the confidence of the people through national advertising-and, strong dealer organizations with well-trained consurrer salesmen.

Now if we are candid with or:rselves, we all know that the American economy of the future is going to be far more competitive than any we have known before. When we in the Building Industry speak of becoming a selling industry, it means that the manufacturer must provide the consumer salesmen with brand identification that has national consumer acceptance. And. it means that the manufacturer and the dealer must build and train an adequate consumer selling organization. Without these we cannot compete successfully with salesmen in other fields.

_ The other day I sat in a meeting with a group of Johns-Manville executives, and there f saw post-war planning which was not just so many words. It was the qoo{ solid thinking of experienced men who were really "pulling a bead" on this whole problem. They were not only looking to the future, but they were analyzing the past. Let me quote just one statement:

"I know these are troublesome times for our dealers, and I know that our inability to furnish them with a lot of our products, because of our shortage of manpower, is a matter of great concern to many of the dealers who have been loyal to Johns-Manville for years.

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'T!ut very soon their problems will be selling problems. For the past decade through national and local training schools, we have taken the lead in the effort to make the Building Industry a selling industry.

"Since 1941, when corxrumer selling became a war casualty, we haye been truly doing a post-war planning job with the Johns-Manville Radio Program, .Bill Henry and the News.' For 5 nights a week, b2 weeks a year, this program, the most popular news program on the air, hner b€€n reaching an audience of over 30 million people month after month, for nearly 3 years.

Hucation of Deol.er Sal.esrien

'Yes, it has cost a lot of money. But the corurumer acceptance we have built for our name and on which our dealers can capitalize will pay dividends in the competitive days ahead. This indispensable consumer selling assetplus our plans for dealer clinics and the development of the proper equipment to educate consillmer salesmen for our dealers is Johns-Manville's answer to making the Building Industry a selling industry in the post-war period."

Planning for the Future

This quotation is typical of Johns-Manville planning for the future. We hope that every serious-minded manufacturer in our field is thinking along similar Iines. We are convinced that only through the best thinking and the co-operation of all can the Building Industry become a selling industry and meet the competitive problems of the future.

Selling Will Rebuild America

By Kenneth Smith President, California Redwood Association

War needs dominated Redwood markets in 1944. As the tempo of the war in the Pacific heightened, the demand for full cargoes and part cargoes for off-shore shipment added to continuing requirements for stock piles and vital indirect uses such as pipe, tank and cooiing towers increased war need for Redwood until in some months it

develop of the dangerous drift of the American economy toward statism as the attainment of reasonably full employment after the war. We are convinced also that no employment will make as great a contribution to this end as will the building of homes for individual home owners -the business in which all of you are engaged or which you serve.

Everywhere we hear that our future depends upon the ability of industry to provide more jobs. This is not true. Jobs do not depend upon the produc.tive capacity of industry but upon our ability to sell their goods and services. If we lick postwar unemployment, it will be because rve, and yon, and all the other salesmen, sales managers and orvners engaged in distribution do a greater, a bolder, a more imaginative job of selling that has yet been done in America-good as we may think we have been. In no other way can national income be kept high enough to service the debt load and support the government.

We have followed with keen interest the planning you have been doing in California and through your National Retail Lumber Dealers Association to do a more aggressive selling job, to help keep home building in the hands of private enterprisers, to promote .individual home ownership and unsell the public on the "dream homes" conjured up by the Sunday Supplements.

Kenneth Smith

was taking as high as 75 per cent of total production. Men and management worked together to exceed their own expectations and somehow managed to get it all out. They met every loading schedule on time and every man and woman in our industry can well be proud of Redwood's wartime performance.

All this meant, unfortunately, that it was impossible to serve our retail friends anything like as well as we had hoped we might. The last of our inventories of dry lumber vanished and we had to work nearly all year against an irreducible working inventory of around 70 million feet instead of the 250 million feet minimum inventory considered necessary to take care of your requirements in normal times.

We appreciate this opportunity to review thus briefly for readers of The California Lumber Merchant the war problems which have confronted us and to point out some of those yet before us. We share the universal hope that 1945 will see the end of war and we be able to join with you in serving the builders of America with good lumber. But the war is not yet won. Until it is our fighting forces must have first call on every foot of Redwood they need.

When we can turn to peacetime production, we look forward to an even closer cooperation than we have always enjoyed with you who distribute Redwood. We are convinced that nothing is going to be so needed to slow down, to temper, and to provide time for true understanding to

W'e are convinced, as we know you are, that there will be no revolutionary change in home construction, that the best new home values in history will be available as sootl as the barriers are lifted, and that change will come only by evolution, step upon careful step, as it has in the past. In order rto be better prepared to go along with you in meeting these demands of 194x we have been critically examining every means by which we might offer you better Redwood, improved service, greater use value and closer cooperation in your merchandising of quality lumber.

We have been working for some months getting ready to offer you Redwood grades more perfectly adapted to the uses to which they are put and to offer you a wider range of grades of all heart durable Redwood. We have been wrestling too with our owrl- reconversion problem. Lumber is popularly thought to have no reconversion problems and they are not as serious as those of some fabricated products manufacturers but Redwood manufacturers do face a serious one. It will take time, anxious as we shall be to expedite it, to prepare for you the quality Certified Dry Redwood which you expect of us.

The unwinding of our war economy is going to present all of us with plenty of problems. The Redwood manufacturers will be found doing their earnest best to keep abreast of the changing demands of the times in order to better. serve your needs. We greatly hope that during this coming year we may, with you, be able to get at this job of rebuilding America.

tflr* 9ronk Connolly Chrifient Wo, Sh;p

When Ccrlship's 385th wcr vessel started down the wcrys ct Los Angeles hqrbor on October l4th, Mrs. Frank J. Connolly, wile of the President oI the Western Hcrdwood Lumber Compcrny, was the sponsor. Here she is brecrking the wine bottle cs the ship stqrts. Seen crlso in the picture crre her d<rughters, Sheilcr crnd Diane. The ship is one oI the mcrrvelous new type Combat Troop Trcnsport vessels.

I'm Coming Home lor Chriiltmas

Bv Jack Dionne

We uEed io remcrk in our cyniccl American lcshion tbct "the grcndest words ol longue or pen cre 'enclosed Iind check."' Thci remark hag been quoled cnd printed innumercble timee, clwqys with c chuckle crt its wisdom.

No more. The bltrck horror ol this world wcrr hcs blcrated our aqrcqsm lrorn ua, cnd plcrced in itg gtead nore humqn things. In the lcce ol guch stcnk trcgedy ca we aee qbout us everyrwhere, Truth rises to the surlace, cnd lallg uncghcmed fron our lips. We htrve REAL things lo concern ua nour. The hecrrt ol mcrn is his perpelucl kingdom, cnd lhe clore-upe ol wcr hcve brought to lhe surlqce our nobler ambitiong.

My lriend, Frcnl Wherriti, hit the icrckpot c yecr cgo when, in hie Christmce greetings to his triendg he qrole: "The greateEt messcge ever written is-'I'M COMING HOME FOB CIIRISITIVIAS."' k there q Erclr or wotrrcn in this lcnd who will discgree, todcy?

As this ig writteu millions ol our linest Americca boya, torn by the stern bcnd ol wcr from tbeir hom,es, their loved ones, cnd the lives they loved to tive, cre gccrltered over all the contineats cnd upon cll the Seven Seca Iighting the decdliest fighi thct humqn history hcrs cay record of, And it eccb of them wcs crsled what bis detrregt wish is ct thig moment, don't you know thct they would sponlqneously cnd unqnimously ehout-

And their loved ones here ct home, those wives cnd mothers, lcthers cnd brolherg, sisters cnd sweethearls, don't you know thct there comes continuclly lrorn hecrts to lips this lervent prcyer-

Yeg, thcrt is the inEtinciive prcryer thct swells in mighiy volume lrom thege millions oI yecrning souls to the ihrone ol God on High ct thia pre-Chrislmca aecson lrom our wighlul cnd prcyertut Americqn people.

We crre oboui to commemorcte lhe cnnivergcry ol the birth ol one tesus Chriat. Might not this be c rigbt time to thinL o bit qbout whct He woufd do oa this occcgion, iudging horr His words cs relqted in the Book ol Bookg? Hcrve you lorgotten thct He gaid:

"Wbcrt things soever y€ desire when ye pray, believe thcrt ye receive them cnd ye shcrll hcve them." .[nd cgcin He gcid thct il a mcn shcll prcy "cnd shcll not doubt in hig hecril," thct which he prcys lor he ghcll hove, Why not try it out lor Chrislntrs? Looks to me like il ltre wcs worth mcrHng all thiB Christmcrs luss over, some giock might well be tqken in His promises-in His gfucrcnt€es. He wasn'i mcking politiccl ccrmpcigrn pronises. IIe wcs tclkiag to the goul oI the world in no uncertcin terms.

Why not agk Him to Eend thqt boy home lor Chrietmcs-or cE soon clter cs He ccn spcre him from the work he is doing lor Him? And why not cgk it in the humble lcith suggested in the cbove quoted words? tI tbere is one cppcrent weqknesg in our wcr eflort it ig lack oI humble, spiritual lcith,' gomething mirsing fron the deep reverence qnd dependence upon ihe power ol Good thct our lorelqtherg hcd. It seerna to me thct Wcsbington, Lincoln, Lee cnd others were much more inclined to turtl the bigrgest pcrt ol the war iob over to God in the |inn conviction that He would look crlter things, while gmall k1' humcrus just do their best and lecve the reei to Him.

Yes sir, it seems jurt plcin common sense lo qsaume that il legus Christ were entitled to cll the lusE cnd lurore lhct will be mcde over his birthdcy in the next couple ol weeLg, some liitle dependence might be plcrced iu His most sccred promises.

Mcrybe He'll send thcrt boy home lor Chrislmce iI you csk Him right. It'e worth trying, cayhow.

.I WANT TO GO HOME FOR CHRISTI'.AS."

.DEAR GODI PLEASE SEND HIM HOME FOR CHruSTMASI"

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National Retailers New President

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Mqnulqctured

This is S. Lamar Forrest, Forrest Lumber Company, Lubbock, Texas, newly elected president of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.

Mr. Forrest has been and still is engaged in the ranch business as well as in the business of running eight lumber yards, with headquarters in Lubbock, Texas. In his younger days he established himself in the hardware business and was raised on a farm. The early rising hours he kept in his farm boy days have stayed with him through life. His family consists of his wife, two sons, and a daughter, Mary Jo. IncidentaJly, Mary Jo is general ofrfice manager with a small interest in one yard. Mr. Forrest has a deep personal regard for every one of his employees in the service and to each 'of these he writes regularly once every month.

He is a past president of the Texas Association and is still serving on its Executive Committee. He has served on the Executive Committee of the National Association for a number of years, and represents the Southwest on OPA and WPB Industry Advisory Committees when they meet with the respective Government agencies.

Lewis C. Hubner

Lewis C. Hubner, owner of the Hubner Lumber Company at Montebello, passed away suddenly at his home on December 2 following a heart attack. Ife was 63 years of age.

Mr. Hubner was a native of Iowa. Before coming to California, he was connected with the retail lumber business in'Montana for a number of years. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge of Billings.

Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Emily Hubner; a daughter, Mrs. Jean Thomas, and a son, Lewis Hubner. Funeral services were held on Wednesdav. December 6.

Sell Lumber Mills in Arizoncr

Ernest Whiting, head of the family concern incorporated as Whiting Bros., has announced the sale of sawmills at 'Winslow, Green's Peak, and Eagar, Arizona, to the Winslow Timber Co.

E. M. Whiting, one of Arizona's pioneers, entered the lumber business around the turn of the century with a small portable mill. The enterprise grew and for many years only Whiting lumber was available in Apache or Navajo county. When E. M. Whiting died, his sons carried on, and when they sold out they had three mills employing about 200 men.

All three of the new plants will be enlarged as soon as possible by the new owners.

f Soon we will be crble to cnnounce new plcns tor the improved TYLE-BOBD. We hqvE been busy redesigning cnd rebuild' ing our plcnt, working out new colors cnd the million cnd one things thct must be done io g€t reqdy lor r.econvergion. Be aure your ncme ig on out mciling ligt to receive tl. fusl cnuouncemelt of TYLE-BORD cvcilcrbility. Seud your lirm ncme todcy'

COLOTYIE CORPORATION

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That Sonte AMERICA-^{ BOY Might Live"l

Our hope in tomorrow lies in our youth oI todcy,lor youth is the very lile blood oI c nqtion crnd its luture. In this cctcclysmicstruggle lor lreedom, it hqs beenAmericcnyouth that has decisively turned the tides oI fortune in our Iavor. It is the young men of this country who hcve willingly risked their decrest possession-lile itself-thct we mcy continue to live as lree men. No higher tribute, therelore, ccn be pcid, thcnthatwhich has been ecrrned by those here ct home who hqve so unsellishly given their blood-that some wounded American boy mcry live and return to enioy thcrt which he hqs lought so hard to preserve.

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Hernqa Ahll. .,.Geo. Windeler Co., Ltd.

Edwcrd A. Allen.....Allen G D€tiEqnD Lunber Co.

Robert Allisoa (2)......, .Ccspcr Lumber Conpcny

Necl Quiu............Rosgnct Mill d trunber Co.

Wendell Robie........ :..Auburn Lumber Conrcav

lohn B, Robertso!...... ..Suu Lumbei Cd, Fcye Rodecker. ....Wilticns Lumber Ycrd

Geo. M. Rodecker.... .. .....Williams Luber Ycrd

O, E, Rugsell. ........W€BlerD Lumber Co,

H. B. Dcrk... ......E. E. Wood Lumber Compcny

Dcve Dcvis (2)......... .. .Union Lumber Compcny

Gordon Dcvis. ..Auburn Lumber Conpcny

John F. Dohner ..Bqrr Lumber Co.

Ecrl Dow. .....Chulc Vigtc Lunber Co.

Hcrry Drcce.,.. ..8. K, Wood Lumber Co.

L. P, EdmundsoD...........E. K. Wood Lumber Co.

Lee Egger. ..Geo. Windeler Co., Ltd.

Lester Eidner......,...Sudden 6 Cbrisleuon, Iac.

Steve Yceger. ......Henry Lcws Conpouy

H. E. Zinmerncn. ...Sterliag Lumber Conpcny

Alvin E. NElson......The Ycncev Lunber Compov Mcriorie Newsome....The Ycncey Lunber Comicni

C. E. Norton. .......Hedrv Lcws Com;cnit Cliflord Nugent. .....Hcywcrd LuilbEr d Inv,- Cro.

Ghosts in the Lumber Pile

Bv R. T. Titus \(est Coast Lumbermen's Association

Lumber and other forest products have enlisted for the duration. War requirements are such that substantial quantities of lumber will be available for only the most essential civilian uses until cessation of activities in at least the European Theater. It is natural to assume that for West Coast woods there will be continued military demand for a major portion of the production until victory has been won in the Pacific as well. Nevertheless, distributors and consumers as well as manufacturers are commencing to look ahead in an effort to see what the situation will be in regard to lumber supply and demand in the postwar years.

would be so far gone that we would fall considerably short of our home requirements. Would he be surprised to see the cargoes of lumber leaving American ports today for Europe, Asia, and the South Pacific ?

In 1908, Gifford Pinchot, then United States Forester, declared: "We have in store timber enough for only twenty or thirty years." According to this prophecy we ran out of timber at least six years ago. What then is that stuff which American lumbermen have been sawing by the millions of feet for airplanes, barracks, 'ship decking, truck bodies, pontoon bridges, and the boxes and crates in which are shipped the vast quantities of equipment and supplies required by our fighting men in all parts of the world?

R. T. Titus

Many of those who are not informed, and some who should know better, are presently expressing fears that there will be a shortage of well-manufactured lumber of good quality when peace comes. Knowing that the enormous war demands for lumber have been met almost entirely from the western hemisphere it is commonly thought that our timber supply has been severely depleted -that our forests have been overcut and that as a consequence we shall be starved for wood in the postwar years. The fact is that while the industry has produced all the lumber it could, in none of the war years have we cut as much timber as in any one of the normal peacetime construction years of the 1920's. There has actually been no lumber shortage. Rather lumber has been diverted from normal purposes to war uses. Civilian consumers have not had all the lumber they would like but military needs have been met.

Predictions that our timber supply is practically exhausted are not new. As early as 1832, J. D. Brown, writing in "Sylva Americano," asked "Where shall we procure supplies of timber 50 years hence for the continuance of our Navy?" Mr. Brown would be amazed to know that more than 100 years after the expression of his fears we produced three times as many wood ships as were turned out in the peak year of sailing-ship construction.

In 1875, Carl Schurz, Secretary of the fnterior, declared in his annual report that within twenty years the timber

Those familiar with the past should not be surprised nor unduly alarmed at predictions now of an impending shortage of wood in the near future. These claims in the past have proved ridiculous. They are equally unsound today. Scratch that ghost off the list.

What most of these discredited prophets overlooked is the simple fact that trees grow. Timber is the nation's greatest renewable resource, the extent of which is usually underestimated. According to the 193G1938 revised statistics of the U. S. Forest Service, there are presently in the United States 630 million acres of forest land nearly three-fourths of which is capable of producing timber for commercial use. The total stand of saw timber, excluding trees smaller than nine to fifteen inches in diameter,. depending on regional cutting practice, is more than 1700 billion board feet. The West Coast woods (Douglas fir, West Coast hemlock, Sitka spruce and Western red cedar) make up nearly fifty per cent of this total. It may come as a shock to those who forecast a shortage of postwar construction lumber to face the fact that west of the Cascade Mountains in Washington and Oregon alone there is sufficient standing timber today to rebuild, of wood, every home in the United States.

It is true that in recent years the rate oI drain has slightly exceeded the rate of growth, the ratio for saw timber and cordwood combined being estimated at 1.2. However, there are at work many factors which tend to bring a balance in the near future. There is little or dro net growth in virgin forests like those of the Douglas fir region. Some trees are growing but more are rotting and dying. Forestry here begins when old timber is cut. Actual growth increases as more old timber is harvested and more acres of young trees appear. Assuming that the rate

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Tnls HlxDBooK-YouRs FOR THE ASKING- TEttS WHERE ADDITIONAT P TYWOOD YOLUME CAN BE FOUNDI

I-HERE'S a day coming when you'll again I I be offering plywood for civilian sale and use! This Handbook is meant to help you make the most of that day.

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Check this index of subjects covered:

Lumber Dealer's Guide to Plvwood

Plywood for Wall Paneling

Plywood for Sheathing

Plywood for Subflooring

Plywood for Exterior Walls

Prefabrication with Plywood

Plywood on the Farm

Miscellaneous Plywood Sales Possibi ities

Organizing the Plywood Department

The Plywood Handbook-a reprint from articles written by the editors of the American Lumberman from the dealer's point of yiew-is yours for the asking. Send for it NOW and be ready for the time when Douglas fir plywood will again be available for regular distribulion and sale. Write: Douglas Fir Plywood Association, Tacoma 2, WashingtorL

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of cutting, degree of protection and reseeding practices all continue as at present the growth rate of merchantable timber will progressively increase until, when all the old timber has been harvested, it reaches 7.4 billion board feet per year. In the Douglas fir region there should be a perpetual supply of timber at not much below our current rate of cutting.

Another question in the minds of consumers is "How soon will lumber be available in reasonable supply ?" The answer is that while mill and retail yard stocks are now at a record low, lumber should be available in fair quantity within three to four months after war ends. Unlike many industries we need no time out for reconversion but can turn immediately to peacetime production. With the coming of peace, too, the present barriers to increased production-manpower and equipment shortage-will be removed and lumber will be turned out about as fast as construction can take care of it. Count out ghost No. 2.

Some distributors and consumers who have seen little but rough, green, odd-size or low-grade lumber during the past three years have expressed concern as to the quality of postwar lumber they may expect. Most of the postwar lumber from the Pacific Northwest will be of the same good quality it was before-much ofit will be better; better manufactured, better seasoned, and better graded.

Improved kilns and drying schedules are reducing loss from degrade in seasoning. Treatment of species and items which formerly presented seasoning difficulties has been

improved by research. Improved end sealing and treatment of green lumber with urea salts are important developments stimulated by war demands. Repairing knots and pitch pockets with plastics adds to the volume of upper grades. End matching, splicing short pieces of dimension and gluing of narrow boards to make wide ones reduce the percentage of low grades and increase the availability of standard constru,ction material. Specter No. 3 disappears.

Another ghost which has been called forth to haunt the lumber buyer is the idea that rehabilitation of Europe and Asia after the war will take a major portion of our lumber production. Certainly reconstruction in the devastated countries will consume staggering quantities of building materials including lumber. However, if it is true that Rome was not built in a day, it seems equally certain that Europe will not be rebuilt in a year or two. Rehabilitation will take time. So far as possible each country will doubtless employ native materials, calling next upon supPlies from neighbors and purchasing as little as possible from faraway America with its relatively high production cost. Export of a certain amount of our lumber is desirable if economically possible but it seems most unlikely that trade conditions with foreign countries will be so advantageous that lumber manufacturers in the United States will prefer export to domestic trade. Old customers, like old friends, are best and manufacturers in the Pacific Northwest are anxious to get back to serving the retail dealers and industrial consumers at home just as soon as the Commanding Officer says: "Dismissed."

BV l@ch Siatua

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Couldn't Reconcile The Facts

It was evident to the Presbyterian Sunday School teacher that little Johnnie had something on his mind, and that that something was bothering him considerably. Finally the small boy came to the point. He said:

"Teacher, little Max Levy who lives next door to us, says that Jesus Christ, who was born on Christmas in a manger, was a Jew. That isn't true, is it?"

She answered kindly: "Yes, Johnnie, Jesus was a Je*."

She saw the great puzzlement that came over his face. He said:

"Teacher, do you really mean that Jesus Christ was a Jew?"

A cord of seasoned wood will give as much heat as a ton of coal, and leave about one-quarter the amount of ashes.

"Yes, Johnnie," she told him again. "It is true. Jesus was a Jewish boy. Why?"

He said: "Well, I don't understand it at all."

She said: "You don't understand what, Johnnie?"

He said, almost in tears: "I don't wrderstand how if God is a Presbyterian, His only Son could be a Jew." rtt<*

Which reminds us again of the precious old story of the little boy, kneeling down firr his bedtime prayers on Christmas eve, and saying:

"Oh, Lord, I thank you a lot for all the nice things I got for Christmas, and I cerlainly hope your Son, Jesus, has a happy birthday."

Forest fires have been known to overtake running deer and men on horseback. Sounds like the nags we usually bet on.

fn remembrance of the opportunities afiorded us to serve you-we wish our ftiends ol

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It Pays To Advertise

By Jack Dionne

Remember the story oI Joseph in the Old Test-ent? There is a wonderlul crdvertislqS thought to be lound there. Bead it over. You will find recited the glories of the reign oI loseph when he wcs prcrcticclly the ruler of Egypt. All the ecuth knew ol his weclth, his glory, his digmitv, his wisdom, his gnecrUress. From ths tour corners of the world they ccnne, the gnect cmd the necr grrecrl, to do him homcrge.

He wqs the biggest humqn thing in the universe. The babes in the cradle lisped his nsneGreybecrds told-their children thct never belore in history hcrd there been so wise and wonderlul o -otr It would seem thqt he mcde crn impression on the world thcrt surrounded him that would lcsi eternclly; thct the ncme and lanre ol Joseph would never fcrde.

And, right in the midst oI this wondrous recitcrl oI the grecrhess '-d fcnre ol loseph-iust_crs suddenly crs the speed with which Nicgcrc Fclls drops over the precipitous ledge thct turns the river into cr wondrous tclls-iust that suddenly qnd unexpectedly, the Bible scrys TIIIS cbout Joseph:

"And Joseph died, cnd there crose c new king in Egypt thct f,NE\lV NOT IOSEPH." Think ol it! One dcry ttre grecrtest mcn on ecrih. The next dcry-forgotten He hcd gone down into the eternal promiscuity ol the dust, and wcs wiped lrom the memories oI men cs chclk lrom the blcrckbocrd ol life.

And this, decr friends, is whct hcrppens to ihe business thct lcrils to keep up its publicity; fails to keep itseU belore the public eye. One dcry it rides the crest ol the wcrve, its slogcrn on--every tongue, its virtues in evlry mind. The next dcy-lorgotten-Ior cr new king hcs crisen that "knew 'not loseph."

Which remin& me oI cr good connecting story. An cdvertising mcn wcrs trying to sell cr smgll town merchcrnt some cdvertising. The merclrcnt insisted thcrt he diddt need qdvertising, that he had been right there in thcrt scme plcce for twenty yeqrs, thcrt everyone knew him cnd hie store, cnd crll crbout him. Scdd the cdvertising man: *What is that building crcross the corner?" The merchcnt scid it wcrs the Methodist Church. "How long hcs it been there?" asked the cdvertising mcn. "Seventy yearc," replied the merchcnl

"And yet," said the cdvertisins mcn, "['II BET TIIEYSTIIIRINGTIIEBEIIE\IERYSIINDAY."

There Will Al,lryAY$ Beil CIIBI$Til[AS

Our right to a beliel in Christ crnd Christmcs was chcrllenged by the Axis. Americq and her Allies hcrve cnrswered thct chqllenge. This Christmqs will be observed in our Americcn homes with cr wistlul prcyer, crnd each of us will send cr silent *MERRY CHRISTMAS" to our loved ones in the services. We will renew our pledge to ccrry on until neither the trecrchery of Tolcyo nor the brutalityol Berlin will ever cgcrin chcllenge our right to sit by the Christmcs fireside crnd sing -

*SIIENT NIGHT, HOLY MGHT"

Representing in Southern Ccrlilorniq: The Pcrcilic Lumber Compcrny-Wendling-Ncthcrn Co.

A. L. sscttsn HOOYER

"lhe Personal Service lton"

Telephone: YOrk 1168

John L. Todd . ..

One of the best known and respected men in any branch of the lumber industry in California is John L. Todd, president of the Western Door & Sash Co., Oakland, Calif. It is with pleasure that The California Lumber Merchant presents a brief sketch of the business career of this pioneer of the West, who celebrated his 9fth birthday on June 10,1944, and, is still actively engaged in business.

He was born on a farm in Sullivan County, Missouri, and came to Tacoma in 1889, where he established a sawmill. He remained there until 1897, and during the last years of this period also operated a planing mill and sash and door business. He returned to the East in 1897 and, having had considerable experience in this line, traveled for the wholesale hardware firm of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co. of Chicago in the Colorado and New Mexico territory until 1903. He returned to Tacoma and again engaged in the sash,

of Sofesmen

door and planing mill business for some years. In 1914 with his son, Joe Z.Todd, who had spent several years in this line of business in Victoria, B. C., he established the Western Door & Sash Co. in Oakland. This business has been very successful. Their trade territory is from Bakersfield north to the Oregon line. The facilities of their Berkeley factory for the past few years have been devoted to the manufacture of articles used for war purposes, mainly boxes and pallets. They employ about 100 men.

Mr. Todd has traveled on the road for his firm right along, is still active, drives his own car and thoroughly enjoys calling on the trade. He is acknowledged to be the Dean of the sash and door salesmen. The dealers are delighted to have him call. Right at the moment, of course, calls are limited by the gasoline shortage.

He travels extensively and during the last few years has spent the winters in Arizona. He has always been a great reader of history, biography and travel books. He is a keen golfer, and nou'and then Sreaks 100, and also plays a good game of bridge. He has a splendid record of 16 years consecutive Rotary attendance.

His enthusiasm for living and working are an inspiration and his host of friends feel that it is a privilege to know such a man as lohn L. Todd.

Fruit Growers Supply Co. Buys Plant, Property and Timberlands of

The Red River Lumber Co.

New Owners to Take Possession December 15

Announcement was made on December I by The Red River Lumber Co., Westwood, Calif., that Fruit Growers Supply Co., Los Angeles, had exercised their option, November 30, to purchase from them the town of Westwood, California, and all plant operations and timberlands adjacent to Westwood. Also that the new owners will take possession December 15, 1944.

The state railroad commission authorized November 22 the sale of the properties of The Red River Lumber Co. in Lassen and Shasta Counties to the Fruit Growers Sup- ply Co., and also authorized the latter to organize the

Normqn Dcvidson In Northwest

Norman Davidson, Jr., Davidson plywood & Veneer Co., Los Angeles, left November 3O on a three weeks' business tripto the Pacific Northwest. lfe was accompanied by Arnold Habig of the Jasper Wood products Co., Jasper, Indiana, manufacturers of commercial and aircraft plywood.

Northern Counties Utilities Co. to supply utilities to 6000 residents of Westwood.

The Fruit Growers Supply Co., subsidiary of the California Fruit Growers Exchange, operates sawmills and box factories at Susanville and Hilt, California. The capacity of the Westwood mill is 200,000,000 feet a year. The Red River Lumber Co. is the largest producer of pine lumber and plywood in California.

This transaction represents the largest sale of timber and sawmill property in the history of the industry in California.

Wins Fourth Army-Ncvy Awcrd

Wood Mosaic Co., Louisville, Ky., recently Army-Navy production award for the fourth added the third White Star to its flag.

THE SEASON'S

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L-335 Likely to Remain Until After Deleat of Japan

While the demand for lumber continues to exceed supply, War Production Board controls in effect since August 1, have assured the filling of military and important civilian needs, according to the 53rd Quarterly Report of the Lumber Survey Committee. Labor and equipment shortages continue to be the principal obstacles to increased production.

Production of lumber during the second quarter, while nearly 15 per cent above the preceding quarter, was more than 6 per cent lower than in the same period of last year. Consumption during the quarter was approximately 7 per cent greater than production.

Inability to secure heavy-duty truck tires constitutes a growing threat to lumber production. The high priority rating given the industry has not solved this problem, because of the over-all shortage of heavy-duty tires, but it is expected to give some relief.

With attention turning to problems of reconversion as the European war enters what appears to be its final stage, the lumber industry is in a better-than-average position with regard to returning to peace-time production. There will be little physical reconversion and demand for lumber should continue strong.

Although the lumber control order L-335 may be modified after the close of the European war, complete revo-

Sees Need lor 12,600,000 Non-Farm Houses

Construction of 12,600,000 non-farm houses and apartment units will be required in the first post-war decade to meet the needs of American families and to make substantial progress in replacing substandard structures with good homes, according to National Housing Agency estimates.

The estimate was made after careful study and analysiS of available information bearing on the problem, NHA said, and John B. Blandford, Jr., National Housing Administrator, emphasized that the NHA report is "an earnest efiort to judge the size of the nation's housing needs"not an announcement of a program.

To meet the full need in 10 years would entail replacement of all substandard structures and require 16,100,000 units in all, NHA reported, but the conclusions were based on the premise that the replacement job would probably have to be spread over a 2o-year period.

cation before the defeat of Japan is unlikely. .Military cut-backs and needs of U. S. lumber for foreign rehabilitation will determine the amount of lumber available for civilian use. To what extent the industry will be able to meet all demands will depend upon the availability oi equipment and manpower.

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Rudie Henderson, A Real Friend

One of our lumbermen friends advised us that he was talking over the long distance telephone the other day with Rudie Henderson, of the Lone Pine Lumber & Supply Co., Lone Pine, Calif., and Rudie informed him that he had just got back from a snowshoe trip on Mt. Whitney.

His friend, George Palmer Putnam, nationally known writer and publisher, has a home up on the slope of Mt. Whitney at an elevation of 8,500 feet, but he doesn't have a telephone, and when a call comes in for him at Lone Pine Rudie always delivers the message to him, and he in turn comes to town to answer the call. There is plenty of snow on Mt. Whitney at this time of the year, and on this particular trip, Rudie drove as far as he could, then made the rest of the trip on his snowshoes.

Great to have a friend like Rudie.

Home Plcnning Institute Buys Rqdio Time

The Home Planning Institute of the East Bay area with headquarters at 1429 Broadway, Oakland 3, pgrchased radio time on a number of leading radio stations, starting November 28. This was done in order to spread the idea that home ownership at the earliest possible date is desirable and advantageous.

In each case this time was selected in established home economist prog'rams, already favorites with women.

D. N. (Nat) Edwards is chairman of the Institute's promotion and advertising committee.

WiIl Mcrncge Builders Emporium

Jo H. Shepard, who resigned recently as Martinez Lumber Co., Martinez, Calif., has the management of the Builders Emporium, Calif.

Promoted to Lieutenant Senior Grcde

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Into the night, a song, Through the darkness, a radiant light, Guiding the wise men of old, Through the mists and shadows of night; And then in a lowly town, And a shelter meager and bare, A little child in his manger bed And the Magi kneeling in prayer.

Dreams of transcendent beauty, A song and a shining star, These were gifts to the ages, From a region that lies afar; And ever amid life's turmoil, We hear the music still, With its message of love and duty, Peace upon earth and Good Will.

Into the night the music

Of chiming Christmas bells, Whose every silvery cadence

The old, old story tellsThe story we loved in childhood

Of a song and a mystic star, A little child in a manger And the wise men who came from afar.

In each heart lives a vision

manager of taken over El Cerrito,

Lieut. E. J. La Franchi, U. S. Navy, received promotion November 1 to the rank of lieutenant, senior grade. He was associated with Hill & Morton, Inc., Oakland, when he entered the service, and is now stationed on the island of Peleliu.

TEI.EPITONES Al(niuter 8848

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Of all that life may be, When the sounds of war are silenced And the world at last is free i And the path of love and duty

Shows clearer to our sight, When the beautiful Song of the Ages Rings out on Christmas Night. A. Merriam Conner.

Lumber Authorized for Distribution in First Quarter of 1945

Washington, D. C., November 3O-Lumber authorized for distribution in the first quarter of 1945 to claimant agencies and to War Production Board industry divisions for re-allotment to industrial consumers totals 8,231,000,000 board feet, WPB announced today. Requirements for the quarter were estimated at 9,167,000,000 board feet and had to be reduced in view of the estimated allocable supply, WPB said.

Estimated supply for the quarter (made up of production, imports and stock withdrawals) is 7,490,ffi0,000 board feet after deducting allowance for sawed railroad cross ties and sawed mine ties and without taking into account probable production loss due to shortage of truck tires, according to WPB. Total allotment was made nearly 10 per cent higher than the supply, because experience in the third quarter of 7944 indicates that, chiefly for administrative reasons, approximately this percentage of the allotment 'lvill not materialize in orders on suppliers and will be returned to WPB reserves.

Western pine (Idaho white pine, ponderosa pine, and sugar pine) is in critically short supply, WPB officials said. Estimated requirements fo,r the first quarter of 1945 were 1,673,000,m0 board feet, while estimated supply is only 8l)6,000,000 board feet. Western pine is authorized for only a few specified claimants-Army, Navy, Aircraft Resources Control Office (ARCO) direct purchase, Foreign Economic Administration, and Canadian Division; and for WPB Chemicals Bureau (for matches), Containers Division; and Lumber and Lumber Products Division (for millwork and ARCO contractors.)

No specific allocation of Western pine is made to other claimants or WPB industry divisions except as may later be made as the result of appeals or requests for reconsideration. The maximum amount of Western pine authorized for the quarter is 985,000,000 board feet or approximately 12 per cent of the total lumber authorized. Requirements for Western pine have risen sharply, chiefly because of the demand for military containers. This species is light, easy to work and the most economical wood for these uses, WPB officials said.

The amount ol tumbel allocated for the first quarter of 1945 is 7.7 per cent less than that allocated for the fourth quarter, 1944, when 8,919,000,000 board feet were authorized. However, estimated allocable supply for the first quarter of 1945 is nearly 11 per ceni less than the supply for the earlier quarter, WPB said.

Quantities of lumber authorized for the first quarter, 1945, follow:

Master applicants (Army, Navy, ARCO, FEA and Canadian Division) 1,623,000,000 board feet, of which a maximum of 88,000,000 board feet may be Western pine.

Class I industrial consumers---4,699,000,000 board feet, of which a maximum of 704,000,00O board feet may be 'Western pine. Class I consumers receive authorizations from WPB industry divisions on Form WPB 364O to purchase lumber under Order L-335.

National Housing Agency-262,000,000 board feet for war housing projects (253,000,000 board feet) and emergency repair of dwellings (9,000,00O board feet.)

Army-Navy Merger in Joint Lumber Tells Story of Increasing Variety BuyingProject Of Forest Harvest

"The proposed postwar merger of the Army and Navy, at least in the purchasing of supplies, has a proved, workable pattern in the economy and efficiency of this operation," declared Wilson Compton, executive officer of the Lumber & Timber Products War Committee, in commending the accomplishment of the biggest lumber buying job in history by the Central Procuring Agency. CPA purchases lumber for all the services, or approximately 50 per cent of all war requirements.

This has been achieved at a cost to the taxpayers oi 0.13 per cent, as compared to the 5.0 per cent it usually costs the government to operate a purchasing department and the 2.0 per cent that is considered low by private concerns, according to officials of the Central Procuring Agency. The personnel roster of CPA is not much larger than that previously required to purchase lumber for a single department.

"Some conception of the magnitude of the job can be gained," Dr. Compton said, "when it is recorded that 18 billion board feet of lumber were purchased for the services between September l, 1940, and August 31, L944, 12 billion of that falling in the period since September, 1942. Government purchases of lumber during the whole of World War I totaled 6,349,344,W feet, a figure surpassed in a single year of this war."

Washington, November 22-The growing industrial importance of forest resources coupled with an explanation of forest management methods used by industry to sustain the timber harvest is presented in a new 12x16 lithographed color brochure just released by American Forest Products Industries. The new publication, which also contains charted information on the ownership and condition of U. S. private forests land, is the second in a series of mailing pieces designed for distribution to approximately 25,000 leaders of U. S. professions.

Largely pictorial, the brochure is so arranged that six of its pages, reproduced in combination, result in a sepies of new informational charts which are being added to the Association's roster of material available to educational institutions.

Both brochure and charts illustrate the increasing variety of new industrial substances which science is creating from the forest harvest, how controlled logging can help regenerate forest growth, volume of new growing stock now extant on harvested industrial timber lands, and the story of how refinement of the timber harvest is permit'ting a given amount of wood to do more work.

The brochure and wall charts are available in reasonable quantities to members of the forest industries who are urged to obtain copies for friends, associates, and educational institutions.

Another lear-an.other mile post On the road to our greatgoal, I/ICTORY oaer that mighty host That's taken such a toll.

We, like !ou., rnu.st keep working To kee7 ou.r Freedorn's soil, ' T he soil bought w:ith our fathers' blood, And built up with their toil.

Let's put ou,r worcies and, cares aside, And with lond remembrance Think of the loved, ones far away, W ho shared our ha00y C hristmastide.

That aacant chair-that missing smile, That"Hello Mom and Dad," To win this war and, bring them back Makeseoerything worth uthile.

We send you our eoodwill and greetings As a friend,to a oalued friend, May all eood things corne tojtou To the Neu) Year's verSt end,.

Again, as before, we exhress our regrets For not being able to meet all your requests. We afpreciate and thanhyou f or being so hind, Patient utith our seraice and keeqing us in mind,.

540 Tenth Street, San Frcncisco 3, CcrliI.

Season's Greetings. . .

Presently engcged directly in wcr elfort, we hope to contcct old lriends cnd customers clter the wcn.

-STEAMERS-All Operuting in War Traffic

\M. R. CHAMBERITIN & CO.

LT'MBER AND SHIPPING

465 Cclilornicr St. . Telephone DOuglcs 5470 o San Frcrncisco

Joseph A. Gabel \(/as i Real Pioneer In the Door and Plywood Business

A representative of this paper was in the office of Pacific Mutual Door Company in Tacoma the other day when T. F. Eckstrom, vice president and general ntanager, was closing out the files of the late Joseph A. Gabel, founder and president of this old established concern.

There were many interesting pictures in Mr. Gabel's collection, and one of the most interesting was a picture of a big Douglas Fir spar which he sent as a present to Theodore Roosevelt for a flagpole for his home at Oyster Bay, N. Y., in 1916. There vras a gracious letter of acknowledgment from "Teddy" of the "big stick," which was 165 feet long, with 28-inch butt, l4-inch top, weighed 12 tons, and required four flat cars each 45 feet long to carry it.

Mr. Gabel established the Pacific Mutual Door Company in l9L2 in Tacoma. He was a pioneer in trade-marking and promoting the sale of Fir doors, a pioneer in the introduction of plywood, and also pioneered the shipping of plywood and doors through the Panama Canal to the Atlantic Coast.

In May, 1915, he suggested the trade-marking of Douglas Fir and Hemlock lumber and worked out a system for doing this.

H,e established warehouses in Garwood, N. J., Baltimore, Chicago, Kansas City and St. Paul, and the company continues to market doors, plywood and other wood products under the "Pamudo" trade-mark which he originated many years ago. Mr. Gabel passed away on May l'2, 1943.

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C.R. Taenzer, American Hardwood Company, Satr Francisco. and Mrs. Taenzer returned December 12 Lrom a visit to San Francisco. Their daughter, Mrs. Russell Bond, whose husband is in the Navy, and is stationed near San Francisco. returned with them.

Albert A. Kelley, wholesale lumberman of Alameda, and his family spent the Thanksgiving week-end in Los Angeles.

F. A. "Pete" Toste, Toste Lumber Co., Los Angeles, and H. H. Barg, Barg Lumber Co., San Francisco, returned December 2 Lrom visiting mills in the Redwood Empire.

E. A. Klinger, sales manager, Chapman Lumber Co., Portland, was a recent visitor to Los Angeles, where he conferred with his company's Southern California repre' sentative, Charles P. Henry.

E. M. (Milton) Taenzer, secretary-treasurer, and Julie Smith, sales manager, American Hardwood Company,'Los Angeles, returned November 29 lrom a business trip to San Francisco, Oakland, and Sacramento.

Harry Adcock, sales manager, L.H.L. Lumber Co., Carlton, Ore., spent the Thanksgiving holiday with his daughter at San Mateo, Calif.

@be Sesgon of @nibergsl 6oo! WilL again trfngs uB tllt, opportu nity of extenling greetf ngg to our frienld in s[[ brand)* of tbe lumter bugineig.

Lumber Firms Take Delivery of Many Ross Carriers and Lift Truclcs

two carriers, two lift trucks; Kaiser Company, Shipyard No. 3, Richmond, one lift truck.

Other companies which have recently added to their fleets of Ross equipment are: Gamerston & Green Lumber Co., San Francisco, two carriers; Lumber Terminal Co', San Francis,co, six carriers, one lift truck; Pickering Lumber Co., Standard, one lift truck; Inner Harbor Terminal Co., Wilmington, two carriers; Christenson Lumber Co'. San Francisco, one carrier, one lift truck; Loop Lumber Company, San Francisco, one carrier'

Lieut. Frese Prisoner oI Wcrr

Recent deliveries of Ross Lumber Carriers and Ross Lift Trucks in California include the following: Western Terminals Co., Oakland, eight carriers, two lift trucks; Mutual Moulding & Lumber Co., Los Angeles, one carrier; Barr Lumber Co., Santa Ana, one carrier; Industrial Manufacturers Co., Ltd., Los Angeles, one lift truck; Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Francisco' one large Ross carrier, especially made for han.dling large steel plates; Forward Bros. Lumber Co., Manton, Calif', one carrier, one lift truck; Northern Redwood Co., Korbel, Calif., two carriers, one lift truck; Kaiser Company, Shipyard No. 2, Richmond,

News was received by his parents on Novembet 12, that First Lieutenant Wm. L. Frese, Army Air Force, who was reported missing in combat over Bulgaria, on July 31, is now a prisoner of war of the German Government. Lieut. Frese is the son of Otto W. Frese, San Francisco wholesale lumberman. He was on his sfth mission when the plane, a Liberator bomber, failed to return. On all his previous missions he was a bombardier, but was acting as navigator on the last one.

He had previously been awarded the Purple Heart, four oak clusters. and the Air Medal.

Bcrck From Northwest

Homer Maris, Northern California representative of Simpson Industries, Inc., returned recently from visiting the company's mills and plants in Washington.

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Named Regional Forester of Northern Region

P. D. Hinson, qssistant regional forester in charge of timber managemept and private forestry in the California Region, U. S. Foiest Service, has been named Regional Forester of the Northern Region with headquarters at Missoula, Montana, according to an announcement by Lyle Watts, Chief Forester. Hanson will be responsible for all U.'S. $orest Service activities except forest and range research in Montana, northeastern Washington, northern Idaho, and northwestern South Dakota.

Mr. Hanson will succeed Regional Forester Evan W. Kelley, a native of Downieville, Sierra County, who is retiring after nearly 40 years in the Forest Service. Long regarded as one of the ablest administrators in the Forest Service, Major Kelley's most recent large-scale achievement was the organization of the guayule rubber project in California, of which he was the field director from its inception in February, 1942, until July, 1943.

Home Shortcrge in U. S. is Growing

Shortage of single-family homes has spread to 95 per cent of American cities, as compared to 88 per cent a year ago, according to the forty-third semi-annual real estate survey just completed in 377 key cities by the National Association of Real Estate Boards.

Sales volume is greater than last year in two-thirds of the cities, and new houses command higher prices in 84 per cent of them.

MERNY CHRISTIVIASI

"I wish there were some new way to say 'Merry Christmas.'"

Twice today I have overheard that remark. And each time I have said reverently to myself : "Thank God there isn't."

The spirit of Christmas is as simple as the heart of a child.

It needs no new slogan and no special sales effort. No advertising agent can lend new glamour to its ancient magic.

It is as elemental as the sun and the wind and the rain, as the stars that glowed on Galilee one holy night and now shed their same steady light on an older and ' perhaps a wiser world.

No, there is no new way of saying Merry Christmas. Nor would we want one.

The tree you will deck is the same as all the trees ofits kind that have stood on the hills since the world was young.

The joy in a child's eyes on Christmas morning is the joy that has filled the eyes of children since Christmas became an annual institution.

Back of the gifts and the gaiety is an immortal spirit of good will to men.

Christmas is still Christmas. In a world awry with changes let us give thanks for one precious i"r-"nency !

-Merle Crowell in Rockefeller Center Weeklv.

WISHING CUR FRIENDS g

zOG Sansome Street, Scrn Francisco

Ernie Bqcon Louise Golloher vic cimo "Red" Downing FIR-TEX OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

812 E. 59th Street, Los Angeles

Stonley Moore Chorleg Conkey Spence Fcrrrow (U. S. Coost Gucrrd) Bob Kreisler

,,Heb,, Hebord Roy Holker Roy WillicrnsStello'Lcrsen Alleen Miller

Success o( "Keep Green" Campaigns

. Reflected in Rcduced Fire Allowance

Because of the favorable fire record from 1940 to 1944_ the years the "Keep Washington Green', an<i ,,Keep Oregon Green" committees have been functioning-the Oregon & California Revested Lands Administration has arrnounced a sharp reduction in the allowable fire depletion figure uesd in its estimates of costs for sustained yield units.

The nerv figure is one-tenth of one per cent on all imma. ture forest cover types, and one-half of that for mature forest. The former figure was 17/lA0 of one per cent with the same arbitrary division by half for mature forests on the theory that about one-half of grown timber would be salvable in case of fire.

The "Keep Washington & Oregon Green,, committees were set up by the governors of those states in 1940 ancl all forest-owning agencies-private, state, and federal_ joined in a campaign [o enlist public support to reduce forest fires. The results have attracted so much favorable comment nationally that Minnesota has joined the move. ment and Idaho and other states have written for infor. mation and are reported establishing similar programs.

Back From Mid-West Trip

T. M. (Ty) Cobb of the T. M. Cobb Company, geles and San Diego, returned December 2 f.rom business trip to the Middle West.

SONG FOR MARY

Softly, softly the angels crept, Close to the manger where Jesus slept; Gently, gently they touched His eyes, And saw them open with sleepy sighs.

Quickly, quickly His baby hands, Reached for His Mother with sweet demands; Fiercely, fiercely she held Him tight, Sensing His fate with an inner sight.

Mary, Mary I never knew, All that the world required of you; Sadly, sadly my own tears fall, My son has answered his country's call.

-Cecile Bonham.

Brothers Dissolve Pcrtnership'

A. A. Arends and J. B. Arends, brothers, who have been partners in two retail lumber concerns, one in Campbell, Calif., and the other in Sunnyvale, Calif., have dissolved their partnership and sold out to each other.

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A. A. Arends will in future manage the Growers Lumber Co. at Sunnyvale, and J. B. Arends will manage the Campbell Lumber Co.

Wetre Looking forward

with keen expectation to the time when we will be able to serve the dealer with his requirements in all types of plywood, both hardwood and softwood.

In the meantime we are continuing to supply aircraft and other types of plywood for uses connected with the speeding of Victory.

The tuphrilt-Hills Colnhine

Back in the "horse and buggy days" in this country, every American boy was taught by his parents that he had to be active,. energetic, intelligent, dependable, useful, honorable, and courageous in all things, in order to make a success of life. This is a story of two men who started out in their business lives imbued with those old-fashioned notions, and who, by sticking to that philosophy through thirty years of close business association, have

thoroughly a belief he has always entertained, namely, that it pays in every possible way and from every conceivable standpoint, to do business openly, honorably, generously, and with the other fellow's viewpoint always held in respect. Back these things up with high intelligence, a love of work and of the game itself, and a broad and helpful viewpoint of the world and mankind in general, and you have a mighty good picture of what makes Wend-

proven beyond a doubt that such living DOES bring success; a very great and admirable success.

The two men are Maurice L. ("Duke") Euphrat, and Roy E. Hills, owners and co-operators of one of the biggest and most respected wholesale lumber concerns in all the nation-the Wendling-Nathan Company, of San Francisco. To say that it is one of the biggest concerns of its kind in existence, is praise indeed. But to say that it is one of the most RESPECTED of all such organizations is a compliment far greater. To win large success in a business enterprise, and at the same time achieve with it the respect, the regard, and the warm admiration of all their fellows in the same and allied lines, means that these two are indeed GREAT men, in the truest sense of that much-abused word. To write a little history of these welltried and well-proven men on the event of an important milestone in their business careers, is a profound pleasure to the guy who tickles these typewriter keys; first, because it is always a matter of deep satisfaction to recognize and publicize work well done; second, because it demonstrates

ling-Nathan the much admired wholesale lumber concern that we see today. When you compliment these men you need hold no thought in reserve; you need cross no fingers. For they are v€rl, very genuine.

The Wendling-Nathan Company of .'Duke', Euphrat ahd Roy Hills celebrated its 30th birthday on Novemb er l7th, 1944. But these two men had been associated together a lot.longer than that. Let's start off with "D,uke,,, who is the older of the two. He is a native of San Francisco, and graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in the class of 1898. He married Miss Grace Crow, a sister of the indomitable lumber journalist, Carl Crow, of Portland, Oregon, and they have two sons. ..Duke,, Junior is 19, and is a Corporal and musical technician in the Army, and has been 16 months overseas. The younger son, Paul, is 18, is in training in the Navy Air Force.

"Duke" Euphrat's first job was in lumber. He went to work in the big Fir jobbing yard of the Wendling Lumber Company at Sixth and Channel Streets in San Fran-

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Mcrurice L. ("Duke") Euphrtrt

Roy E. Hills

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cisco. Right across the street the Pacitic Lumber Company operated a Redwood distributing yard and remanufacturing plant. Here we find young Euphrat in 1904 when a youngster named Roy Hills came to work there as bookkeeper and cashier. Roy was born in Marengo, Illinois, and started business life as a bank bookkeeper. He came to California early in 1904, and while looking for a bank job went to work in the yard of the Cross Lumber Company. Then came an offer of a bank job, but the lumber bug had bitten him, and he stayed at the lumber yard. There were no union hours in those days. He loaded wagons from 7 to 9 mornings, then worked on the books until noon, worked in the yard through the afternoon, and finished the day's bookkeeping after supper at night. He learned what it meant to "burn the midnight oil." But Hills ancl one man did a business of $15,000 a month in that yard for some time.

Late in 1904 he went to San Francisco to take the job of bookkeeper and cashier for the Wendling Lumber Company, in whose wholesale yard "Duke" Euphrat was workirg. Little did these two think then how many ,years they would look at each other across a lumbei desk.

About this time the Pacific Lumber Company bought out Wendling's competitive yard across the street, and selling out the Fir, stocked it also with Redwood. Euphrat helped with this change, and became assistant yard man=ager for Pacific. In 1906 the Cross Lumber Company opened a distributing yard in San Francisco, and Euphrat went to work for them in charge of their city sales. But in lX)7 he went back to the Wendling Lumber Company where Roy Hills was no longer keeping books, but had become a lumber salesman. This company was succeeded by the Wendling-Nathan Company, .whose business spread to many territories besides California. In 1914 thig company was liquidated, and the owners retired.

Then Euphrat and Hills made arrangements to keep the iame, and they incorporated the Wendling-Nathan Company on November l7th, 1914, and started to build one of the biggest businesses and one of the finest reputations in the lumber industry. Thev have been at it ever since.

In 1915 Roy Hills married Miss Myrtle Little, of San Francisco, and they have one son, Lieut. Roy E. Hills, Jr., of the U. S. Navy. He is a graduate of Stanford lJniversity.

So here you have a skeleton history of Euphrat and Hill's Wendling-Nathan Company. How it grew, how it steadily but continually built for itself a great place in the business of lumber and shingle distribution on the Pacific Coast, and then spread to most other parts of the country, is a long, long story, but one well known to all the older members of the Coast lumber fraternity. They have offices in Portland and Los Angeles. In Southern California A.L. ("Gus") Iloover became their sales representative many long years ago, and gives them the same sort of representation in the South that Euphrat and Hills themselves maintained in the North; for Hoover is one of the most loved and respected men that the lumber business of Southern California has known.

They know the lumber industry of the Coast as completely as though they held it under a powerful magnifying glass. They learned all about the production end, who, where, and what the mills were, and could do. They learned the dealer's end of the game likewise. And so through the years they have maintained their enviable position in the trade. Their word was always good. Their promises were always reliable. Their contracts were always fulfilled. Moreover, they were helpful. Many a mill, both lumber and shingle in the Northwest, can tell of the service Wendling-Nathan has given them in the days when things were tough, and meeting payrolls was not as simple as today. And the dealers learned, also, that this concern was a dependable source of both information and supply, whose integrity was above question, and whose intelligence was high.

So the success of "Duke" Euphrat and Roy Hills was brought about in very simple fashion as you can plainly see. God gave them honesty, intelligence, and the love of work. They have done the best they could with their brains, worked hard and long, and tried to give everyone they did business with a square deal and the best possible service. It's a formula that will work anywhere, in any business.

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Salmon Creck Redwood Co.

Klamath Redwood Manufacturing Co.

M.y the hopes and prayers of all be rewarded by the coming of Peace helore next Christmas, and for one and all the anthem ring "Feo""

on tarth,, Qt"l.will towarl. ^"n"

B. \f. Byrne & Sons Open

New Hardwood Yard

A uew wholesale and retail yard will be opened by B. W. Byrne & Sons, January 7, at 1325 Harbor Avenue, Long Beach 6, Calif. The new yard will carry a stock of all hardwoods, Sugar and Ponderosa pine, spruce and Port Orford cedar. The telephone number is Long Beach 648503.

The principals in the firm are B. W. (Bobby) Byrne and his two sons, George C. and B. W. Byrne, Jr.

Bobby needs no introduction to the lumber trade of Southern California, and is widely known in lumber circles up and down the Pacific Coast and throughout the hardwood producing regions of the South and Middle West. He was with Western Hardwood Lumber Company, Los Angeles, for 33 years, and was secretary of the company for more than 25 years.

George C. Byrne was a salesman for Western Hardwood Lumber Co. for a number of years. B. W. Byrne, Jr. is also experienced in both hardwoods and softwoods, and recently operated a plant manufacturing custom millwork at Hawthorne. Calif.

Adds Box Fcrctory to Plcnt

A box factory has been added to the Jennings Lumber Co. at Safford, Arizona, and will employ 25 to 30 men when it gets operating. It is equipped to produce 129 types of wooden containers, according to Manager Louis Jennings. He has a large backlog of orders from shippers of fruits and vegetables in Arizona and California.

Certified As American Tree Farms

Seattle, Washington.-The lands of 17 Snohomish County (Washington). farmers, all members of the Washington Forest Products Cooperative Association, have been certified as American Tree Farms by the Joint Committee on Forest Conservation of the West Coast Lumbermen's and Pacific Northwest Loggers Associations, E. H. MacDaniels, the Committee's Chief Forester, announced today.

"This action raises a new landmark of industrial forestry," MacDaniels said. "Formed two years ago by the national forest industries to establish specific standards of private forest management and.practice, the American Tree Farms System has been restricted to large units. This is because supervision by technically trained foresters is a basic requirement of Tree Farm membership. The Snohomish County Forest Products Cooperative requires productive forest practices of its members, and they are advised and aided by foresters of the USDA's Soil Conservation Service. So West Coast loggers for happy to welcome the 17 Snohomish County farmers as fully qualified members of the Tree Farms fraternity."

Official Tree Farm signs are being supplied to the new members by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association and the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company at Everett, the announcement said. President M. C. James, Logging Manager Lester Sims, and the Directors of the Cooperative, are planning dedication ceremonies for some time in December, it was added.

Names of the 17 new Tree Farmers, with total ownership of 2,O32 acres of forest land, are: Mayo Ball and John Enselmann, Duncan Barr, William Baylt, Susan Gatherers, George Hjort, M. C. James, W. R. Millard Mrs. euincy Mueller, Luther Orr, R. O. Roesiger, J. E. Saunier, William H. Sheeler, Lester Sims, John Spada, Jasper Storm, S. A. Sween, and John Westin.

Boxes

A ,clarification of the procedure for pricing industrial wooden boxes and box parts-setting the seller,s .,weighted average price" for March, 1942, as the maximum price f.o.b. plant-is sent by the OPA to all regional and district offices.

B. W. Byrne

ReBv W. F. Montgomery

Having a yen to meet some of the old time lumbermen, the writer spent a pleasant and profitable afternoon not long ago calling on the E. K. Wood Lumber Co. and the C. Ganahl Lumber Co., Los Angeles. At the former office I had the pleasure of meeting that old-timer, Al Privett, also Bert McKee of the San Pedro Lumber Co. and Warren Wood, grandson ofE.K. Wood, that brought up old memories.

I had a letter of introduction to Merrick Reynolds, the first manager of the San Pedro Lumber Co., when I arrived in Los Angeles in 1886, and also knew the grandfather of Mr. McKee, John A. Hooper, president of the company, who was a leading figure in the lumber industry in San Francisco for many years. At one time when I was marooned in San Francisco he offered me a job at the Port Costa Lumber Co., which he owned, but I had taken a job with the San Francisco Lumber Co. and declined the offer.

I also knew Mr. E. K. Wood very well and recall the time when I negotiated the sale of the Vawter yard at Santa Monica to him and Robert Dollar with myself as manager, but the deal was not consummated. Mr. Wood and Robert Dollar afterwards started a yard at Redondo with Jas. Schultz as manager, which eventually was acquired by the Montgomery & Mullin Lumber Co. Connie Ganahl showed me a copy of a lumber paper published

in Portland with a picture and write-up of his father, C. Ganahl, with whom I had my first job on coming to Los Angeles in 1886. I wrote the publication complimenting them on the article and in reply they asked for my. picture and a short article. I have had a write-up in Dr. Palmer's "History of Hollywood" that cost me $35 without my picture and am now getting both with no expense.

Mr. Privett invited me to be his guest at the Hoo-Hoo nieeting on November 17, which I attended and much enjoyed. I was all primed to give the complete history of the Montgomery & Mullin Lumber Co. and was chagrined when Roy Stanton said he could only give me three minutes, which hardly sufficed.

Some of the higher-ups were attending another meeting and I saw a few of the old-timers but was happy to be seated between Al Privett and Wayne Mullin, the son of my old associate and still holding stock in the Hollywood Lumber Co. Was glad to greet Mr. Martin of The California Lumber Merchant, who has favored me by giving me publicity in the past in his fine publication, and also young Wilfred Cooper of Pasadena, from whom we used to make purchases.

Hoo-Hoo offers an excellent vehicle for lumbermen to get together and cultivate good fellowship, and , perhaps at some future time I may be able to attend and tell more of the history of Montgomery and Mullin.

N.R,L.D.A. Charts Plan Through Postwar Period

Out of the Akron meeting of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association last October has come a definitely charted plan of operation to carry over into what it is hoped will be the postwar period.

The following decisions made at that meeting have determined that the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association will devote its effort along five major lines of endeavor:

1. Legislation-To consult with Congress and its committees in respect to required, prospective and present laws affecting the industry; to follow and, report the status and content of legislation before Congress which affects the business welfare of the retail lumber dealer.

2. Government Relations-To consult and cooperate with all peace-time and war agencies of the Federal Government, whose rules, regulations,.and actions may in any manner concern the business welfare of the retail lumber dealer.

3. Public Relations-To acquaint the citizens of every community with the fact that the retail lumber dealer has at his command the services, facilities, and materials essential to construction in the residential, agricultural, industrial, commercial, and public fields as well as the fields of maintenance, repair and modernization.

4. Building and General Industry Relations-To maintain close relations with trade associations and other organized groups in the building industry and to participate in all organized building industry effort to improve, develop and stimulate the general construction market.

5. Trade Promotion-To report and develop facts and projects of value to state and regional associations and their dealer membership which will assist the individual retail yard in becoming in fact "Building Headquarters" in each community through the utilization of the most modern merchandising techniques.

Although legislation and Government's relations will continue to constitute the larger portion of the National's work, with building and the general industry's relations problems looming larger in the picture, two relatively undeveloped projects-trade promotion and public relationshave been added.

Under Trade Promotion, the Board of Directors voted the creation of a cut and mat service that would allow dealers to obtain illustrative ad cuts, complete advertisements, and advertising art work at between 1/10th and I/lffith of the cost that individual lumber dealers would have to pay. This cut and mat service will be prepared and available in January, 1945.

Also voted on and adopted was the Association's support for the Home Planner's Institute, a dealer-sponsored home promotion program designed to provide information on the postwar home to people who are now saving their money to build when restrictions are lifted. By furnishing the dealer or other elements within the building industry with lecture material on postwar home building, the dealer is provided with the means of getting people interested in home buying together, and is thus enabled to develop a card file of live prospects who are ready to build the moment the war is over.

The revival of Home Magazine, which was discontinued for the duration of the war in 1942, was voted on the request of hundreds of dealers in all sections of the country.

A farm building promotion program is one of the things now receiving the greatest study. In the development of this farm program, the ultimate aim will be to have a number of one-reel sound movies available to lumber dealers so that any type of farm show program could be put on locally. Possibilities are now being explored for the development of movies covering nearly every phase of farming. The manufacturers interested in the farm construction field are invited to contribute to this film circulating library.

Side by side with these trade promotion aids for dealers will go a public relations campaign in newspapers, business journals, the Trade Press, general magazines, and other media. Radio releases will be provided to local elements of the building industry for regional radio use. An effort is now under way to uncover and card index file industry speakers who are available for appearance on dealer programs. In addition to this, addresses on many subjects of interest to prospective home builders and the farming element are being prepared for local use by dealers and their speakers.

It will be here again before you can turn around, and so we wish you once more A Meny Ghfistmas and A Eappy New Year

Christmcrs Sncppiness

"Madam," said the patient saleslady to the peevish shopper, "you seem to have the rhyme right, but the word wrong."

"What on earth are you talking about?"

"The papers say-'do your Christmas shopping early'- not surly."

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A Scotch Christmcrs Prcyer

Some hae meat and canna eat. An' some would eat that $rant it; But we hae meat an' \ltre can eat_ Sae let the Lord be thanket.

Going Home Ior Christmcrs

He was seated in h-is desk chair *itt a time card in his hand.

And a smile upon his features that I could not under_ stand:

When I found him in the office after hours and all alone, The lamps had long been lighted and the whistles long had blown.

"Well, old chap," said I, "why linger when your busy mates have gone?

Don't you know it's past the hour and you're still work_ ing on?"

But he reached out for a letter just as though he didn,t hear,

Just opened it and read a part and smiled from ear to,ear.

"I'm going home for Christmas, going home for Christmas day,

f'm going to see my mother, trrany, many miles away; Ifere's a letter she has written asking that her boy coie home,

The family is scattered and she's living all alone. f can't resist her letter, let me read you just a line, 'Come home and I will feed you orr those mincemeat pies of mine;

I'll let you try my new preserves and sample all my jell, And bake some of the cookies that you used to love so well,'

Then at the end she says .please come, I,m getting old you know,

You've been away for seven years, f want to see you so., So I'm going home for Christmas for f can't resist lhe call. It's the only place one ought to be at Christmas. after all.'

;ft(* Christmcrs Gifts I love the Christmas-tide, and yet I notice this each year f live, I always like the gifts I get, But how I love the gifts I give.

-Caro,lyn Wells.

Around the Christmcs Bocrrd

Ah, friends, dear friends, as years go on and heads Get grey, how fast the guests do go!

Touch hands, touch hand.s with those who stay. Strong hands to weak, old hands to young, Around the Christmas board, touch hands. The false forget, the foe forgive, for every guest will Go and every fire burn low, and cabin empty stand. Forget ! Forgive ! For who may say that Christmas Day May ever come to host or guest again?

Touch hands!

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-J"T

Norton's Vagabond.

The Real Spirit of Christmcrs

By Charles Lamb

Oh merry, piping time of Christmas ! Never let us permit thee to degenerate into distant courtesies and formal salu_ tations. But let us shake our friends and familiars by the hand, as our fathers and their fathers did. Let them all come around us, and let us count how many the year has added to our circle.,Let us enjoy the present and laugh at the past. Let us tell old stories, and invent ,r.- on"* innocent always, and ingenious if we can. Let us not meet to abuse the world, but to make it better by our individual example. Let us be patriots-but not men of party. Let us look cheerful and generous, and endeavor to make olfiers as generous and cheerful as ourselves.

A Christmas Creed

To give a little more than the law requires; a smile to every customer, a helpful suggestion to every purchaser, unfailing courtesy to every complaint.

To believe that business means something more than dollars and cents, and that something more than dollars and cents must be gotten out of it if we are to be successful.

To believe that the Golden Rule can be applied in busi_ ness, and that its application simply means a square deal for all. To make money to live-not live to make money. To try always to share with our co-workers what the-ir brains and hearts have helped to make us.

Christmas Grcrtitude

John Sharp Williams used to tell the story of the old colored woman in Alabama whose extreme age and help- lessness were such that kind neighbors, both white and black, supplied all her needs in life. The aged woman was deeply grateful for all this help and attention, and never failed to try and express her gratitude. On Christmas morning the neighbors came in a group and fairly over_ whelmed her with a great basket of good things to eat and drink, and she burst forth:

"You folks is powful good to a pore ole ,oman lak me, wid one foot in de grave an'de yuther foot a-cryin'_.fueq7 long, Oh Lawd, how long?'"

o Modern 3-panel Douglas Fir Door designs-basic, all-purpose doors in keeping with today's architectural lpsndgive these doors a wide range of sales possibilities, resulting in an increased volume potential for vou.

o The new FACTRI-FIT features that are now available mean that more and more builders will utilize Douglas Fir Interior Doors for speed and economy on the job.

o That's why we say: "Stock and sell these f ir doors for greater post-war prof its."

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Douglas Fir Doors are now available only for essential building. They'll be ready for general use again when wat needs'lessen.

Sincere Wishes To Old and New Friends

-l Jlnrry Chrittma! anl J Uittoriour 1945 JAMES L. HALL

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1032 Mills Buildins SAN F.RANCISCO 4, CAIJF.

FinePostwarProspects Ahead For Paint Industry

Impressive postwar prospects for paint and alliecl products were predicted by Ernest W. Trigg, president of the National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Association, in his address inaugurating the L944 "Convention-at-Home,' of the industry. He listed some of the salient postwar factors which he believes will be the basis for expansion of the paint business well beyond its present volume-which is at an all time peak.

Mr. Trigg called attention to the Honorable Mention awarded to tlle association for its war service; pointed out that the industry has no reconversion problems; that the estimate of deferred maintenance jobs amounts to thirty billion dollars; and there is a need for a million new housing units a year for ten years after the war. paint rvill be the demand in all fields of activitv.

Southern Ncrtioncrl Forests Furnish

87,245,000 Feet oI Timber

Timber cut from Southern National Forests last July, August and September totaled 92,245,000 board feet, -a 6O per cent gain in volume over the summer quarter average for the three pervious years, Joseph C. Kircher, Re_ gional Forester of the U. S. Forest Service, has announced.

Tlre stumpage value of the timber cut totaled $667,362.

Timber cut from forests in 11 Southern States during the three nronths topped by 22,Z63,06 board feet the three-year high for the comparable quarter attained in 1943 when 66,518,000 board feet were harvested. The cut for the summer quarter in l94Z reached 44,g16,Offi boarcl feet. For the same period in 1941 the cut was 4g,63g,000 board feet.

Building Permits Increcse in I.. A.

We Wtg! Pou

@be Sesgon'g @teetingg

The past is gone. Let us forget it. The future is filled with opportu, nity. Let us ernbrace it . . . in the spirit of this dary andcarry it throughout the corning yea,r.

Bringing the 11-month valuation of building permits is_ sued in Los Angeles city this year to $4g,g27,3il, as com_ pared with $25,833,742 for the like period of 1943, 2030 permits amounting to $2,865,Ogg were approved by the Department of Building and Safety last month, "..or.ling to a report from Superintendent G. E. Morris.

Single-family home construction in the city was active las_t month, 357 permits being recordecl as compared rvith only 70 in November, 1943.

RedwoodBark..r

Even the "Squ eal" fs Us ed

It has been said of our American meat packing houses that they use every part of the pig except the "squeal." You can say the same thing now about Redwood bark.

Time was when one of the perplexing problems of the Redwood manufacturers was the disposal of the huge quan- tityof bark that comes to the mill on their logs. The bark is a greater percentage of the entire log in the Redwood species than in any other. Getting the bark ofi and getting rid of that huge amount of waste was both troublesome and expensive.

The Pacific Lumber Company, of San Franciscso, went deeply into the laboratory research business two decades ago, employing chemists, engineers, and scientists of various sorts to try and discover ways and means for better commercializing and exploiting the products of the Red. wood trees. The outcome, as has often been recited in these columni, has been wonderfully satisfactory. The work continues. One of the things these experimenters gave primary attention to was Redwood bark, that cumbersome and expensive waste from the Redwood logs. Those efforts soon met with much success, as it was found that many useful and salable things can be made from this thick, red bark.

The most important of these was Palco Wool, one of the really great insulating materials. Today Pacific manufactures fifty per cent of all the bark from the logs that come from their woods, into Palco Wool. It has a great market. They have little trouble in disposing of their entire product of this material. It supplanted various other products that they found they could make from the same raw materials.

But there still remained fifty per cent of their bark to be reckoned with. This is made up of everything that is left after they taks out the Palco Wool material. It is short fiber bark, and bark dust, and all the small stufi that is left when the longer fiber stuff is taken out; But now Pa'cific announces with much more than ordinary pride that they have found ways and means for making valuable commercial products from this remaining fifty per cent, and they are putting these products on the market.

The important one, which is entirely through the la. boratory stage and is being usbd commercially in most satisfactory fashion, is what they call Palco Pete's Mulch. ft looks like dark red flour, and is used by farmers for improving soil for agricultural uses. It is really tiny corkIike cells and fine wiry bark fibre. It is what they call a "soil amender." It mixes readily with all types of soil and does not easily decompose. When spaded in with soil it improves the soil structure, serves to loosen heavv

soils and bind light sandy soils, assist in conserving moisture. As a mulch it helps weeding, cultivating, and watering, and protects roots from temperature changes.

The idea is that to stimulate healthy plant growth every soil must constantly supply the proper amounts of air, moisture, and nutrients to roots. The degree to which this is accomplished is dependent on the texture and condition of the soil. Palco Pete's Mulch serves to improve the condition of poor soils. It is not a fertilizer. It is not a plant food. It simply lightens heavy soils making them more porous, gives body to sandy soils, thus helping them to retain moisture, makes hard or lumpy soils easier to work by intermixing with soil particles, making them por, ous. It keeps the pores of the soil open, you might say.

Experiments with Palco Pete,s Mulch began fourteen years ago and have continued ever since until pacific experts became certain of their ground; sure of what their mulch will do. So now it is on the market, and today when they get through making their longer fibre wool and their short fibre mulch, there is nothing left of their Redwood bark but a little dust. The rest is useful and commercial.

They are making another produ,ct they think very highly of, out of the same stuff that makes the mulch, but sincl that is still somewhat in the laboratory stage, it is not yet publicized. It is a sealing product for oil wells. and a lot of it is now in use experimentally.

But so far as Redwood bark is concerned, pacific now uses everything commercially except the cut of the saw. the ring of the ax.

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News of Our Friends in the Services

The two sons of Gardner P. Pond, vice president of J. H. Baxter & Co., Los Angeles, Lieut. Baxter H. pond, and Lieut. Gardner P. Pond, Jr., are in the U. S. Army Air Corps. Both have been in training for some time. Baxter, who was associated with J. H. Baxter & Co. at Eugene, Ore., for three years, received his wings three months ago, and his younger brother graduated about a month ago.

Both are now taking transitional training in the Middlewest as pilots of B-17 bombers, prior to going overseas.

T/5lohn R. Osgood, who is in training with the infantry at Camp Butner, North Carolina, has had visits with several of his father's old friends in that area, who have treated him very nicely. John is the son of Robert S. Osgood, Los Angeles lumberman.

Capt. E. L. Reitz, Quartermaster Corps, stationed in Washington, D. C., was fh Los Angeles early this month on his way to visit CPA officves in San Francisco and Portland. He is the head of the E. L. Reitz Lumber Co., Los Angeles.

S/Sgt. Allan Young, Army Air Corps, stationed in Italy, has completed 25 missions, and is looking forward to a trip home when he reaches the fifty mark. He was with the Ed Fountain Lumber Co., Los Angeles, when he entered the service.

Production o[ Lumber, Lath and Shingles in California, 1943

In cooperation with the Bureau of the Census and the U. S. Department of Commerce, the Forest Service presents herewith its annual statement of lumber production in California and Nevada. This statement is based upon complete returns, and will therefore agree with final production statistics compiled by the Bureau of the Census.

The estimate of 1943 cut indicates that the lumber industry in California maintained production remarkably well in view of wartime difficulties of operation centering mainly about manpower and equipment shortages. Lumber sawed in L943 was about 1 percent more than the volume sawed in i942, and about the same percentage more than in the all-time peak year of 194I.

The production data are based upon reports from 283 active mills in the California pine region, and on 95 active mills in the redwood region. Included in these totals are 13 active shingle mills-7 in the pine region, and 6 in the redwood region.

For the entire State and all species, the production of 2,352,592 M feet, board measure is about 1 percent more than the total State-wide production in 1942. There were no significant changes in the production of ponderosa pine or redwood. The cut of Douglas fir rose about 13 percent, while white fir production increased about 36 percent. In the past two years there has been about a 75 percent increase in the utilization of white fir. There were marked declines of 19.7 percent and 22.8 percent in the production of sugar pine and incense cedar respectively, and even greater declines in the production of other softwoods, such as Port Orford cedar and Sitka spruce. There was a 21.1 percent decline in the production of lath, and 15.6 percent fall-off in the output of shingles. Lumber stocks at sawmills decreased from 618,397 M feet b.m. on December 3I, 1942 to 467,782 M feet b.m. on December 3t, 1943, which is about a 24 perient decrease. In the past two years stocks have decreased about 45 percent. Active mills in the State

rose from 321 in 1942 to 378 in 1943. It is estimated that there were in addition 103 mills which were idle throughout all of 1943, but most of these were small mills of low potential output.

In the pine region lumber production in 1943 was 1,7%,E32 M feet, board measure or apploximately A.7 percent below the output in 1942. Ponderosa pine represented about 65.7 percent of the total regional cut, followed by sugar pine representing 12.2 percent. The production of white fir and Douglas fir is almost the same. The 36 mills cutting 15 million feet or more represented 76.6 percent of the total cut. There were 41 more active sawmills in the pine region in L943 than in .1942, due mainly to an increase in the number of small mills. There were 5 less idle mills in 1943 than in 1942. Lumber stocks declined 6.2 percent during the year, and although there was a decrease in the production of lath, the output of shingles remained about the same.

In the redwood region lumber production of. 625,7ffi M feet, board measure was approximately 5.7 percent greater than the 1942 output The ,161 million feet of redwood cut in 1943 was almost the same as in 1942. Most of the overall regional increase in.production was due to an upswing in the output of Douglas fir, which rose from 119 million feet to 151 million feet, or 26.9 percent. White fir production in the redwood region increased from 1,448 M feet b.m. in 1942 to 7,479 M feet b.m. in 1943. The 11 mills cutting over 10 million feet ac,counted for 78.9 percent of the regional production. There were 95 active mills in the region in 1943 (including 6 shingle mills), as contrasted with75 mills in 1942-which includes 11 shingle mills. Lumber stocks have declined in the past two years from about 243 million feet on January l,1942 to about 76 million feet at the close of 1943, or 68.7 percent. The decline in 1943 alone was approximately 52.1 percent. There were also declines in the production of both lath and shingles.

Company

WOOD PRF5ERVATIOI$ to be effectve, salk fe1 plenty of push to drive tbe preservative deep into the vrood. Painting it on or dipping gives an illusion of adequacy, but it's a case of "only skin deep"-unable to handle the hard jobs expected of treated lumber.

PRESSURF TREATIIENT is the basis on which all the wood-preserving industry's service records are built. Pressure treabnent with Wolman Salts* preservative produces Wolmanized Lumber*wood with abihty to stand up on the toughest jobs. Its dependability has been proved by millions of feet, some in service nearly twenty years.

OUR PILOT PTANIS start with the pressure process as a .ulusf. Constant research there, in the laboratory, and in the field, is helping to make wood treahrent even more effective.

American Lumber & Treating Company, 1648 McCormick Building, Chicago 4, Illinois. rRegiatered

GUARD YOUR TI RES

Thcrt is whct this truck skinner is doing when he removes rocks from the trecrds oI his ducrl tires. Vigilcrnce andccre prolong the IiIe ol precious rubber. II the guns rollto Berlin cnd Tolcyo logrs must roll on mileqge won from old tires.

...PAUL BUNYAN'S" PRODUCTS

Soft Ponderosc cnd Sugcr Pine

TUMBER MOI'LDING PTNVOOD

VENETIAN BUIID SLATS

Rognan Photo

SLfldon'B Greetingr

Let's insure Victory by buying and keeping more War Bonds

An interesting picture of Redwood logging, lumbering and reforestation work in Humboldt and Mendicino counties was shown at the San Francisco Hoo-Hoo luncheon on November 26. Charles F. Flinn, general manager of the Albion Lumber Company, also spoke on reforestation work in the Redwood region.

The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club was making arrangements to hold a golf tournament and dinner at the Wilshire Country Club, Los Angeles, December 19.

The Kewin Lumber Company started construction of the office and shed buildings at their new yard in Waterford.

J. M. Derr Lumber Co., Elk Grove, built a large addition to their main lumber shed, and also made other improvements around the yard.

J. Walter Kelly, Chas. R. pointed vicegerent snark for Hoo district.

McCormick & Co., was apthe San Francisco Bay Hoo-

Company, Gilroy, became and was the recipient of lumbermen friends. LOS ANGEI,ES 15 F. tr. (Pete) Toste 326 Petroleum Bldg. PBospect 7505

D. C. Essley & Son PLYWOOD Vcrncouver P\wood & Veneer Co, ,*u, FIR DOORS and LUMBET 909 Atlcntic Blvd., Los Angeles 22 Al{selus 2-t183WUOUSAIE ONIY again desire to extend best u)ishes f or Chrifima, and the eu) l/no,

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SAN I.RANCISCO

LUMBER

Arcata Rcdwood Co.

l2t MrL.t Strcd (u) .........,...YUkon 206?

AtlinorStutz Compmy, Ul Markct Strcet (rl) ..,.,,.......GArficld lt09

Butler, Seth L,, 2l{ Front St., (rt) ,. ,.... .GArfield lP92

Christenson Lumber Co.

Evans Ave. and Quint St. (2.a)....VAlencia 5832

Dant & Rusrell, lnc-

2l,l Frcnt Strat (ll) .............GAr6e1d 0292

Dolber & Caron Lumbcr Co..

lllE Merchuts Exchmge Bldg. (a) Douglas 76?6

Gamerston & Grerl Lumber Co., 1600 Army Stret (24) .,..........ATwater 1300

Hall, Jmec L, 1032 Mills Bldg. (a) ...........Sutter 75m

Halli.an Maekin Ltrmber Co., ,l5l Monadnak Bldg. (5) ..........DOuglas l94l

Hmmond Lumber Company,

4l? Montsomsry Stret (5) .DOuglas 3388

Hobbs Wall lambcr Co.,

ll5 Montgomrry St. (1) ...........GArfie|d 7152

Holmea Eurcka Lmber Co.

-- iios-ri"i"Jit Gntcr eHc. tll ..,.GArfield l92r

C. D. Johnron Lumba Corporation,

251 Califomia Stret (rr) ......GArfield 6256

Kilpatrick & Company, Crocker Bldc. ({) .......'..,.......YUkon 0912

Carl H. Kuhl Lumbcr Co.,

O. L Ruceum, u2 MarkGt St. (u) YUhon 1160

LUMBER

LUMBER

lamon-Bomington Compay, 16 Califomia Struet (U) ..........GArfic|d 6ttl

McDuffee Lumber Saler Corp.,

3E2 Monadnck Bldg. (5) ......'.,.GAficld ?196

Pacific Lumber Co., Tbc

l0tl Bugh Strcet ({) ...............GArficld lltt

Parelius Lumber Co. (Paul McCusker), 310 Kcamy Strcct (t) ..............G4rfidd 197t

Pope & Talbot' Inc., Lmbcr Dlvbion, 461 Market Strct (5) ...,.........DOug|u 256!

Red River Lumber Co-

315 Monadnck Bldg. (5) ..........GArfie|d 0922

Santa Fc Lmber Co.

16 Califonia Stret (ll) .......'.EXlbmk 20?{

Schafer Bros. Lumbcr & Shinglc Co.'

I Drumm Stret (ll) .,.............Sutter U:ll

Shevlin Pine Sales Co.'

1030 Monadnak BIdg. (5) .........EXlbrok ?l4l

Sudden & Christenon, Inc.,

310 Sanme Stret (4) ..,........'GArfreld 2t45

Tarter, Webster & Johnrcn. lnc.

I Montsomery St. (a) .........,..DOug|ar 2060

Carl W. Watts

9?5 Monadnock Bldg. (5) ..........YUkon 1590

Wendlinc-Nathm Co.,

564 Mirket St. ({) ..................SUttcr 5i!8

West Oreson Lumber Co.'

1995 Evus Ave, (2{) .'..........ATwlter 567t

E. K. Wood Lumber Co.,

I Drumm Strcct (fl) ..'......'.....Exbr@k 3?10

OAtr(LAlTII

Campbell-Conro Lumbcr Co. (Phll Goaelln)'

4621 Tidewater Avc. (r) '.. '. 'KEllogg 3'2121

Ewauna Box Co. (Pyramld Lumber Salcc Co.) Pacific Bldg. (12) ....,.,.....,..Glencourt 6293

Gamenton & Green Lumbcr Co., 200l Llvingtton St. (6) ..'.... ' 'KEllog 4-188{

Hill & Morton, Inc..

Dennlen Strut Wharl (7) ' ... .ANdovcr 107?

Horan Lumbcr Conpany, znd and Alie Stret! (4) .Glcncourt 6661

Kellev. Albert A. P. O. Box 240 (Alameda) .'..Lakehrrrst 2-2754

E. K. Wood Lumber Co., 2lrl Frcdcrlck Strut (6) ..........KE||og 2'127?

Wholeselc Building Supply' Inc., t607 32nd Stret (6) '....'...'..TEmplebar 6951

Wholesale Lumber Distributors. lnc., gth Avenue Piq (6) 'Twinoaks 2515

LUMBER

ABC Lumber Compuy

5936 Malt St. (22)....................UNion l-4924

Anglo Calilornia Lumber Co.,

655 E,. Florence Ave. (l)... .THornwall 3l4l

Arcata Redwod Co. (J. J. Rea)

5{ll Wilrbirc BIvd. (35) .,.... ..WEbster ?tzE

Atkinon-Stutz Company,

62t Pctrcleum Bldg. (rS) .PRospect 43,11

Bunr Lumbcr Company,

727 W. Seventh St. (r4) ...,. ,. .,.,.TRinity 1061

Canpbell-Conro Lumber Co. (R. M. Engetrand),

?04 South Spring St. ,.........VAndike 5511

Can & Co., L. J. (W. D. Dunning),

{3t Ch. of Com. Bldg. (r5) .......PRospect t6tl3

Conmlidated Lumber Co.,

122 lil. Jefferson st. (7) ......,...Rlchmond 2l{l

14{6 E. Anaheim St., Wilmington .Wi!m. 0120; NE, 6-r$r

Copcr, W. E'., 506-60E Richfield Bldg. (13) .......Mutual 2l3l

Dant & Ruaecll, lnc., ttz E, 59th Stret (l) ..., ,. ., .ADamr 610l

Dolbecr & Caron Lumber Co., 901 Fidellty Bldg. (r3) ............VAndike E792

Ed. Fountain Lumbcr Co..

62t Pctroleum Bldg. (f5) .........PRospect,1341

Hallinan Mackin Lumber Co., tl? W. Ninth St. (15) .TRinity 3641

Hammond Lumbcr Company,

2010 So. Armeda St. (5{) ,.. .PRbspcct 1333

Hobbs Wall Lumber Co..

625 Rowan Bldg. (t3) ,.TRinity 50tE

Holmes Eureka Lumber Co.,

7U-712 Architects Bldg. (r3) .,.. .MUtual 916l

Hmvcr. A. L.,

5225 Wilshire Blvd. (35) ..YOrk rl6t

Kilpatrick & Company (Wilmington)

1240 Blinn Avc. .,...,............NEvada 6-18E6

Carl H. Kuhl Lumber Co., (R. S. Osgod),

714 S. Spring Sr. (U) .,..........VAndike Ell33

Rosr C. Lashley (R. G. Robbinc Lumber Co.),

714 W. Olympic Blvd. (15) ..,....PRospect 0724

Lawrencc-Philipr Lumber Co.,

633 Petrclcum Bldg. (r5) ..........PRospect 8174

MasDoneld Co., L. W.,

714 W. Olympic Blvd. (rS) ........PRospect 7194

Paci6c Lumbcr Co.. The

5225 lltilrhirc Blvd. (36) ...,........YOrk 1168

LUMBER

lVeycrhacurcr Salce Co., 391 Sutter St, (t) ..................GArfield 697{

HARDWOODS

E. L. Brue Co., 99 San Bruno Avc. (3)..............MArkct lE3E

Davic Hardwmd Compuy, Bay at Mason Street (6).,.........EXbrook 1322

Whit. BrottGr! Flftb and Brannan StHt! (?) .....Sumcr l3ts SASH-DOORS_PLYWOOD

Harbor Plywood Corp. of California, 540 r0th St. ....,......,..........,.MArket OC5

United Stater Plywood Corp., 2727 Army SL (r0) ...,. ,..,ATwatsr 1993

Wheler Osgood Sales Corp., 3lXS 19th St. (r0) .....,..........Valencia 22ll

CREOSOTED LUMBER-POLESPILING.TIES

Anerien Lumber & Treating Co., 116 New Montgomcry Strer (5) .....Sutt"r.1225

Bute, J. H. & Co., ilil3 Montgomery Str€et ({) ........DOuglar 3tEB

Hall, Jamec L., 1082 Mille Bldg. ({) .................SUttrr 752t

Pope & Talbot, Inc., Lumber Dividon, 16l Markat Street (5) .....,...., .DOugla. 2561

Vudcr Lain Pillng & Lumber C;o., 216 Plnc Stret (4) ..............Exbmk lt05

Wendlina-Nathan Co., ll0 Market Strot (ll) .....SUttcr 5363

PANELS_IX)ORS-SASH_SCREENS_ PLYWOOD

Califomla Bulldcrg Supply Co.'

?0C 6th Avcnuc (1) ,........,,...,...Hlgatc O16

Hogan Lunbcr Company, znd rnd Alie Stretr ({) .......Gl*ncourt 6tal

Unltcd Statcr Plywood Corp., 570 3rd St. (7) ' '.... .TWinoakr 55'l'l

Wcrtqn Dor & Sach CoStf, & Cypro Strcct! (7) ....,.TEmplebarEl00

E. K. W6d Lumber Co., 2lll Fredericlt Stret (6) ...,. ,KEllog 2-4277

HARDWOODS

Slrablc Hardwod Company, Flrrt md Clay Strcts (7) ..,..TEmplebar 55El

Whltr Brcthers, 500 Higb Strct (r) .,,...,.......ANdover 160l

LOS AIIGDLES

Parelius Lumber Co. (Toste Lmber Co.), 326 Petroleum Bldg. (f5)....,......PRospect ?505 I.UMBER

Patrick Lumber Co., Eastman Lumber Salee.

7t4 W. Olympic Blvd. (r5) ......PRospst 5039

Pcnberthy llnbcr Co., 5800 South Boyle Ave. (lf ) ..Klmball Srll

Pope & Tablot, lnc., Lumbcr Divlglon

7U W. Olympic Blvd. (15) ....,.PRorpcct E2ill

Red Rivcr Lumber Co..

702 E. Slauon (ll) ....,.,.......CEntury 290?t

l03l S. Brcadway (15) .............PRospcct C3ll

San Pedro Lumbcr Co-

l5lE S. Central Avc. (2r) .,....,..Rlchmond lldt

1600-A Wllmlngtor Rcd (San Pedro) .,9an Pcdro 2201

Sonta Fe Lunbcr Cr.,

3ll Financlal Centcr Bldg. (l{) ..VAndlltc 1l7t

Schafer Bror. Lumb.: I Shlndc Co..

Shevlln Flnc Sakc Gr.

rl7 W. 'rh Stret (l$) .,...,.,.....TRin|ty {2?l

3:10 P.troleum Bldg. iirr ......,,..PRolpect 06t5

Simpson Indurtricr, Ine.,

1610 E. Washington Blvd. (21) ,..PRoepcct 5lt3

Stanton, E. J. & Son,

2tt50 E. {l!t gt. (rr),....,......CEntury 2921t

Sudden & Chridcnrcn, lnc..

lil0 Board of Trade Bldg. (fa) .....TRiniry t64{

Tacoma Lumbcr Saleg.

E37 Pctroleum Bldg. (f5) .,.......PRorpect ll0t

Toste Lumber Co..

326 Petroleum BIdg. (f5)....,.......PRospect 7605

Wendling-Nathu Co.,

5225 Wilshiru Blvd. (35) .,.....,. .YOrk ll6E

Wect Orcgon Lumbcr Co.,

42? Petroleum Bldg. (15) .,.......Rlchmond 02El

W. W. Wilkinson.

3rt W. gth Stret (15) ......TRinity 4613

lVeyerhaoser Salcc Co.,

lrr9 W. M. G*land Bldg. (15) ...Mlchigan 6351

E. K. Wood Lumbcr Co..

4?10 So. Alameda St. (91) ,. ...,JEfreron 3tll

CREOSOTED LUMBER_POLES_

Amcrican Lumber & Trcating Ca., llBl S. Brcadway (f5) ......,......PRoapcct,l36il

Buter, J. H. & Co..

601 Wsst sth Strect (l3) ...,......Mlchigu 6294

*Postoffice Zone Number in Parenthesis.

Popc & Talbot. Inc., Lumber Divirion, tl{ W. Olympic Blvd. (15) ,....PRorpet 62ll

HARDWOODS

Amcrican Hardwood Co., rt|lO E. 15th Stret (51) .........5rro.pcct .235

E. L. Bruce Co. 59?5 So. !\testern Ave. (44) ....TWinoats 9126

tltarton, E. J. & Son, 2C30 Eart {l!t Str6t (fff .......CEntury A2ll

Stertem Hardwood Lumircr Co. z0l4 Eatt l5th Strlet (55) .......PRoepcct tral

SASH_DOORSI-M ILLWORK-SCREENSBLINDS-PANELS AND PLYWOODIRONING BOARDS

Back Panel Company, 310-314 East 32nd Strect (ll) '....ADamr l22l

California Dor Company, Thc

P. O. Box 126, Vcrnon Statlon (lt) Klmball 2lll

Califomla Pancl & Voecr Co.. P. O. Box 2096. Termlnel Annq (F1) ...,..TRtnlty ||St

Cobb Ca.. T. M.. 5800 Central Avcnuc (ll) ...........ADamr llll?

' Davidson Plywocd & Vener Co. 2435 Enterprise St. (2r)....,,.,..,.TRinity 25El

Eubank & Son, L. H. (Inglewmd) d33 W. Redondo Blvd. ..,,.....,..ORcgon t-2256

Halcy Bme. (Santa Monlca)

1620 l4th Stret .,.,AShlcy 1-226t

Koehl, Jno. W. & Son, 652 S. Myeru Strcet (23) ..........ANgelur tl9l

Oregon Washington Plywood Co., 3tt West Ninth Stret (r5) .......TRinity {613

Pacific Mutual Door Co.. t600 E. Washington Blvd. (21) ..PRospect 9523

Ream Company, Geo. E, 235 S. Alameda Stret (12) .....Mlchigan ltS.l

Red River Lumber Co., ?02 S. Slauson (n) ..............CEntury 290?l

Sampson Co. (Pasadena), ?45 So. Raymond Ave. (2) ..,......RYan l-6919

Simpon lndustries, lnc.

1610 E. Washington Blvd. (21) ..,PRospcct 6lt3

United States Plywood Corp.' 1930 East lsth St. (21) ........'.Rlchrend 6r0t

West Coart Scrcen Co., tl,ls Ealt dlrd Strat (t) .ADam! lllaE

\ testern Mill & Mouldins Co., ll.615 Panelec Ave. (2).........,...Klmbal 29St

E. K. Wod Lumber Co..

1710 S. Alameda St. (51) ...'....JEfrcmn 3lll

Modular Construction

Bv W. E. Hoyt American Lumber & Treating Co., Los Angeles

Building experts are intensively studying the possibilities of speeding up and lowering the cost of production of everything having four walls and a roof. "Experts" consist of technicians of such groups as American Standards Association, American Institute oI Architects, Producers' Councila national organization of manufacturers of building products, and representatives of trade associations including the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association.

Much has been said of prefabrication and while it has its place in the mass production of low-cost small homes, many feel that the limitations of designs and materials will result in custom built homes for those of average or greater incomes. Prefabrication is the streamlined production of the finished product in units small enough to be transported to the building site, but large enough to permit assembly in a plant where the raw materials, lumber, glue, plywood, plastics and other materials are put together with a minimum of time and labor.

Modular construction is simply putting together at the site the standard building materials and equipment, all elements of which have been produced in dirriensions of four inches or multiples of four inches so that labor and waste are reduced to an absolute minimum. There is nothing revolutionary about this except that the components of the building will go together without the cutting and fitting (often butchering) of the structural materials used.

Manufacturers of nationally known products are already preparing to reconvert and standardize production of modular units. For example, brick and tile are to be made in sizes so that with standard mortar joints they will measure exactly four inches or multiples of four in size. Windows, doors and other openings will follow this plan so that there will be no cutting on the job. Likewise all fixtures and

Arizoncr Mcn Visits L A.

Carl Specht, Phoenix, Arizona, representative of R. W. Dalton & Co., wholesale lumber and plywood firm, recently visited the company's office in Los Angeles.

appliances will be installed without having to tear out or alter the structural members to which they must be fitted.

It is estimated that as much as 25/o of the cost of labor can be saved. This will offset part of the advance in costs predicted for the post-war period, and, with a substantial saving of materials we may even see the cost reduced to that of prewar housing.

Perhaps we shall rediscover the secrets of Solomon who, according to I Kings-6, (7) built a temple unto the Lor'd "and the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building."

Successlul Hunters

Bill and John Sampson, Sampson Company, Pasadena, had a successful hunting trip in the High Sierra at the end of November, and closed their cabin there for the winter.

Wcrren Hoyt (lelt), newly etecied president ol Producers' Council, Southern Calilomic Chcpter, receiveE the gcvel lrom retiring president John Vcndenburgh (right), cnd inEtructionE lrom Herbert Powell, preai' deni, American IngtitutE oI Architecte (center).

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Forest Facts and Figures

More than 8,000,000 acres of privately owned forests are now "Tree Farms," dedicated to continuous production of forest crops. Looks like we don't have to worrv about a. successor to Charlie McCarthy.

Celluloid, the first plastic, was developed in 1869 on a wood pulp base, as a result of a search for a substitute for ivory billiard balls-but they can't grow hair on plastics, either.

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fn an average year, about 43 per cent of the world's forest production comes from the United States-and we can hold our own in sap production, too. ***

Man learned how to make paper from wood by watching the wasp. By not watching the wasp, other men have got the point, too. *'F*

Under modern forest management, it is possible to take a harvest from the woods and still leave a forest growing.

R. Itl. Dalton & Go.

Lumber and Plywood

318 T7est fth Street

LOS ANGELES 15, CALIF.

A Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year

Benjamin Franklin invented one kind of wood-burning stove'

The western pine beetle destroys 2,800,000,000 board feet of timber each year.

Strong good-looking bumpers for our cars can now be fashioned from wood. **,f

Almost five hundred years before Columbus, Vikings made regular trips to America to get timber for their sailing vessels' ,,( >k *

In a freshly cut log, 25 to 75 per,cent of the total weight is water. *rF*

About 70,000,000 acres of privately owned timberland is now being managed for continuous yield. * *<.,r

Wood cellulose, chemically treated, can be changed into gunpowder, paper, rayon, felt, alcohol, photographic film, cellophane, imitation leather, lacquers, glycerine, sugar, plastics, molasses, yeast and food proteins.

With

TT'S BEEN NO FUN

soying "NO" for the pcst few yeqrs, but Uncle Scm hos hod {irst call on our production, ond there has been mighty little left for you.

However, we now cctn scry "YES" quite often, so get on the phone or drop us cr line-We'll be mighty glod to heor from you.

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EstimatedLumber Production in September

Los Angeles, November 27-Estimated lumber production in September totaled 2,731,863,0W board feet, a decline of t4.9 percent from that of August and of 10.2 percent from production in September, 1943, the War Production Board reported today. Normal seasonal decline from August to September is about 5 percent, WPB said.

The sharp decrease in production from August to September, 1944, occurred in all major lumber-producing regions, and was particularly marked in the Appalachians (27.7 percent) and in the South (18.9 percent), WPB said. Labor and equipment shortages, combined with heavy rainfall in the pine areas, lowered production in the App"lachian region. In the South, the production decline was attributable chiefly to labor shortages. Cotton harvesting drained labor from the woods and to a lesser extent from the mills.

Production in the North Pacific (Douglas fir) region in September was 11 percent less than that for August. Many logging operations in this region had to close down for a l0-day period because dry weather aggravated fire hazards.

Softwoods accounted f.or 2,114,344,000 board feet of total September, 194{ 'production, a decrease ol 12.6 percent from August, and ol lI7 percent from September, 1943. Hardwoods accounted for 617,519,000 board feet. a decline of 21.8 percent from August, and 4.8 percent from September, 1943, according to WPB.

For the first three quarters ol 1944 (January through September), production totaled 25,!38,2U,O00 board feet, 3.3 percent less than production for the comparable period in 1943.

In the East, September, 1944 production amounted to 1,444,65,W board feet, a drop of 17.8 percent from August. The severest decline in the East was in hardwoods, which dropped 21.8 percent, and in small mill production (under 5,000 board feet per day) which was 25.4 percent below that of August.

Total Western production in September was 1,287,198,000 board feet, a decrease of ll.2 percent from August.

ATTASIUMBER COMPANY

September production by regions follows: Northeasten143,26,WA board feet; Appalachian159,916,000 board feet; North Central-62,041,000 board feet; South Central -73,004,n0 board feet; Lake States93,500,000 board feet; South902,261,W0 board feet; Prairie10,677,000 board feet; North Pacific863,859;000 board feet; South Pacific-256,534,000 board feet; Northern Rocky Mountain-I72,723,M board.feet ; Southern Rocky l\4ountain-54,O82,000 board f eet.

Hcrry Aisthorpe

Harry Aisthorpe, well known young retail lumberman, partner in the firm of Aisthorpe Lumber Co., Chico, Calif., died as the result of an automobile accident November 7.

He is survived by his father, W. L. Aisthorpe, his mother, a brother, Fred, and a sister, Mrs. C. Irvin Tones.

We shall rejoice when peace reigns and we may again devote our resources to serving our normal trade.

Humbly we approcrch this HOIJDAY SEASON putting behind crnd lorgetting the immedicte pcst cnd cnticipcting thct we will be permitted to serve you during the coming yeqr trs you should be served.

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First and Clay Streets

Oahland 7 California

HOI,IDAY GREETINGS

qnd best wishes lor your happiness in

The New Year

Seedlings for Special School and Roadride

ForestPlanting Projects

Seattle, Washington, November 10, 194,+-A half-million seedlings of Port Orford cedar and Douglas fir from the stock of the Forest Industries Tree Nursery at Nisqually, Washington, have been earmarked for free supply to special school and roadside forest planting projects, the West Coast Lumbermen's Association has announced.

The industrial forest land owners of Oregon and Washington who are cooperating in the nursery are going ahead in their third year of a program of planting unstocked areas of private timberlands, the announcement stated. Labor shortage in the woods is restricting the program, it was said, thus making a supply of advanced seedlings available for some non-industrial plantings.

"ft is planned to continue the Oregon planting project begun last winter, along the Wolf Creek highway from Portland to the Coast," Association foresters stated. "fn addition, the plan is to extend Oregon roadside plantings to the Wilson Creek highway. Each of these major roads runs through 1933 lands ravaged in 1933 by the Tillamook and other.severe fires. Salvage logging has harvested a great share of the fire-killed timber, and natural reforestation is widespread. Succeeding roadside burns, however, have left blackened highway views. The lumber industry is working with state agencies to make the burns green again, for future years of tourist traffic.

"T,here are other roadside areas in both Oregon and Washington where forest plantings would benefit nearby communities in the return of tourist trade. The West Coast Lumbermen's Association is ofiering cooperation with schools or other responsible local groups in plans for growing roadside screens or parkways of forest trees."

Christmcrs Fellowship Fund

Subscriptions to the Christmas Fellowship Fund of HooHoo Club No. 39 are being received by Tom Hogan III, this year's chairman of the Fund.

The "Shares of Happiness" are $1.50 each. Checks may be sent to Tom Hogan fII, Hogan Lumber Co., 2nd and Alice Streets, Oakland 4, Calit.

Lumbermen Becommend River Tour

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Mcrnulacturers oI Koll Pctent

Lock Joint Columns crnd

Scv-A-Space Sliding Doors

A recent vacation trip enjoyed by Tom Ross and Harry Terrell of The Ross-Terrell Co., Grants Pass, Oregon, was the famous boat trip down the Rogue River from Grants Pass to the sea, a distance of about 135 miles. The journey takes five days. It provides a lot of variety, which includes shooting the rapids, hunting, fishing, and the swift passage of Mule Creek Canyon, where for nearly three miles the Rogue narrows down to a width of only nine feet between sheer walls of rocks.

Three overnight stops are made. Accommodations and meals are good, also the hunting and fishing.

Tom Ross says it is a delightful trip, and recommends it as thrilling and not too dangerous in the capable hands of the boatman who has handled his craft on this tour for the past 8 years, Glenn Woolridge, of Grant Pass.

Enterprise of LosAngeles Man Creates 78 Ne* Apartment Units

The before and after pictures shor,vn here tell exactly what happened to the steel and concrete apartnlent house skeleton that stood at 410 North Rossmore Avenue, Los Angeles, an eyesore for 13 years since the project got a bad start during tl.re depression.

A ferv months ago Milton L. Koll, vice president of A. J. Koll Planing Mill, Ltd., Los Angeles, decided to do something about it, and with a partner, M. A. Richley, building contractor, purchased the skeleton, completed the

Season's Greetingrs

building to five stories, ancl provided 78 much needed units to help ease the critical housing condition in Los Angeles.

Koll & Richley have leased the building to the g'overnment for seven years, during which time the latter expects to get back all of its investment from operating the building. The partners will have an extremely desirable property rvhen the government goes out of the apartment busiNESS.

The apartments were rented quickly, of course, and without any advertising, exclusively to war rvorkers.

Insured Home Loans to Veterans by Private Lending Institutions

The Federal Housing Administration acted today expedite the making of insured home loans to veterans private lending institutions under the terms of the GI of Rights.

H. Kunl

to by Bill

Announcement was made by Abner H. Ferguson, Commissioner of the FHA, that the organization's field offices are now accepting from private lending institutions applications for the insurance of principal loans supplemented by loans under Section 505 of the GI Bill.

These are cases where the Veterans' Administration guarantees an equity loan not to exceed $2,000, and where the principal loan, which must comply with FHA regulations, is insured by the FHA.

Instructions regarding the acceptance and processing of applications for the FHA insured loans have been furnished to all the 62 FHA field offices. The usual FHA procedure will be followed in handling the applications. Notification has been sent to the more than 13,000 private financial institutions approved to make FHA insured loans of the changes made necessary in FHA regulations to comply with the provisions of the GI Bill.

Equity loans, not to exceed 20 percent of the reasonable normal value of the property up to $2,000, may be guaranteed by the Veterans' Administration and are junior to the FHA insured loan, which may be repaid in monthly installments covering principal, interest, taxes and hazard insurance, and the f percent insurance premium, .over a period up to 25 years. '

"Purchase of a home by a veteran may be the most important financial transaction of his lifetime," said Commissioner Ferguson. "Most of these veterans, like other Americans, will be inexperien'ced in the intricacies of a real estate transaction.

"A mistake in the nature of 'bad buying' or over-buying can cause them plenty of grief in the years to come. The danger of making such a mistake is especially acute under present market conditions in many areas. The veteran should have all the protection that can be given from everyone involved in the transaction-the broker, the builder, the banker. The Federal Housing Administration with its sound system of unbiased appraisal is going to do its part."

Terrible Twenty GoU Tourncment

The 722nd, Terrible Twenty golf tournament was held at the Annandale Golf Club, Pasadena, November 14. Bob Osgood and Abe Jackson acted as hosts, and there were sixteen rnembers and five guests present. A buffet supper was served in the evening.

Sid Alling turned in a net 74, winning first prize, and was awarded a sport shirt. Roy Pitcher rang up a net 75 and won the second prize, a sport shirt. Bob Mason was welcomed into the Terrible Twenty.

Roy Stanton will be in charge of the arrangements for the December meeting, the annual Christmas party, which will be held at the Los Angeles Country Club.

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Christmas Greetings

Best Wishes For 1945

KILPATRI(K & COMPANY

Genercrl Office

Crockef Bldg., Scn Frcncisco 4, Cqlil.

Southern Cclilornicr Office crnd Ycrrd

1240 Blinn Ave., Wilmingrton, Cclil., P. O. Box 548

Changes Affecting Prices of West Coast Logs

Washington, r\ov. Z7-Restoration of premium prices for Noble fir air'craft grade logs to encourage special selection <.rf these logs for increased needs in the military aircraft production program was announced today by the Office of Price Administration.

The prices, which become effective November 25, L944, are being restored at the request of the War production Board.

'-fhe prices restored for aircraft grade Noble fir logs are $45 per 1,000 feet, log scale in the Puget Sound, Willapb Bay-Grays Harbor and Columbia River districts, and, reflecting the usual $2 differential, $43 per 1,000 feet in the Tillamook district.

The premium prices had been in efiect up to May of this year when demand for aircraft grade logs of the Noble fir species had been met, and with the concurrence of the War Production Board, the grade and premium prices were removed.

Between May and the present tirne, ceiling prices for airtraft grade logs of the species had been those established for such logs suitable for peeling, or $35 per 1,000 feet in the Puget Sound, Willapa Bay-Grays Harbor and Columbia River districts, and $33 per 1,000 feet in the Tillamook district.

The premium price is being restored because of an unforeseen increase in requirements submitted by the Army Air Forces, OPA said.

In another change affecting prices of West Coast logs, OPA announced that effective November 25, 1944 the additions that may be made to maximum prices for overtime work of 54 and 6O hours or more per week are cancelled.

HANDWOOD LT'MBER\IEMF.RS

ll5l South Brocdwcry, Los Angeles

PACIFIC COAST REPRESENTATTVE

Wood.Moscic Co., Louieville, Ky.

Ichqbod T. Willicrme d Son, New Yorlr, N. Y. Veneer Products Corporctlon

Loggers may continue to add $1 per 1,000 feet to prices when their labor forces work over 48 hours per week, but that is all. Cancelled November 25 are the additions of $1.50 per 1,000 feet for 54 to 59-hour work weeks and 92 per 1,000 feet for 60 hours or more.

F"-"-"-"I q,W sieagon'B @reetingt and

flLl @so! gadbes tor 1945 to Our Many Friends

Representing-

Oregon-Wcshington Plywood Co.

Texcrs Creosoting Compcny

Dcnt & Russell, Inc.

Penokce Venccr Co., Mcllcn, Wieconrln 318

Los Angeles 15, Calil.

To reduce paperwork, loggers making overtime additions to maximum prices no longer will be required to secure OPA approval of such additions when weather conditions, labor stoppages or transportation interruptions beyond their control cause the work week to lall below the full overtime basis. They must, however, notify the appropriate OPA district office when such interruptions occur.

The overtime additions for 54 and 60-hour work weeks are being cancelled, OPA said, because past experience showed that companies trying to maintain work weeks of such lengths were forced by the rveather to abandon them during the u'inter months. OPA also pointed orrt that onll' a ver) ferv operators now are logging more than 48 hours.

The action with regard to overtime additions is being taken with the approval of tl-re OPA West Coast Log Industry Advisory Committee.

Another pri,cing change for West Coast logs, which be-

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C I,AS SI FIE D

Rate-$2.50 per Column

FOR SALE

DOUGLAS FIR AND SUGAR PINE MILL

Band mill of 40M daily capacity and now operating. Present owners having other interests wish to sell their entire holdings, to include sawmill complete, logging equipment, trucks, caterpillars, twelve million feet Sugar Pine, 3 million feet Ponderosa Pine, with options on 50 million feet Douglas Fir adjacent to mill.

Timber is of very high quality, and an examination of records to show past earnings is acceptable.

Suitable financial arrangements with responsible parties, for immediate possession can be arranged, and you will deal only with principals in the transaction.

Address Box C-1061, California Lumber Merchant.

508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14.

Chcnges Allecting Prices oI West Cocst Logs

(Continued from page 86)

cornes effective November 25, 1944, is establishment of nerv ceiling prices for short lengths of logs.

The new ceilings for logs of all species other than peeler or wood logs in lengths of less than 12 feet are established as the camp run ceiling price less $1 per 1,000 feet. Previously, such short lengths had to be sold as culls at $1 per 1,000 feet.

In the case of Noble fir lengths of less than lZ feet sold in the Puget Sound district, for instance, the netv ceiling 'rvt uld be the ungraded camp run price of $20 per 1,000 fcet, less gl per 1,000 feet, or gl9 per 1,000 feet.

Purpose of establishment of tl-re new ceiling price is to prevent penalizing a logger for culling out the shorter length logs, rvhich, culled out, u'ould have to be sold at the $l cull price.

For blocks of peeler logs in lengths of less tl.ran 16 feet, the ceiling price continues to lte the standard peeler grade price less $5 per 1,000 feet.

(Amendment No. lB to Revisecl Maximum Price Regulation No. 161-West Coast Logs-effective Nor.ember 25. 1944\.

Appointed Genercl Mcrncrgrer

J. H.Kirkis now general marlager of the Pacific Milling Company, which operates retail many towns in the area from Santa Clara County Barbara County.

Will Reopen Ycrrd

ADVERTISING

Inch. Minimum Charge $1.50

WANTED

Sales Manager for Wholesale yard in Los Angeles. Must have Pine and Fir experience, one familiar with Southern California requirements preferred-Hardwood knowledge of value. Must be available January 1, 1945. Give age, experience and reference. Compensation based on ability to produce.

Address Box C-1062, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14.

WANTED

Lumber Yard Superintendent for Los Angeles yard. Must be familiar with remanufacturing Pine and other West Coast species. Give references, age and experience.

Address Box C-1063, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles 14.

DO YOU WANT TO SELL?

If you want to sell your yard let us know. We have 'several buyers who are interested in Southern California yards.

Twohy Lumber Co., Lumber Yard Brokers

801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif. Phone PRospect 8246

CHRISTMAS SEATS

Southern yards in to Santa

Protect Your Home trom Tuberculosis

H. T. Clark, rvell known Nortl.rern California retail lumberman, announces that his yard, the Clark Lumber Company, Modesto, which has beetr closed sirrcc August, 1942, r,r'ill be reopened.