The California Lumber Merchant - December 1945

Hea,rth Fires Aglow

This Christmcrs there is cr leeling oI qbiding strength cnd security within the cloisters oI Americcrn lcrmily hectrths. The wcrr cgcrinst bcrrbqric retrogression has been won. The lightoI cr new qnd better world hcrs dcwned. Its rcys are shining through the windows of homes lrom which there went forth to crrns thn Delenders oI the Faith thcrt is Our Country.

Their gilt to us hcrs been preservction of everything thct mckes our nqtional life worth while: Freedom oI worship,lreedom oI expression,Ireedom of crssembly and the right oI petition for redress oI grievcnce . . the human dignity oI individucl mcn, unsubmerged incny subiugcrted mcss. Those qre the foeedoms and the rights lirst nourished crt Colonial hecrths, . . todcy the heritcge oI every citizen . ol every home.

The home is the citcrdel oI every Americcn virtue. It is the reql bqse upon which qll the sociql crnd industricrl grcndeur oI America hcs crisen.It is the provider oI the spiritucrl strengrth upon which the other, more materiql things qre built, the comlorts crnd conveniences oI our cgle. It is the source oI cll well-being.

Thus, this Christmds, we see in the llickering lights and shcrdows lrom the heqrth lire'sglow the God-given strength to survive the trcgedies oI wcrr . . . tobind the American lcrmily crnd the Americqn home in the lcrith oI He who died on Cclvcrry thqt others might be scrved.

ExPRESSING A LONG AWAITED WISH/

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-- And May This Coming Year Bring You Continued loy and Success.

E. MANTIIT

Mcnoglng Edltor

W. T. BTACK

Advcrtirlng Mcnogtcr

THE CALIFOR}TIA LUMBERMERCHANT

JackDionne, PtrtlMtcl

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How Lumber Looks

As a result of the ending of the 10-rveek A.F.L. strike, production in the Douglas fir region vvill shor,r' a substantial increase this r,r'eek over recdnt \\reeks. Mills whose logging camps rvere closed by the strike will be slower getting into production than those with C.I.O. logging crews. A good deal of road repair u'ork rvill have to be done before camps idle for tr.vo and a l-ralf months can operate efficiently.

Ileports from the Northwest state that for the first time irr several years there is a surplus of labor in some districts. This may mean that many mills that used to operate on :t two-shift basis before the lrar rvill again' be able to clir so in the near future.

A shutdown for the holidays u'ill cut productiou tenrporarily, but it will enable mill operators to make necessarv repairs that they were prevented by the unions from making during the strike. It is likelrv that the production totals will shorv a decided \\feekly increase after the first of the lear, and with the probable early ending of the manpower shortage may soon exceed figures for the war years.

Production for the r,r,eek ended December 1, as reported bv the West Coast Lumbermen's Association totaled 38,917,000 feet, 153 mills reporting, and for the u'eek ended November 24 lrom the same number of mills, 32,179,Un feet.

Some of the A.F.I-. pine mills in the Oregor.r and Westr:rn Washington districts and Inland Empire are still don'n. Negotiations are continuing, and it is expected that most of these mills will be in operation bv the first of the vear.

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By Jack Dionne

The Christmaa secaon ig qlmost upon ua. You cqa leel it in the qir. lt is cll about ug. It will probcbly be c Arecler Christmos oI th<rnksgiving thcn cny previous onei we hcve go very much to be thanHul lor -the terrible, hecrrt-searing wcr is over,

A mighty prcyer oI reliel riaes lrom this whole nction bec<ruEe our millions oI boye in unilorm qre either home, or coming home.

There is s prayer ol intense sympcthy lor the loved ones ol those who will not relurnt wbo died thct Right might live. They shall never be lorgotten. "Greater love hoth no mqn thqn ihis," rcrid the Ccrpenter'who gcve ua Chrighncr, thqn that c mqn shcll lcy down hig lile in the ccuge ol humcnity.

Some wiee mcn hqs soid that Christmcrs is the time lor giving ond lor getting; lorgiving cnd lorgetting.

Soure wca recently rerncrLed thct he considered Thcnlrsgiviag the linest ol cll thc holidcyr. At Christmss, he scid, you give cwcy everything you own; qt New Yecr's you male regolutiona only lo gee bow quiclly you cqn breck lhem; on the Fourth oI luly you spend your time dodging lireworks; but on Thcnkggiving oll you hcve to do ig eqt and be thanklul. He wag joking, ol courge.

For Chridtrnog is the time lor spiritucl rtock-taking. It is the time lor hculing out the Golden Rule, polisbing it up cnd putting it ia good worHng order, cnd then putting it lo work in our dcily livea Six hundred yecrs belore Jegus Christ wos born, the Cbincae leqcher, Conlucius, sicled ihe Golden Rule in THIS woy: "You should not do lo oihers whct you would not wcut olhers to do to you." Old Socrcteg hcd anoiher wcy of putting it. He sqid: "Act towqrd others ce you hcve others cct toward you." Aristotle gcid: "Wc should conduct ourselveg towqrdg others qs we would havE therr conducl lherngelveg towqrd us." Senecs acid: lDo not to your neighbor, whct you would not hcve your neighbor do to you." Pericler, cnoiber Pogon, who hcd power oI lile cnd decrth over millions ol men lor mcny yeors, scid: "I hove never willingly cquaed cny humon lo wecr crepe."

Then cqme the Man oI Gclilee, precching llis philososophy ol Lindness, meelness, work, service, cnd honor. The only time He used lhe words-"I shqll give you qn extrmple,"-wcs whcn he wcg doing the work oI c servcnt.

"Hecven helps those who help themgelves," scys the old cdcAe.

"Heqven helps those who help eqch other," ie the spirit oI Christmcs.

And qbove <rll cnd beyond qll thig Christmas, lend q hqnd lo c returned serice man. Wheiher or aot we qre lit to continue qa cr grect Christicn ndtion depende on how we trect the men who lsced de<rth snd destruction lor us,

The lowest sin oI which humcrnity cqn be guilty, is ingrctitude. And ingrctitude towcrrd our own exeervice boys would be q crime unspeckcble; "too loul lor hecrven ond unfit lor hell."

Let us mcke it o delinite cnd specilic Christmqg cctivity this yetrr-our first order ol buainess-to lend a hond to men who wecr lhqt grcnd liitle buttonhole btrdge ol service. li-will sweeten the dcy immeasurcbly.

HAMMOI{D I,UMBDN COMPAI{Y

Wltnn Con -9 Itt So*n Prt*o, [(nl,ro"l!

By Kenneth Smith, President Colifornic Redwood Associstion

time control, producing in 1941 6O per cent more than in 1939. If the war had lasted through 1945 that recortl woulrl probably have been spoiled.

When the rvar started rve had 287 million {eet of ir.rventory at Rechvoocl mills. A year ago we had 70 million feet, practically all dead green. The week the war ended, rve had 63 million feet. As this is being rvritten three months later, we still have only 63 million and it is still pr:rctically all green,

Kenneth Smith

Of recent months it has sometimes secnrc<l tli:rt tltcrt: arc but tu,o questions for u'hicl-r peoPle n'islr arr r.r'ls\\:crWhere can I get some Redrvood? or Wl.ren can I get somc Itedu'ood? Yet 'n,hat u'e hear frorr our frienrls in the Sales Departments and our friends amoug lumber dealers inclicates that the times u'e are asked these cluestiorrs are actually comparatively feu-. Most of the time the questions are asked of us after an attempt l.ras been made to get an ans\\rer from others in :r much better position to give it than are rve.

We devoutlv t'ish rve kneu' thc :rnsrver. Thc prirrt:tt'.r' functior-r of the California Redwood Associatiorr is tr:r<lc promotion. For most of its thirty \.ears the '\ssoci:rtiorr l'ras been telling users u'here, hou' arrrl u'hv thcl should utilize Redwood and has been attenrptir.rg to gct as nranv specifiers and users as possible to apllreciatc thc r;rralitics of this unique species.

We are unhappy when u.e see ancl he:rr,,f greerr lie<lwood being used where properlv seasonecl Itedrvood should be used. But there just does not seenr to lte anvthinc the industry can do about it. The last of our norm:rl inventory of dry lumber vanished by 1941 and we har.e been rrnalrle to make anlr progress yet on the job of reconverting to tr normal seasoned Redrvood basis of operation.

We can tell vou why and how that is the situation c:ven if rve can't answer your cluestions. The record of the Redwood region in war production has been told so often that it may be getting tiresome, but it is a record of which we will continue to be proud from now on. As you already know, this region actually produced more lurnber, so ltadly needed for the war, in each of the rvar years than in the preceding year in spite of all the handicaps of labor shortage, equipment shortage, and operation under rvar-

The major reason why these questions are still being asked is. of course. the almost unbelievable demand for any kind of lumber. One dealer told us of two "terrible cars of lumber not fit to have in the yard" rvhich l.re rcceived, and then added that his customers simply took it arvay from him ar.rd if he knew rvhere he could get a couple more just like them', he would lte glad to l.rave them. When surrender ended the long period of rvorking under pressure and under the stimulus of rt'ar, m<lre men took vacations, more men rvent hunting :ttt<l lishing, ltnd {ewer o{ those theoretically added to the labor force got ready to return to the rnills so though much lledrvo()(l irr terms r>f pre-war volume has been going to dealers and inclustlials and has been getting into civilian ttse, llo dent has becrl made in the pent up demand.

While u'e still cannot ans\ver your questions, \\'e ltelieve the time u'hen tl'rey can be answered with some degree of eertaintv is not too many months off. We believe that the men 'n'ho har.e been arvav from the mills in the service anrl in rvar industries u'ill come back in increasing numbers. We believe the smell of sawclttst and the sound of sarvs antl planers u-ill seem very good to them and that production u'ill go forrvarcl with enthusiasm and efficiencl'. We believe the empty pipelines to dealer yards, to seasoniug areas and dry kilns rvill be filling and that it will soon be time to resume the selling of Redu'ood on its merits to customers.

Plans, improvements and preliminarv rvork have been accomplished so that when that time does arrive Redwood rvill have more to tell about as to quality, grading and seasoning of its product than it e'i'er had in the past. We are going to be ready to offer you Redwood grades lllore perfectly adopted tb the uses to rvhich they are put and to offer vou a u'ider range of grades of allheart durable Redwood.

And the storv will be told to a receptive audience for Itedr,r'ood continues to be a favored topic of discussion by those outside the industry. It is featured not only in trade and technical publications, and in the architectural and shelter magazines, but in general circulation publications such as you saw in McCALL'$ for June, LIFE of October 22, and SATURDAY EVtrNING POST of November 10.

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At this, otlr first peaceful Holiday Season in fir, ye&rs, we wish to express our gratitude for rhe Peace that has come to our land, and to all the world.

And we wa,nt to say to you-our friends in the lumber industry

A Very Mercy Christmas

Ten more days and then the Christian world-and much of the non-Christian world for that matter-stops for a day to celebrate the birthdat :t J.."T of Nazareth.

Every year at this time in this column we turn from the worldly matters of the remainder of the year, and talk about Christmas, and the Man whose birthday gave us this outstanding holiday. We are going to do the same this year. We are going to talk about this "Man Nobody Knows" as Bruce Barton calls him in his beautiful book of that name'

The chief aim of this editorial every year is invariably in the same direction, a simple effort to drive home the thought that the Marr Jesus was NOT a weak, sad, sorrowful fellow, such as most of the so-called "sacred" pictures usually depict Him; that FIe was, without a doubt, the grandestlooking, most vital, most magnetic, most thrilling human that ever walked the earth; a happy, healthy, laughing, loving Man who so impressed those who saw Him that they instinctively turned unquestioningly, and followed Him.

Millions of sermons will be preached on His birthday; they will quote His words; they will relate the Bible stories about Him; they will applaud His example and His sacrifice. But few of them will talk abou.t Him as a personally, as humanly, and specifically as they might so easily, and so wisely, do. What did he look like? How did he sound? What were His features like? What sort of body did He possess? What sort of a kid was He in His youth ; was He as other children, and when did He become the Matchless Man? These are the things children would like to know. And these are the things that children would like to ask about Him. These are things that would bring His image and His impressions closer to all of us.

We can only surmise, of course, what the answers to these questions are. But, having drawn our deductions from the record before us, how can we doubt those conclusions? A man named Kahlil Gibran, a writer, a poet, and an artist, was once born in the Holy Land, and raised there. When he grew up he became a close student of biblical things, and developed the power of writing marvelously about that u.nbelievable personality, Jesus. And he wrote a book on the subject which he called "Jesus, the Son of Man." He illustrated the book with his own artistry. The book, of course, is fiction, but a fictional group of pictures of the living Jesus that will thrill you beyond measure. Each short chapter of that book is an alleged interview with some contemporary of Jesus, both men and women. They recite how He looked,

how He walked. how He acted, how He talked, what were the impressions of those who i"**".U heard him.

And Gibran wrote into those inter-views many of the most bcautiful word pictures ever drawn by the mind of man. We have selected a group of extracts from those interviews for this story. They will serve to answer some of the questions that every thinker has naturally asked about Jesus. If your soul can be thrilled-these will thrill you. They are only a small portion, of course, of the book. But they are offered in the hope that they will give you some beautiful thoughts that you will treasure, regarding the Man who gave us Christmas. Take them home and let the kids .ead ihem. They may help erase from their impressionable young minds previous misconceptions of this Galilean carpente-t. Each interview begins with the name of the alleged s'eaker'

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CLEOPAS. OF BETHROUNE, said:

"FIis speech was simple and joyous, and the sound'of His voice was like cool water in a land of drought"' ***

ONE OF THE MARYS said:

"His head was always high, and the flame of God was in His eyes. When He smiled His smile was as the hunger of those who long after the unknown' It was like the dust of stars falling upon the eyelids of children"'

RUMANous, A GRE;rlJB,r,,"ia,

"There was a desert in His silence and a garden in His speech. In His voice there was the laughter of thunder "rra tn. tears of pain, and the joyous dancing of trees in thewind." * * *

SIMON. CALLED PETER, said:

"As I looked at His face, the net fell from my hands' for a flame kindled within me, and I followed Him' I, myself, was drawn by a power, viewless, that walked beside His person. I walked near Him, breathless and full of wonder, and my brother Andrew was behind us, bewildered and amazed. And He spoke to us, and we listened' and our hearts futtered within us like birds."

MIRIAM said:

"fle was walking in the wheat fields, and He was alone' The rhythm of His step was different from other men's, and the movement of His body was like naught I had seen before. Men do not pace the earth in that manner' And even now I do not know whether He walked fast or slow' (Continrred on Paee 10)

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A, Christmas Bells are chimins out the old, old song of cheer, As once again the story's told That lives from year to yedr, As once again the meaning of The Season fills our hearts, Muy you have the peace o[ Christmas That nevermore departs !

SANIA FE LUMBER CO.

5r. - Son Fruncisco rl, C.oltii.

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And I gazed at Him, and my soul quivered within me, for He was beautiful. He looked at me even as the seasons might look upon.the field, and He smiled. And then He walked away. But no other man ever rryalked the way He walked." {<**

PILATE'S WIFE said:

"Ffe was speaking to His friends of love and strength. I know He spoke of love because there was melody in His voice; and I know He spoke of strength because THERE WERE ARMIES IN HIS GESTURES. And He was tender, even though my husband could not have spoken with such authority. After that day His image visited my privacy when I would not be visited by man or woman. His eyes searched my soul when my own eyes were closed. And His voice governs the stillness of my nights; and there is peace in rny pain, and freedom in my tears."

ANNA, THE Mor"i*.o" THE vrRGrN MARY, said:.

"Now the Son of Mary was beautiful to behold, and she too was comely. The child grew in body and spirit, and He was different from other children. Oftentimes He would take away our food to feed the passer-by. And He would give other children the sweetmeat I had given Him, before He had tasted it with His own mouth. And He would race with other boys, and sometimes, because He was swifter of foot, He would delay so that they might pass the stake ere Ffe should teach it. Many wondrous things He said when He was a boy, but f am too old to remember. I still hear His laughter, and t*te, sound of His running about my house. And whenever I kiss the cheek of my daughter His fragrance returns to my heart, and His body seems to fill my arms."

MARY MAGDALENE said:

"IIe was gentle, like a man mindful of his own strength. I would speak of His face, but how can I? It was like night without darkness, and like day without the noise of day." :

RACHEL, A DISCIPLE, said:

"All the rivers of all the years shall not carry away our remembrance of Him. Ffe was a mountain burning in the night, yet He was a soft glow beyond the hills. FIe was a

man of joy; and it was upon the path of joy that He met the sorrows of all men.

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ASSAPH, the ORATOR OF TYRE, said:

"What shall I say of His speech? Perhaps something about His person lent power to His words and swayed those who heard Him. For He was comely, and the sheen of the day was upon His countenance. But He spoke with the power of a spirit and that spirit had authority over those who heard Him. I often think that He spoke to the crowd as a mountain would speak to the plain."

JAMES, the SoN O" ,t"tlEE, said:

"He walked before us, and we followed Him. There was joy and laughter in His voice. And His face shone like molten gold."

RAFCA said:

"Then He looked into my eyes and said-'My blessing shall be upon you.' When He said that I felt as it were a great wind rushing through my body. And afterward, indeed, His voice remained close to my heart."

LUKE said:

"Jesus despised and scorned hypocrites, and was like a tempest that scourged them. His thunder in their ears, and He cowed them."

JoANNA, a SCARLEi .iroil"^r, said:

His wrath voice was

"But Jesus judged me not. And He bade me go my way. And after that all the tasteless fruit of life turned sweet in my mouth, and all the scentless blossoms breathed fragrance into my nostrils."

A COBBLER said: * 'r

"I listened to Him, not to hear His words, but rather the sound of His voice. All that He said was vague to my mind, but the music thereof was clear to my ear."

JOHN, of PATMOT, J"rUl *

"Ffis fragrance called me and commanded me, but only to release me."

HANNAH, of BETHSOTOO, ,"rU'

ffiRISTMAS

(Contir.rued from loage l0) He was talking to His friends and followers. And now I am alone and old, yet He still visits my dreams. He comes like a white angel with pinions. And He uplifts me to dreams yet more distant."

A NEIGHBOR OF *O*t *,U '

"Mary would say to us: 'He is too vast to be my son, too eloquent for my silent heart; how shall I claim Him?' It seemed to us that Mary could not believe that the plain had given birth to the mountain. In the whiteness of her heart she did not see that the ridge is the pathway to the summit."

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GEORGUS, of BEIRUT. said:

"There was a blessing in His words, and His voice enfolded me like a garment on a cold night."

MANNUS. the PoMP;tro*, *,0,

"Even Jesus' friends and disciples who knew His mirth and'heard His laughter, make an image of His sorrow, and they worship that image."

MATTHEWsaid: * " t<

"Jesus walked down from the hills, and all of us followed Him. And as I followed I was repeating His prayer and remembering all that He had said; for I knew that His words that had fallen like flakes that day must set and

grow like crystals, and that the wings that had fluttered over our heads were to beat the earth like iron hoofs."

PoNTrus PTLATE ""lu '

"FIe was brought into the Hall of Judgment with His arms bound to His body with ropes. I cannot fathom what came over me at that moment; but it was suddenly my desire to go down from the dais and fall before Him-"

SALOME said:

"He was like poplars shining in the sun; and like a lake among the lonely hills, shining in the sun; like snow upon the mountain heights. Yes, He was like unto these."

Good Fellowship Fund

L. H. (Abe) Lincoln, Oakland, is chairn.ran of thc Gootl Iiellorvship Fun<l Committee of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39' Many needy cases have been helped through this fund in the last two decades, and wholesale and retail lumbermen ,,f the San Iiranci:co Bay clistrict subscribe generously to it cach year.

Checks ruav be sent toL.H. (Abe) Lincoln, Lincoln [.unrber Inc., 22Ol ]last l4th Street, Oakland, Calif.

Los Banos Yard Has New Owner

Neu,t Olson of Neu't Olsorr l,ttmber Co.' .\rr';ttla' Colorado, has purchased the l,os llanos. Calif' v:rrtl of I'umber & Srrpply Co.

CPA ExtendsSpecial Priority Assistance Publirher Guide to \food Research

Washir.rgton, D. C., Nov. 20.-To increase the production o{ lumber, a key item in the post-n'ar expatrsion of construction. the Civilian Production Administration today extenrlecl special priorities assistance to proclttcers of lumber anrl logs.

I)ircction 5to Priorities Regulation 2li, issued todal-, classifies lumber as a critical proclttct, pointing out that srrpplics are "substantially less than present and anticipated requirements and this shortage is so serious as to threaten thc recluirecl expansion in constrttction'" This represents "a seriotls threat to the ec()nomy of the countrv during the reconversion perio<I," thc directior.r said'

The action eutitles lumber to receive particular emphasis in assignment of CC ratings under I'aragraph (d) (1) (iii) of Priorities Regular 28. These ratings may be given 1o log and lumlter prodttcers to replace rnachinerv and e<luiprnent rvhich is in imminent danger of break-down or to obtain construction materials and ueu' capital equipment that rvill result in a substantial increase in production, exccpt in areas rvhere existing facilities are sufficient to hanrlle available timber. The ratings also may be given for maintenance, repair and operating supplies lvhen the proclucer tlemonstrates that he is ttnallle to obtairr the needed items without priorities assistance.

Assistarrce ordinarily is not given under I'riorities Regrrlation 28 to replace machinery or ecluipment unless it actrrally has broken dorvn. llorvever, to avoid interruption of production of critically needed materials, of rvhich lumber is one, special programs are set up under rvl-rich CC ratings may be given to producers rvho shou' that a breakdorvn is imminent.

Other constructiot.t materials which have been given similar assistance are clay building products and cast iron soil pipe.

It is necessary to increase production to a point where llrc expectecl large demand of next spring can be filled pronrptlv. Civilian Production Administration officials said.

No CC ratings will be granted rvhere it appears that the items for rvhich the ratings are requested are available but under clifferent terms or from a supplier other than the :rpplicant's customary supplier or where requested facilities would recluire more of a particular type of labor than is :rvailable in the locality.

'I'ublication of Forest Products l{esearch Guide, a cataloe (rf organizations having information on various phases of woocl research, has been announced by the Americarr I.orest Products Indtlstries Research & Product Developrnent Committee. A purpose of the book is to aid co-ordination of forest ltroducts research'

In its 142 pages are itemized some 460 types of fundamental arr<l applied research. Rrief descriptions of types of investigation, completed or nou' under way, are given rvith the names :rnd acldresses of indivicluals or organizations con<lucting them. The Grride is cross indexed 1ly srrbject for ease of reference.

In all, 860 sources of data at'e cite<I. These research agencies have done or have under way some 3,000 programs or projects. The agencies listed inclucle 130 universities, 65 government bureaus, 100 producers, 30O consumers ancl l)r()cess()rs of forest products. over l0O technical societit:s an<l private laboratories, and <lver 50 trade associations' -\bout 70 foreign agencies are inclrrded in the total.

\rarious chapters deal with the structure and propertics of rvood; general processing on or with wood, such as seasoning, gluing, connector joining, and impregnation; chenrical use, r,r,aste use, and plastics; lun,ber ancl timber prodncts such as poles, cross arms, ancl rnine timbers; buil<lings, building parts, and other strttcttlres; fabricated prorlrrcts including aircraft, containers. and furniture; means arrd devices for selection of qualities of wood. Another chapter lists reference books and pamphlets.

A limitecl number of copies of the Guide have becn printctl. lr\lhile they last, copies may be procured at $2 each from American Forest Products Industries, Tnc., 1319 Eighteenth Street, N.,W., Washington 6, D. C.

Becomer Partner in Plywood Firm

Lieut. Jack Davidson, U.S.N., brother of Norrnan Davidson, Jr., of Davidson Plywood & Veneer Co., I-os Angeles, n'ho has been in the Navy for the past three years, anrl has been commander of a P-C boat, recentlv arrived in T,os Angeles. He has received his discharge and is norv associated with Davidson Plywood & Veneer Co. as jurrior partner.

Before entering the service he was graduated f rorn Northrvestern ljniversitv in busiriess administration.

I,AWRENGE.PHIIIPS TUMBER GO.

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San Francisco Lumberman Reviews Conditions

A folk given at the onnuol dinner of the Clqss of 1896,_ University -of Cotifornis, ot fhe Bohemion Club, Son Froncisco, November 23, 1945' by C. H. White, Whire Brolhers, Son Frcrncisco.

As yott know, I am in the hardwood lumber businesshave been for the last fortY years. We l-rardwood dealers tusually consider that we are rather the aristocrats of the Iumber business, handling as rr'e clo the liner woods-Maiogany, Oak, Walnut, Ash, I lickory, etc. I have alwavs thought very highly of my business; holvever, I was taken a-back when traveling in Scotland soffIe years ago and sarv a sign, which immediately intrigued me.It was a man rvith my own name in the lumber business. When I came nearer I saw that it said, "John White-Lumber and Manure." I thought, "Is this how the lumber business is taken in Great Britain?" -'What a terrible mixture." I found upon inquiring, horv.ever. that in Great Britain lumber means the same as junk and a lumber business is a junk business-maybe they are right ! What we in America call a lumber yard is called a timber yard in England.

During the war lumber was used very extensively, and the increased demand taxed the ability of the country to produce it. When the government put on its W.P.B., and its O.P.A. restrictions, it made business very much more difficult to do, but on the whole they probably did a goocl job. More lumber was produced and used in this country than ever before, and lumber was a mighty factor in our war effort. Now, since the war is over, we all wc,nder what has happened to all the lumber. Government buying has practically ceased and yet rve cannot buy any lumber. The demand for it is great and we can sell all we can buy, but we cannot buy very much. In this, we are no worse off than everyone else. Apparently no goods are available in any line ; try to buy shirts arrd socks. Asl< returning servicemen how they 21g faring in trying to buy civilian suits-try to find an apartment or a house for returned married veterans.

As a matter of fact, in everything we trv to do something is holding ir-rdustry back--holding back manufacturing. Strikes are one thing-these strikes, it seems to me, and even trying to take the standpoint of labor, are wrongly timed and bad strategy. The feverish activity during the war, in industry and in every other phase of our lives, coming to an end suddenly has given a feeling of letdown. Everyone seems to be tired-even many workmen welcome the layoffs due to unemployment on account of cessation of government orders. ft seems to me that in-

dustry and management is also tired and in manv cases welcome the shutdowns caused by strikes. This feeling of letdown and this period of strikes, which I believe will be rvorse before they get better, seem to me to be simply the aftermath of the stormy years of the world' We canr.rot expect peace and sweetness and light to immediately follou, the $torrn an<l strife and stress of war. After a typhoon it takes some time for the seas to become calm again' I believe that this turmoil in business and industry and in everything rve do rvill pass, as everything passes in this life, ancl that, as in the years succeeding the last World War, we will shortly have a period of boom-time, of pros1>erity for all.

I think that labor will achieve zr raise of about 10 to 15 per cent, not the 30 per cent they are demanding, and in order to give this advance the O.P.A. will have .to let up on price controls. Manufacturers and merchants will have to be allowed advances in prices if higher wages. are to be paid. Personally I don't go along with the government's idea of control and regimentation of business-I am a believer of "laissez faire." I think the law of supply and deman<l will have its way no matter what governments do about it. I also believe that when an individual, a group, a nation, or a world goes on a rampage and commits crimes, they are bound to suffer for it. What is it that the Bible says? "Be sure your sins will find you out."

I think the world has to sufier something for the war which rve have just been through. It cannot escape it-the sooner we do our penance and have it over with the better Let's take our medicine quickly and have it over with in six months or so.

As an example, our governrnent is loaded up with surplus goods left over from the war. The government has a surplus of everything that anyone would want to buy-evgrything from consumers' goods to durable goods and real estate. The army and navy depots are bulging with things that the public can use, but much of the stuff is spoiling because of the red tape and delay in disposing of it. They don't seem to be able to make up their minds. The disposal of surplus material is becoming nearly'a national scandal ! Let's throw it open and be done rvith it soonef.

In the case of lumber, there are stock piles and warehouses all over the country with millions and millions and millions of feet of lumber rvhich is spoiling due to lack of care in putting it into these stock piles and warehouses. You probably know that lumber is green when it comes from the saw and in order to be taken care of it must be stacked on lath or sticks, so that the air can pour through and the lumber dry. A stock pile in Oakland is a very good example-millions of feet have been piled solidly

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with no sticks between the boards so that it has rotted and spoiled toa large degree. I know of one case in Indiana a million feet of the finest kind of heavy oak was piled this way. Now it is being offered for sale, but there are no bidders because an actual examination of it shows it has been spoiled by careless handling. Here is a case where governmental indecision, procrastination and incompetency have caused great losses and the spoiling of maierial for u,hich the public is crying and would buy' If this material hacl been properly taken care of and was not subject to governmental restrictions and red tape, in other words, if the government would let the regular channels of business get hold of it. it would go into use be{ore the spoilage is irreparable.

Another thing that I think is holding back goods and business is the fact that the excess profit tax will be oft after the first of the year. Many business men see no point in making any more money from now to the end of the year. \Mhenever they are in the excess profits bracket, Uncle Sam will take out approximately 95 per cent on the excess and California will take out approximately 4 per cent, making approxim.ately 99 per cent taken away in taxes on anything over a normal profit sold this year. Next year it will be different. Almost every supplier is willing to promise goods next Year.

I never heard any kicks by business on taxes during the war, but business is being attacked by union leaders and demagogues all over the country for having made excessive profits out of the war. Under the tax laws we have had so far, excessive profits were impossible and business men would like, at least, to be placed in the right light on this point.

These few random remarks may sound pessimistic, but I don't mean them that way ! The present troubled waters will in time be stilled and, as after the first World War, I feel we will have a long period of prosperity and be happy again.

Moves To New Loccrtion

Matheny Sash & Door Co., well known Oakland concern, has moved its office, factory and warehouses to its new location, 1429 105th Avenue, Oakland 3, Calif.

The Man Who PaYs An APPreciotion

The will to pay is hereditary, just as much as red hair or buck teeth. It is a common fallacy that a man pays debts because he has money. This is not neclssarily true. On the contrary, the matter of paying has only a remote relation to money'

On the one hand is your friend with abundance of monev, rvho cannot be cajoled, threatened, beaten or gassed into paying the most ordinary debt.

On the other hand, the poor fellow without a visible dollar-you know him-Who is Johnny on the Invoice. l\foney has little to do with either case. It is the breed of the man.

The man who pays is the man who thinks 'in advance. He nevei flashes a roll; he does not drive a car and carry a mortgage at the same time; he does not hang up the butcher, or the grocer for food that he cannot afford to eat; he never lights the fire without wondering where the coal man gets ofi- He never throws the Bull, nor pitches the Bluff, nor gives notes, nor writes checks dated tomorrow, but when the bills come in. he is there with the coin of the realm, God bless him.

Sometimes he feels sore at the rest of us. He does not see that he gets on any better than the fellow .who skins as he goes. Still he goes on and on, pays and pays, simply because it is in the breed'

And after all, the World does think a lot of his breed. The man who pays is the bulwark of Society. He is the balance wheel of civilization. He is the mainspring of commerce. Business blesses him and he has honor among men for all time.

Opercting Two Shifts

Deschutes Lumber Co', Anderson, Calif., is operating two shifts, and is cutting at the rate of about 35,000,000 feet annually. The company expects to put in dry kilns next year.

R. G. Watts is general manager.

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$elling Human Happiness

The planning, selling, and building of HOMES, is simply trafficking in HUMAN HAPPINESS.

And therefore a profession "dear to the gods."

The world owes no man a living.

But every man owes the world a LIFE.

And, as he pays the world that life he owes, the world in return will pay him a living-and as much more as he PAYS for.

The man who is devoting his life to the planning and selling of HOMES and other necessary buildings, is paying his debt to the world, and the world will reciprocate.

Philosophers have agreed from time immemorial-and their thought rings true in human experience every timethat only as a man makes other people happy, does he deserve happiness himself ; and only on that basis should he expect happiness.

And since the business of home building is the business of making humans happy, the building merchant has the privilege and the opportunity in his everyday work, of paying

his debt to the world and to Providence.

The man who is planning, selling, and building HOMES' is tuning in with the best there is in life.

And he has the splendid consciousness that he makes his way in life and his investment profit, and leaves happiness and satisfaction behind him as he goes.

Few professions can say as much.

The time is at hand in this world's history when that man will be the most respected who bestows the most benefits here and now.

In the old days that man carried the most weight who made the biggest promises about the life to come. We arc learning that he who lives most abundantly here, and helps the other fellow to do the same, is making the best possible preparations for whatever the future may bring.

Emerson said: "That country is the fairest which is inhabited by noble minds."

And by live building merchants.

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\(/orld" Largest Sign Ma de o( Plywood Purchase John tV. FisherLumber Co.

A plyu'ood sign, thc largest sign ir-r the rn'orld, has just 'been erected in Seattle to proclaiur \Al:tshirrgton's "Welcome lIomc" to retttrne<l veteratrs from :rll over the l'acific.

Made of Douglas firI inch u'aterproof n'eldluood, the gi:rnt sign is,10 feet high:rntl 270 feet long.It has beerr built t<l lr,ithstand all n,eathqr, being ltluvered like a vette tian blind so that the s,incl rvill pass through it rather tharr blow it dorvn, and is visil>le from a distancc of frve miles. 'l'he sigrr lrears the n'orcls "Welct>me I-lonre" irr l[l ioot letters an<l also seals of the State of Washir.rgton.

Half fin:rrrced b1' $4,500 in Statc funds, the ren.rainder oi the $9,000 cost \\':ls raiserl bv a Seattle ne\\rsl)aper spot-ts editor through a bancluet for s1>ortsmen. The 6,0@ square ieet of plvrvoorl s'as supplied lrv Llrrited Sjates I'lln'oorl (-rirporation.

(iovernor N{onracl C.. Wallgren of Washirrgton is creclited with first obtaining tl-re idea oi having the huge lrill lrozrrd erected at a conspicuous sp()t ()n Puget Sottn<1 trr extend the state's greeting to G.I.'s, rnany of whom rvill 6rst set foot in the United States rvhen tl.reir transport rlocks in \A'ashington from an overseas blrse.

The project was hanclled by Western Agcncies of Seattlc irnd was rlesignecl and erected by Sunset Outdoor Advt'r' tising Agency.

Port Hueneme Surplus Mcrtericls To Be Advertised Dec. 17

On Decemlrcr 17 the first group of iterns irorrr the $39,000,000 \\'()rth of building materials, non' storecl in Nalv rvarehouses at Port Hueneme, rvill be aclvertised for sale, :rccording t() :r statement by Serge F. Ballif, assistant man;rger in charge clf surplus propertv division of the II.F.C., l,os Angeles, ])ecember 7.

The m:rterials include 20,000 kcgs of n:rils. r'aluerl :rt $100,000, and a large amount of carpenter tools; electrical concluit ; cement, 600,000 sacks; screen u'ire (galr':rnized, c()l)l)er anrl plastic), 8,000,000 square feet; rvzrter pipe, rr,alllroerr<1, builrling pal)er. asphalt roofirrg an<1 tninerlrl u'ool irrsulation.

'l'hc st:r1t'rrrerrt s:ricl lrtnrlrcr rvill prol;alrl_r' rrot lre irrclrrrlrrl. What is in the stockpile at Port lftteneme, and u.lrat rlill lrrrive ironr overseas, n'ill lre used br-the Nar'_r'in cllrrent cotrstructiorr ;rt thc fittcr ()f 1.500,000 feet a tlar'.

Thomas J. Fox ancl Cla.rl A. Laughlin havc purchased the intercsts of John W. Fisher in the John W. Fisher l-rrmber Co., Santa X'Ionica. 'l-he l,rrsilress l'ill continue t<r lrc operatecl un(ler the old name.

\[r. Fox, n'ho has lteen a junior l)tirtner, hirs lreen with lhc firm since 1936, ar.rrl NIr. Laughlin, rvho has bcen the lrrrver for many )'ear:i, has been rvith the organization since l():3. O. C. I.cighton, the creclit manager, 'nill continue irr lris positir.,rr.

N'lr. Fisher u'ill <levote all his timc to the Centurl- Iiedt'rll Savings & I-oan (.o., Santa \Irrticrt, rvhich he orgitrtizcrl in. 192-1, anrl u-hich has operated sttccessfullv since that tir.r.re.

Col. Rcy Melin on Terminql Leave

Colonel C. R. (Ray) Melin, Army Air liorce. presidertt of On'ens-Parks Lun.rlrer Co.. Los Angeles, is on ternrinal lcave, atrtl cxl)ects to be lrack on the jolt as:r civiliarr by .[anuary 1.

He has beerr on active duty about 4f yelrrs, an(l was successivell' Deputv Chief of Staff, 4th Air Force at San Francisco; commanding officer at March Field, Riverside, and I'avne Field, I,,verrett, Wash., arrcl for 18 months was comrnanding officer at I'l amilton Field, Calif. He is a command pilot, and h:ts been An':rruled the Legion of \'l erit.

Scrsh crnd Door Frrm Completes Building

Deats Sash & Door Company recently completed their building at 935 East 59th Street, Los Angeles. The building has a frontage of 180 feet ar.rcl a depth of 300 feet.

The companv specializes in full mill bicl bu:;iness, furrrishirrg millu.ork for schools, office buildings, churches, ctc. Drrring thc l'ar the'r' hanrlled a large am()ullt of business for cal.nps, cant()nments, anrl exp()rt shipments to the South I'acific.

f)eats Sash & Door Cor.npanv is rlu'ned br'-Johrr S. l)crrts and Levin S. I)eats. Ther. emplov 100 men.

Los Angeles Building Permits

Los .\ngelcs builcling permits for Novenrber tot:tlecl 3825 rvillr an estir.rrated valttatiou of $15,726,046. This courpared n'ith the ()ctober total o{ 3,712 permits, r.alued trt $11,186.t.)+.

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".. . whot we consider of greot vslue in conneclion with Ross equipment is the promptness with which we con secure ony repoir porls when needed. This service received from your locol worehouse hos been oll thot we could osk for, ond lhe promptness in geiting necessory repoir porls hos procticolly eliminoted loss iime on our fleef of cqrriers ond lift trucks."

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The World Needs Mitchells

By Jock Dionne

(On December first, 1925, there appeared in ihese columns a black-faced editorial bearing the above title. At that time they were fixing to try Billy Mitchell for insubordination. The matter seemed so pertinent and the philosophy so sound that we take pleasure in reprinting it, twenty years later.)

As far as the detailed merits of the case of the Government against Col. Mitchell are concerned, we offer no opinion.

Whether or not he violated his obligatiors as a soldier by attacking his superiors is a point we will not attempt to pass on.

But insofar as the PRINCIPLE of the thing is concerned -WE ARE STRONG FOR THIS MITCHEI-I, PI]RSON.

'flre rvorld or.ves all of its progress, from the day when .^ clam Stonehatchet chippecl his first weapon of offense and <lcfense out of the living rock .up t() now, t() men of the Mitchell type; nen n'ho rvere totally unrvilling to keep in the rnt, to follorv the footsteps of plodders, ancl t<t permit tfrenrselves to be muzzled when the speaking time came.

If it n'ere not for men of the Mitchell type-progressives --men rvho cannot be restrained frorn rearing up on their hind legs and speaking the truth out in meeting whether it pleased the.powers that be or not-we vvould still be living

in caves, clad in the skins of wild beasts, and chasing one another around the trees with knotty-headed clubs loaded to scatter.

Only through the Mitchells has the world progressed, have foolish and worn-out traditions been disrupted, and shackles been stricken from the minds and the hands of humanity.

The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth, and it is through the fearlessness of men who won't be held down and cannot be restrained, that the world keeps forging onrvard.

Moses was one of that type. So was Jesus. And Buddha. And Confucius. And Socrates. And Galileo. And Roger Bacon. And Isaac Newton. And Luther. And Cromwell. And the men 'rvho took the Bastille. And George Washington. And Abraham Lincoln. And Columbus. And Robert Ingersoll. And countless others.

Not iconoclasts ! Not simply men who tear dorvn, but men who destroy in order that we may build to better advantage. Men rvho have visions of better things for men, and who throw off restraint and assault worn-out. cast-off. erroneous thoughts, and methods, and replace them with better thoughts and better things, in order that mankind may live the more abundantly, and may develop, and grow as God intencled that he should.

We enter the postwar period with Hope and Confidence.

Hope-for a rapid and peaceful reconversion to a civilian economyl and-

Confidence in our American system of living.

We are building up our inventories and stand ready, as always, to take care of your Hardwood needs.

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Conference on Housing

Washington, D. C., Dec. lG-As a part of the Government's drive to get the largest possible volume of home construction under way in 1946, housing leaders representing industry and labor u'ill meet ir1 Washington on December 17 and 18.

Tl'rc two-day conference was called by Administrator John B. Rlandford, Jr., of the National Housing Agency at the request of I)irector John W. Snyder of the Office of \\/:rr Mobilization and Reconversion, as one of the steps in the OWMR's six-point program to expand production and combat inflation.

Mr. Blandford said the conference rvould be devoted ttr corrsideration of practical steps whicl-r may be taken nou' t() assrlre a maximum volume construction of housing zrt the right prices "during the critical year 1946"-lr'ith particrrlll en.rphasis on meeting the needs of retttrning veterans ';trr<l their families. The attendance will be kept to a small gr()up so as to permit concentration on concrete problems.

'llhose invited to attend include representatives of thc National Association of Home Builders, thg Construction Advisory Council, the CIO, the A.F. of L., the Producers ('ourrcil, the Associated General (-orTtractors of Amcrica, the National Association of Rcal I'lstate lloards, thc American Bankers' Association, thc National Savings :tnd I-o:rn l-eague, the Mortgage I),ankers Association of -\nreric:r, and thc Il'nited States Savings and l,o:rn l-e:rgtrc.

U. S. Plvwood Corporation Issues Fincncicl Report

United States Plywood Corporatiorr and subsidiaries rellort for six m<'rnths enrled October 31, 1945 a net profit of $863,800, eclual after preferred dividends to $1.15 per slr:rrc rrn 699,864 shares of common stock outstanding :rt ()ctolrer 31, 1945 (after the 2-for-l stock split-up) comparc<l rvith $519,300 or $1.59 per share earned on the D9,932 shares orrtstarrcline' during the corresponding six months of 1944. ()rr thc ltasis of the 699,86.1 c()mmon shares norv outstanding, tlrc pro{it {or the six months ended C)ctober 31 ,1944 n'oulcl have equalled 7.1 cents a share.

l{ct sales for the six n.ronths endecl October 31, l9-15 rvcre $1.1,581,100 cornpared u'ith $12707,1(n in the sarne ireriorl last _r'ear.

'.lhe sales for the six months crrde<l October 31, 1945 ex clude approximately $900,000 oi sales made bv nes.ly accluired subsidi:Lries rvhich arc rr()t consolidated irr the abovc nrentioned figurc\.

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MPn sg2-Gypsum Shecthing

manufacturer's price of $25 N'I has been sct rvater repellent gypsum sheathing. '['hr' orrle:' <lealers must adjust their GMPR prices tcr

Door cnd Window Screens

The OPA has provided manufacturers' ceiling priccs f,rr combination storr.n and screen doors and lvindow and saslr screens u.ith l4 by 18 mesh screen wire cloth. (Anrendment 1l to Revised MPR 293, effective Dec. 10.)

erets what you can do to help put over the Victory Loanour last "all out" effort t To help bringi our battle-weary men home and give the finest medical care to our wounded heroes ! To show every one in your community that your store is baching ufr the Victory Loan!

A Yo,r" community measures your support of the Victory Loan by your Bond advertisements ! In all your advertising, include the Victory Loan "drop-ins" supplied by your newspapers. IJse the Victory Loan Insignia and your own Tiade Group Emblem in eaery adaerti.sement!

B For top Victory Bond sales on Armistice Day, the Thanksgiving season, and Pearl Harbor Day, use mats of special Bond advertisements, which you can get from your newspapers t

C Advertise, display, and put your best selling effort behind the new Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial $200 Bond!

Make every working day a Victory Bond Dayt And be sure employees buy their quota, too, through the Payroll Savings Plan ! If you do not have the Campaign Book, get in touch with your local Retail'War Finance Chairman or the head of your own Tiade Group. The Victory Loan is our final big drive-make it YOUR BEST!

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Still Unbroken

(I heard a small-town Southern Methodist preacher tell this story the other day, very e'ffectively, during a Methodist Conference in a Southern City.)

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Review cnd Prospects oI Lumber Industry in Bank Pcrmphlet

The Chase National Bank of Ner,v York has prepared :rnd is distributing a detailed revierv and summary of the lumber industry, its importance, its prospects, uses of its products, supply, demand, production, costs, etc. Under the caption "Lumber-An Old Industry Faces a Nerv World," the compilation which is based on official government figures, as well as on data from such authorities as Dr. Wilson Compton, has 22 pages of interesting and lvorthwhile information.

"How are pickings this week?"

The other said:

"Lousy. That bu:rch of preachers came here bringing nothing but a ten dollar bill and the Ten Commandments, and they haven't none of 'em broken ary one of 'em yet."

New Ycrd in Fillmore

J. E. Crocker has opened a lumber yard Calif. The business is operated under the Shamrock Lumber Co. He was for many years man for the T,exaco Company.

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at Fillmore, name of the maintenance

Leland X,Iuller and Bill Marmion of San Gabriel Lumber Co., San Gabriel, Calif., accompanied by Lieut. Jerry Muller, left November 2l on a trip to !.[orthern California and Oregon to call on sawmills.

Postwq,r Prospects of the Pacifi, -l{or t hw est Lum,b er Indu strY

By R. T. Titus, Director of Trode Extension Wesl Coqst Lumbermen's Associqlion

The lun.rber industry oi the l'acific Norti.ru-est appears to have lt post-l'ar ftlture zrs bright as tirat oi most other industries. In some respects it has a better llrospect.In the first placc it u'il1 not require a great amount of time anrl capital investment to rec()11\'crt t() tlre protltrcti,,tt t,f Ic:tcclitttt' iten-rs. In thc sccirtr<1 ltlacc there is ;L lrig rrnfille<l civilian <1er-nun<l for lrturlrer atrtl l'oor'l prorlrtcts u'hich has accunttlate<l <lrrrir-rg the s':rr vears. liurthcrlll()rc rccent \\-;rr-stimulated develoPr-nents irr lrrml;er rrtilizatiol antl u'ood cottvcrsiotr poirit tr-r cntirelr. ne{' horizotts. The $':tr has sPcetlerl rtP iLllrl cr\s talized ne\\r pr()cesses iitrrl techuoloe'ies, 111a11\- oi u'hich harl been explored experimentally vcilrs ztg'() llltt rrtcre lre\er pl:rced ttpon a commercial ftlotil.rg.

Lunrber's principal market, tratlitionallv. has lleen the brrilding of honrcs, ilLrttr strrtctttres, schoc)ls, chttrches antl similar 'buil<lirrr3-s. I:xcept for cert:riu cerrters of u'ar llrorluctior.r therc hits lreerr pr:rcticallv Iro building oI perma rrent h<inres sirrcc 19.11. It is estimated that normall)' lr'llorrt 5.50,000 rret' tln'eiling ttttits are reclrtired each )'ear t() Provitlc arlerlrurtel-r. for thc incrcase in Amcric:rtr flLrlrilies. 'l'llc grcatlY iucre:iseci tlllrrriiige rilte tlr'rring \\'itr -ve:Irs rvill prriba|ly result irr thcre being nearlr' 1,000,0C0 nlore fatlrilies lrv 1946 than n'orrlcl normallr- hzrve beerr the case. All this points to a lrig demancl for nen' littttles lr-r- pcolllc u'htl hltvc r-rot lteel able to set r1p hriusekeellirtg ol1 i! llcrnlattcllt lrltsis. 'l'his, of cotlrse, is in adrlitiotl to thc lltrge tlttttlllcrs oi pcoPle no$' ;rdecluatelv houserl u'ho Nant trcN htlutcs of their ()\\:n. listimates var-v llut \\'c rlliIv lrlriltl 750.000 to 1.000.0OO homes antrtt:tl lv for severill vc:trs.

While the attentiOrr oi thc lrrril<lirrg irrtlttstr-r'hlLs lrt'crt focssecl tlpo11 lte\\' cottstructiotl \\'c lllust tlot l,se sight oI the 1:act tl-rat:tlttrost cvcr-r'llontc irl thc crtlttltrv rr-ill rcclrrirc repair Or r'oclerrriztttiotr irr sotrrC <lCerec its S()()11 :ts trliLtCrials a1cl laltor irre lir':rilalrlc. A gootllr- porti6tl 6i tllest: jobs n'ill involvc thc ttse of lttmller.

Lrtmller has ltlg'lrvs lreen t|e llrefcrred cotrstrttctirltt tttlt tcrizrl orr tlrc ftrrrl . [.':trr-trers nou. h:tr-e more mollc1' lrr';til ;rl>le for lrrrildirrq'tltltrt irr ltlall\--\'cars anci the nec<1 for tleu' constructiott :Ls s'cll as relt:rir u-ork is gencrztllv l-ccogtrizctl' .\ rcccrrt slir\'('\'oi thc l)()st\\':Ir {arm llrrilditlg nllirltct lr-r' ,rrre oi the le:Lrlirrg f:rrrrt prtblic:rtiolrs slrot'e<l that 16.6 pcr ccnl of tlrc frrrtrr ()\\'lrel's itre T)r()sl)cctir t' llrrilrlcrs oI citlrcr'

farrn homes or tenant hottses and 71.5 per cent expect to mal<e tn:tjrtr rcltairs or iurprovements to the home at all a\-erege crist of altproximately $4p0. More important still' rrearly 75 y:er cent of the farmers expect to make imprcivenlcrlts to other f:rrm structttres at an average estimatecl cost of $525. Nel, fltrm cotlstruction plus the repair of farnr h0mes, lrartrs, scrYice lluilclings and other strttctttres $'ill rcrluirc rrrillions oI feet of lumber.

Irr the last fen' vears prior to. the rr'at' tler-eltrpnretrt o{ r.ing corrncctor-s and sinrilar devices for fasterriltg $'ootl rrrctnltcrs greatlv enlarged the scope tlf timller constrtlcti(,11. Siltilarlr- it 1o1-appears that glued laminatiorr, a still 1eu'ct' rlctr-cl01tnrcrrt, \\-ill lre an imltortant factor in post$'ar llrrildirr11. Stitlrrllrtecl |-r' *,ar clcrl:tnds rescarch hlis llr()tlrtccrl mrry ne\\' glues -cluick-setting c<>ltl sltle; ir pherlolic t'csirr a-lrrc sltital)le for 'lteaurs exlltlsccl tcl the u'c:rther; il c:t:;eitl glrre that ri'ili not molrt; antl ()thers. Glued-laminatetl mcmbers cirr lte ialtricatetl t() arlv clesiretl shape, size or lcrrgtl-r fror' 1rr.'rlter 6{ sizes ancl le6gtl.rs readilv available ;rrrl laminzrtious catt llc selected for rtnifornlitv in grade and rlualitr'. Frtrthcrmr.rre laminations mLlst lle seasoned for ri.luirrg hence the resultirrg menrlter tYill r.rot shrink and check as may :I stilid nrernlrer tlf the same size' It is expectc<l thltt gltre<l latuirliitiot.t rvill extend the nse of u'oorl into almost cverv range of construction.

Scicntists anrl ltractical lurtrl>ermen are trorv cooPeratitlg irr rescarch 16; ipProve the lumber $'hich rvill l>e availablc for posluitt- cottstrttction zrrrd industrial use. For cxamplc' rvhcn the .\rrnr- etrgirreers needed large cluantities oi checkiree I)orrglas fir ltonton bridge lumller the inclustrl' der t,l0pcrl chcntical seasoning Nith nrea and rlther nlaterilrls 1,r re<lttcc rlrving time ancl improve the llro<luct. I)orrglas tlr' :ril<1 Sitk;r sPruce pl1-rr'oocl used in making airlllanes :rntl glirlers is as strttng as steel and lighter th:lrr aluminum' l',-v treating soft\'<tocls $-ith chenricals har<lness is increasetl to thc point where conifertitts tvootls sttch lts l)ouglas fir ;rrrrl West Cciast hetnlock mav sotttl be ttse<l for high grlLdt: tinisherl floorir.rg, furniture and tlther pt-,rducts formcrlY rrrarle of hardrvoo<ls sttch as oak. Another rccellt discover,t' i:, :r special treillnr('nt n,hich softens rvood until it can be bcnt easilf into arr,v desired shape, then u-l.ren it has beerr tlricrl, tht' n,oorl ltecorues altrrost as hard as irou holclirre' thc shlrpc to rvhich it has lleer.r llent or moldecl. I-lettcr' rrrcthorls of se;rsotring lttlnlrer are lleir-rg er'olved and treat rncnts rvh'ich n'ill stztlrilize rvood meml>ers grezttl-r-. rc<lttc inq lhc tctt<lctrcv trt shrink or srveli lvith changes iu nlriistilfe coilt('nt rlI tlle 11n1o51lhet'e.

'l'he forcst irrdttstries of the Paciflc Northn'est lrre chaugilg from the r-irgin forest trl the timber crol>:is tllcir s()rlrcc of r:rn' t-rtaterial. This change started loug lre forc thc l'lrr lrrrt the u'ar has accenttlatecl atr<l 1>oitrte<l u1l thc

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R. T. Titus

Pacific Northwest Lumber Industry

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and has convinced many hard-headed lumbermen that it pays to grow trees. The war has given tinber growing an economic footing that it lacked before and has established industrial tree farming as an accepted practice for far-sighted land owners' Approximately 3,000,000 acres in Western Oregon and Washington are now devoted to perpetual timber croPPing.

We must face the cold fact that depletion of the virgin timber in this region has reached the point rvhere production will gradually decrease until new crops of voung timber now growing reach merchantable size' This rerluction rvill be gradual. The rvar made its inroads upon orrr most accessible timber but in over-all volume the lvar vears took less of the forest resources than the years of active construction in the middle '20's. The total drain rupon forests of the l)acific Northwest during the war, for rull products including plywood and pulp, ranged from 9 to 9l billion feet of logs per year. However, west of the Cascade Mountains there is still over 200 billion feet of reasonably accessible timber in private ownership and another 250 billion feet in public ownership. While production of forest products is presently decreasing in western Washington it is increasing in u'estern Oregon. There is no question that the manufacture of lumber and other forest products will continue to be one of the leading industries in the Pacific Northwest forever.

I-umber manufacturar. in the Douglas fir region realize full well that in spite of the large potential demand for buildings of all kinds their product is not assured an automatic market. Lumber must be merchandised. We shall see much new and powerful competition in building materials representing the economic energy of tremendous capacities for manufacturing steel, aluminum and other metals createcl by the war. Buildings will be offered to the public in steel, in alrrminum, in composition boards, in every conceivable combination of these materials and with all the potency' of assembly-line production. Recognizing the opportunity as well as tl,e threat presented by such a challenge the lumber manufacturers of the Pacific Northwest are presentlv planning a program oi advertising western rvoods to the consumers. The plan contemplates development of a series of new rvood home designs, publication of an authoritative farm building book, advertising in leading magazines and other special promotional features' Objectives of the campaign are to convince the trade and the public that well-manufactured Western woods are available in quantity and adaptable to modern architecture; to prove that the industry is taking bold steps to guarantee the future timber supply; to improve the market for western timber products; to focus the spotlight on retail lumber dealers as sotlrces of West Coast lumber and gootl builcling aclvice; and to resist invasions into the field of wood by competitive materials. Lumber manufacturers ,f the Pacific Northwest look to the future rvith conficlclrcr"

-l l/no, ol Opportunity Bntlton,

The next year will be a year of OPPORTUNITY.

In that respect, however, it wiil differ from no other year.

Ever since a group of inspired men created and signed the Declaration of Independence, opportunity in this country has belonged to all men.

Before that time kings used to say: "God made you a peasant, and He made me a king-gave you, rags and gave me riches-God did it." Of course it was an unholy lie THEN as NOW; but from the standpoint of the fellow under foot it might as well have been true.

The world found its tortuous way through long eras of agony and injustice when for a man to speak forcefully and intelligently, and speak freely, was dangerous indeed.

And you can trace the liberation of the human racethe dawn of opportunity-to that day when our forefathers signed their names to that Declaration of Independence and gave it to the world as the true birthright of man. It set at liberty, thought, speech, ambition, originality, initiative, patriotism, love of country, love of home, and love of God.

And at the beginning of each new year the thoughtful man

can well afiord to devote a few moments to contemplation of and gratitude for-his blessings.

And so the next year will be a year of OPPORTUNITY' Every one of us will have the opportunity to do his level best in the particular work he has chosen. My rights only terminate where yours begin. We will have the opportunity to think, and speak, and work, just so long as we fail to intrude on the rights of others. We have the right to create success for ourselves, and to enjoy its fruits. We have the right to pursue health, happiness, and prosperity in our own way, so lon! as we do not interfere with the rights of others.

We have the right to help the other fellow, to cooperate with him, in order to help one another, and the country generally. And when we say we have the. right we have one hand leaning against the Declaration of Independence and the other against the Bill of Rights, and don't ever forget it. And don't forget that before that Declaration was written, few men had ever been able to say-"f have the right"-and get away with it.

That is why the next .year will be one of OPPORTUNITY.

Dave Gates Will Retire on December 31

D. H. (Dave) Gates, widely knorvn and popular retail sales managcr of the 1,. K. Woocl Lumber Co. at l-os Angeles, rvill retire f rom business ol1 f)ecemlter 31. He has been with the company for thirty-three years.

l)ave was born in Brownrvood. Texas. in 1879. When lre rvas sixtecll -r'ears ()ld. he started in the lumber business u,orkin.g in sawmills in Louisiana and Texas. He came to I-os Angeles in 1903, and went to work {or the C. Ganahl l-umber Co. at Redondo Beach and was rvith this concern several years. Then he went with E. K. Wood I umber Co. in Los Angeles, where he was shipping clerk for a year, spent two years as a salesman, and then was made retail sales manager, which position he has held for thirty years.

He married Miss Virginia Tiley in 1923, and they make their home in Los Angeles. f)ave's hobbies are hunting and lishing, and he is also an expert cribbage player. On his retirement, he exPects to spend his time between his home in Los Angeles and his summer residence in tlrc

San llernartlino mountains, ancl he will also rvork in lr littlc hunting arrd fishing.

When Dave first came to l-os Angeles, he and Ilddic Yoder, resident manager of The Pacific Lumber Companv at Scotia. r'r'orkecl for the same firm and were roommates ancl they have been close friends these many Year-s. l)ave's future plans call for a trip to Scotia u'here he c:ttt havc a goocl visit u'ith lrlddie.

Southern Pine Ceiling Prices Increqsed

Washington, D. C., Nov. 29.-An upward adjustment in the ceiling prices for Southern pine lumlter at the mill level was announced by the Office of Price Administration today.

Ceiling prices for Southern pine produced by rnills generally are being incrcased 4.7 per cent or an a'r'erage of $2.25 per 1,0(X) board feet.

For small mills that produce r<-rugh lumber olrly and do not operate planing mills, increases averaging $5 per 1,000 board feet are authorized.

There will be no resttlting increase in ceiling priccs t() builders, farmers and everyday citizens buying Southern pine lumber. however. bccause retail dealers are being required to absorb the price increases.

Cclled On The Mitls

D. Normen Cords, of Shevlin-Cords returned November 21 from calling on and Northern California.

Co., San Francisco, sawmills in Oregorr

A Merry Christinas from HOBBS WALL LUMBER

CO.

qlnd AssociatedRcdwood Mills

The Sage Land & Lumber ComponVr Inc., Willits, Calif.

Salmon Creek Redwood Co,, Beatrice, Calif.

Coast RedwoodCo., Klamath, Calif.

Crag Lumber Co., Inc., Smith River, Calif.

Mcterial things mcy chcrnge, but the spirit oI Yule- ' tide lingers on. In thct spirit we extend cordial grreetings to our lriends in the lumber industry. Mcry pecrce oI mind and contentment oI heart be your lot ct this Christmcrs secson.

405 Montgomery Street

SanFrancisco

Los Angreles OfficeJ2s Rowcrn Bldg.

Heads National American \(/holesale Lumber Association

New York, N. Y., Nov. 24.-In accordanct: rvith the b,vlaws of the organization, Titus W. Hager cf Grand Rapids, Mich., first vice president of the National-American Wholesale Lumber Association, has been rtamed by the board of directors to fill the unexpired term of the recently deceased president, J. Lou DuPlain.

Mr. Hager is president and secretary of the T. W. Hager I.umber Company of Grand Rapids and also vice president and general manager of the Grand Rapid; Sash & f)oor Companv. He has been a member of the N;rtionai-Americ:in continuouslv since 1933, rvas elected a director for :L full three-year term in 1942 and re-elected lhis year. He ha<l served as first vice president since the election of Mr. l)rrI'lain at the annttal meeting in Chicago in 1944.

frr assuming the presidencv of the orgz.nization, Mr. Hager says, in a statement to the members :

"The main problem confronting us todav il the plight of the wholesaler. You are all familiar with the action taken as a result of our polling the members as t() their prefercr.rcc in connection rn'ith with rvholesalers^ compensation. The aclverse decisiorr on the mark-up applic:rtion rendered by OPA was reported to you in the associrtion bulletin. l-osing the first round doesn't me:tn that th,: fight is lost. It only nreans orrr further elTorts rvill be intersifiecl. I huvc just spent tu,o days at Ner,l' York meeting with a small group of our directors ancl association counsel. Itrelimi-

nary steps are being taken prior to our next steps at Washington. However, for your information, another meeting rvith a small group of lumbermen representing several branches of the industry, will be held in Chicago early next rveek in furtherance of our plans. You will be kept informed of developments as soon as there is something of a definite nature to report."

Building New Pl<rnt

A modern daylight structure of steel and concrete will rcplace the present 75-year-old plant of E. C. Atkins ancl Comp:rny, pioneer Indianapolis firm and manufacturer <if saws.

According to E. C. Atkins, president of the company :rlt<l grandson of the founcler, present construction plans involve an expenditure of $1,5@,000, but this figure mav lzrter reach or exceed $2,000,000.

Work on the new program has already been started arrd is schedulecl for c^mpletion by late fall of 1946. The Carl Geupel ConstruCtion Co., Indianapolis engineers ancl contractors. will be the builders.

Redwood Mill Burns

Salmon Creek Redwood Company's mill at Beatrice, Calif., rvas destroyed by fire December 3. The mill had a dailv capacity of 50,000 feet. The loss was estimated at $200,000.00, partly covered by insurance.

The sales of this mill were handled exclusively by Hobbs Wall l.umber Co.. San Francisco. Fred H. Lundblade is lrlanagcr.

Sno{o,n', Qrnetingt TAGOMA IUMBER SAIES

Bepresenting

Vcrncouver

Dickmcrn

Tacoma

Clecrr Fir

Delicnce

Kcrrlen-Dcrvis

CdDLumberCo.

Western Pine Plqns Ahecrd

By S. V. Fullowoy, Jr., Secrelsry-Monoger Wesiern Pine Associotion

Thc prorluction accornplishments <;f Americlitr inclustry tou'arrl u'iuning thc rvar u'ere so spectacular that tttanv otttstancling perfort:tauces \verc understanclably overlooked. The Westeru l'ir.re industrl', for instllnce, tttrttctl in a tre' mendon-. lnmber 1>rocluction job undcr diflicult corrditions. fn trvo of the rvar vears, 1941 and 1912, Wel;tern I'ine Production u'as 20 per cent more than in arly year' <tI the industrl-'s history, rvith shiPments irr 1!l:11 exceetling 6f billion lro:trcl feet. Annual production averaged over (r billion ieet during the vears l94l to 194.5, morc than .J0 per cent greater than the average production for the prcvious fir'e years.

'fhe situ:rti()1-l lll:r\- lrc .staterl in :rrrother r,l'a1'. While thc nation's softu.oo<l industrv 1>roducecl lumlter at a rate of only 90 per cent its 1920-1929 aurrual total, the Westem Pine industry rryas able to produce during the emergency. an average of 30 per cent nlore annually than in these same ten pre-depression vears. Credit is clue the industry for this fir.re record.

It-arly in the rvar it becanrc forciblv evitlent thzrt Iclahcr White Pine, Ponderosa Pine an<l Sugar Pine r,vere the preferred rvoods for the exacting and difficult requirements of rnilitary packaging ancl cr:rtirrg for overseas shipment, and for many other specialized and essenti;tl ttses, many of thern close militarv secrets. As the r.r'ar effort intensified, the War Agencies strictll' curtailed arrcl chitnneled the distribution of these versatile woods into uses considered rnost vital and necessarv for the prosecution of the war. Under the restrictiorrs imposed, the sa'ivmill could not ship, or evcn use. Western Pine lumber without specific authorization from the War Production Board. No other softwood \vas more rigidly controlled.

An'arc of the desperate need for its products the industry gla<lll rgsponded to its country's call for lumber and more lumber. The nr:u-rufacturer regretted his inability tr.r serve his regular crlstorners during those critical years but military needs had to come first. No other softwood species of rrornally large volume reached the civilian trade in smaller <luantities.

Trade Promotion

With the virtual disappearance of products of the Western I'ine region from civilian markets, due to the War Agencies channeling approximately 95 per cent of the pro-

duction into direct ancl intlirect nlilitarl' uses. fiel<1 trtrde promotion llv the Associatiort n'::s discontinued for the clttration. However, certain l)r()gritllls tvere contittuc<1 antl, in some instances. cxpanded.

Sp:rce a<lverti:;ing irr Natiorr;rl pulllicatiorls n'as cotrtitluc<l rrt its ustt:rl level. Copl u'as aimed at the consumer and u'trs designed to create future, not cttrrent l>usiness, :tu<l to channel it throtrgh thc local retail lumller dealer. The \Arestern Pine industrv hat; alrvays consiclerecl llig ltll1rber rlealer as the logical retail outlet for its prodncts.

'l-he effectiveness of thc pr()gram has beer-r clearll- antl f,rrciblJ' <lemonstratecl l;r' the impact of recluests receivecl sincc \r-J dav for the Camera \tiervs booklet. As this is being rvritten, over 100,000 single copy mailings have been ruracle. Tl.re1' are the direct result of individual re(ltlests tlevelope<1 f rotrr cppsuurer advertising <luring 19'+5' In a<lclitionl'substantial lrtdt shipments of other Wsstern l-ine publications have l>een made to aggressive merchanclisers for distribution to their prospects.

J'he Association rnaintains a large variety of clealer-help literature prepared for consumer reading. Sound motion picture films are available for grottp shor'ving, and have proven very popular. Bookings can be arranged by t'riting the Association office at Portlancl, Oregon. Dealer.i can coLrnt on Western Pine consumer a.dvertising ancl trade promotion to be continued in 1946'

Research

r\ pioneer in the field, the Western Pine inclustry has long been dedicated to product improvement through laboratory research. That this progressive policy has paid cliviclends is amply demonstrated by developments and discoveries which,' today, are accepted and used bv the trade as common practice. Realizing the importance of research and its contribution to post-war markets, our modern. well-equipped laboratory expanded its activities' I)evelopments, of course, must be put through severe service and laboratory tests, and thoroughly proven before they can be released for general use. Projects now under stucly give encouraging promise of substantial new markets and increased volume of lumber and wood products sales for the retail dealer, for 'Western Pine research rvill continue as a major activity in 1946.

Grading Standards Maintained

For many years no lumber has moved into the market better manufactured, or more uni{ormly graded, than that shipped by the Western Pine industry' This was especially and noticeably true during the war. There were sound reasons for this. The industry felt that customers were entitled to the long-establishecl high standards of seasoning, grading and manufacture, despite the difficulties and limitations of the war years' and every effort was made to

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Western Pine Plans Ahead

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maintain these stanclartls in the familiar and regular grades. That the industn' did a good job is attested by its oltl friends. ancl by its host of nerv friends acquired during those troublesome <lays 'when cleviatirlns fronr accustonrcrl stanclards u'ere not ulrconlrn()n. 1n 1946 as in other years, Western Pine grading standarcls u'ill be maintainetl.

Timber Supply

The r-ast reservoir of existirrg Western l'ine timber resources, together u-ith irrcreasing refinements in manufacture and more conlplete utilization, inclicates no timber shortage in the foreseeable f rrture. Tu'o basic {orestry principles are not subject to argument. A dead tree is an econonric loss. -\ncl a:s <llcl timber is harvested. new timber rvill grow. ]loclern harr-esting practices-thinning out old arrrl over-ripe stancls-stimulates growth in uncut young'er trees and n'-rtural seeding of harvested areas provides nelr- cr()pli. -fhe steacll' progress in forest management of private lands through selective logging, fire control, and other sorrnrl forestry procedures which will result in adequate forest renewal, assures a continuous succession of forest crops ir.r 1946 and future years.

Forest management programs for company-owned land are increasingly the responsibility of college-trained foresters, employed by many lumber companies in the Western Pine region. To assist the operators, the Association also has a staff of technical forest engineers.

Ready reference handbooks of Forest Practice Rules, by states in the region, have been published and are available for distribution to interested persons by writing to the Association.

Tree Farms

One long-range development on a national scale is certified Tree Farms. A Tree Farm is a forest area of any size dedicated to the grorving of commercial forest crops. The land is managed on sound forestry principles. In the Western Pine region, none of the forests are clean cut.

The Western Pine 'free Farm program has made sultstantial progress since its inception in 1942. Since Septernber of that year, when the first Western Pine Tree Farm was certified, 80 Tree Farms covering 2,227,411 acres of

private forest lands have already been certified by the Western Pine Association and registered with American Tree Farms. Such a vigorous movement is indicative of the determination of the Western Pine tirnber owner to protect, maintain and perpetuate an adequate timber supply.

Summary

End of the war found the Western l)ine industry at the lowest ebb in manpo\ver and worker efficiency. As this is u'ritten, strikes have closed 30 per cent of the inclustry's production capacity. These things have prevented a prompt volume return of the industry's products to normal industrial and retail nrarkets. This has been as rnuch of a disappointment to the industry as it has been to the retail dealer, but the causes are beyond our control.

The ycar 1946 should see \Mestern Pine products again in their usual markets in normal volume if current industrial strife can be eliminated on a sound basis. The lumber producer, rvith price ceilings in effect, is definitely limited in his attempts to meet union wage demands. This situation is the determining factor in an early return to normal volume.

We have been asked if the high war production of Western l'ine luml>er would l>e continued in peacetime. Numerous factors are involved, such as long-range programs for harvesting the tintber stands, hours of employment, and tax consiclerations. A careful study of the regional situation indicates that lumber production in the Western Pine inclustry will level off to an average annual volume of 5 ltillion feet during the next five years.

'fhe Western Pine manufacturer looks forward with pleasant anticipation to the day when he can again serve his dealer friends. We are confident that, by the time spring activities open up, the Western Pines will again be flo'iving into the retail lumber yards in normal r.olume. Shortages may exist in. some iter-ns owing to depleted inventories and abnormal demand, but there l'ill be some lumber for all.

Over the long term, the Western Pine regiolr of the eleven Western States rvill continue to supply a large part of the nation's lumber. The lumber dealer can look to these highly regarded woods as a permanent s()rlrce in the years ahead for materials rvith rvhich to cst;rblish or strengthen his reputation f<lr selecting prodrrcts that rvill give lasting satisfaction.

HOME THIS CHRISTMAS-We join in your ioy

You who so patiently uaited

With pride in your eye and f ear in your heart

For the return of someone-your boy.

And, to you who'f ond, memories hold,

Of loaed. ones now ol God,'s kingd.orn a part

Our d.eepest sympathy and the prayer,

"Ma! peace corne to your aching heart."

Toyou who have lost loved, ones

And to you to whom they'zse been spared

W e pay very great tribute

Fathers and mothers of brave son.r.

A Mercjt, MerrJt Christma,

And a Haf\y IVewYear too

These ond-itt the good. things

Are what wewish f or you.

frlttty tt)ttrtmfls

To the Members of the lrumber and Allied Industries

The California tumber Merchant

frlttty q,t)rfstmnd

Tbnp py freb Denr

To Our Friends

206 Sansome Street, Scn Frcrncisco 4

Ernie Bqcon Louise Gcllqher Vic Cimo "Red" Downing R. F. Reid

8I2 E. 59th Street, Ios Angeles I

Stonley Moore Chorles Conkey Spence Forrow Bob Kreisler

"Heb" Hebard Roy Holker Art Ashby Stello Lorsen Betty Corter

Perry Neil Fronk Tucker "Blqckie" Tucker

"Dai,ve" Davis Heads San Francisco

Hoo-Hoo Club

"I)ave" Davis, Union Lumber Co., San Francisco, was elected president of San Francisco Hoo-Hoo Club No. 9 at the lumbermen's luncheon meeting sponsored by the club November 27 in the Concert Room, Palace Hotel San Francisco.

Hugh W. I{andley, Van Arsdale-Harris Lumber Co., San Francisco, was elected vice president, and Paul Overend, California Redwood Association. San Francisco, wrs chosen as secretary-treasurer. Al Nolan, Tl-re I'acific I-umlter Con.rpan)', San Francisco, rvas elected Sergeant-at-Arms.

l'he directors are : Frank C)'Connor, I)onovan Luml-rer Co., San Francisco; Larue Woodson. Wheeler Osgood Company, San Francisco; Fritz Dettmann, Allen & Dettmann Lumber Co., San Francisco; C. C. "Sti" Stibich, Tartcr, Webster & Johnson, Inc., San Francisco. and Bob Gchrirrs, Service Lumber & Supply Co., San Francisco.

D. Normen Cords, Vicegerent Snark for Oakland district, opened the meeting and turned it over to president Davis, after welcoming the 83 lumbermen who were in attendance.

Supreme Bojum Lew Godard introduced the speaker, J. Roger Deas, of the City Planning Commission, San Francisco, who gave an interesting talk.

The next luncheon will be the Christmas affair, to be held Thursday, December 20 at 12:59 p.m. in the Concert Room, I'alace Hotel. San Francisco.

OPA To Permit Price Increcrses In Certcin Furniture Lines

Washington, D. C., Nov. 29.-To encourage immerli:rte manufacture of more furniture in the low and meclium priced lines, the Office of Price Administration is preparing to permit manufacturers to increase their existing ceiling prices for these lines by varying amounts up to N per cent, the agency said today.

The industry is being given this advance notice of the program-which probably will not be formallv issued until late December-to enable them to begin the manufacture of low end items in time for the Januarl u'holesale furniture market. OPA said.

Bcck At His Desk

H. L. Miner, president, Whiting Mead Co. of San Diego, is back on the job follor,r'ing his recoverv from illness.

"Dqve" Dqvis

A Merry, Merry Christmas

O'erflowing with good cheer, Prosperity and happiness

Throughout the coming year.

Protected from all sorrow, Established in good heaith, The dawning of each morrow Showing increased wealth.

AII these, as well as others, To make your lives sublime, Are the wishes that we're wishing For you this Christmas Time

l{hat tnthusiasm ilIav Do

Success is often due less to ability than to enthusiasm.

The world makes way for the man who believes in his mission. No matter what objections may be raised, no matter how dark the outlook, he believes in his power to transform into reality the vision which he alone has seen.

It has been well said that all the liberties, reforms, and political achievements of society have been gained by nations thrilling and throbbing to one great enthusiasm.

Enthusiasm will steady the heart and strengthen the will; it williive force to the thought and nerve. to the hand, until what was only a possibility becomes a reality.

No barrier however formidable, no obstacle however insurmountable it may seem to the timid or the faint-hearted, can bar the way to any man possessed of enthusiasm for a high ideal. Never before in the world's history has the man fired by enthusiasm had such an opportunity as he has today.

It is particularly the age of young men and young women. The world looks to them to be interpreters of new forms of youth and beauty. Secrets, jealously guarded by nature, are waiting to reveal themselves to the enthusiast who is willing to devote his life to the work. Inventions,

foreshadowed today, are waiting for lhe passionate patience of enthusiasm to develop them.

Indifference is the opposite of enthusiasm. Indifferdnce never leads armies that conquer, never models statues that live, nor moves the world with heroic philanthropies. Enthusiasm it was that wrought the statue of Memnon and hung the brazen gates of Thebes; it fixed the mariner's trembling needle upon its'axis, and first heaved the great bar of the printing press. It opened the tubes of Galileo until world after world swept before his vision; and it reefed the topsail that ruffled over Columbus in the morning breezes of the Bahamas. It has held the sword with which freedom has fought her battles, and poised the axe of the dauntless woodsman as he blazed the pathway of civilization. It turned the mystic leaves upon which Shakespeare and Milton inscribed their burning thoughts, and sustained and soothed the heroic soul of Thomas Jefferson in his declining days.

Enthusiasm is the inspiration of everything that i" gt.at. Without it, no man is to be feared. With it, no man is to be despised.

Yaletid,e Greetings

SNTH L. BUTLDB

214 Front Street, Sqn Frqncisco

W. H. WINFBEE

420 Myrile Ave., Modesto g ffielry @tlristmus

gU Guo! rfiistlts tor 1946 to @ur Many frien[g

w. w. wtLKtNsoN

D. W. WIIKINSON

Douglos Fir Plywood-Lumber & Shingles

Creosoted Poles ond Piling

ll2 W. 9rh St.-los Angeles 15, Colif.-TRiniry 4613

Christmas Greetings Best Wishes For 7946

KILPATRICK & (OMPANY

Genercrl Olfice

Crocker Bldg., Scn Frcrncisc: 4, CqliI.

Southem Cclilornicr Oflice qnd Ycrrd

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

Personcl News

R. W. "Jack" Dalton of R. W. Dalton Co., Los Angeles, spent a few days in San Francisco on business at the end of last month.

W. H. (Bill) Nigh, manag'er of the Pine department, Wendling-Nathan Co., San Francisco, recently called on the Pine mills in Northern California and Southertr Oregon.

IIomer B. Maris, tative of Simpson visit the company's

Oakland, Northern California represenIndustries, Inc., left November 24 tcr head office and mills in Washington.

Bates Smith, manager, Los Angeles ofifice of MacDonald & Harrington, Ltd., visited the head office in San Francisco in the latter part of November.

Amendment No. I to RMPR 217 Walnut Lumber

An increase in the ceiling prices for walnttt lunrber, designecl to permit the industr)' its 1936-1939 rate of profits, has been announced by the Ofifrce of Price Administration. '-flre action became efiective November 23,7945.

The increase is 24 l)er cent over former prices, OPA said, and is the minimum required in the light of increased costs to restore 1936-1939 profit levels for producers.

Walnut. OPA said, accounts for less than tlvo-tenths of one per cent of all lumber 1>roduced in the LTnited States' It is a specialtv rvood and n,as used almost exclusively during the war for gunstocks. It is usecl in peace time principalll' for furnitttre ancl cabinet work. Not since l94l has rvalnttt l>een prodttced in great volume.

U. S. Steel Has Alrecdy Given Jobs To Necrrly 13.000 Vets

Nearly 13,000 veteratrs of World War II, il nttn.rber just short of a full army dir ision, already have been ernployed bv subsidiar,,' companies of United States Steel Corporatiorr and the veterans re-employment figure is increasing dailv. Corporation officials announced today.

Oi the number employed 8.907 were former employees ar.rcl 3 963 rvere veterans not previously employed by the companies. More than 110,000 employees of f-lnited States Steel subsidiaries left their jobs during the war to enter the arnrecl services.

Christmas Party of Club No. 39 At Hotel Clarcmont Dec. 21

Oakland Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 sponsors a Christnras party for lumbermen and their gentlemen guests on Frirlay evening, December 21, at the Claremont Hotel, Berkeley.

Starting at 6:39 p.m. refreshments may be purchased in the Spanish Iioom up to the time dinner is served. A well choscn entertainment program will follolv the dinner, and there rvill be thc traclitional Christmas tree, for which members and guests rvill furnish presents o{ the five and dime varietr..

Tickets will include the dinner and sholv. A iull house is indicated, so the best thing to do is to get tickets during the advance sale from I)ecember 5 to 19 from one of the following: Norm Cords, DOuglas 2169; Ji- Overcast, TEmplebar 5584; Nick Nicholson, Glencourt 9688; Jack Woocl, KFi,llog 2-4277; Al Kelley, LAkel.rurst 2-2751; Idverett Lcrvis, Til'-llog +-1884; Tom Jacobsen, l)Terln,ont 1826.

New Shingle Business In Los Angeles

Bell Shingle Co., a subsidiary of Jamison Lumbcr & Shinglc Co. of Iiverett, Wash., has taken storage sp:rce for their shingle business at the yard of Brush Indttstrial Lunrber Co., 5354 East Slauson Avenue, Los Ar-rgeles.

New O]lice Building Completcd

The fine new office building of Manufacturers Lumber (--o.. exclusive sales agents for Commercial Lumber Co., at 8145 Reach Street, Los Angeles, has been completed, and is. a good example of what can be accomplished by the use of beautiful hardrvoods for interior decoration.

The building is of the ranch type, with wide redwood siding on the outside, partly in natural color, applied horizontallv and partlv vertical, painted white.

The main office, customers' lounge, and shipping office are paneled in Spanish cedar.

The office o{ Donald I-. Allison, olJice rnanager. is puneled in Prima vera. The office o{ James S. Lindern-ran, lnanager of the softu'oocl department is faneled in comlr grain oak, and office of Noble K. Lay, hardwood departlnent manager, is paneled in matched lvalnut.

A1l the ceilings are done in Fir-Tex acoustical tile, with Fir-Tex colortile above the .paneling-. Indirect lighting is rrsc,l throughout.

A fireproof vault, of solid concrete, has been built. Asphalt tile l.ras been laid on .all the floors. The Executone communication system with a unit on each desk and all rviring concealed has been installed. Rest rooms include shou'ers for the staff.

Ample parking for customers has been provided, :urcl landscaping rvork is under way. Visitors rvill be rvelcomed.

News of Orr Service Friends ,D

Lieutenant Charles B. White, U.S.N.R., and Lieutenzrnt Don F. White, U.S.N.R., arrived home on November 2l and..25, respectively, from Tokyo and way points. Both men are sons of C. H. White, vice president and general rnanager of White I3rothers, pioneer San Francisco hardwood concern. Both will return to White Brotl-rers. Don rvas assistant manager, and Charlie was purbhasing agent for the firm before they entered the service.

Mr. White's son-in-la1', I-ieutenant Dudley Dozier, LI. S. Army, has returned from India, and will return to thc Dozier Manttfacturing Company of Oakland.

Lieut. Commander terminal leave. He Francisco, before he

Itay'Whitbl', USN, has n.as u'ith the Redwood entered the service.

Lieutenant Baxter H. Pond, son oI Gardner P. Pond, vice president of J. H. Baxter & Co., who went overseas rvith the Sth Air Force last February is still in Europe. He is a pilot of a B-17 bomber, and had three missions over Berlin and Munich before the war ended. He has spent the past 3O days in Amsterdam, Holland.

Mr. Pond's younger son, Lieutenant Gardner P. Pond, Jr. completed his training as a B-I7 bomber pilot, and rvas just about to go overseas rvhen the war ended. He has nou' receivecl his disch:rrse from the service.

Major Robert f)uttle, con,pleted his ber Co., Oaklancl, is norv Sales Co., Sarr (Juartermaster Section,

Larry Ashdolvn, for the past t\&'o years a Sergeant irr the Sth Air Force, stationed in England, has returned to his former employer, Wholesale Building Supply, Inc., Oakland.

Bill Marmion, partner of Leland Muller in San Gabriel Lumber Co., San Gabriel, has received his discharge {rom the Army Air Corps, in rvl-rich he held the rank of Captain. He served in the South Pacific.

son of F. G. Duttle, Sterling Lumhead of the Supply Division of the stationed at New Delhi. India.

l-ieutenant Jerr_v NTuller, son of Leland Muller of San (ialrriel l,umber Co., San Gabriel, Cali{., rvho was a combat photographer in the Air Corps in the China-Burma-In<1ia area, is home on leave.

N{el Matheny, three years, with and Pacific areas, Co., Oakland, as Mathenv.

n'ho ,was a Lieutenant in the Navy for service in the Atlantic, I\{editerranean, has returned to Matheny Sash & Door lnanager. He is the son of Charles B

It gives us pleasure to extend to all our friends at this festive season

More Than 20 Million Americans Use J. Philip Boyd Opent Chicaso Olfice

FHA Insured Mortgages

More than 20,000,000 Americans have been crrablc<l ttr inrJrrove their housing conditions through the insttrarrce by the FHA of over $8,700,000,000 in mottg:rges autl 1o:trrs arlvanced lly private capital, Commissiollcr J{:tr-mtln<1 N{. Folev of the Federal Housing Adrninistr:rtiotl recently rcvealed.

''Ihese people represent nearlv 6,700,000 falnilies ()1' {)ver ' one-lifth of the total nonfarm p<-rpulati<lt'r of tllc t'ottntrv," I{r. Foley said. "In a little more th:rn elcvcrr :ttrrl onehalf years, over $6.8 billion in mortgage lttans hiLvc becn aclvanced for the purchase or construction of uearlr' 1'(t75,O([ family dwelling ttnits. u'hile about $2 billiorr has lrcerr aclranced to more than 5,000,000 propctty owners. enabling them to repair, improve and modernize their properties, tlrrrs maintaining them ir.r a livaltle condition :tnd helpinrl 1() prcserle the nation's existirrg housing ittvetlt<lry."

lVlr. Foley pointed out that as gratifying as this record is thcre is still a large backlog of new home construction anrl property improv€metrt needecl tvhich nrttst be gotlcrl rlrrrler q,Av as so1;lt as materials a1{ r-nanp,,rvcr 1termi1.

Ncmed Mcrncarer oI Mcrsonite Plcrnt

Charles H. Westphalen has been eleclcrl a r-icc qtrcsirlcnt ancl director of l{asonite Corporrttiorr, itnd appoir.rtcd gencral manager of the companr''s plant :Lt l-ittrlel, Miss. Mr. Westphalen rvent tri l-aurel in 192O u'ith the late Willianr I{. Mason, and rvorked rvith him in developing thc process b1. u'hich \{asonite presse<f ivootls ate pt'odtrce,l.

In 1926, upon organization of the company, hc becarrrt' superintendent of production; irr 1940 was appoillted pro' duction manager; and last Jrrne rvas named actir.rg gcner-al manager of the plant. F{e nou' succeeds John H. Thickerrs. who resigned because of ill-health.

New Yard in El Centro

Wilel' O. Mannirrg anrl C. T,. \'f iLnning are the orvners of thc N{:tnning Lumbcr Co., rrer,r' lurrrbei:rnd brrilrling m:rtcrial v;trrl recentlv estaltlishe<1 at 1425 \V. l{lin Strect. Iil Ccrrtro. \\rilc)- lf ;rnnirrg l':is forrrrcrll tlrr<l maritLl.lcr for- liercl<lrofiCuzncr I-urr.rber ('o. :rt CrLliurtria. ('alii.

('hicago, I11., Nov. 30.-J. I)hilip Boyd, recerltlv retired | )ir-ector of the I.umber and l-umber Products l)il'ision of tlre War I'rddttction Board, has established arr office in Chicago and opened a lrtmber sales organizatiort rrncler the fir'rn str'lc of J. Philip llo,r'<1 and Companr', Inc' Thc tteu' organization u'ill <lcal in lurrrber lttrd lrrmlter llrotlrtcls otl a u'holesale basis, ct,r'erirrg the errtire softn'ocld field lrrld specialty items in harclu'oritl. N{r. Boyd r,r'ill have associ:lted n'ith him a st:rlf of experienced ancl rvell knou'rr lttnrbernren, ac(luairrted u'ith lumber productiotr antl distribtttiorr.

Becansc of his wide acquaintance in all branches of the irrdrrstry. and also because o{ a very old accluaintarrce rvith the irrdrrstrial and retail trade in the Middle West, it is Mr. Boyd's irrtention to concentrate his business activitr- ilr this region- roughly in the territory from Ohio to Iorva, inclusive, although that rvill not strictly limit the spl.rere of his activities. N{r. Ilovd states that he has beconre ver'r' rrrrrch interested in some of the nerv u'ood prodttcts allied n'ith lrrn-rber ancl nroving through similar channels and intords to deal in plr'rvoocls, plastics, laminaterl members, etc., :rs u'ell as in straight lrrmber items.

Prior to World War II Mr. Boycl represettted the Weyerhaeuser Sales Conrpitn_v in this territorv and w:ls recognized as <ine of the forernost ltrmber ttterchanclisers.

Purchased Over 23 Billion Feet ol Lumber During Wcr

Washirrgton, D. C., Nov. 22.--The report of Lt. Gen. Ilusene Reybold, Chief of the Engineers of the United S1;rtcs i\rmr'. covering the activities of the Engineers iu \\rorld War II, gives some detailed information as to the cr)1r:truction activities of the E,ngineers, and their exper.rditrrlt'.,irr this field.

Irrclrrdecl in the report is the interesting information that rlrrrirrg tl.re rr'ar tl-re Corps of Engineers purchased 23,202,725,975 boarcl feet .of lumber costing $1,036,000,000, "pttrclrascd throrrgh a lon,-cost auction S)'stem."

Union Box Co. Moves

I-nion Rox Companv is nou, located at one end of Brrrsh Irrrlrrstrial l-urnller Companv's yard at 5354 liast Slauson .\r-cnuc, Los .-\rrgeles. Tlre plarrt has been moved from Lona' l),cach ]',or.tlcvar<1. William Neil is nl.tnaser.

$eurron'B @teeting,E

filap tbe lFeuct of him bbo rulega[[ lestiniei, pre*efie tbe " lpe&re of 9merira " be Uube d0 [ong eniopeD, snb be pourg Bt

t.llrigtmustime . . snl tbrougb tbe yearg to come.

606-608 Richfield Building, Los Angeles

Gov. '!(/arren Appoints 16 to Forest Practice Committee

Sixteen appointments to the new district forest practice committees have been announced by Governor Earl Warren, Sacramento. Each committee's duty is to develop forest practice rules in the district affected. The appointments are as follows:

Redwood Forest District committee-Charles R. Barnum, Eureka; Harold Pryor, Ilureka; Gordon Manary, Scotia, Pacific Lumber company; Dana Gray, Fort Bragg, Union Lumber company.

North Sierra Pine Forest District committee-I-em Hastings, Westwood, Red River Lumber company; E. E. Hall, McCloud, McCloud River Lumber company; Alvin IL. Haynes, Burney; T. K. Oliver, Susanville, Fruit Growers Supply company.

Coast Range Pine and Fir Forest District committee-I.ouis Ohlson, Castella, Castle Creek Lumber company; Edwin J. Regan, Weaverville; D. G. Christen, San Francisco, Southern Pacific Land company; Pat Johnson, Eureka, J. F. Sharpe Lumber company.

South Sierra Pine Forest District committee-Frank Solinsky, Jr., San Francisco, Calaveras Land and Timber company; Swift Berry, Camino, Michigan California Lumber company; Walter S. Johnson, San Francisco; Associated Box and Lumber company; George H. Bolz, Placerville.

Specicl Item Pricing Simplilied

Washington, D. C., Nov. 30--"Special item" pricing has been simplified in three hardwood lumber regulations, so that once a seller has had a price approved for such arr item he may continue to sell the same item at that price ex, cept insofar as the applicability of the price may be expressly limited, the Office of Price Administration said today.

The actions, effectivs December 4, 1945 cover hardwood Iumber produced in the Southern, Central and Appalachian hardwood regions, OPA said.

(Amendment No.21 to Revised Maximum Price Regulation 97-Southern Hardwood Lumber; Amendment No. 22 to M:rximum Price Regulation 146-Appalachian Flardwood l-umber; Amendment No. 19 to Maximum Price Ilegulation 155-Central Hardwood Lumber-all effective I)eccmber 4, 1945.)

@be 9ision an! tbe Song

The stars shone dorvn uporr .f urlcan hills, M/here shephercl:; n.atched thcir flocks by night, ,\n<l all the slo;res rtnd vales bclow Werc hallorved lil their m-1'stic light; The earth grew strangely hushed and still ; It le:rrred <lrr night's pulsative breast, .,\ rvcrtr-r, r,vanderer through cndless space, Sccl<ing frlr lteace and rest.

.\rrcl sudrlerrly the vision came. 'lhe angel host, the song. the star, Guiding humanitr. from all its rvretchcrl past 'fo shining goals afar. And though we wander through the mists And loose the way and cannot see, The vision lives, the song abides And hope still sings of brighter joys to be.

Again we hear the old bells chime, Once more rve trim the Christmas tree. And open u'ide our hearts and homes. Tb Yuletide 'r,r'armth and Jollity. We hear the olden greetings now"God bless us, everyone," rve say; A Merry Christmas and a Glad New Year, Peace and Good Will abide alway.

Our better angels walk beside us still, Our cherished dreams and visions cannot die. Within humanity's awakening soul The sunlit pathways of the future lie. Let us be done with fearIiven now, upon her destined way, I,)arth goes to keep her golden tryst with Peacc. And C.harity and Brotherhood, some smiling da-v. -Adeline Merriam Conner.

New Yard in Delcno

Art Post, former manager of the yard of Hayward Lumber & Investment Co., Delano, Calif., has opened the Delano Ruilding Materials in that town.

Keep Thct BoY In You Alive

By Jack Dionne

Keep that boy in You alive.

That's your big job. That's the foundation of all your jobs.

DON'T leave it to chance. DON'T take it for granted he will always be alive, even if you neglect him'

He WON'T.

You.have got to make him YOUR PRINCIPAL BUSINESS.

Keep that boy-with his animation, his enthusiasm, his optimism; with his sweet temper, his cheerful grin, and his love of fun; I say KEEP HIM ALM.

For, if he ever dies, you're D-E-A-D dead, and don't you doubt it. They may postpone the burial for a while, but when he goes, all that's best in you-all that's worth while in you-is GONE'

Youth is not a matter of years-it's a STATE OF MIND'

It isn't a matter of ripe cheeks and supple t1ngs5-i1'5 3 freshness from the deep springs of life.

Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear, despair-these are the things that kill that boY in You'

Friendliness, tolerance, fellowship, interest in others, a determination to be joyful regardless of immediate affairs and events-THESE are the things that keep hinr alive'

Keep your chin upyour grin workingyour smile ready-your kindest words well exercised'

THAT will keeP him alive.

Make this boy part of your daily program of THINKING' Study how you may keep him UP and GRINNING' HE-this boy inside of you-HE'LL keep you young'

When you forget HIM-You grow old'

You keep HIM alive, and HE'll keep you alive; He'll keep you youthful, and useful, and lovable-regardless of the year count.

So-make it your everyday business, your never-ending and deliberate effort to-

KEEP THAT BOY IN YOU ALIVE.

Printcrble?

The logging foreman sent in his report of an accident' with this note to the main office:

"Here is the report on the log rolling over Jim Jones's foot. Now, under the heading, 'remarks,' whose do you want, mine Qr Jones's?"

Not Even Close

Levi-"Dit you vin de footrace at school today, mine son ?"

$9n-"$s1g, PaPa. PY a nose."

Levi-"Gootness, mine son ! Vot a victory !"

Christmcrs

"God rest you merry gentlemen, May nothing You dismaY, For Jesus Christ, our Savior, Was born upon this daY."

W. C. Brcrnn Scrid:

"Give me a land whose skies are lead and soil is sand, yet everlasting life with those I love. Give me a lodge in some vast wilderness hallowed by children's laughter. Give me a cave in the mountain crag, to house those dearest to my heart. Give me a tent in a far frontier where by the lambent light of their mother's eyes I may watch my children grow in grace and truth of God; and I'll build a heaven grander, nobler, sweeter than was ever dreamed of by the dross materialists of bygone days."

Wrong Spelling

Bob Burns, the hillbilly comedian, says they are teaching his little nephew the wrong way to spell at school' "They're learning him to spell taters with a P," says Burns.

Vestigic

I took a day to search for God, And found Him not. But as I trod By rocky ledge, through woods untamed, Just where one scarlet lily flamedI saw His footstep in the sod.

Then suddenly, all unaware, Far off in the deep shadows, where A solitary hermit thrush, Sang through the holy twilight hush, I heard His voice upon the air.

And even as I marveled how God gives us heaven here and now, In a stir of wind that hardly shook The poplar trees beside the brook His hand was light upon my brow.

At last with evening as I turned Homeward, and thought what I had learned, And all that there was still to probeI caught the glory of His robe Where cast the fires of sunset burned.

Back to the world with quickening start, I looked and longed for any part In making saving beauty be And from that kindling ecstasyI knew God dwelt within my heart.

-Bliss Carman.

Certified Tree Farms Pass 11,000,000-Acre Mark

Sixty-six new Tree Farms certified in November raised the national acreage past the 11,000,000 mark, reports J. C. McCellan, assistant forester, National Lumber Manufacturer Associsation. Total units number 945.

In Montana. the Western Pine Association certified the 64,645-acre Upper Swan River Tree Farm, owned by the Northern Pacific Railway, and nine tracts containing 4,036 acres, knor,vn collectively as the Green Mountain Tree Farms. Montana now has 24, totaling 682,373 acres, and the Western Pine region as a whole, 80 totaling 2,219,892 acres.

Tree Farm acreag.e in Mississippi nearly quadrupled when 56 new units with 196,939 acres were certified, bringing the state's score up to 143 with 274,494 acres and the total for the Southern Pine Association region to 8O7 totaling 6,868,402 acres.

The national box score as of the end of 'November : State NurnberAssociation

Alabama ...303 SPA

Arkansas ...257 SPA

Mississippi .......143 SPA

North Carolina. 14 SPA

$rugon'g Gteetingd

TOSTE LUMBER COMPANY

F. A. "Pete" Toste

WHO'ESALE LUMBER,

326 Petroleum Bldg.[.qs Angeles 15 Telephone PRospect 7605

Sates Agcnt

PARETIUS LIIMBER CO., Portlcnd, Ore.

L. t. CARR & CO.

Californio Sugar and Ponderosc Pine

Scrles Agents For SACRAMENTO BOX & LUMBER CO. Mills At Woodleef, Calif.

SACNAMENTO LOS ANGEI.ES

P. O. Box 1282 W. D. Dunniag Teletype Sc-13 {38 Chcnbcr ol Coumcrco lldg.

frlercY t[tlristmsd

A. G. PASGOE

HARDWOOD TTIMBER_VENEERS

The name, "Tree Farm," was conceived in 1941 as a descriptive title for the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company's holdings in Grays Harbor, Lervis, and Pacific counties in Washington. The area was named Clemons Tree Farm and the title attracted nation-wide attention as appropriate for {or forest properties managed for growth of repeated crops.

In November, 1941, the directors of the National Lumller Nlanufacturers Association decided to initiate and foster a nation-wide Tree Farm movement and. on March 31. 1943, the executive committee of the association approved a plan under which Tree Farms are encouraged and registered with NLI\,IA under the title, "Amcrican Tree Farms."

Tree Farm programs are now operat:ve in ten states ancl adoption of the program has been announced by Southern Carolina and Florida. Similar announcements are expected from Tennessee, Maryland, Nerv Jersey, West Virginia, Wisconsin. and Ohio.

Reedsport Operctor Buys Timber

Bridge Lumber Co. of Reedsport, Oregon, recently purchase(friinore than 5,000 acres of timberland in Douglas County from Srnith rr\iood-I'roducts. Inc., Coquille, Oregon.

ll5l South Brocdwcry, Los Angeles

PACIFIC COAST REPNESENTATIVE

Wood-Mosoic Co,, Louisville, Ky.

Ichcrbod T. Williqmg d Son, New York, N. Y. Veneer Products Corporclion

Penokee Veneer Co., Mellen, Wisconsin

R. G. ROBBIT{S TUITIBEN CO.

319 S. W. Wcrshington Portlcrnd 4, Oregon

Distributors ol Pacific

Coast

Forest Products

LOs ANGEI.ES l5 Douqlcs Fir SAN FnANCISCO ll 7rr w.oolrnnic Blvd' Hehtoct< ,Lf;Sl.j-fir8"

Ross C. Iashley Cedcr W. H. Olteil

This ls Postwar

By Richcrd A. Colgon, Jr., Executlve Vlce President Notional Lumber Monufoclurers Association

During the dreary war years we fell into a habit of thinking and talking wistfully about the post-war period as though it were some dream millennium, some happy but impossible Shangri-La, complete with lemonade springs, cigarette trees, and a big rock candy mountain. This is it ! We are in it, and the rock candy mountain is there, sure enough, but we find that we need pickaxes and calloused hands to mine it.

It has been often said that the lumber industry would lead the way torvard reconversion. That is still true. War's end brought merely a change of customers, not a need to retool or alter our products or processes.

Our industry, like any other, is governed by the two great variables: supply and demand. All indications point toward a heavy demand for lumber in 1946. The pent up consumer urge and need for new houses, and other products of which wood is a constituent, is straining at the dam. Given the bredks, I am confident that the''lumber industry can produce a supply of its commodity tiat rvill match or surpass the output of the other essentials of construction.

The War Production Board predicts a new construction job of $6,300,000,000 in 1946. Department of Labor figures are much higher. Moderately estimated, lumber's share of these dollars should be about 25 per cent. The market for furniture and similar related products parallels closely the curve of the building market.

The question is: Can lumber cash in on the golderr opportunity before it in 1946? I believe so, granted two major hypotheses: freedom from labor disturbances and a far'orable price structure.

Where shall we set our production sights for 1946? A realistic and attainable figure would be from twenty-eight to thirty billion feet which, I believe, would come pretty close to keeping pace with demand or, at least, copper the capacit,v of the market to absorb. Accepting thirty billion as a working figure it would probably be apportioned, according to a preliminary estimate of the Lumber Branch, WPB, possibly subject to early revision, roughly as follows: rrew housing,4.Oi repairs, 5.6; other construction, 3.0; millr.r'ork and flooring, 1.0; industrial, 10.4; export, 1.0; military, 1.0; and stocks, 4.0.

Construction sirould hit its full stride in the spring. The comparatively quiet interim of fall an<1 rvinter is giving us an opportunity to re-establish our inventories and strengthen oltr position to meet the real rush. A comfortable retail inventorv on a national basis totals from five to six billion feet. At this moment there are slightly less than two ltillion feet in retail yards, and retailers are doubtless ..t.?tuSning qter their stocks nearly as fast as they receive sliipments.

"Greater use may be expected of certain materials introduced within recent years," says a report of the Department of Labor, discussing the outlook for the construction irrdustry, "and there are strong indications that other new materials will be introduced.'

We lumbermen should guard against being lulled to sleep by the present urgent demand for lumber as such. The industry is now entering an era of fierce competition.

If lumber is to cut its full slice of the'rich, potentizrl market offering itself, in the face of the intensive competition that.is battling to encroach on its territory, it will require more concentrated and co-ordinated effort on the part of lumbermen than they have ever put forth before.

The antidotes lie in two words : research and merchatrdising.

A good start has been made in our industry nationally. and by several regional groups, states, and about 3O universities, in addition to the well-recognized work of the U. S. Forest Products Laboratory. But that is only a start. We still lag far behind other major industries both in extent and in proportidnal expenditures for research.

The hardvvood arm of the industry has taken important strides in t'ood research. Eight hardwood associations, six of them affiliated vvith the National Lumber Manufac turers Association, took positive action by forming thc Hardu'ood Research Project of the American Foiest Products Industries. In just 18 months that project has established a pilot plant rvhich has successfully developed a practical plocess for pulping hardwood wastes for the production of fibrous products, and carried forward researclr in manl' other directions which is improving the established uses o{ u'ood and creating new ones.

IResearch, too, can become the most potent factor in corrservation of our forest resources as well as the creation erf new forest industries and countless new jobs. Its ultimatt: objective is the practical use of the whole tree.

The principal present need of the lumber industry is mcr'chandising, aggressive merchandising. Here, too, a begin ning has been made. A trend is visible toward a prepared (not prefabricated), packaged product. Further strides in standardization--and that is the direction in rvhich we are rnoving-lvill pcrmit more processing at the mill. I expect to see a great proportion of lumber delivered partially finished and cut to sizes which will reduce operations and waste on the job. In short, lumber will be delivered to the market as a manufactured rather than a semi-manufactured product. tr{ass production macle possible by standardization will tend to lower, not increase, the costs of lumber to the ultinrate user and make for more satisfactorv merchandise.

Let's sell lrrmber I

L, Il[. MacDonald Co.

714 West 0lympic Blvd.

Los Angeles 15, Calif.

Holiday Greetings and Best Wishes

To The Lumber Fraternity

Farewell Party for Three E. K. Wood Employees

About 6,0 employees of the E. K. Wood Lumber Company of Los Angeles gave a farewell party to D. I{. (Dave) Gates, I. S. "Browttie" Brown, and Erle H. Frady, Thursclay evening, December 6, at the Admiral Cafe, Huntington Park.

Dave Gates, retail sales manager, is retiring on December 31 after 33 years of service with the company. I. S. Brown, a member of the sales staff f.or 27 years, resigned on December 1 to become president and general manager of the Industrial Lumber Co., a new retail lumber concern in Glendale. Earle H. Frady has been manager of the company's hardware department for the past nine years and is resigning around the first of the year to go into business for himself.

After a fine steak dinner, J. A.(Al) Privett, who has been with the company for 33 years, and is manager o{ the Los Angeles yard, was master of ceremonies. He called on Carl Watts, lumber and plywood wholesaler, San Francisco, and Ed Martin, The California Lumber Merchant, I-os Angeles, who made short talks.

He then introduced Carl Shufelt, 20 years witl-r the firm and a member of the sales department, who presented each with a gift from the company's employees. Mr. Gates received a gold pen and pencil, and Mr. Brown and Mr. Frady, traveling bags. From the company, Mr. Gates received a cash present, and Mr. Brown and Mr. Frady, beautiftil r,r'rist watches, with their names inscribed on the back. They responded with interesting talks, expressing their deep appreciatioir to both the company and the employees, and also thanked everyone for the hearty cooperation extcnded them white they were with the organization.

Al Privett then called on the following employees, rvhcr rrrade brie{ talks, each man stating the number of 'r'ears he n'as u'ith the firm: C. B. McElroy, controller, 29 years; ITltrrv Call, branch yard manager, 19 vears; Russell Ildmorrst<l'u, manager of the plywood departmenf , 28 years : _fack Waldron, assistant manager, 20 years; N{arcrt l)c Nicolai, manager of the Il. K. Wood I-umber & Supply Co., Sar.r 1'edro, 33 years; Andy Campbell, manager of tht' carpenter shop, 29 years; tr{ilt Cowling, manager of thc [-ong l3each dock, 18 years; Frank I-ane, mill superintendent, 34 years; I-ouie Glavnick, yard superintendent, 30 years; Percy Nferitherv, in charge of governmental regulations, 30 vears; Bart Hodack, shipping department, 16 years; Ted Privett, r,r'arehouse manager, 8 years; N{ax Barnette, manager of the rvholesale department, 10 years; Billy' Harrison, retail sales, 24 years; George Gearv, manager of the pine department, 10 years; Otto LaFleur, office manager, 4O years; and Dick Smith, manager of the garage, 10 years. All the boys did some reminiscing irr their remarks, mentioning many laughable instances tl'rat occurred, and they all expressed their best vrishes to the honored guests.

It u'as a srvell partl', and the boys gave Dave, "Brorvnie" and Iirle a great send<rff.

Revocation of L-228-Asphalt Roofing Products

'fhe orcler controlling the rn;rtrufacture of asphalt t'ooiirrg products and asphalt shingles has been revoked.

This order (L-228) was essentially a simplification or<ler rrnd its revocation rvill allorv an increased variety of asphalt roofing products and shingles for horne constructiotr :rnd repair.

The revocation of the order, in line rvith the policv <,rf the Civilian Production Administration to remove u,-artime crontrols as rapidly as practicable, r'r,'as effected by Amendrncnt 4 to Priorities Regulation 31.

Products covered by L-228 were: Smooth surface and rrineral srrrfaced roll roofing; asphalt sidings, both roll rrnd shingle form; built-up roofing products, including asphalt saturated felt, tarred saturated felt, and saturated :rnd coated felt; and asphalt shingles.

The revocation became effective November 15.

Amendment 2l to MPR 97-Southern Hardwood Lumber

This amendment makes revisions similar in nature to those accomplished by Amenclment 19 to MPR 155, in that special price approvals will be continuous instead of for :L single application, and the definitions of a concentratiorr vard and a distribution yard have been reworded for clarilication. This amendment became effective December 4th. 1945.

Wood piles are unexcelled as building foundation material. They are low in cost, have very high bearing capacity, and. . when creosofed right .. . will last indefinitely above or below water level. For permanent protection against decay the creosote must be driven deep into the wood. Only pressure keahnent will do that job. We have the equipment, the control, and the know-how.

tlere'll be an abundance of wood for building. Spectfy creosoted piling for solid foundations, and remember Wobmanized Lumber* for low cost, last erection, high insulating value, light weight, paintability, resilience, and long lile.

C. Arthur Bruce Elected President Of N.L.M.A.

Chicago, November 26._.C. Arthur Bruce of the E' L' Bruce Company, Memphis, Tennessee, 'was elected president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, today, at the 43rd annual meeting of the association, held at the Blackstone Hotel, here, Novembet 26 through 28' He succeeds George T. Gerlinger, Willamette Valley Lumber Company, Portland, Oregon.

Other officers elected were: first vice president, C. L' Billings, Potlatch Forests, Inc., Lewiston, Idaho; vice president and treasurer, W. M. Ritter, W. M. Ritter Lumber Company, Columbus, Ohio; regional vice presidents,. A' J' Stange, Mt. Emily Lumber Company, La Grange, Oregon; ,W.B. McNeal, Argent I-umber Company, Hardeeville, South Carolina; Dean Johnson, C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation, Portland, Oregon; executive vice president, R' A' Colgan, Jr., formerly of the Diamond Match Company, Chico, California; acting secretary, Henry Bahr, counsel, National Lumber Manufacturers Association; new honorary members, George W. Dulany, Jr., Eclipse Lumber Company, Clinton, Iowa, and E. A. Frost, Frost Lumber Industries, Shreveport, Louisiana.

C. Arthur Bruce, newly elected president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, was also recently elected executive vice-president of E. L. Bruce Company, Memphis, Tennessee, with whom he has been connected since 1914.

Born in Lawrence, Kansas, and educated at the University of Chicago and Harvard, he had a successful business career before joining the Bruce Company as sales manager. He became vice president in 1925, devoting most of his attention to research and product development, employee and public relations, advertising, sales, and promotion.

ln 1932 and 19'10 he was Republican candidate for Governor of Tennessee.

He has long been active in lumber trade associatiorl work, serving last year as regional vice-president of NLMA' He rvas also a member ex-officio of the executive commit-

tee, member of the Building Code & Trade Promotion Committee, and the Committee on Foreign Trade. He was a member of the executive committee of the trustees of American Forest Products Industries, Inc., and chairman of the Research & Product Development Committee, chairman of the AFPI committee on hardwood research administration, and a member of the finance sub-committee of the AFPI public relations committee.

During the war he served on the Lumber & Timber Products War Committee. He is a director of the Timber Engineering Company and president and member of the board of Southern Hardwood Producers, Inc.

Harry G. Uhl, president of the Timber Engineering Company, who was acting manager of the NLMA from January I to October 31, made a report to the board of directors which was an account of his, stewardship during that period.

Building code experts of the association, he said, are participating in code studies in 194 cities.

The Army, he reported, has officially adopted the National Design Specification for stress grade lumber and its fastenings.

Practical assistance has been rendered the Home Planners Institute program of the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association, in the form of printed lecture material and addresses by NMLA staff men at local institute meetings.

The report included information on the work of the Law Information Service and Statistical Division, both under the direction of Henry Bahr; the Forestry Division, under Harris Collingwood; the Information Service, in charge of Robert Turner; the Timber Engineering Company; the research work of the American Forest Products Industries Committee.

The motion picture, Trees for Tomorrow, had 11,000 sl-rowings to audiences totaling more than 1,250,000, and nearly 3,000 forest industry firms are making community use of AFPI materials, Mr. Uhl said.

Brief Lumber Cqreer Skefches

Frank G. Duttle, president of the Sterling Lumber Company, Oakland, California, is one of the most rvidely known and best liked retail lumbermen on the Pacific Coast.

He was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and early in his business career was associated with Carr, Adams & Collier Co.. millwork manufacturers of 'Dubuque, for approximately 12 years, in various capacities, in the office, sales, estimating and lumber purchasing departments.

While with this concern as Wisconsin representative, just before World War I, he organized together with Herb Herold-now a prominent Wisconsin retailer-The DuttleHerold Lumber Co., with headquarters at Bagley, Wis.

After World War I Mr. Duttle organized, with Karl and Julius Kleinpell, The Duttle-Kleinpell Lumber Co., with three yards, and with general offices at Cassville, Wis.

In l9N he decided that a change was necessary, on account of ill health. and moved to California. There he entered the employ and purchased an interest in the Adams Lumber Co., San Francisco. In l92I the control of this company was purchased by J. T. Carr, F. G. Duttle,

F. G. Dultle

ancl F. L. Sayre, and the name was changed to the Sterling Lumber Co. Their offices were then in the Alexander Building, San Francisco.

In 1927 the Sterling Lumber Co. purchased property in Oakland, and at that time Mr. Duttle organized the Sterling Lumber Co. Wholesale, sales policy of which was sales to dealers only. In 1939 the wholesale company was sold to A. M. Charter and associates. Mr. Charter is president, and it is now known and operating as Wholesale Building Supply, Inc.

T,he Sterling Lumber Co. operates l7 yards and has various other interests in Northern California.

Mr. Duttle is proud of the fact that after a lapse of 25 years he still enjoys many of the old friendships made in Wisconsin and Iowa when he rvas selling on the road, and in the retail lumber business.

He lives in Berkeley in a beautiful home where he cultivates camellias as a minor hobby, and has a ranch and summer home at Healdsburg, Calif., on the Russian River.

He was married in Dubuque to Miss Elsie Zernecke in 1912. They have three children, l\{rs. J. R. Parsons, Carol Louise, and Major Robert F. Duttle, who is norv stationed in New Delhi. India.

He is an ardent fisherman-a real disciple of Izaak Walton. This is his main hobby.

He is a member of the Athens Club, Oakland; the Shrine, and B.P.O.E., Berkeley.

He is association minded and is a former director of the l-umber Merchants Association of Northern California.

F. G. Duttle

MPR 603-Regulation Governing Prices Distribution Yard Sales of Sofitwood Of New Surplut Lumber

This regulation became effective I)ecen.rlrer 3. 1945, and covers sales of new lumber by disposlrl agencies of the Government, such as R.F.CI., ancl sales bv other persons ps :l resrr'lt of contract terminati<trls. I{l'l{ fi03 tloes n()t aPPly to s:rles matle bv dealers operating ur.rrler \{l)lt 21.5 or MPR ,167. \Vhen a dealer buys lumber :rt :t sttrlllrts Propertv sale, hc is governe<l as to what he pays for thc lutnber by the tc'rnrs of X'f PIt 603, bttt when he resells nerv lttmller bought in this manner, he is governerl lr-r'thc terms oi X{PR 215 or \tI,R 467.

Three tvpes of sales lrre ltrovirled for rtrrder Nlt)ll 603, 1l'rc,r' are as follows:

l. Sales "f.o.b. present site"--u,hich meatts loaded on cars, vessels, or trucks at shipping point. The maximum price for such sales is tlte f.rl.b. mill price in the regulatiol covcring the particular species, plus inbound freight charges. (This means the same price a dealer rvoul<l pav a mill for lumber).

2. Sales "where is"-which mearts sales of lumller tvherc loctaed. In this case all loading and moveurent is to be arrar.rged for by the buyer. The maximum price for sttch sales is the f.o.b. mill price plus inbound transportation charges, computed as under (l) above, reduced bv $1.50 per MBM to cover handling costs. Further reductions are provided in Sect. (8) (b) if the lumber has to be transportetl to a loading-out point.

3. Sales on a "deliverecl basis"-rvhich means sales of lumber f.o.b. final destination. The maximum price for such sales is the f.o.b. rnill price plus inbound transportation charges computed as in (l) above, plus outbound transportation charges figured as in Sec. (8) (.).

When lumber that has once been surplus is bought and resold by a distribution yarcl out of its regular stock, or by a mill or concentration yartl u'hose norm:rl sales of the species are govemed by a mill regulation. the sale remains subject to the appropriate mill or distribution yarcl price regulation, and does not come under N{PR 603. However, sales by wholesalers of lumber acquirecl rrnder \Il'll 6O3 or S. (). 94 are go\'erned by MPR 603.

Section ( l2) (b) provides that n() l)ers()r'r nra-r' charge receive 01 pay a commission for the serlice of procttring. buying, selling or locating surplus lumber, or for anv re-

Secorrcl Revised \'Iaximum Price Ilegrrlatiorl 215 is arnended in the folloning respects:

l. Section a (a) (3) is amended to read as follorvs:

(3) $5.00 per thottsand board feet "handling cltarge" ("r' 30 cerrts per square for shingles, and 6O cents per \{ piecc; fcir lath) except for sales of Sottthern pine lumber itenls coverecl by 2cl Revised Maximum l{egulation 19, for rvhich the "handling charge" shall be $4.75 (or 3O cents per square for shingles, ancl 60 cents per M pieces for lath) ; plus

2. Section 5 (a) (3) is amended to read as follows:

(3) $5.00 l)er thotlsar.rcl l>oard feet "handling charge" (or 30 cents per s(luare for shingles, and 60 cents per \I pieces for lath) except for sales of Southern pine lumbcr items covered by 2d Revised Maximum Price Regulation 19, for u'hich the "handling charge" shall be $2.50 (or f .i cents per square for shingles and 30 cents per M pieces for lath) ; plus

3. Section 6 (e) is amended to read as {ollorvs:

(e) $5.00 per thousand board feet "handling charge" except for sales of Southern pine lumber items covered by 2'l Revised N{aximum Price Regulation 19, for rvhich thc "handling charge" shall be $4.75 per MBM ll1' rvholesale yards or "wholesale-type" sales b1' retail vards and $2.50 per MBM for other than "rvholesale-type" sales by retail -r'ards.

This amendment became effective November 29, 1945.

Willcmette Vclley Logging Conlerence Held In Eugene

Thc seventh annual Willarnette Valley l-ogging Conference rvas held in Eugene, Oregon, November 16 and 17.

The conference \\'as attended by approximately 500 loggers, lumbermen and representatives of equipment concerns.

Capt. F. L. Thompson, president of the conference, presi ded.

,\llen Smith, logging superintendent of the Coos Bay Lumber Co., Marshfield, Oregon, was named president for 1946, and Herb Cox, Eugene, was elected secretary. lated service, such as "expediting" if the commission, plus the purcl.rase price results in a total payment by the buyer rvhich is higher than the maximum price in MPI{ 603. Such fec u'ould be in violation of MPR 603, if the cost of the lumber to the dealer, plus this fee rvould result in :r higher cost than MPR 603 permits for sales of neu' surplus lumber.

E vrnr Avcnue and Quint Street, San Francisco Phonc VAlencia 5832

l'Haff Ccntury in the Tamber"

A narrative of Schafer Bros. Logging Company's "Half Century in The Timber" by Stervart Holbrook has been published for their friends by the company. The book rvas dedicated to the late Albert Schafer and to the memory of Pete and Hubert Schafer The foreword is by Henry Ivers of Seattle. The illustrations are by Phyllis Heady, and the book was printed by Frank McCaffery at his Dogwood Press in Seattle.

The subjects covered in the narrative are set down in eight chapters-Grays Harbor, Pioneer Days, Bullteams on the River, Donkeys in the \Moods, Higl-r Water and High Times, Railroad Logging, Sarvmills and Ships, and Planning for the Future.

Mr. ancl Mrs. John D. Scl-rafer, the parents of Pete, Hubert, and Albert Schafer, known to tl-re lumber industry this past half century as Schafer Bros., came with their children to the Satsop Valley in Washington in 1870, where they homesteaded. They came from Wisconsin. Pete was born in Wisconsin in 1869, In 1873, two years after the Schafer homestead claim was filed, Hubert was born, and Albert was born in 1879. Part of the old farm is now included in the company ranch.

In 1893 Albert and his two brothers, Pete and Hubert Schafer, got their parents' consent to try a bit of logging on the old hornestead, and the logs were sold to the local sawmills. From this small beginning came the development of the Schafel interests, norv one of the largest lunrher and logging concerns in the Northwest. The holrlings of the company inclucle the mill in Aberdeen, the plant in Montesano, and extensive timber holdings in the Olympics and in Lewis County, Washington. The steamship unit owns three coast liners which were operated by the Government during the war. Schafer State Park, east of Montesano, lvas dedicated to the nlemory of their parents, and cleeded to the State.

In 1943 the Schafers bought from Grays Harbor County 20,000 acres of logg^ed-off land, and the area has beerr turned into a tree farm.

ut enloaong ciailian worh again!

We hcrven't lorgotten you! We haven't lorgotten how, either! As cr mqtter ol lcct, our lour yecrs oI working lor Uncle Scm hcve been yecrrs ol plcmning even better kitchens for you to sell This compqny, you know, were-

Pioneer' in kitchen plcrnning

Peerless pioneered in the crttrcctive line ol ccrbinets that fit so well in cny kitcheu curd serve every kitchen purpose. Peerless pioneered in'\pork circles" qnd "centers ol work"-phrcrses you now re<rd in crrticles written by home economic experts. Peerless pioneered in designing kitchens thqt cre cs prcrcticcl cs they cre becrutilul. And now, once crgcrin-

of general interest :rrrrl rvill members of the lumber irrdustry.

This book will prove to be be particularll. interesting to

New Yard In Escondido

W. A. Gorman and W. L. Montgomery, former owners of the Indio Building Supply Co., Indio, Calif., have opened a lumber yard in Escondido, Calif. The business u,ill be operated as the Valley Lumber Co. J. S. Gorman, brother of W. A. Gorman, is manager.

Potlcch Forests, Inc., Gives Scholcrships

Potlach Forests, Inc., I-e.r,viston, Idaho, has establislrerl five scholarships in the sum of $200.00 for 4-H forestry memhers at the University o{ Idaho. A $100.00 scholarship is design;rted for the oulstarrcling 4-H member in the stzrte.

-Four additional $25 00 scholarships rvill go to club mcnrlrers lvho are enrolled in 4-H short courses o.ffered bv university extension sc-rvicc.

Firebcugh Yard Closes

The yard of Lumber & Supply Calif., has been discontinued.

Proluobledeclerships ollered cre

-this time dealerships in modem kitchens, breEkIcrst rooms, rumpus rooms, etc. . declerships is MODEBN, IJVABLE HOMES! Everywhere home owners cre plcnrning improvement* Now is the time to show these home owners how to modernize, with prolit to you. Soon home building will stcrt cqxrce. Now is the time to get recrdy! Be <rble to lurnish mcrtericl lor COMPLETE homes. For lurther proliicble inlormation" write to:

Lew Goda,rd Welcorlued a,s Suprerne Nine Mernber

In the November Bulletin of International Hoo-Hoo is published a welcome to the official family of Lewis A. Godard, No. 30131, Supreme Bojum of Jurisdiction No. GSan Francisco and Oakland, California. The article start.; rvith Lew's brief autobiograpl.rv, as follows :

"Wasborn in Daytot-t, Washington and after spending summers driving mules and pitching hay on a ranch, went to Washington State College at Pullman, Washington, and in l9l7 joined the Student's Army Training Corps. Discharged from the army in 1918, and finding it necessary to go to work, and having made up my mind to stay in the big city, secured a job pounding the typewriter in a wholesale lumber office and joi.ned the Hoo-Hoo's March of the same year, being the youngest to be taken in this jurisdiction.

"Later went into partnership with my first employer, and in 1926 became sales manager of the old Hobbs Wall and Company.

"In 1938 the old company discontinued and a new firm was organized, called Hobbs Wall Lumber Co. in which firm became a director and vice-president, and now presiderit and general manager, and always an ardent supporter of the Concatenated Order of Hoo-lloo."

The Bulletin article then continues:

The above biography appears to us entirely too modest. Apparently our new Supreme Bojum does not like to talk about himself. We submit reports received from others which tell the rnore complete story.

"Brother Godard is an ardent Hoo-Hoo and is highly respected by all of his friends and associates in the Cali-

fornia Lumber Fraternity. He has long looked for the ad vancement of Hoo-Hoo and is in a large measure responsible for the growth and continued progress of Club No. 39, of which he is an honored Past President. A man of the type of Brother Godard is definitely needed to represent the West on the Supreme Nine.

"California will be well represented in'the person of Lew Godard. Hoo-Hoo will show a substantial growth this coming year.

"Recognition and popularity of this new member of the Supreme Nine is attested by the fact that all Hoo-Hoo Clubs of California and all of Jurisdiction No. 6 unanimously approve his selection."

MPR 603--Surplus Lumber

Washington, D. C., Nov. 29-Sales by private owners and by the government of almost all surplus lumber, except used lumber, have been brought under a new regulation, fixing prices at levels now prevailing for producing mill sales, plus a transportation allowance, the Office of Price Administration said today.

Hardwood plywood, ship oak ind a few other items not likely to be found in surplus stock are omitted from the new regulation. All sales of privately owned surplus lumber, amounting to $50 or less are exempted from price control.

Sales of $300 or less by the government, government contractors or government agents, which were exempted under an earlier action, are still exempt, OPA said, and used lumber remains under the coverage of a regulation permitting community dollar-and-cent ceilings.

Most of the lumber affected by today's action will be that left over as a result of termination or cancellation.of government contracts, OPA said. In any case, to qualify as surplus the lumber must have been bought for use and not for resale.

While

IgMBEN

Arcqta Bedwood Co. r20 Mcr}et Street (ll)..

AtliDson-Stutz Compqav, ll2 Mcrlet Streof (li)..

Bcrg Lumber Co. 16 Cclilornic St.........

BUTER'S GUIDE

SAN FRATCISGO

LUMBER

....YU&on 2087

.GArfield 1809

GArlield 5748

Exbrook 2082

LUMBER

We-s-l-Orogon Lrmbcl -Co"

16 Cctiforaii Str..i-iiil.i'........GAr6e1d688t -1995-Evc?s-Av9. (2!). ...ATwoter5878 ldig'riii-tinrJi-coi-pli"y. E',K' wood Lumber co" -eoi r'ais6i; sr,-tsj.-1.-........Exbroot E696 .,,: Dt-t-- street (ll)' "Ef,brool 3710 Northern Redwood Lumber co.. " o-y-erbcause-r S.qles co', -2408-10 h;;-Btes:-Gi.. -::'. ...Ejltbrool 78!lil 39l Sutter sr' (8) ' " GArlicld S9l

Lcmon-Bouniagton Conpcny

O'Neill Lumber Co., Ltd., HIRDWOODS

.GArfield 0292

Christelsoa Lunber Co. Evqns Ave. cnd Quint St. (2{)..VAlencia 5832

Dcnl 6 Russell, loc.. 214 Front Street (ll). ....GArfield 0292

Dolbeer d Cqrson Lumber Co., lllS Mercbcats Exchcuge Bldg. (4) DOuglcs 6{46

Gcmerslou 6 Greeu Lumber Co.,

Buller. Seth L., 214 Front St., (ll)...... 1800 Amy Street (24).

Hall, Icmes L., 1032 Mills Blde. (4)

Hclliacn Mcckia Lumber Co. 681 Mcrket St. (5).

Hqmmoad Lumber Compqnv, 417 Montgomery Stre6t (6) Hobbs Wqll Lumber Co., 405 Montgomery St. (4).

.ATwcter 1300

...SUtter 7520

DOuglcs l94l

DOuslcs 3388

GArlield 7752

Holmes Eurekc Lumber Co., Holmes Co., ll05 Fiamcial Center Blds. ({). .GArfiefd l92t

C. D. lohnson Lumber Corporction, 260 Cclilornic Street (ll).-. GArlield 6258 Cori (ll).-.

KilpctricL d Compqny, Crocker Bldq. ({)........ ({)... ......YUt<on 0912

Ccrl H. Kubl Lunber Co., O. L. Rusum, ll2 Mcrket St. (ll). YIIlon 1460

LUMBEN

Ccnpbcll-Conro Lunber Co. (Phil Gosslin). 2ll Prolegsional Bldg. (l)........ KEUog 4-2017

Gcmeralon 6 Green Lumber Co., 2001 Livingston St. (6). KEllog 4-1984

Hill G Morton, lnc., Deuisoq Street Whcrl (7) ANdover 1077

Hogcn Lumber Compcay, znd qnd Alica Slreels (il)....... Gleacourt 686t

Kelley, Albert A, P. O. Box 2{0 (Alcmedc). .Lqkehurst 2-2754

LlnllBEn

tnglo Gclilonic Luber Co., 655 E. Florence Ave. (l),.....THornwoll 3144

Arcclc Redwood Co. (J. J. Rec)

5'!10 Wilshire Blvd. (36)........WEbster 7828

Atkinsor-Stutz Compcuy, 628 Petroleum Blde. (15). ... ....PRospect 4341

Atlog Lumber Co., 2035 E. lsrh Sl. (21) .PRospect 7401

Euns Lulober Compcny.

727 W. Seventh St. (l{). .TBinity 106l

Ccmpbell-Conro Lumber Co. (8. M. Engstrand).

704 Soutb Spriog St.. ..VAndike 55lt

Ccrr d Co.. L. t. (W. D. Duuniag), 438 Ch. ol Com, Bldg. (15)..... .PRospect 8843

Consolidcted Lumber Co., 122 W, leflEreson St. (7)......Blchmond 2lll

l4!8 E, Ancbeim St., Wilminston. ..Wilm. 0120; NE. 6-1881

Cooper, W. E,, 606-608 Richtield Bldg. (13).......MUtuol 2r3l

Dcul 6 Bussetl, Inc.,

812 E. 59th Street (l). ADcms 8l0l

Dolbeer 6 Cctson, Lumber Co.,

901 Fideliiy Blde. (13)......... .VAadiko 8792

Ed. Fountqin Lumber Co.,

628 Petroleun Blde. (15). PRospect {341

Hcllino Mcckin Lumber Co,

ll7 W. gth St. (15). ......TBinity 3644

Hqmmond Lumber Compcny,

2010 So. Alonedc St. (54) .....PRospect 1333

llobbs Wall Lumber Co,,

6fi Rowcn Bldg. (13). . .TRinity 5088

Holmes Eutekc Lumber Co., 7ll-712 Architects Blds. (13).... .MUtual 9l8l

Hoover. A. L..

5225 Wilghire Btvd. (36)...........YOrk 1168

(ilpclrick 6 Compcny (Wilnington)

1240 Blinn Ave..... ....NEvcdc 6-1888

Carl H. Kuhl Lumbet Co,, (R. S. Osgood), 70{ S. Sprhg St. (lil). ...TBinity 8225

Ross C. Lcshley (R. G. Robbios Lumber Co.), Tltl W. Olympic Blvd. (15). .PRospect 0724

Lwrence-Pbilis Lumber Co., 633 Petroleui Bldg. (f5)....... .PRospecl 817{

Long Eell Lunber Compcny, 318 W. gth St. (15). .TRiaity 2819

MccDonald Co., L. W., 7ll W. Olympic Blvd. (15)..... .PRospect ?19{

McLogcny Inporliag Co., 621 S. Sprias St. (11). .TRidty 9651

/ .Postoffice Zone Nurnber in Parenthesis.

16 Cclilornic St. (ll). ...GArlield 9ll0

E, L, Eruce Co,, Pccilic Lumber Co., The 99 Sca Bruno Ave. (3). .Mf,rlet ldlS

100 Bush Street ({). ......Gtrrlield llSl Dcvig Hcrdwood Compcny, Pqrelius Lumber Co. (Pcul McCusLer), Bqy ct Mcson Street (6)..........EXbrooL 41122

ll2 Market Street (ll). ...GArlield tl98 Wbite Srothers. Pqulson Lumber Scles Agency, Filtb ald Brcnncn Streets (7)......SUtter 1365

_ 881 Mc{e! Slreer (5)....:...........SUtter 862i1 SASH-DOOBS_pLyWOOD

Pope 6 Tqlbot, lnc.. Lumber Diviaiou, -, --'-: ^-----.:-,: {bl M"rket-Srr".i 'tSj. _.....l...Iibriglcs 2SSl Hallor-Plywood-Corp. ol Calilonic.

n. c. nouriis-tt c;.'(w. u. o'n.il1 --5{0 t0th st. (3)...:- ...MAr}et 8fl15

15 Cclilornic St. (ll)..............GArtietd 9ll0 UnileC -Stctes-Plv-w-ood Corp., Sqntc Fe Lumber io., 272T Aray St. (10). ......ATwcter 1993

16 Calilornio Street (ll)..........EXbrook 2074

s"L"r.r--ir--s. r.*iir"i d,-iiii"gte Co., I Drumm Street (ll). .SUtter lZl Shevtin-Cords Lumtei Co., i;;:, ' Am-e-ric-qn I,umber d Tre-qting Co., Se posi Srreel-(at. .DOuqlas 2{69 _ ll5 NEv-Montg-omery Street (5)..... .Sutler 1225 Shevliu pine Scli5 Co., - Bqlter. J. H. d Co- lOlti-U],r*a"."f- gtJs. tSt .EXbrootr ?0{l -_333 -Moutsonery Slrsel ({) '...... .DOuslc 38gl Sudden 6 Christenson] Inc., Hcll, James L', - 3i0-Sd";;-st,-.J'tlL-.'........GArrield 2&16 1032-MitlE Bldg. (a)...:...:-.-....-.SUtter 7520 Tcrter, Vvebsier d Johuon, Inc., Po.pe d Tclbol lac" Lumber Division'

pougrcs zoso

Moncdnock Btdc. (5)..........YUkon1590 216 Pine Street (tl). ....EXbrooL{905 Wendling-Ncibcn Co.,- Wendliag-Nctbqn -C-o.'

Mirket St. ({)..

OAKLANID

u"16,3sd *"',"P,"81?,,1J,".i tt];;:, " "rHonworl 06fl1 Srrcble Hcrdwood Conocnr 5?0 3rd St' (7) " " " TWinoqkr 55&l -'in;,ii #;'-iil;'s;"-ii"'i?fl. .rEnprebar 5s8,r t;,:;"'3 3ff1"f" Ti,!.F"o izl. .. .rEmprebar 8{nt white Brolhors, E' K. Wooil Lumber Co" --. ioiillii'l"5rtii"r (l)..............lNdover lsm 2ill Frederick Street (6)......KEllos2''18'7

LOS ANGELES

LI'MBER IIARDWOODS Crbcn Lumber Co., Amoricqa Hcrdwood Co., t*;Jff""i'6i .1::::........;.sycamore 6-4373 ,'i:ttJj^iil::;; 's{) " " ' " " 'PBospect {2it5 pociric Lumber co., The RYan l-6997 "'ssti5"iii"!f;Lra Avc. (44).... TWinocls !128 s225 Wilshire Blvd. (38)............yOrL 1168 Peaberthy Lumber Co., PorEtiug tum;er-C;- ti"rir" l,iiif* Colil 5800 S6utb Boyle Ave. (ll)......Klnbcll 5lll 326 Petroleum Bldg. (15)........PRospecr 7605 Sranto!. E. I. d Son, Pctrick Lumber Co., 2050 Ecst,llst Street (ll)........ CEntury 2llilll Edstmau Lumber Scles, _ ira !. gry;er" -r1ia1--[isl . pRospecr s03e *ffli'""j:t'i;lf.$llfotiil9L:. .pnospe. 616r

Pope 6 Tqlbot, Inc,, Lumber Division

_ 7U W.. Olympic Blvd. (15). .PRospect 8231 SASH_DOORS-MILLWO1K---SC3EENS

E. L. Reilz Co., 333 perioteu Bfdg. (lS). .,. .pBospecr 2369 BLINDS-PANELS AND PLYWOOD Scn Pedro Lumber eo., IRONING BOARDS l5l8 S...Centrcl. Ave. (21). .Rlchmond ll{l Bqct pqnel Compnny, ^

scn pedro 2200

":,'ot;?11"T;:,t311f"'iil'rl'J)"' ADqms tu6 Schcler Bros. Lumber d Shiagle. Co., - p-.-Oll"f iZg, tern'oa Stqtios (ll) Ktmbcll Zl{l --ll7-. W:- gth, Streer (15).....-......Tniniry O7t Cifl"i"i"-pi"jt -6-1;;;; C;., Shevlin Pine Scles Co., d; O. Bo; 2096, Termiucl ^.330 PEtroleum.Bldg. (15).....,..Pnospecr 0615 "e"n* -tS4.'..-....... ..TRinity 0057

"?!oto"3;;,Ti"*enue or)........ADcms uu? Smith-, Stuart C. (Pcscdenq) C"t"-bmi t Fty*-a C"., '

:'Tii"0'!.'i,$::i'ffjol!i"a. (2r)..pBospecr 6183

^.PqrkwcT B-lds-. g) .SYccmore 2-3837, ZEaith 6633 -lonf e. Slaumn Ave. (il) ..........ADms r3?l Dtdnton, ts. ,. c son, Dqvidson plvwood 6 Venesr Co., _ 2050 E._{ls-t St. (ll)..j..........CEarury 29211 Zi-Si-E*eiirin.-St. tZtl..........rninirv 25gt Sudden d Chrislenson, Inc., _- ^ eutant< C Si", l. fl. aln;lilood) _630 Bocrd -ol Trqde Bldg. (l{)....Tninity 88iltl 4$ W. Redondo Blvd...-.........OBegon 8-2255

Tqcomc Lumber Scles, Hctev Brog. (S6!ta Monica)

_837 Petroleum_Bldq. (15)........Pnospect ll08 1620 l{th Sireer...................ASh1ey 4-2268

Toste Lumber Co.. Koehl. Jno. W. d Son, ___326..Petro_leum Btdg. (15). ...Pnospect 7605 652 S. Myers Street (23)....... .ANgelue 8l9l W_ep_4i19-Ncrbcn_ Co., Oregon Wishiagtoa Ptiwood Co..

!225 Wilshire Blvd. (35). YOrk 1168 ut W. grh Srrier (lsi. ...TBuity t6t3 Wesl Orogon Lumber Co., Pccitic Mutucl Door-C6., -_-42!_-Pe-lr_oleun Bldg. (15)... .Rlchmoud 0281

t6(n E. Wcehinston Btvd. (ZI)..pnospecr 952:, W. W, Wilkinson, Becn Compcny, Geo. E., _ll2 Wegt Ninth_ Streel(IS). .TRinity 4613 235 S. At-cmedc Streer (12). .Mlcbigqn l8S{ Weyerhceuser Scles Co., Scnpson Co. (Pcsqdenq).

l!!9 W. M. Gcrlcnd Bldg. (lS). .Mlchigcn 635{ 715 So. Rcymond AvJ. (2)....... .RYco t-61139

E. K. Wood Lumber Co.. Sinmon lndultries. Inc., 4710 So. Atcnedc Sr. (5{) ......,IEffeaor 3lll

l6i0 E. Wcshingion Blvd. (21)..PBogpect 6f8:t

CnEOSOTED LUMBEn-POLES

Uniled Stctos Plwood Corp., PILINGFTIES t930 EGr lsth- Sr. (21)..1.....Rlchnoud 6r0t

Ainericqn Lumber 6 Trectiog Co., West Coqst Screea Co., ll5l So. Broadwcy (15). .. .. .PRospoct l36il lltl5 Ecat 63rd Str.ot (l). .ADme lllm Boxter, I, H. d Co., Westera Mill d Mouldbg Co., 60I West Sth Street (13)........Mlchisca 629{ 11615 Parnclee Avc. (2)........f,!nbc!! 2953 Pope d Tclbol, Iac., Lumber Divisior, E. K. Wood Lunbar Co., 7t{ W. Olynpic Blvd. (15)......PBorpcct 82lll {710 S. Almcda SL (5{)........lEIonoo 3tll

Feted by National Lumber Manufacturers Association

Social climax of the annual meeting of the National l'umber Manufactllrers Association was a testimonial dirrner tenrlered to -f. Philip l),.vd, November 27th zrt the Blackstone Hotel, Chicago.

Xlr. Roycl \vas Presetlte<l rvith a handson.re silver tea set inscribed : "To J. Philip Boyd from his host of friends throughout the lumlter industry in recognition of his outstancling public service and patriotic devotion to the winning of the u'ar."

In his speech of acceptance Mr. Boyd announced that he is er.rtering the u'holesale lumber business.

Brief, extemp()raneous speeches extolling his rvork in the war n,ere made bf industry leaders including Marc Fleishel, four-time president of NLMA, Col. W. B. Greeley, former executive secretarY of West Coast I-umbermen's Associzttion, and Lan.rar Forrest, president, National Retail Lumber Dealers Association. George T. Gerlinger, retiring president of NI-MA, antl Lee Robinson served as c()t()a.stmasters. Stanley lIorn, editor of Southern l-ttmberman, was master-of-ceremonies.

In addition to professional entertainment, Jim Stevens of West Coast Lumbermen's Association, sang lumberjack ballads including The Frozen Logger, his or'r'n composition' William D. Welch of Crown Zellerback Corporation also sang.

On Mexiccrn Trip

A. C. Penberthy of Tacom:t I-umber Sales, I-crs Angeles, left November 2l on the company's stearner West Coast on a trip to Southern Mexico.

He will leave the ship at M.rnzanillo and go to Mexictr City and fly back to Los Angeles, arriving December 20'

Advertises "Pledge of Service"

Ed Pohle, Southern Lumber Company, San Jose, Calif., was commended in a recent bulletin of the Lumber Merchants Association of Northern California for having placed the retail lumber dealers' "Pledge of Service" as an advertisement in his local paPer.

New Ycrrd in Chcrndler, Ariz.

A nerv 1'ard u'as opeuecl recently by Foxworth-Cjalllraith Lumber Co. in Chandler, Arizona. The yard is located at 14O South Washington Street, and is the remodeled property formerly ocqupied by Chandler Lumber Company.

F. B. Meeks; formerly of Tucson, is manager. J. \\'. Truitt is assistant manager, and -J. D. I.-ancaster is var<l foreman.

Los Angeles County Permits

Permits for nerv constrttction valued at $5,724,757 in urrincorporated Los Angeles county territory, were issued in November. The permits numbered 2521. This rvas an increase ol l2l permits and $949,334 valuation over October. The projects included 832 one story family dwellings.

NORT]|ERil REDII{OOD LUMBER CO.

Redwood and llouglas Fir

Mill Sofes Ofice

Korbet, Humboldt County 24O8'lO Russ Bldg. Cotifornio Scrn Frqncisco 4

H. Kunu

Rail ShiPPerc OUATITY FIR YARD STOCK

Northcn Cqlilordc neptaa.ntallv.

o. L RUSSI'M

llt llorlol 3t- Sca Fraacirco, Tclopboar Yltloa 1160 soutlon coF.pr.r.licst.

Bobert S. Orgood

?01 Soulb Spri8g Stt.cl, "-_fl"*-, Tclcpboao VArdlLo tll33 ArLoBa n.Pt.3.Dtctlv.

t. c. DEctrEn

P. O. Bor 1855, Pbocaix, Tclcpboar tllll

Pitcher Disappearing Doors

We hcrve on hcrnd Stock ol Pitcher Discrppecring Door Frcrmes crnd Hcngers

We now ship the lrqure set up complete which ioins with a 33/4" stud, mcking no exkc thickness lor a sliding door.

Detail.sbeets Sent to Lumber.Trud'e on Reqacst

E. G. PITGIIER GOMPA]IY

608 l6th Slreet, Oaklcrnd 12, Glencourt 3990

Fcrclory 8l4l Seven Hillg Rd., Ccstro Vcrlley, Htrywcrrd

To ).orr, orrr frierrds, otrr crrstornerg, upon whorn our own ProsPerit>r so gireatlv depends, 'we extend orrr wishes for

g frlerry @lttrirtmils

g flni haPPu ^frb Prur

HATEY BROS.

TWENTY YEAQS AGO

hom the lDeeember 15, 1e25, |lue

Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club announced its Christmas I'arty to be held at noon, December 23. B. W. (Bobby) l),yrne was chairman, and the program included the entertainment of 350 orphans from a number of institutions in [-os Angeles, who otherwise would have had no Christmas cheer.

A San Pedro port record was reported br<lken November '24 when 30 lumber vessels were unloading at the various docks, the largest number at dock in this port irr its history at one time.

Sacramento Valley Lumbermen's Club held its monthly rneeting at Marysville, Calif., on Saturday, Novemb er B, at the Elks Club, where the members were grrests of the lumber dealers of Marysville.

The reforestation program of the Long-Bell Lumber Company was described in an article in this issue. The article told of the large nursery area near Ryderwood, Wash. that had been set aside in connection with the reforestation plan.

its annual session Standards for Red ff*>r* At lost A Holidoy Seoson Free From Wor Ve Visb For Yoa And Confdently Expect Yoa To Haoe ond, Enioy A Real frbrry @Wistmug snD g happv IWn Peur lfARl7syggP svI.tRANy ]irsl ond Gloy Streets Ooklond 7, Golifornio

SantaMonica, Calif.

We all worked and fought together for Victory. Now let's show the world how \ re can work together for Peace on Earth and Good Will toward all mankind.

B. JONES LTUMBER COMPANY

Norway' s Ancient Stante Churches

By E. R. Yqrhom

Our Norwegian friends are much in our thoughts this Holiday season. Amid the ice-cold fjords and majestic mountains stand some of the most remarkable timber churches on earth, built lty their ancestors, the olcl Vikings, exactlv like the famous long-boats or "Serpent Ship.r" in u'hich thev discor.ered -\merica (they called it "\A/inelancl" centuries before Columltus got across).

'f,hese ancient stave (wooden) churches. relics oI the: early davs of Christianitv in the countrr',':rre arnong the nrost fascinating oltjects to the traveller. With theil grcat timbers black rvith age and cor.ered u'ith grotes(lrlt: c:rr\'irrgs, these venerable ltuildings are uniclue in l-urope. Irr the occupation Nazi vanclalism halted short of their dcsccrlrtion.

Often the venerable churches of rvood star.rd in :r narr()w valley flanked by giant peaks, or perched precariously on the rocks at the head of a winding fjord. 'fhev are built with the same type of mighty plank that went to make the "Serpent Ships" of the Vikings, in rvhich thel' sailed to ravage the coasts of Europe. When thev became Christians it was only natural that the shipltuilders should be the craftsmen who were called upon to ltuild cl.rurches. Tl.rev remind one irresistibly of a boat lying upon tl're stocks. bearing irrefutable evidence of the skill of the shiprvright.

The oldest stave church, at Urnes, is 900 years old; the biggest is at I{itterdal and its impressive exterior rises in the exact lines of a shapelv ship. The finest is at Rorguncl, situated amid magnificent scenerv in the grandest portion of Laerdal, a ravine-like cleft among the mountair-rs. It is guarded as a national monument, and dates back to thc twelfth century. Like all the stave churches it is very dark within, for the severe climate amid the mountains rlid not call for manv windor,vs. The roof is strangelv pagoda-like and the gables are adorned rvith fearsome 'dragon heatls like those on the prows of the \/iking boats, and l.rere and there are small crosses.

'l-hc construction of these stave churches is distinctive that four square sills are laid or-r the ground and staves r.nake up the u'alls. These are then tied together rvith beams follo'rving a very ancient custom. The first of the stave churches .ivere constructed about the year 1050 and quite a fer,v of them r.vere built during the llth and l2th centttries. It is estimated that approximatell, 900 churches of this style were built in Norway.

Today there are 20 of the old stuve churches in excellent state of preservation rvhile .50 more have onl,"- parts left.

Returns to Plywood Concern

Berney A. Hondo, who was directly in charge of so{tu'ood plywood allocation during the closing years of the war rvhile fir plywood u'as the most critical of all building materials, has reopened Chicago sales of;fices of OregonWashington I'lyr,vood Co.

Har.ing been affiliated with the O-W firm as Chicago district sales rnanager for several years before the war Mr. ]'{ondo joined the War Production Board in 1943. In April the follou'ing year he was appointed administrator of limitatiorlotders regulating softwobd plywood sales and chief of the softt'ood plyrvood section of the WPB lumber division.

He held that position until leaving government service early in September. ' ii:: !. j

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

Sea sonts Greetings

Decrease in Lumber Production

Washington, D. C., Nov. 27-Lumber production in September totaled 2,196,A45,On board feet, which is 17.6 per cent less than the production of. 2,&t3,534,000 board feet in August, the Civilian Production Administration said today.

The decrease was general throughout the country except for the North Central region, which showed an increase of two per cent over A.ugust. All other regions showed decreases ranging between seven and 21 per cent.

Although production in September was seriously curtailed in the West by labor negotiations, the greatest reduction in comparison with August was in the South, which dropped 21 per cent.

For the first nine months of 1945, production totaled 2,017,193,000 board feet, a 12.9 per cent decline from production during the comparable period of. 1944.

Softwoods accounted f.or 1,642,931,000 board feet of September 1945 production, a decline of 19.3 per cent from August, 1945, and a drop oI 23.1 per cent from September 1914.

Total production of softwoods in the first nine months of 1945 amounted to 17,184,858,000 board feet, \vhich was I1.9 per cent less than the similar period of 1944.

Hardwoods produced in September amounted to 553,114,000 board feet. Total production oi hardwoods in the first nine months of 1945 was 4,832.335,000 board feet, a drop of l6.l per cent in pro<luctiorr comparecl to the same periocl of 1944.

With Tccomcr Lumber Scrles

Willard R. Ivarson recently became a member of the sales department of Tacorna Lumber Sales, Los Angeles, following his discharge from the service. He was a lieutenant in the USNR, and was a dive bomber pilot based on the U.S.S. Enterprise in the Pacific area.

He is a graduate of the School of Forestry of the University of California, and before entering the service was rvith the Wolf Creek Timber Co.. Greenville. Calif.

A Douglas 6r recently felled had grown an average of 106 board feet of wood each year for many years, rrntil maturity slowed its growth rate.

Greetings

All Friends in the Industry From the Staff of Anglo Galifornia Lumber Co.

Archie Price Completes 50 Yeart fn Lumber Business

Archie Price completed 50 years with the Patten-Blinn Lumber Co. of Los Angeles on December 9.

He went to work for the L. W. Blinn Lumber Co. of Los Angeles on December 9, 1895, in their wholesale department and for several years was manager of wholesale sales. Then he went on the road for them covering all the counties south of Santa Barbara, and also Yuma, Ariz. When L. W. Blinn Co. consolidated with Patten & Davies Lumber Co. in 1931, he went with the new organization, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co., calling on the trade in the samc territory. He spent 25 years as a lumber salesman for the firm. In 1940, he quit the road and called on their branch yards as a representative of the general office. During the war, he devoted his time to the war projeets on which the company furnished materials. At the present time, he is working in the company's main office in Los Angeles.

Archie was born in Brenham. Tex:rs. and lived there until he was thirteen years old, when he came to Pasadena, making the trip alone, his father and mother having preceded him there the year befgre. He has made his home in Pasadena ever since.

He married Miss E,mma Howard, a native of lllinois, in Pasadena on November 8, 1899. They have three daughters and a son, seven grandchildren, and one great grandchild. His hobbies are football and baseball. He is a veteran of the Spanish-American u'ar, and a past exhalted ruler of the Elks Club. Archie is widely knorvn and held in high esteenr bv the lumber fraternity.

San Frqncisco Hoo-Hoo Club's Christmas Luncheon Dec. 20

President "Dave" Davis of the San Francisco lloo-Hoo Club is looking forr'r'ard to a big attendance at the club's Christmas Luncheon, which will be held in the Concert Room of the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, on Thursday, December 20.

Luncheon rn'ill be served promptly at 12:59 p.m. Reservations can be made by phoning Dave Davis, SUtter 6170; Norm Cords, DOuglas 2469, or Leu' Godard, GArfield 7752.

Wbrtstmdrs

To Our Friends Old and New

Offers Designs of \food Hangars For Small Planet

Minimum cost, wood hangars, made possible by the Teco timber connector system of construction, are featured in T.orv Cost Housing for Small Airplanes, a pamphlet being clistributed to airport managers and owners of small 'planes and aviation enterprises by the Timber Engineering ComPany.

The publication presents basic ideas on the layout and construction of individual hangars in single and multiple units, repair shops, and large commercial hangars. Points covered include 15 to 60 per cent lorver first cost, lora'er annual charges, greater salvage value, lower rents, use of local labor, pleasing appearance, durability, flexibility, prefabrication, insulation, and fire safety. Sample layouts are diagrammed.

Copies of the pamphlet, typical 'designs and details are available free of charge from the Timber Engineering Companr', 1319 Eighteenth Street, N.W., W:rshington 6, D. C.

Prestridge Buys Southwest Holdings

Prestridge Lumber Company, Alamogordo, N. M., has bought the assets of the Southwest Lumber Company of that place, including timber contract on the largest stand of privately owned timber standing in the Sacramento Mountains, together with large timber contracts ou National Forest and New Mexico state timber lands.

M. R. Prestridge announced his company will construct its orvn railroad into the timber, connecting with the Southern Pacific at Cloudcroft. The main mill of Southwest I-umber Company has been closed down for the past trvcr vears, but the planing mill has worked on lumber shipped in.

Plcnt Expcrnsion

Announcement is made by Chas. Murra, president of Paramount Built-In-Fixture Co., that his company will build a trvo story 80x100 ft. structure adjoining its factory at 5107 Broadway, Oakland, to provide space for headquarters and display rooms of Paramount Appliance Co., a recentlv organized clivision of the companv.

Goetz Mill Burns

The sawmill of F. C. Goetz Oregon, u'as destroyed by fire Lumber Co. at Ptospect, November 13.

Wilfred T, Cooper

Ftrtonal -h{t*t

Rrrss Castell l-ras received his discharge from the Navy, arr<i returnecl to his old job with The California I)oor Co., Los Angeies. He expects to be calling on his old customers starting January 1.

Russ joinecl the Navv Seabees in March, 1942, and went overseas with a colorecl constrttction battalion. He was later appointed an instructor at Port Hueneme, Calif ., training center. Last August he u'as assigned to the regular Navr'. His rank u'as Chief Boatsu'ain's N{ate.

Carl W. "Drrkc" Watts, San Francisco. spent last ll es s.

lumber and plywood, Los Angeles on busiu'holesale u'eek in

Fre<1 Il. Iiopplin. ,fr., has returned to Consolidated Lumbcr Co., \\/ilmington, his emplover when he entered the scrvice almost fir,e years ago. T{e is a son of Fred E. Kopplin, Si. of. Cole Door & Plvu'ood Co., Los Angeles, arrd n'as a First Sergearrt in the infantrl'.

Jimmy Gautier, son of Eugene Gautier. ol\rller of llrrcinitas Lumber Co., Encinitas, and Bill N'teredith, Mr. Garrtier's son-in-larnu', are nor,r' oLtt of the Navv and are rvorking ir-r the yard. Both saw consiclerable service in the South Pacific.

Harold T. Hansen. .United Mill Beach, Calif., is back from a l0-dav tives irr Oregon.

'I'. Nt. (Tv) Cobb of T. M. cently made a hrrsiness trip Nevada.

Proclucts Co., Long vacation visiting rela-

Cobb Co., Los Angeles, reto Northern California and

Harry Trimble. Trimble Lumber has closed his vard, and is taking rrouncing his future plans.

Co., Palo Alto, Calit., a vacation before an-

L.H. E,ubank ancl W. E,. Luther ofL. H. Eubank & Son, wholesale millwork manufacturers, Ingle\r,ood, returned last rveek from calling on the lumber trade in the Sarr -foaquin Vallev, San Francisco Bay district, and as far north as Santa llosa. They returned by 'n'a1' of the Coast I{ighu'ay.

Florencc X'Iiller, claughter of F. G. Hanson of West Coast Screen Co., and her {ather's assistant, has returned fronr spending three n'eeks irr \Iexico Citv. She made the trip lrr' :rir lloth n'avs.

E,lmcr Wenholz of Williams-Wen]rolz I-un-rber Co., Bellfl,ru'er and Clearrvater, Calif., returned recentlv from spendirrg a vacation in \finnesota.

Civilian Production Administration

Washington, D.C., Dec. 3-For the continuance of its program to stimulate the production of logs, lumber arttl lumber products during the reconversion period, the Civil ian Production Administration has retained a riurnber of key personnel of the Lumber and l-umber Proclucts Division of the War Production Board, CPA announced today.

Mathias \\r. Niervenhous, formerly Deputy Director of WPB's Lumber Division, heads the reorganized group as chief of the ldmber branch of the Forest Products Division. Working immediately with him is John Foley, technical consultant.

'fhe former operations branch of the I-umber Divisiol, under \ rPB, is nor,r' called the production section and is headed by Harold Holman. This section is charged with assisting in breaking bottlenecks in the fields of tires, trucks, tra.ctors, manpower. wage ancl 1>rice problems, availability o{ surplus propertv, food :rncl stumpage rvherc these problems have an1' bearing on lumber productior.

Applications for priorities assistance, on form W Pll 541-a, under Direction 5 to Priorities Regulation 28, for capital equipment, maintenance, repair and operating supplies, and construction items needed by the lumber industry also are handled by the production section. The distribution phases of the neu' branch's activities are in chargc of Stanley H. Ferguson.

tVill Reforest Tillamook Burn

l'he initial rvork on reforesting of the Tillamook, Oregon, burn will be started December 1, according fo an announcement by State forester N. S. Rogers.

About a quarter million trvo-year-old Douglas fir and Port Orford cedar seedlings will be planted monthly, it is planned, and rvhen conditions permit further experimuets rvith direct seeding u,ithin the burn by hand and by airplane will be made.

The tree planting crews will be located at the old Reeher's CCC camp a few miles west of Timber, Oregon, and this part of the program will be carried out in the burned area r.rear Cochran, Mr. Rogers said.

Dos Pcrlos Yard Sold

Clinton I. Letlow, John have purchased the yard :rt l)os Palos. Calif.

Buys Plcning Mill

Carl Angle, and John L. Vaught of Lumber & Supply Company

Sawtelle Lumber Co., West Los Angeles, chased the C.I-. Edinger Planing Mill, -\venue.

C. L. Edinger, who is retiring, has been rnill for the past 40 years.

Ed Stoner, well known retail lumberman, the Sau'telle Lumber Co,

CI,ASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Rate-$2.50 per Column Inch.

POSITION FOR ASSISTANT MANAGER

Wanted-Assritant managcr of retail lurnber yard l7 rniler south of San Francisco. Starting t200 per tnonth. Sple'ndid opportunity for the right party.

Burlingame Lumber Co. Box 356 Millbrae, Calif.

SAWMILL FOR SALE

Production just started. Top and bottom saws 60 inchcs. 72inch head blocks, 6x8 edger. Full equiprnent. Cat urith blade, Own 320 acres of fir and redwood, about E,000,0(X) feet. Other tirnb€r available. Four houses with full plu,mbing and two cabins. Also shinglc mill ready to run. In Mendocino Corurty. Total price, $39,000.00. Terms.

Address 180 Santa Ana Avenue, San Francisco 16, for full information.

YARD AND TALLYMAN WANTED

Yard and tallyman wanted for Pasadena. Permanent position and favorable prospects for right,rnan.

Address Box C-1156, California Lumber Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angcles f4, Calif.

FOR SALE

Planer, 3d' Orton travel bed with 15 h.p. motor, starter, belts and shafting with accersories.. ....S1700

Cut-off saw, overhead, 5 h.p. motor and accessories.....-$ fOO Mack truck, Brown-lipe, n€rr prewar tires... .....$1600 Carh or trade for lumber.

Southern Lumber Company

1,(}2 South First Street , San Josc f0, Calif.

recently pur1768 Pontius

operating the is president of

POSITION WANTED

Manager or Assistant Manager. 20 years in California rctail lumber, 3 years assistant managctr, 12 yeara managcr. Knorledge of Plumbing, Builders Hardware, Bookkeeping. At prer- ent employed

Address Box C-1154, California Lumbcr Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Loo Angeles 14, Calif.

RITAIL LUMBERMAN WANTED

To manage rctail dqrartment in yard in San Joaquin Vallcy town Must have Cdifornia experience.

Address Box 1155, California Lum er Merchant, 508 Central Bldg., Los Angeles ld Calif.

LUMBER YARDS FOR SALE

P. Shepard 5-ton electric lumber hoist. Complete with Z7-loot "f Bsam" Timbcr frame work, new cablc, Now in uee, buyer to dismantle. 01250 F.O.B. Los Angeles.

Q. Southern California Country yard. Salcs last five yerus average $360,00O annually. Net profits same period reported for income tax purposes average $23,0@ annually. Located well over l0O miles from Los Angeles. No war industries. Will lease plant based on percentage gross sales with minimum $300 monttrly. Inventory $50,000. Yatd and office equipment $15,q)0. Goodwill $ZqOOO.

R. San Fbrnando lumber yard on ledse basis of ground and buildings.

S. WOODWORKING PI"ANT outside of Los Angeles, established 1919. Fullv equipped; 8 lots, including five under roof and sprinklered. Price $125,000. Large inventory of raw material extra. General Aporaisal Co. depreciated ap. praisal, not including grounds, $87,500.

ff you want to sell your lumber yard let us know.

TWOHY LUMBER CO., LUMBER YARD BROKERS

801 Petroleum Bldg., Los Angeles 15, Calif. PRospect 87t16

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Aberdeen Plywood Corporction

Americcrn Hcrrdwood Co.

Americcrn Lumber crnd Treating Co.

Anglo Cqlilornia Lumber Co.

Arccrtc Bedwood Co.

Atkinson-Stutz Co.

Atlcs Lumber Compcny

Bqck Pcnel Compcny

Bcrg Lumber Co.

Barto Lumber Co,, Rcrlph E.

Bcxter d Co, J. H.

Blue Dicmond Corporction

Bohnhoff Lumber Co., Inc.

Brcrdley Lumber Co., ol Arkcrnscrs

Burns Lumber Co.

Butler, Seth L.

Cclilornio Builders Supply Co.

Ccrlifornic Door Co., The

Cclilornic Pcnel d Veneer Co.

Calilornicr Plywood, Inc. .

Ccmpbell-Conro Lumber Co.

Ccrrr d Co., L I. ..

Celotex Corporction, The Cornitius'Hcrdwood

Davidson

Dcvirs Hcrrdwood Co.

Douglcrs

D. C.

Fir Door Institute

Fir-Tex ol Northern Coff"t"i"

Fir-Tex of Southern Ccrlilornia

Fleishmcnr Lumber Co.

Fordyce-Crossett Sqles Co.

Forsyth Hcrdwood Co.

Fountqin Lumber Co., Ed

Gamerston & Green Lumber Co. ..

Gordon-MccBecth Hardwood Co.

Hcrley Bros.

Hcll, Icmes L.

Hcllincn Mcckin Lumber Co.

Hcrmmond Lumber Compcrny

Horbor Plywood Corp. of Cclilorniq

Higgins Lumber Co., l. E.

Hitl d Morton, Inc.

Hobbs Wcll Lumber Co.

Hogcn Lumber Co.

Hollenbeck-Bush Plcning Mill Co. .

Holmes-Eurekc Lumber Co.

Hoover, A. t. .. ..

Johns-Mcrnville Corp.

Iohnson Lumber Co., A. B.

Iones Hardwood Co.

Jones Lrrmber Co., W. B. ..

Kelley, Albert A.

Kilpcrtrick d Co.

Koehl d Son, Inc., John W. .

Koll Plcrning Mill, Ltd., A. I.

Kuhl Lumber Co., Ccrrl H.

Lcrmon-Bonnington Compcny

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