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"Fifty Billion Dollars" is the title of a book that came into public hands just a few weeks back, and has already become a best seller. Let me say in starting that it is one of the most thrilling, startling, can't-lay-it-down books that ever met my eye. It was written by Jesse H. Jones, of Houston, Texas, in collaboration with a fine professional writer named Edwafd Angly, and relates the history of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation from 1932 until 1945'
The readers of this piece will know that Mr. Jones is a banker, builder, and financier of world-wide fame, who served this nation as head of RFC during its trying years, and was also Secretary of Commerce under Roosevelt. He is well advertised as a man of great wealth, and outstanding business sagacity. fn a popular election to select the champion all-around, all-American wizard of finance, Mr. Jones would probably get more votes than all other possible candidates. And that takes in all the "big city" bankers.
But I want to tell you briefly about Jesse H. Jones, lumberman. For a lumberman he has been from the day he left his father's farm, and a lumberman he remains to this day. I have known him personally for about 45 years. In Ffouston there is a very big retail lumber yard which carries above the front doorway the sign "Jones Lumber Company." This is the last of the Jones lumber enterprises; but in spite of the tremendous size and character of his wordly a,ffairs, this lumber yard is one possessiou in which he continues to take personal pride, and is probably the last business thing he would be willing to sell.
In 1892 Jesse H. Jones, aged 18, three inches over six feet tall, and built like a heavyweight athlete, left his father's farm and went to work in a retail lumber yard in the little city of Hillsboro, Texas. His first job was a stout try-out: he unloaded a carload of mountain cedar posts. For the next several years he learned a lot about lumber the hard way, meaning the route that brings to the student calloused hands and lots of splinters. He next became a bookkeeper in a country lumber yard. Next he got a job in a city yard in Dallas, and became bookkeeper there.
Given a try-out as temporary manager he made a good profit where none was expected, and was offered the job of yard manager. Already he was showing the financial enterprise that has marked his life, for he offered to take the job for a share of the profits, something brand new in the business. They tried him out, and he made money for the owners, and some for himself . ln L9O2, just ten years after he started unloading cedar posts in the small yard, he went into the lumber business for himself. He founded The South Texas Lumber Company, bought a small yard in Houston, and started building. The Houston yard grew and he added more yards, and soon had a big and flourishing line-yard enterprise. Already his size was showing'
He learned to make money in the lumber business verl' rapidly. In 190,1 he founded the Jesse H. Jones Lumber Company, operating a yard in Houston. That's the business he still possesses. fn 1906 he bought a big sawmill, ran it a year, made money on it, and then sold it at a profit. He had a natural flair for financing, loved to borrow and invest money. Five years after he made his modest start in the retail lumber b.usiness, he was swinging millions of dollars in a multitude of directions. He was getting ready to be the biggest builder of business buildings the South had ever known. I shall make no effort to trace his growth in the financial world. I wouldn't know how to start'
One of the smaller Ffouston banks-this was along about 1908-urged the big, grey-eyed wizard, to let them put his name on their stationery as Vice President. He agreed. One day the President of the bank approached Mr. Jones. "Jesse," he said in solemn tones, "they are talking about you." "Is that so?" said Jones. "What are they saying?" "They are saying that you owe a million dbllars," and just mentioning such a debt made his voice tremble. "They aren't telling you the truth," replied Jones; "I owe THREE MILLIONS." The banker was close to collapse, thinking that his Vice President was in such a spot. Which story Mr. Jones has related with glee ever since.
As time went on and his building and financing operations grew, he sold all his lumber yards and interests except the Houston yard that still runs in his own name. In 1910 he built the Rice Hotel, an 18 story structure. He still owns it and other big Houston hotels. He built tall buildings all over downtown lfouston, and extended his building operations to various other cities in and out of Texas. A million or two or ten for a new building or building addition \^/as small change to Mr. Jones. He had
THrS rS A STORY ABOUT JESSE H. JONES, A LIFELONG TEXAS LUMBERMAN, AND HIS BOOK IN WHICH HE THRILLINGLY RELATES HOW, AS HEAD OF "RFC'' FOR 13 YEARS, HE FOUGHT PANIC AND DEPRESSION AND FINANCIAL DISASTER AND WON A GREAT ECONOMIC VICTORY.
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progressed far from his cedar post days. He went into the banking business in a small way, and now he owns The National Bank of Commerce in Houston, one of the giant banks of the South. He ownes and publishes The Houston Chronicle, an afternoon paper that has grown, under his guidance, to giant size and importance. His tallest invest.ment is The Gulf Building in Houston, 36 stories above Main Street.
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It would probably reguire a full page of modest size type to even enumerate all of the business and financial concerns to which he has given his genius. When the chance came to get the 1928 Democratic National Convention for Houston, he wrote a personal check to guarantee the money needed. His financial fame was spreading, and in 1932 when President Herbert Ffoover created the Reconstruction Finance Conporation with which to fight depression, he sought out Mr. Jones for a place on the board. ..Big Jess" as his close Houston friends used to call him, came a-runnin'. After the firsi year he was made Chairman of the great and growing institution that was working miracles to save the economic stru*cture of the nation.
He held the job until 1945, being also in president Roosevelt's cabinet as Secretary of Commerce during the lasi. several years of his Washington existence. For the past year he has been writing a book on the history of RFC during those first thirteen years and the book hit the public eye with a real bang. It's hard to believe that a book on such a usually dry subject as finance and business could carry such appeal. I'll say to you that it's the doggondest book I ever read. Before you get well started in it you find yourself in the midst of a national drama filted with stark tragedy. It is so well written and drafted that the reader is gripped as by the Xrol realistic stage play.
To most of us, looking back at those tragic business years from 1932 to 1935, for instance, recollections have dimmed; and we never had a real perspective of the horror that was happening in those days;we were too close to it. But in this book we see it in amazing fashion. We see 150 million people, most of whom were in distress; tens of thousands of businesses that were locked in a fierce battle {or existence; thousands of insolvent banks, and trust companies, and insurance concerns, and building and loan companies, real estate interests, mortgage and surety companies, and plenty of railroads in the same shape. Our entire economy tottered on the brink of a precipice. Every farmer was in trouble, as were most other individuals. And this was the picture when Jesse H. Jones and his assistants began breathing life in the shape of financial help intelligently applied, into the veins and arteries of the nation. ***
Legislation increasing RFC powers was soon forthcoming, and the battle was superb. Mr. Jones tells it wonderfully in his book. He names names, dates, amounts, and all the important information. They saved more than four thousand banks that could not otherwise have made the grade. They saved thousands upon thousands of busi-
nesses, and millions upon millions of farmers. They saved railroads galore. In this mighty drama Mr. Jones met with all the big shots of the nation, financially speaking, and he tells his stories without gloves about some who would help, and others who would not. Helpfulness was the word for RFC. A bank would come in and ask for a loan of half a million. After looking it over Mr. Jones would say: "You need four million; a hatf million won't help you; go home and raise two million and we will put in the other two." And they did, and the bank-and the little banks dependent in it-w*as;""_"U.
The individual stories told are marvelous. They loaned a colored barber $20; and they loaned over two hundred million dollars to pump water into the City of Los Angeles. Seventy million dollars built the San Francisco Bay bridge. Several big cities were saved when their whole banking set-up was shaking. You will read of many all night sessions when tottering financial structures had to be saved bY morning
To make it short, when a man finishes reading this book, he will immediately go back over scores of pages and chapters that intrigue him. He just can't help himself. When he finishes he will have in his mind an unforgettable picture of an era in American history attainable in no other way. And he will find himself with a financial education that no four year college course on such subjects could bring him. It isn't cheap. This Jones is no cheap man. You pay six bucks for it in your book store. lut it's the biggest six dollar education you ever saw. And, if the book makes a profit, the profit goes to some of the charities created by Mr. Jones and his *tti. * *
Now just a closing word about Jesse Jones,'the man himself. Forty years ago I heard a man say of him: "His mind works like a Corliss engine." It did. And even more so today when, at the age of 77, his thinking capacity is at its deak. He is not only a man of incomparable mental capacity, but he is the possessor of a reservoir of calm courage that has carried him over all the hurdles of a long and thrilling career. Excitement has naturally been the tonic of such a life as his, yet good humor has walked with him always and smoothed out many of the rough spots. Many delightfully humorous anecdotes dot his book. Taken all in all he is one of the very few "stand-out" men in the United States today.
Paraphrasing the slogan of a certain good automobile"When better editorials are written, Jack Dionne will write them," I'm signing up for another two years, and am enclosing my check for $5.00 to cover the subscription. Would greatly appreciate your sending me one dozen (12) reprints of "The Magnificent 1\{acArthur."
Robert A. Johnson, Oakdale. Calif.
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f admire the persistence of the colored preacher, who, to make certain that his listeners should not forget his sermons, always repeated himself .twice, and explained his system in this way: "Fust, I tells ,em what I,m fixin' r'tell 'em; den I tells 'em; an' den I tells ,em what I done tole 'em." Thus he thrice drives home his thoughts.
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I have written about Doctor Luke, the Beloved physician, the Man who gave us Christmas, in these columns before. And, since those stories found so warm a reception and brought so pleasing a response from our readers, I am going to do so again; not in the self-same words, but the same hero nevertheless.
While practically .*r;". in the civilized world stops every year to make note in one way or another of the greatest of all holidays, Christmas, little thought is given, even in sermons, to the man on whom we rely completely for the Christmas story. When the story is told to wideeyed youngsters of the birth of a baby God, cradled in a manger, and of that sublime heavenly chorus tJrat attended the event, seldom if ever is mention made of the man who alone gave the world that treasure. So, every few years in this Christmas editorial space, I try to tell again of that vastly interesting man to whom all Christmas celebrators owe so much; Doctor Luke, of Antioch, the man who gave us Christmas. I feel, to paraphrase the old corny remark that "they haven't done right by our Luke.', Since we have a Christmas every year, it seems nothing but fair that the man responsible gets at least honorable mention. {<**
Who gave us Christmas? Who was it discovered the shepherds on the hills near Bethlehem? Who gave us the picture of the ange! who appeared to these simple shepherds to announce the coming of the King? \ll/ho, alone, of all the Biblical writers, told the emotional story of the blessed Babe who was born in a manger in a stable where these same shepherds found and worshipped Him? What man has thrilled the souls of humans for nigh two thousand years with his sublime words: "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace, good will to men?"
His name was Docto, ;;.; Doctor Luke of Antioch. F{e was a Greek physician in his earlier years. And toward the end of his splendid life he wrote a long, long letter to a Roman scholar named Theophilus, concerning the birth, life, works, and death of an humble Jew, the Son of a carpenter. So it was that the most sublime story in the history of mankind came to us through the means of a long letter,
written by a Greek, to a Roman, about a Jew. That letter is the Book of Luke.
For in the Book or n,l, ;a:t, there, do we find the story of Christmas. There, and there only, do we get the inspiration for the ringing joys, the sublime insoiration that we call the Christmas spirit. There, and there only, do we find Christmas. We depend for our history of Jesus and the religion He founded on the four Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, and the Acts, all in the New Testament. Mark and John tell us nothing about the birth of Jesus. Matthew does tell of that birth, of the wise men who came from the East and found the new born babe in a "house" in Bethlehem. But nothing about a stable, a manger, the shepherds, and the glorified angelic chorus; nothing of the things that gave us Christmas. Matthew, Mark, and John were contemporaries of Jesus. Luke was not. Ife was one who came after, and who, perhaps a generation after the crucifixion, gave us the beautiful Christmas story.
And not alone did n. ,r". :, ;. story of Christmas, but in the wonderful book that he wrote in the sunset of his life and after the death of Paul, he told us many other stories; the most beautiful stories that any religionist ever told. And, like the Christmas story, he alone related them. It was Luke alone who told the immortal story of the Good Samaritan. What would Christian history have been without this "exclusive" story? It was Luke who gave to religious preachers the most trenchant text for sennons the world has known; the story of the repentant thief on the cross. ft was Luke also who told the story of the Prodigal Son, concerning which humanity has talked ever since. Those three stories, along with the story of Christmas, all of them told only by Doctor Luke, have supplied the text for continuous religious thought, discussion, and writing since the Christian era began; and will continue to do so as long as the New Testament lives. We owe them all to Doctor Luke,
Luke was not only ,n. *rr,., r, ,n. most beautiful piece of literature the world has known-the Book of Lukebut he was likewise the greatest friend history has any record of. His friendship for the Apostle Paul, his loyalty and devotion throughout their lives and even unto the death of Paul, makes the love of Damon for Pythias seem like a transient and weakly acquaintance by comparison. The more you think of this fellow, Luke, the more you admire him; the more you wish you could have known him. That's the way he appeals to me. What a man he was !
The great events of history happen fast. One day, a le of thousand years ago, a dozen substantial citizens of the Holy Land were plying their regular occupations' They were men of substance, and character, and position in the community. They had homes and families' One of them, Matthew, was an ofEcial of prominence, a taxgatherer. Along their way came a young man, one they had never seen before, or heard of. He was dressed in the garrrtents of the poor; had not a dime in His pockets' He came in from the outer country and passed them by' And as He passed He beckoned to each of the twelve' He said, "come with me." And they dropped everything they had, and all that they were doing, and followed Him' It was that sudden. Think what sort of personality that young man must have possessed ! Give it a thought for Christmas. You will decide that He must have looked as no other man ever looked; walked as no other man ever walked; talked as no other man ever talked. Would the twelve have followed Him otherwise?
Many years pass. tn.;";rl.* n". fulfilled His mission. has been crucified, and is gone. A tough guy hamed Saul appears. He takes it on himself to root out and destroy the hated followers of Jesus. Saul is on the road to a place where he plans to kill some more Christians, when he meets a young Man he has never seen before. The same look that won the twelve apostles must have met the killer, Saul. For he bowed his head and said to that young Man"What do you want me to do?" Again with the speed of light, Saul the killer becomes Paul the Apostle, the greatest salesman, the greatest preacher the world has known' And he starts out to cover the civilized world and preach the ggspel of that young Man he met that day on the road to Damascus.
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Years later, still on his mission and magnificent in his power, he drops into a Greek city, named Antioch' Here he meets another young man, a practicing physician whose name is Luke. And, just as the Twelve followed Jesus, and just as Paul had done likewise, Doctor Luke, a man of means, culture, and education, dropped all that he had and followed Paul. He followed him over all the world, and ministered unto him, and befriended him, and waited on him even to Paul's death on a cross in Rome many years later. The same suddenness as in the previous events related here. In his writings Paul refers to his devoted friend as "Luke, the beloved physician," and as such history has come to name him.
Now let us consider ,:*;:."r Luke came upon the material for his later writings, the Book of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. In addition to Paul and many other Christians, Luke may have had the opportunity of meeting several of those who had known Jesus personally' He tells us in his writings that Mary, the mother of Jesus, was one of the Christian community in Jerusalem when he went there, and it is reasonable to suppose that he
lrnew her, and talked with her about her Son. He could have known Mary, the mother of Mark, in whose house the last supper was held. He could have known Peter, John, James the brother of Jesus, Silas, Mark, and others who were in position to tell him much about the life of the carpenter's Son. But even these things would not explain the beautiful stories appearing in his books that are not found in the writings of the contemporaries of Jesus.
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And so many respected Biblical historians are of the opinion that after the death of Paul, Luke set out and taithtutty retraced the footsteps of Jesus; going up and down the Palestinian countryside, garnering from the humble people of village and field priceless jewels of teaching, p"r"bl", incident, preaching that the Great Teacher had scattered so prodigally to the wind during His life on earth' It was probably twenty to thirty years after Jesus that Luke followed in His footsteps. There must have been some mysterious magnetism about Doctor Luke that would cause people to confide in him, and relate to him their most precious memories of the eternal Wayfarer' "How did He look?" he would ask. "What did He say? How did He act? What do you remember?" It was Luke the historian now.
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We shall never know where Luke came upon the story of the Babe in the manger-the story of Christmas; or who poured into his ears those other wonderful stories that he alone gave to history' Was it from some later shepherd that he heard about the shepherds, and the angels, and the heavenly chorus, the Babe in the manger? Who were they that had treasured in their hearts the story of the Good Samaritan, the Prodigal Son, and the Repentant Thief, and finally poured them into the ears of Luke?
Expounders of the Jri "lo"ra be Luke's greatest boosters, for he did much to supply them with the most precious sermon and lesson materials. Take the story of ihe last and humblest friend Jesus made on earth, the Penitent Thief. In his gospel, Matthew who was an eye witness, relates that both of the crucified thieves who were with Him reviled the dying Savior. Then, long afterward, along came Luke with his priceless story of faith and forgiveness. Luke says that one of the thieves reviled Jesus, but that the other had pity on Him, and the dying Carpenter said to him: "This day thou shalt be with Me in paradise." You don't hear any sermons about the Matthew version of the tragedy, but the story by Luke still thrills mankind.
So, wouldn't it be a matter of fairness for a service long since rendered and long forgot if, sometime during the Christmas season we should pause for a moment in rhoughtful contemplation of one of the greatest guys that ever lived, and say: "Thanks, Doctor Luke, and a merry Christmas to you, too."
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Ever hear of a rived board ? Do you knot' rvhat is meant by whipsau'ing? \\rould you like to revier,v some historl. of the lumber business? Then settle back for a page or tu'o of a most interesting story. You lumbermen belong to an ancient profession as well as an honorable one.
Lumbering is the oldest business in these United States. In fact it dates back farther than this government, set up in the land of the free and the home of the brave, for almost live hundrecl years before Columbus stumbled onto the West Indies, while looking for a route to India, timber from American forests was being used by white men. Lief Erickson and other Vikings came to American shores many times, and in most instances came for forest products. They used them for building ships and for shelter or for providing heat. In case you belong to that school of thought
u,hich holds Lief and his comrades are nothing more than legendary characters, then let us skip forrvard lightly to some centuries farther along in history.
Several hundred years later, 1605 is the year, history tells us that Captain George Weymouth sailed from Maine to England rvith what was probably the first exportecl shipload of American white pine. Even today, in Englancl, American rvhite pine is sometimes spoken of as .,Weymouth" pine. Caotain John Smith, one of the early American woodsmen, shipped certain forest products back across atthe lvater to prove to his financial backers that his colony at Jamestown \\'as economically justified. It was by no accident that the first coins mirted in this country bore the likeness of a pine tree. They kneu' the importance of the lumber industry.
The first lumber was either rived or hewn' A log was simply split, much in the fashion hand-made shingles are produced today, to make rived lumber. The sawing of lumber took root in this country on the Atlantic Coast more than 300 years ago. The early colonists, few in number and generally poor, found lumber not only the best possible material for pioneer construction but also a cominodity r,r,hich brought ready cash when exported to the old country or the West Indies. Both the English and the Dutch were accustomed to pit sawing.
Pit Sawing
Pit sawing, a slou' and laborious process' called for a couple of strong backs, a sa\\', a log and a lot of labor. One man stood on the top of the log, another stood in a pit below it. Between them they pulled and pushed a saw through the log. sau'ing off one board at a time. Somctimes the log rvas eler.ated at one end instead of being suspended over a pit. This method is still used today irr some primitive cottntries. Whipsawing'ivas carried on along the Mississippi River and its tributaries in Louisian;r, Mississippi and Arkansas as late as about 1823, when thc method lr'as graduallv replaced bv sau'uills.
Early Sawmills
When you come to establishing the date that the first sarvmill was put up in this country you rtln into a lot of conflicting evidence. Each authority seems to have his ou'n idea of the original sawmill. \Vhile these beginnings are to be found recorded in histories and in old documents, authorities often disagree as to exact dates and sometimes exact locations. Some say the first mill rvas located in Massachusetts Bay Colony proper, u'hile others contend that it was in Plymouth Colony. The first sarvmill built in
New England, and very likely in America, says one writer, was at Agamentico, which is the ancient name of York, Maine, in 16?3. Another thinks that the first sawmill known to have been erected in New England was on Salmon Falls River near the present city of Portsmouth' New I{ampshire, and built soon after the land was granted in 1631, to men named Mason and Gorges. J. E. Hobbs, writing in the "Forestry Quarterly" in 1905, says that the busi,-ress of lumbering had its beginning in the old town of Berwick, Maine. "For in that town," writes NIr' Hobbs, ".nas erected in i631, the first sawmill in the New World of rvhich the date is certain ; also the second sawmill in 1634, and here also in 1650 rvas built the first gang sawmill in this continent, if not in the world."
Ovid Butler, former editor of "American Forests" rvho publishecl a book called "American Conservation" in 1941, reports that sau'mills lvere operating in this country evetr l-refore they rvere introducecl in England. He places the location as Berrvick, Maine, and time 1631, only a few years after the Pilgrims landed, thus agreeing with Mr' Holrb.. Horvever, Nelson Courtland Brown, professor irr Neu' York State College of Forestry, in his book "Logging" makes the statement that a sarvmill was built at Jamestown, Va., in 1625. It is possible, he reports, that sawrnills may have been built soon after the settlement of the Jamestown colony. Sawmills driven by n'indmills (as they are today in Holland) rvere reported established by the Dutch on Manhattan Island, norv New York City. in 1625' Another source, Col. William F. Fox, in his "History of the Lumber Industry in the State of New York" reports that the Dutch West Indian Company erected three saw(Continued on Page 4O)
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The early American sawmills were very small and primitive, some of them cutting no more than 500 feet of pine a day. Mostly they used water power. They consisted of an old-style water wheel connected by a crank to a rectangular "sash" sliding in vertical grooves. A single vertical saw blade was strained taut in the sash, and by up and down movement it bit slowly into the log. At first the log was fed by hand, but later a primitive form of ratchet feed, connected with the water power, pushed the log along.
Daniel. Webster's father had a sau'mill in New Hampshire which young Dan used to like to operate because he stated that when he put the 1og into position and started the saw he had sixteen minutes for rest or reading before the log again acquired attention. "An amusing but possibly exagerated industry legend has it that in operating one of these old sash mills," reports Stanley Horn in his "This Fascinating Lumber Business," "the operator .rvould start a cut soon after breakfast and then go out in the field and
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aud the longer timbers for construction work were cotlrmonly hervn out r.l'ith adze and broadaxe until after the Civil War.
The circular stw was introduced about 1820, although earlier and more crude forms of this instrument rn,ere made: many years before. A blacksmith named Benjamin Cur.nmings of Bentonville, Neu. York, made the first circular saw ever produceC in America in his blacksrnith shop rn,ith the ordinary tools of his craft, according to Sam Stepher-rs in his book i'Trees." The first revotrving salv is saicl to have had only tu'o teeth. Xlen continu"J to rvork on iruplovements, and la{er four. teeth u'ere used. There rvas still rContinued on Page 44.;
plorv all morning. By noon that cut rvould be finished anrl he would set the log over for another cut and go home tr., dinner." Be that as it may, the fact is that the first satvmills produced little more lumber a day than would a pair of husky pit sawyers.
Each small village had its mill, often combined lvith the grist mill and the lumber n'as largely psed lqCalll. Im_ provements rvere introduced from time to time. The fir-st advance rvas the use of several parallel sarvs in the sash so that several boards tvere cut at the sanre time. This uras the gang saw. As early as 1676 gangs of fourteen saws u'ere in operation in the Moharvk Valley. Somewhat later came the muley sarv, u'hich rvas simply a vertical sa.iv which dispensed rvith the heavy "sash." This change speeded the sawing and raised its cut from 2,000 to 5,000 feet a day. Logs sawn rvere usually comparativelv short
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The group of old men .r rere sitting and spitting around the stove in the middle of the main corner grocery in a mountain town in a backwoods county seat in Tennessee. They were, of course, talking politics. Then they got arourid to the subject of all prime subjects-the atom bomb.
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no saw blade as we know it today. The general use of circular saws for rnanufacturing lumber is supposed to have originated in a patent granted March 16, l8n, to Robert Eastman and J. Januith of Brunswick, Maine.
The introduction of steam brought trouble, both here and abroad. In 1663 a power mill was established in London, causing riots by the pit sawyers who feared the expansion of such mills would drive them from their job. A similar thing happened in this country with the introduction of steam power applied to sawmills. In New Orleans the first steam mill in this country was built in 1803, but it was destroyed by workers r,vho were afraid it would decrease the need for their labor. In 1830 another steam sawmill made its appearan,ce near Pontiac, Michigan. Another of the earliest mills on record is that of the R. F. Learned & Sons, cutting cypress, poplar and rvillow at Natchez, Mississippi, and according to reports it is still in operation. Steam created so much more productivity that it gradually crowded out the water-driven type of sawmill. By 1869, according to the Ninth Census, steam power was used in about 50 per cent of the sawmills, the remainder being driven by water Dower. Steam continued to gain in popularity and by 1904 the Thirteenth Census reported that 90 per cent of the sawmills were driven by steam power.
The trend of leadership in lumber production is an interesting one. Starting in the Northwestern and Southern Colonies, lumber increased in magnitude as the country expanded. From these points of origin the industry, as Greeley advised youth later, moved west. first intcl the Central states and then into the Lake states. This shift in lumber production followed a line easily traced by the records of leading lumber producing states for the years gone by. Between 1830 and 184O Maine led the nation in volume of lumber produced. From 1840 to 1850, New york was out front. From 1850 to 1860, Pennsylvania forged
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ahead in the production list. The Lake states region sprinted ahead soon after 1870, and held that lead until it shifted to the South in 1899. In 1926 the West forged into the lead by a narrow margin. In that year the South produced 42.2 per cent of the lumber in this country, and the West that year totaled 42.9 per cent, a scant lead of seven-tenths of one per cent. The margin of lead gradually increased and the West has never been overtaken bv anv other region as a lumber producer.
As housing starts r,vent so, .lr.ith a slight lag, rn'ent tht: Western Pine industrl' during 1951. Beginning the year in an atmosphere of extreme uncertainty because of government controls and impending building material shortages, the industry, in company rvith most others in the building field, figuratively felt its rvay forrvard from rveek to week as conditions materialized.
Its impact expected early in the first quarter, Regulation X did not actuallv become operative-in its effect on new building-until well tou'ard the end of the first six months. A tremendous backlog of some 400,000 commitments made prior to its Oct. 16, 1950, date of order was chiefly responsible. In the Western Pine producing region, generally favorable first quarter weather together with a mild winter in many of the large consuming areas combined to provide a record shipment volume of an estimated 1532 million board feet of Western Pines and Associated Woods-B per cent higher than same period of 1950.
Because the Western Pines are chiefly finish woods, most <if the shipments rvere destined for use in housing started before promulgation of Regulation X and which was then in its final stages.
In the second quarter. both the production and shipments of lumber from the region held close to record levels into June when shipments broke rather sharply below the booming rates that prevailed all through 1950. Production of 2315 million feet set another nelv record,4.7 per cent over that of 1950, but shipments slipped to 2O7l million, 3.3 per cent under the record 1650 total.
For the first half, production of 37O3 million was 12 per cent over 1950. Shipments were 1.4 per cent ahead of last year.
In the third quarter, shipments and production began to follow the lead of slumping home building, but without the violence. While housing starts for July and August rvere off roughly 40 per cent from the preceding year, shipments of Western Pines and Associated Woods dropped from the 2338-million foot total of last year to 1974 million -less than 16 per cent. Production skidded fram 2481 nrillion to 2226 million or 10 per cent.
And it was apparent from the preliminary reports that fourth cluarter production and shipments rvould be approximately in the same ratio to i950 as were those of the third quarter.
\\rhile total regional shipments in 1851 felt the sag in residential construction, established mills in the industry noted no alarming reduction in order files. As it has in the past, the slump hit more keenly those mills whose facilities did not permit shipment of a well-rounded selection of grades and species.
One of the heartening developments to Western Piire lumbermen during a year of a generally declining demand u'as the continued strength of the Associated Woods market-a result of sustained promotion by the pine industry since shortly after the war. All of the woods-White Fir, Douglas Fir, Larch, Engelmann Spruce, Incense Cedar, Inland Red Cedar and Lodgepole Pine-held their comparative positions in demand for the region's products.
Beginning in 1947, the industry inaugurated a national advertising and promotion campaign to bolster demand for the seven species. Comprehensive literature was prepared, trade advertising was stepped up and a drive conducted within the industry to bring manufacturing and seasoning
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practices up to levels previously accorded only to the pines.
Not an overnig!.rt, one-shot venture, the program developed as it progressed. This year, its effectiveness tested in the nation's markets, it proved itself.
In the industry's production phase, 1951 saw the instal_ lation of log barkers at several mills and interest at many more. The development is expected to continue, partic- ularly where hardboard plants are being built as part of overall utilization plans.
Continrring its efforts to establish continuous production programs throughout its 12-state region, the industry by early November had added nearly a quarter million acrcs in new Tree Farms to the more than 3,200,000 acres certified by the end of 1950. Important to the conservatiorl prL)g'ram lvas the inauguration by the Western pine association of a joint industry-public agency insect detection ltlan involving the cooperation of private. state and federal foresters and woodsmen in an infestation reporting service.
The cooperative undertaking has been sct up vr.ithin state boundaries in California, Oregon ancl \\/ashington thus far and is aimed at early detection of potential tronltle spots so that suppression measures can be started before infesta_ tions ltecome n i:lespread.
As it heads into 1952, the Western pine industry czln look to a market that rn ill be partly civilian, partly trrilitary. But the proportions, and the volume, remain problematical. \'fatrrring of the defense program into the shipment stage will recluire heavy purchase of boxing and crating (rvhere
so much of the Western pine production went during the rvar years). Demand for industrial grades for plani and factory construction and nse is expected to continue at a brisk pace. Slightly relaxed credit restrictions on homes under $12,000 should spur construction of development_ type housing. And if the defense housing snarl can be un_ tangled that building factor could become a sizeable seg_ r.nent in next year's residential picture.
Over all are the heavy hands of international develop_ rnents and electic.,n-year domestic politics. Together they can tu:n a switch rnarked "boom" and ,.average lltrsincss" in either directiol.
With the new income tax law now settled down on the irrr. tion, it is interesting to recall the origin of this money-raisinr: methocl.
The first income tax in the United States started in 191.i when Congress included a federal income tax law in the Tariff ,\ct for that year. In that first law inclividuals paid a irornr:ri tax of one per cent, with a $3,000 exemption for single persolls ancl $4,000 for married. The corporate net income was taxeri a fiat one per cent. Income above $20,000 paicl surtax r;rtes gr:rduating from one to six per cent.
Irr tl-rat first year, 1913, 357,000 people paid individual incorre taxes, and there were 188,000 corporate taxpayers. 1.oday more than fifty million people come under the inclivi<lrrai t:rx lau'. I)uring that first year the Bureau of h.rternal Revenuc cmpkryed 4,000 persons in collecting $350 million dollars, rvhilc in 1950 the bureau employecl rnore than 50,000 people callect_ irrg about 940 billion.
It is not novel for an editor of a publication interestetl in timber and its products to ask for an appraisal of the achievements and difficulties of the industry. And this appraisal does not present any unusual difficulties for the writer. In this instance he r,r'ould call on the secretarl, and forester of the Association for the usual statistics. He would make simiiar requests of the directors of the Re_ search and Pronrotion Divisions and rvould thereby be able to present an adequate report summed up in vvhat might be termed an inventory of progress. This u,ould mean that the writer r,r'ould be responsible onlv for string- ing words together.
And this report for the tin.rber industry of the redrvoocl region this year would be rather pleasant to l,r,rite because the curve on the chart has been generally upward, register- ing substantial gains not only in production but also ir_.. mechanical and management progress. These gains have been sound but not sensational uthich, in our opinion, means that the lumber industry in the redvvood region has settled dor,vn aftei its World \Var II and post-rvar hectic history.
However, in this instance in making this report, the stall of the California Redwood Association agrees that it ought to be based on something which is a bit too intangible tcr permit the plotting of a curve on the chart. Indeed, it is so fragile that one feels the necessity of avoiding even specifically regarding it and yet it shor.rld have a definite spot in the asset column of any annual reporr.
\\re refer to the quite apparent progress made in what might be termed the team effort betrveen the industry and the public. N{ore specifically, n'e feel that the grorvth rif the tree farm movement in the redu'ood region, the imlirorrements in forest management and the attention given by the industry to better forest practices and fire preverrtiorr cor,stitute a record which earns the right to publication at this time.
The California Redrvood Association was given the :rrrthority to grant tree farm certificates in the redr,r,oorl rcgiorr in 1950, so we are considering a little bit more tharr the calendar year. This also meant that the Associatiorr \\':rs a bit late in taking over this responsibility, but it u'ls found that not only a number of its own members, lrut several operations outside of its membership, \\rere rluite ready to qualify. The result has been that it can lte rccorded nolv that slightly over 110,000 acres of timber in the redu'ood region have qualified and been granted certificates. This extends from a tree farm of 27 .tcres to 6.5,000 acres under one or,l'nership.
There is no intent here to enter into the conventional figures of an annual report, but t.e do l>elieve that it is irrterestir-rg to point out that in or-er 5O years the park Systern of California has acquirgd 72,000 acres of redrvood r.naintained in perpetuity u'hile the tree farm movement h:rs secured over I 10,000 acres in a little over a vear. likervise to be maintained perpetuall1..
Jlut l'hat we are really interested irr is the effect that this has had both on the industry and the public. In this connection it is significant that the red.n'ood industry has traditionally lteen conservative. It has had to learn the harcl 'rvay, and it has paid for its experience as cheerfully ls it could, but lvithout calling on government aid or anr' other outside assistance. This led to an attitude rvhich \\':rs not healthy for good public relations. There was never ;rnv "public bq damned" attitucle on the part of the oper:rtors, but they simply did not concede that the public had ar.r interest in what they rvere doing.
Nou. they know, and chiefly through the incidence of the tree farm movement, that the public has a lively interest in the industry. It can be said fairly and without
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Nerv York, Nov. l2-Construction's dollar volume in the 37 eastern states is likely to run 10 per cent less in 1952 than in 1951, in the opinion of F. W. Dodge Corporation, constrruction nervs and rnarketing specialists.
The estimate rvas prepared by Thomas S. Holden, the F. W. Dodge president, jointly 'ivith Cl1"de Shute, assistant vice president and manager of the statistical and research division, and is published in Architectural Record.
Because the Dodge yearly construction advance estimates are geared to the Dodge construction nen'sgathering operations in the 37 states east of the Rockies, they havc provecl over the years to have high reliability.
Modern kitchen planning has been simplified by The LongBell Lumber Cornpany with the production of a miniature kitchen planning kit complete with wooden scale models of the Long-Bell posture perfect kitchen cabinets and a scaled planning sheet. The kit, n.reasuring l2xl3xSl inche", is convettient for salesroom demonstration' or may easily be carried t'r the customer's home for on-the-job selling'
Manufactured on a three-inch module, the kitchen cabinets, manufactured from \A'est Coast woods, are designed to fit most any space. Applying the three-inch module, scaled down, the housewife may easily plan the work areas of her kitchen and obtain a miniature picture of the finished room. Units may be easily juggled in miniature until the final arrangement has been accomplished. A kitched of the maximum 12x16 foot dimension may be planned with the kit.
Included in the handy kitchen planner are 56 miniature posture perfect kitchen units, including the new revolving shelf corner base unit, a stove and refrigerator, two windows, and a door. Two walls of the kitchen are stationary with the third adjustable to the dimension of the room. Floor of the kit is covered rvith ruled squares scaled to three inches. Walls of the miniature unit are machined to permit hanging of u'all units in proper proportion.
A pad of kitchen planning sheets is provided with each kit for the outlining of the kitchen to the proper scale. The planning sheets may be slipped underneath the models in the kit and outlined with pencil.
liour new members have been added to the staff of the C:rlifornia Redrvood Association. Harry Lowell, George IIubert, and Owen Stebbins, will serve as field men ir.r the trade promotion department, rvith headquarters ir.r San Francisco, Cali{. Carney Campion will work in the public rclations department, in the Eureka, Calif. office.
"Construction projects rvhich were refused allotments of clitical metals in the fourth quarter of 1951 rvere deferred, not abandoned," it is pointed out. "Their requirements can be reconsidered and granted in later quarters. Consequently, these projects rpresent a certain amount of construction demand that u'ill carry over into 1952." The study cites population grorvth and other expansion factors which cause potential construction demand to accumulate during the current period of metal shortage.
. "It seems obvious that the fourth-quarter dip in contract volume will carry over into 1952:- it might even continue through the middle of the year," in the opinion of the F. W. Dodge officials. "If the anticipated improvement in the metals situation and consequent easing of controls take place, there should be a definite uptrend of contract volume in the second half of 1952."
Residential building will decline more than any other classification, according to the Dodge outlook, while public works and utilities will decline least. Expected dollarvolume declines percentage-wise are : Nonresidential, 6; residential, 16; and public and private rvorks and utilities, 4; to make an overall decrease of 10 per cent. All classifications show expected declines, except privately owned utilities, marked for a 31 per cent gain.
While the number of new dwelling unit starts is anticipated to decline 19 per cent from 1951, based on the figures of the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Commerce, it is the opinion of the Dodge estimators that next year's total will be 850,000, rvhich until recently rvas rated as very high volume.
Messrs. Holden and Shute anticipate smaller average sizes for 1952 houses, accompanied by a moderate rise in building costs.
Adequate mortgage money is cxpected in 1952. This expectation accords t'ith the opinions of the majority of the 128 economists.
"These estimates are believed to be conservative," the article concludes. "Actual construction volttmes in 1952 are, perhaps, a little more likelv to exceed the indicated figures than to fall short of them.
"The great; inherent strength of the American economy is the inherent urge to build is very strong."
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exaggeration that the communities where lumber operations are an important part of the economy that there has been :r decided economic and social uplift since the tree farm firovement was started. Of course, there were other factors involved and a number o{ these have been operative for sometime. A number of the progressive operators started good forest management and selective cutting on a sustained yield basis several decades ago. The exact time can be fixeci with some degree of accuracy by the cor-ning of diesel power into the 'ivoods.
But the public did not apprehend the significance of this movement until it was given the more popular and homely title of tree farminC. Of course, r,l'ith the tree farm movement has come its necessary corollaries, the additional utilization of what used to be wasted in tl-re rvoods and thc growth of new rvoods products industries. Early in the tree movement, the California Redwood Association sensed the necessity of a r,vider scope for its conservation and public relations operations. It realized that there are factors in the industry rvhich n'l-rile highly important do not qualify for membership in its type of trade organization. The Association therefore sponsored the organization of the Redwood Region Conservation Council.
Perhaps the scope and accomplishments of this Council can be better covered by a more objective vierv than the .Association might be inclined to give it, because the California Redu'ood Association is inordinately proud of its sponsored team-r,vorker.
Therefore, we are submitting as part of this article sections of a report made by Edward F. Dolder, Chief of Conservation Education in the California Department of Nattural Resources to the California State Department of Education. Mr. Dolder was asked to select what he considered a typical regional consen'ation organization for the subject of his report. We therefore tl,ink it rvorthwhile to quote from the third page of Mr. Dolder's report 'ivritten abourRedwood Circles which are the local chapters of the Redwood Region Cortservation Council.
Conservation for Today. Industries for Tomorrorv. 'The success of home makers depends in the long run uporr the wisdom rvith 'n'hich the nation takes care of its forests.'
-Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt's statement, made before a group oI foresters in 1903, states the issue for the people of the redt,ood region today. Throughout our northern California coastal area, the grou,ing importance of practical conserynlien-ruse without impairment'-is being realized more and mo:e by the communities dependent upon the forest industry. In these communities, such movetnents as the industry's Tree Farm p:ogram, fire prevention and fire prevention education, the develooment of school demonstration forests and forestry education in the schools, all lre assuming major roles in the lives of the citizens.
Citizens of redrvood region communities are recognizing tl,at the stability of their communities depends in a large measure on sound forest management' They recognize, too, the industry's eag'erness for perpetual yield on foresj lands. Our towns are grorving into substantial self-sustain-
ing cities rvith permanent, progressive populations. Ntr r.nore is the logger the rough and ready transient of legend; rather he is an established citizen, looking toward the future
As the forests are being wisely cared" for, so the redwood region's homemakers can consider themselves suc_ cessful, in the most essential sense of the word.
Conservation of our forests is your business, whether )'()u are a merchant, work in a laundry, tvhether you are a doctor or a houservife. Your future and the future of your children depend on the vi'ise use of our timber resources. The forest industries recognize that your interest is the concern and interest of industry. For that reason the Red_ rvood Region Cor,servation Council was created. ft rvas created with the clesire to urge you to support and participate in a conservation program based on the principle of free enterprise."
One of the difficulties of any conservation movement is inherent in the rvord itself. Conservation is a negative r,vord ,but u.e feel that the lumber industry in the redrvoo<l regiorr is operating under the definition given to that lr,orrl by that gentle old artist and philosopher, John Ruskirr. "conser\ration is use rvithout imr-rairment."
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In retrospect, lumbermen r,vill recall a year full of uncertainty and uneasiness. Fluctuating and unsettled conditions on the Korean front and inflation scares throughout the vear, added to possible military developments that lie ahezrd, have established a wary, restless feeling toward 1952. Thus, the lumberman's great concern over what turn his business will take next year is rvell-founded. Directly relatecl to the precarious picture have been the decline in d-emzrnd for lumber this year, coupled r.vith loss of manpower to other defense production.
Iiarly in 1951, Robert C. Goodwin, executive director of the Deferrse Manpower Administration, predicted that 6 nrillion people would be employed in defense industries by the year's end and over 8 million by the end of 1952. I{c figured that 50 per cent of the additional labor needed t<r n.ran clefense plants tvould have to come from those working for producers of civilian goods. Generally, the lumber irr<lustry has not felt a drain of manporver, but tolvard the: lltter part of this year there have been reports from tlrc Ncn' England and Lake States on manpo\ver lost to other defense plants with higher \\rage scales and uncontrolled prices of defense items.
A survey is no'rv being conducted by the Department of '| ,:rbor in order to provi<le manpower authorities with d:rta on skills and exoerience that rvill be needed by cleferrsc intlustries. These rvill require the bulk of manpo'iver recnritlnent, so the lumber inclustry should be prepared frlr nro:'e acute labor shortages r,vhich r,vill come out of th:' ernphasis on mass production of military goods and corrlinued attempts of the armed services to realize origirral plalrs for at least a 3 million-man n-rilitary force by n-ri<l1952.
I-umber is one of our mtist important 'ivartime rnateriiLls lrrrd lvill be pressed into service in the expansion of defer.rse' :rctivities. Hovy ironic, then, that at such a tine, lurrlrcrrrren have experienced a clecline in demand and a softenirrg lurnber market !
As you kno'iv, the decline in lumber den-rand has coutinue<l steadilv since the first felv months of 1951, right up to thc tinre of this u'riting (November, 1951). Yet lun.rber Prodrrction has contirrned at the pace chalked up in 19.50---the record year of the postwar period-rvhen thc totlrl ;rnrounted to about 33 billion board feet. This vear's rrro'
duction rate exceeded shipments and orders; as a result, rnill stocks continued on the increase during the year whilc luml;ermen worked off their unfilled order files. There was a hesitancy on the part of retail lumber yards to accuinuliLte any more lurnber than just enough to take care of crlrrent needs. Thus, retail yard stocks declined since ru id-1951.
The decline in demand shorvs up clearly when vou rernenrl->er that imports of lumber in 1950 exceeded exports by over trvo billion feet, and stop to think that the end of 1951 n'ill reveal a net of imports over exports far less than that amount. Thr: lumber industry is delicately balanccd on the larv of supply and demand. Because of this fact, crlntinuation of the demand decline can onlv result in dccreased lumber production.
By the end of this year, total new non-farm dwelling units will be far above the 850,000 predicted by the Housing and Home Finance Agency. As a'matter of fact, 850,000 houses'w'ere started in the first nine months of 1951 so that, provided an average of about 50,000 houses has been maintained since then. there will be a total of over one million housing starts for the year. The 1950 all-time record figure of 1,400,000 starts had only. one close contender, that of 1949, u'l-ren the total reached 1,025,000.
It is estimated that the rate of nerv starts for the third cluarter of this year was running 35 per cent behind tha: of 1950. This means that 850,000 starts will be recorded for 1952 providecl this reduced rate continues into next year; right norv, it is too early to predict rvhat effect the relrtxation of housing credit controls will have on the lumber marlcet. Basic construction order M-4A seve:ely restricts the use of critical metals in construction. Yet most housing is unaffected by this order since less than the prescribed amounts of these metals are generally required.
The Second Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1952, p:Lssed ir-r October, providees $3.7 billion for military con. struction. Direct and indirect military requirements have not vet taken up the slack in demand created by the restrictions on housing credit, nor have they absorbed the co:'responrling high output of lumber. The picture may change considerably as soon as the large military colrstmction Drogram gets fully under way, provided the -mili-
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tary uses lumber in accordance n'ith defense agencies' recommendations lvhich call for lurnber to be used in placc .of presently specified other materials.
Lumber manufacturers \r'ere greatlv inconvenienccd throughout 1950 rvhen a shortage of freight cars crcated a serious problem. This year, freight car manufacturers u'ere aided by steel allocations allorvinq them to get their output up to almost 10,000 new cars a month. Diffrculties in obtaining component parts and strikes in a fen' large plants kept manufacturers from approaching this goal in most of the months during the year. Although some seasonal difficulties were experienced in obtaining freight cars, no serious disabling freight bottlenecks occurred during 195i after settlement of the srvitchmen's strike in January. Other thar-r the possibility of shortages suddenly flaring up in th,: lMest, the freight car situation looks better lor 7952.
During 1951, defense plant construction n'as expanderl rapidly and several atomic energ)/ projects constructed. In fact, private plant construction in manufacturing induslries ran at a. rate doultle that of a year ago. This resulted ln a dollar value of all construction for the year rvhich r,r'as a substantial increase or-er 1950. Continuing at the presclrt tate, construction n.ill require excessive quantities of controlled materials in the year ahead. To meet this demand, lumber rvill have to lte substituted for steel. copper and aluminum wherever possible. During World \\rar II, a. latge amount of steel u,as sar-ed by the use of connectorsupported lumltenl'here plans called for structural stecl. This technique was used to advantage in both civilian and military construction as the connectors added the strength of steel to the durability and versatility of lumber. Shoul<l the drain on structural steel continue into next vear. the 'system rrill again see rvider use.
The all-out national defense program is expected to reach its peak in 1952-53 and lumber should be called upon morc .and nrore to take its place in the ranks. With gross mill stocks at about the sane ler,el maintained cluring the early years of World \\rar II, \\.e are confident that the lumltermen can meet anv foreseeable lumber demands for the defense effort and still furnish enough lumber to meet the lequirements for civilian needs.
We can only take an educated guess at lumber's outlooli for 7952. This is equally true of many other industries on the borderline of the new year, for the developments to corne can but be dependent upon the outcome of varions hectic disturbances now boiling in the rvorld's cauldron.
The 305th Terrible Twenty golf tournament was held at Pebble Beach on Thursday, October 18 and Friday, October i9. Pebble Beach course rvas played on Thursday and Cypress Point course on Friday morning. Harold Flamilton turned in a net score of 70 and.lvas au'arded thc first prize. Art Harff, rvith a 72 net score won second prize.
18 members, many rvith their rl'ives, daughters and guests, nrade the trip North and made their headquarters at Pine Inn, Carmel. Several r.ent to Berkeley on Saturday, October 20, u'here they took in the Southern Califorrria-California fr,otball game.
The alnnal Christmas Party of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club u'ill be held in the Comstock Room. Palace Hotel, San Francisco on Thursday, December 20, at noon.
The Club t,ill entertain a group of 50 needy children at luncheon, and till provide entertainment in the form of a- puppet sho'n' ancl a magician. The children u'ill range in age from six to 10 years. Christmas presents rvill be provided for each child.
Leonard Kupps n'ill be chairmar-r of committees in charge of arrangements for the big event. Hank Needham r,vill act as Santa Claus
All lumbermen and their ladies are invited to be rrresent.
Homebuilders started 86,000 new permanent nonfarm drvelling units in October, a decline of 5,000 units, or 5 per cent, from September, according to preliminary estimates of the U. S. L,abor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics. Early reports indicate that the October downturn was u'idespread, but u'as most pronounced in the Southern and Pacific States.
During ihe first 10 months of 1951, a total ol 942,500 nerv dn'elling '.rnits were begun , 22 per cent less than thc record 1.215.100 started during the same period last year. Includecl in the January-October 1951 total are 20,400 nerv dn'elling units in projects started bv private builders for' personnel at rnilitarv anC naval ir-rstallations, under pror-isions of the National Housing Act of 19,19. Almost 32,500 neu, units have been started under this program sincc it got under \\'ay in November 19.19.
Final reports for Jul1' boosted the total for that month to 90,5@ nnits, a gain of 4,500 over the Bureau's preliminarv estimate. One-family home construction rvas dorl't't 23 per cent tl.ris 1'earn'hen the first 7 months of 1950 and 1951 are compared. However, the decline in rental-type housing \\'as small (rl per cent) because of the large number of units in multifamilv structures started bv public housir.rg authorities
Telegraphic reports of local building permits issued drrring October for nerv residential construction in urban places indicate substantial declines from September in Atlanta. Indianapolis, and Miami Beach. Marked gains occurred ir.r Beltimore. Chicago. Denver, and Kansas Citl', Mo.
The United States Plyrvood Corporation held an open house at its neu, offices and warehouse at 4.180 Pacific Blvd., Los Angeles, on November 9, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Aborrt 1200 visitors inspected the beautiful neu. of6ces, 60,000-squarefoot rvarehonse, and clisplavs of the con.rpany's products. Refreshments were served.
Bv H. V. Simpson, Executive West Coast Lumbermen's Vice President Association
Master minds in London and Washington and all the implications of a national election will have far-reaching effect on the lumber markets of 1952.
We in the Douglas fir region have every reason to bc optimistic. We believe many of the same factors rvhicl-r have created the strong lumber demands of the past three ) cars still apply.
For three straight years the nation has built over a. rrrillion non-farm du'ellings. Every sign points to anotherrecord year for nen' starts in 1952, around tl-re million-homc mark.
A good export market plus a booming domestic market in timbers and structural items, undoubtedly influenced by a shortage of steel, has created a demand for cutting business which promises to extend through 1952.
We anticipate that demand for Douglas fir and other West Coast u'oods for industrial and commercial use nexi year u'ill compare favorably with the fine business we enjoyed this year.
There is evidence that farrners throughout the countr), rvill step up farm home and service building. Fear of future shortages and- excellent current financial conditions couplc to strengthen this belief.
Douglas fir producers are geared to handle all reasonable domestic requirements of the nation and in additiot are successfuly supplying the peculiar and difficult specifications of the military services and various defense agencies. Some of the military lumber needs are extremely tough to fill, but, so far, u'e have been able to take them in stridc.
These factors give supporl to our belief that 1952 will continue the strong demand for lumber from our region: 1) highest employment at the highest wages in history, 2) most valuable farm crop in history, 3) largest industrial production in the nation's life, and 4) inflationary influences.
The people have tl-re money to spend and the desire for nerv homes. Industry in general has huge order files and the need for an expanding physical plant to care for this new business. Military and defense needs are still on the upswing and will probably continue mounting at least through 1952. Farmers have the money and the encourage-
ment to improve their living conditior-rs and replace obsolete buildings.
While the emphasis in the Douglas fir industry in recent months has been ,^n cutting business as every mill with the logs to make timbers has turned their attention to i-hese items, u'e still have not slacked off our attention tr, regnlar business. Mills have kept their production of standard items at high level.
The vear jrrst ending u'ill see all records for production and shipment broken for the Douglas fir region. Through the first ten months of 1951 u'e far outstripped productiorr for the previous 1'ear which tlras our record breaker. Our rnills in the Dougl;,.s fir region cut 9.510 billion board feet in ten montl.rs and on the basis of estimated production for November and December, u'e should top 11 billion feet for the full vear.
This u'ill be more than 500 million feet above output lor 1950.
Shipment figures are equally large and appear certain to be headed for the new all-time highs. In ten months rve have shippecl 9.4 billion feet of \\rest Coast woods, up nearly half a billion feet over last year. On the basis of present shipments, lve should send out by rail, truck arrcl rvater from our mills more than 1l billion feet of lumber,
It is interesting to note that production and shipments have held almost identical through much of the year and at the end of ten months of operation u'ere within a feu' million feet of being the same.
It is significant to note that the industry has maintained its fine record of improvement oI conservation and forestry practices. I\fore tha.n a half million acres of new tree farms rvere certified in our region this past year and about an equal acreage is soon to be added which will force the tota,l of \\rest Coast Tree Farm acreage above the 4 million acre mark.
Among the noteC improvements in conservation practices has been the continued development of lower grades of lumber from logs r.;hich formerly would have been left in the rvoods. Pulp rnills have joined with lumber mills in opening up markets for vast amounts of sa.rvmill leftovers
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,and chipping plant: have been installecl at a score of saw_ mills to turn slabs, trim and edgings into pulp chips. All this is good utilization and conservation of our natural resources. We are mighty proud of the part our industry is playing in putting to full use the mature trees which grow in our West Coast forests.
We estimate tha, conservation practices developed anrl adopted by private industry here in the Douglas fir region during the past decade has added over a 100 billion boarcl feet of timber to our supply. This has been done by creating markets for lor,ver grades of lumber so that marginal logs once wasted can norv be used; in creating methods for converting sawmill leftovers into pulp chips; in creating hard and softboard mills to turn leftovers into commerciai building and insulating boards and in a number of nerv industries, chemical and manufacturing, which now use wood and parts of the tree long considered non-commercial.
The Douglas fi;: region is approaching the future u'ith considerable anticipation for the revolution in thinking and processing of wood in the past ten vears has been a fascinating venture n.ith t'hich to be identified.
There was an excellent attendance at the regular dinneln-reeting of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 at the Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, November 19.
The speaker of the evening lvas Bill Graham, San Francisc<r representative of the West Coast Lumbermen's Association's Bureau of Grades. Introduced by Jerry Mashek, entertainn-rent chairman, Mr. Graham gave a talk on the work of his office in California, and later demonstrated the grades with samples of fir, hemlock and cedar to his very much interested audience. In addition a22-minste color picture, "The Magic of Lumber," showed the making of lumber from the tree to the ultimate: use in an attractive home.
President Lu Green presided and announced that the Cluh now has more than 200 paid up members.
A turl<ey shoot for a big Thanksgiving turkey was won by Fred Pen-rberton, Peerless Lumber Co., Oaklancl.
Jim Overcast reported having made a number of visits tt.r members who are on the sick list.
Craig Gaffney, Loop Lumber & Mill Co., Alamecla, reporterl progress of the Club's educational program. All the retail yards have been notified, he said, and prelirninary reception has been good. Torr-r Jacobsen, Sr. will be moderator.
Frank Kilpatrick, vice president, Rounds Trading Co., San Francisco, and Bill Lawson, resident manager, Rockport Redwood Company, Rockpoft, Calif., returned November 23 from a business trip to Wichita, Kansas. They traveled both wavs by the air route.
As the result of an expansion program recently completed, the Berkeley, California plant of Rudiger-Lang Co. has increased its facilities for the manufacture of TENSION-tite and Roll Away lr,indo.ir, screens by one-third, according to R. J. Rudiger, president.
At the same time the engineerir.rg and sales departments at the main office were nearly dorrbled in size, and other offices 'ivere remodeled and redecorated.
The firm's eastern plant is located in Toccoa, Georgia.
Construction industry leaders recently formed a Los Angeles Builders Exchange at a meeting at the Nikabob Restaurant, Los Angeles, and elected Ray A. l\[vers, general building contractor, as pr.esident.
Other ofllcers chosen are: vice-presider.rt, George F. Allison, Barber-Colman Co.; secretar)'. G. Floyd Rice, Thompson Glass and Paint Co.; tieasurer. Haylett B. Shaw, Overly Manufacturing Co., and rnanager. \\'illiam K. \\.right. Directors elected are Ben Fallgren, Clifford Monk, Ed Herlocker, Henry L. \\rright and Barrett Hannawalt.
The exchange, jointly sponsored b1' the California Council of Architects and the California State Builders Exchange, rvill open a nelv plans room, clearinghouse for architects' and engineers' plans and specifications, in its headquarters trt 3723-A Wilshire Blvd.
Carl Hollenbeck, Lumber Service Co., Burbank, talked to lumber groups recently at Yuma, Anaheim, San Luis Obispo and Ventura. He discussed the Controlled Materials plan.
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WITH OUR THANKS TO
SEAS0N'S G00D WISHES and YOU FOR A MOST SUCCESSFUT
Bv H. R. Northup Notional Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Sales volume of retail lumber and building materials dealers held up much better than was expected in 1951, largely because anticipated shortages of critical materials were slow in developing and because inventories in dealers hands were some\l'hat higher than usual in the early part of the year.
Although light commercial const:uction rvas cut back by NPA restrictions. housing starts exceeded all preliminary estimates, there rvas a continuing good repair and modernization market, and farm demand remained relatively high.
The shortage of mortgage funds whi,ch threatened to curtail housing operations began to clear up at many points by the end of summer, ancl the liberalized credit terms votecl by Congress on lotv-cost housing stimulated starts in tl.re latter part of the year.
Government economists predict that private non-industrial construction rvill decline about 20 per cent in the new year as compared to 1951. However, total construction, including defense plants and n.rilitary building, will be off only about l0 per cent-from $29 billion dorvn t<.r $26.5 billion-if the experts are guessing right.
The 2A per cent decline in private non-industrial building is predicated on Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson's statement that housing starts in 1952 would total around 850,000, which would mean a drop of only about 15 per cer-rt in housing. llowever, other defense agencies have beerr calling for an even greater cutback, and the outcome is not too clear.
Tlre fact that 1952 is an election year, rvhich means that the Administratiorr in Washington will tend to avoid actions which might antagonize any large segment of the public, gives rise to a hope that every consistent effort will be made to keep housing volume fairly high.
The shortage of structural steel, which is responsible for. the sharp cuts in commer'cial, non-defense industrial, school, and hospital building is supposed to become less serious by the middle of the new year. But copper will remain tight for an indefinite period, according to the defense agencies, with the result that it may become the ruling factor in determirring how much construction can go ahearl during the remainder of the emergency.
lluilders and dealers n'ere saved a good many headaches, at least temporariiy, .ivhen the self-certification plan was aclopted by NPA. The only practical alternative is al :rll-out permit system, rvhich rvould mean endless delays and confusion for everyone r,vanting to build any kincl of a structure.
If too much critical material is used nnder that plan, it n'ill have to be modified or scrapped and everyone, includir-rg defense officials, hopes that rvill not be necessary Florvever, the plan had not been in effect for one montlr ltefore DPA-NPA Administrator Fleischmann served noticr: that NPA alreadl' was looking for possible abuses. With more anlple mortgage funds available, \\rashington officials are afraid that starts may run considerably higher thau they rvant them to.
\\rhile structural steel remains in short supply. there is a splendid opportunity for the lun.rber industry to regain some of its lost market and to help the public do more building by promoting the use of lumber in place of steel.
The Federal government is ready and .rvilling to aid in such a movement and, in fact, is refusing to grant permits for commercial or industrial buildings unless a minimum of structural steel is to be used.
The National Retail Lumber Deialers Association has been handling a tremendous load of defense-related rvork along rvith many important programs .ivhich were under r,vay before the emergency started. The 30-Day Courses for dealers' employees have been continued, and the Educational Committee is watching lvith great interest a number of Management Conferences rvhich have been arranged by State and Regional Dealer Associations.
In addition to analyzing and interpreting production, construction, price, and wage regulations, and assisting defense officials in developing regulations governing retail Iumber dealers, NRLDA has had a full measure of Congressional legislation to watch closely, u'ith the aid of its National Affairs Committee.
Congress is not expected to pass any great volume of new legislation affecting the building industry in its next session, but, as usual, many far-reachins bills u,ill be in-
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sssystetnatic saoings o;ffer the sutest n eenE oJ future security and. ue knon oJ no better systenratic saoings plan than that afiord.ed by payroll d,eduction purchases oJ u.s. DeJense Bonds. Nearly nine out oJ e,ach ten oJ our enF ployees are helping their country while thq sarse by participating in ihis plan.r,
There are three easily underetood reasons why BB/o of Allegheny Ludlumos 14,379 employees are enrolled in the Payroll Savings Plan:
r the recognition by Mr. Hanley and his associ. ates of the Payroll Savings Plan as a major contribution to America's Defense effort . , an important, stabilizing factor in our national economy a road to personal security for Allegheny Ludlum employees.
Allegheny Ludlum's person-to-person canvass of employeeso which put an application blank for the Payroll Savings Plan in the hands of every man and rroman on the company payroll.
. the patriotism and sound eense of the Allegheny Ludlum employees who know that every dollar they invest each month in U. S. Defense Bonde is a double duty dollarit helps to keep America etrong . . it builds personal security for the employee.
ff employee participation in your Payroll Savings plan is less than 50% or if you are one of the relatively few industrial companies that does not have a payroll Savings Plan, phone, wire or write today to Savinga Bond Division, IJ. S. Treasury Department, Suite Z(X), Vashington Building, Vashington, D.C. You will get all the assistance you may need to place your company among the thousands of companies that have 601 7O, 80/o, even&B/o participation in the Plan That protects.
The u. s. Gouernment iloes not pay for this ad,aertising. The Treasury Department thanks, Jor their paniotic donation, the Ad,uertising council anitr
108 West 6th St., Room 508, los Angeles 14, Cqlif.-VAndike 4565
66. Nearl,y nine out of each ten of our employees
e,re . participating in The Payroll Saaings Plan."
Presicleng Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corporation
West coast plywood manufacturers have stepped up the tempo of sales promotion to $100,000 monthly to drive demand for the panels ahead of increased production.
Already hitting from coast to coast, the program is rifled at four targets-specifiers of building materials, retail luml>r'r' dealers, hcme owners and builders, and the nation's rn l:nu f acturers.
'Ihe industry's ner,v advertising program was announced irr Tacoma, Wash., by O. Harry Schrader, Jr., managing drrector of Douq-las Fir Plywood Association, representing tlte 70-factory fir plyr,r'ood industry of Wa.shington, Oregon arid California.
I{e said the current sales promotion is far heavier tharr ever before although only an expansiorr of continuing plyrvood advertising begun in 1938. The bigger investment includes advertising in some 75 national and regional magazines, developrnent of dealer sales helps, field sales prototion by a dozen engineers, product research and quality trraintenance to assure top performance of plyu'ood in :crvice.
Advertisirrg includes schedules in publications of multimillion circulation (Saturday Evening Post, etc.) carrying to the public the properties, capabilities and versatility of the big, rugged sheets.
Home owners are being prcsented ideas for better living through remodeling rvith llyr.r'ood. To manufacturers throughout the nation, the ads carry the record of plyu'ood's use for packaging, pr.'oduction lines, factory maint(:nance and better products.
Other campaigns point the way to use of structural plywood for roofs, rvalls and floors of nerl' homes, warehouses and factories. Among the other plyrvood uses being broadcast are boats, farm buildings, railroad cars, signs and furniture.
Douglas fir plyrvood, r,vhich the manufacturers tab as America's busiest building material, is now being produced at a weekly rate of more than 50,000,000 square feet. This is an increase of about 15 pei' cent over 1950, but simultaneously military needs are taking.more and more plyu'ood. The National Production Authority has directe<l r.,lylvood makers to set asidc up to 30 per cent of output for defense reo'-rirements.
Norman Goodman, formerly rvith Dell Lumber Corp., Burbank, is norv u'ith Macartney, Fletcher & Herr, fnc., Pasadena, rvholesale lumber dealers.
Elton W. Disher, general manager, Linn plyr,vood & I)oor, Inc., Albany, Oregon, was in San Francisco and Los Angeles recently on business for his firm. He rvas on his \ru'ay to the Atlantic Coast by way of the South'n'est and South, and will return by the Middle West. He is making the trip by air, and u'ill be gone four n'eeks.
Jirnmy Wilde, former yard superintendent for WhitingI\fead Lumber Co., Los Angeles has been appointed to a similar position w'ith Commercial Lumber Co., Los Angeles.
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troduced and will have to be follorved carefully
NRLDA's Public Relations Committee is preparing to issue a new Picture Brochure designed to acquaint the public r,vith the many indispensable services which the retail lumber and building materials industry performs for the public and has planned a Public Relations Contest rvhich every member is eligible to enter.
The nerv Minute N{an Program, in which individrral dealers send to their local nervspapers in their own names news releases prepared by the Public Relations Department, has been unusually successful. More than 1100 dealers are participating in the prog'ram, and nearly 2500 clippings have been re'ceived in little more than one year's time.
Along 'ivith these and other programs, NRLDA has u'orked closely 'i",,ith other branches of the building industry on mutual problems arising in Washington, and its representatives are playing an active part in several orter-all industry organizations.
Barring nerv international developments, the retail lumber and building rnaterials industry is looking forr'r.ard to a reasonably good year in 1952. Sales volume undoubtedly u,ill be smaller than in the last fen' years but should be high enough to keep the industry as a rvhole in reasonably sound condition.
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We were a virgin forest, On the California hills, Fed by the snows of winter, And springtime's gushing rills. We swayed in the summer breezes, That came from the sea afar, And silently watched in the twilight, For the gleam of the evening star.
We then were strong young forests, And we longed to touch the sky, Where shimmering snow peaks beckoned, And grey clouds drifted by. We whispered a prayer in the moonlight, For immortal life we craved, And the great peaks pointed upward, And the white snow banners waved.
And then on one mystic midnight, In the long, long ages past, A sign to us lvas given, That our prayer had been heard at last. For a wandering ray of starlight, On the night when Christ was born, Crept o'er the dim Sierras, And lingered till early morn.
It lay on our fragrant branches, With a pure and holy sheen, It hallowed the heights above us, And the gorges dark between. Soft zephyrs swept about us, And under their fingers light, With a sound as of many waters, We sang our song that night.
And so as the aeons vanish, We wait in immortal youth, Clothed in unfading verdure, And this is our wondrous proof That a wandering ray of starlight, On the night when Christ was born, Lay on our perfumed branches, Till the coming of the morn.
That mighty Intelligence-whatever you want to call it-that made us, and made the universe, made everything, is still on the job, and will do the sitting up nights for us if we just know it. He is still running the job. When we
quit trying to run it ourselves and start realizing that the situation is in good hands-regardless of how black it may look today through our small glasses-the great weight or responsibility drops from our shoulders, and relief comes, and worry wanders away.
"ft is only when, to the burdens and cares of today carefully measured out to us by the Infinite Wisdom and Might that gives with them the promise, 'As thy day, so shall thy strength be,'we wilfully add the burdens of those two awful eternities-yesterday and tomorrow-such burdens as only the Mighty God can sustain-that we break down. These are God's days. Leave them with Him."
Without the door let sorrow lie, And if for cold it has to die, We'll bury it in Christmas pieAnd ever more be merry.
"An' so, breden an' sisten," said the Rev. Obadiah Hamm, concluding his sermon on the subject of "Jonah"; "you see what de Lawd does when His chilluns disobey Him! De Lawd done tole Jonah whut t'do. An' Jonah didn't do hit. So whut did de Lawd do? Whut did He do, I asts you? De Lawd done WHALED HIM! Dass whut he done!"
Two colored brothers were in the same jail and in adjoining cells, one charged with stealing a cow, the other with stealing a watch. They killed time by needling one another, or "hurraghing" as the country folks down South call it.
The one in lail for stealing a cow said to the one charged with t].re theft of a watch:
"Boy, whut time is hit, anyhow?"
And the other said: "Hit's milkin' time, big boy, hit's milkin'time."
"You understand, don't you?" the officer of the day asked the new recruit, Mose Jackson, who was going on sentry duty for the first time, "if anyone moves, you shoot?" "Yassuh, Cap'n, an' vice versar" replied Mose.
"What do you mean, vice versa?".asked the puzzled Captain.
"f means if anything moves-I shoots-and I also means if anything shoots-I move."
Phil Gosslin
Pcul Gaboury
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Henry Hcrding
Orville Bresee
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Henry Bciley
Milton Britt
A unique nevr,' panel material named plyron that com_ bines a backbone of plyrvood il,ith the smooth, tough surface of hardboard l.ras been announced by west coast plvn'ood manufacturers. Plyron has already proved successful in such diverse applications as concrete forms, table tops, cabinet doors and flooring, and it offers many ne\l, possibilities for dealer sales. According to the initial announcement by Douglas Fir Plywood Association at Tacoma, Wash., the new building material is being produced commercially in 4 x 8-foot sheets by ten plyrvood plants and experimentally by others.
In Plyron, the far-.rvest manufacturers who turn out tu.o thirds of the nation's plyrvood are capitalizing on the ad_ vantages of tlt'o major forest products. Hardboard, made b1' compressing rvood fibers into a thin hard sheet of uniform density and smoothness, gives the procluct it.; tough, n'ear-resistant easily paintable surface.
Plyrvood inner construction is the muscle of the panel_ making it puncture-proof, strong, rigid, dimensionally stablc. The combination panel is split-proof, and relatively light rveight. It is permanently bonded n,ith highly moisturtr resistant adhesives.
Indicative of the sales opportrrnities afforded by the nerv material is the testimony of Dudley Wilhelmi, owner rif the Tacoma Fixture Co. He says:
"Plyron saves me 30 per cent in the cost of cabinet door construction. It makes a staltle, perfect fitting door and the hardboard surfaces u,ill take a gleaming, long_lasting enamel finish with a minimum of trouble. Because of the plywood center, Plyron holds fittings tightly and ,works' and handles easily lvith regular tools."
O. Harry Schrader, Jr., managing director of the promotional organization representing the 7O-factory fir plyrvood industry, describes the new material as a significant accomplishment through continued research by plywood makers tc supply customer-pleasing materials. Plasticsurfaced plyl'ood, developed during World War II, is another example of plywood progress, he commented.
The ne'iv product also signals another forward stride in utilization of forest resources, according to the industry
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(Continued from Page 78) spokesman. He explained that modern precision manufacturing techniques today make possible production of utility plywood from logs previously unusable. The hardboard surfaces provide smoothness and appearance properties, and these sheets are manufactured from poor logs or lr,oo<l \vaste.
Although Ply:-on is a new departure for the piyu'o.-rtl makers, it can be made witl-r present manufacturing cc1u,p-
Unique Combinalion. Wesf Goasl plywood indusfry's new building panel called Plyron combines hardboard surface with backbone of plywood. Smooth, hard surface is ercsllent foundclion for paint, plywood lends stifiness, rigidity, nailholding power. New panel is used for iobs ranging from cabinel
for the combination material, Schrader stated. similar to those which assure plywood performance. This means, hc said, first a strong, durable bond of all plys in the panel. Similarly, only hardboards of tested quality are applied as surfaces, and at present the Masonite Corp. of Chicago is the primary supplier of these sheets.
panels have plenty rif re-uses.', ment by using the hardboard rather than veneer (thin wood) for outer olys of plywood.
Rigid standards of manufacture have been establisl-rccl
The plywood ccmpanies now in commercial production of Plyron are : Abe:deen Plywood Corp., Aberdeen, \\rash.; Associated Plywood llIills, Inc., Eugene, Ore. ; Crescent Plywood Co., Crescent City, Cal.; Hardell Plyn'ood Co., Olympia, Wash.; Industrial Plyr,r'ood Corp., San Francisco, Cal; Kalpine Plywood Co., Klamath Falls, Ore.; Multnomalr Plywood Corp., Portland, Ore.; St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Co., Tacoma, Wash.; Simpson Logging Co., Seattle, Wash., and Western Veneer Co., Eugene, Ore.
The Society of American Foresters rvill holcl its fift1--first annual meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi, December 12-15, u,ith headquarters at the Buena Vista Hotel.
SAF President, Charles F. Evans of Atlanta, Ger.,:-gi:r. will open the general sessions of December 13 and 15 tcr which all foresters and friends, whether members of the Society or not, are invited.
Subject Divisions of the Society will meet on Friday. December 14. Members r,r'ith specialized interests can select from technical sessions devoted to forest management, silviculture, forest products, private forestry, forest economics, watershed management, forest recreation, forestwildlife management, range management, public relations. and forestry education.
Field trips u'ill be conducted on December ll and 12 ir1 older to acquaint foresters from other sections of the country rvith forestry problems and progress in the South.
Attendance at the meeting is expected to hit the 1,000 mark. The Society lvas organized in 1900 for professional foresters of Upited States and Canada and has as its primarv object the promotion of the science, practice, and standa:ds of forestr'i in America.
The annual Christmas Party of Hoo-Hoo Club No. 39 will be held at the Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, on Mondav evening. Decernber 17.
Twenty-five underprivileged children furnished by the Oakland Boys' Club will be entertained. There will be a Christmas tree, and presents for each child will be distributed b.v a Santa Claus. In acldition there u,ill be musical and other suitable entertainment for the kids.
Bill McCubbin, vice president of the Club, is chairnran oI the committee that is making all the arrangements.
John Freeman, veteran field representative of the California Redwood Association, returned November 10 from a trip to Iluffalo, N. Y. on the business of the Association.
Smoolh Concrele. Plyron, plywood industry,r new re-usable concreto form panel with hardboard surface, baclbone of plywood, produces smooth concrete on New Jersey Turnpile. Turnpile contractor F, A. Canuso reporls new matcriai ,.is giving us some of smoolhesi "oncr"ie we have ever seen, doors lo concroie forms.
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I\{asonite Corporation has announced purchase of 15,00(') acres of Mendocino County timber land from Standish and Hickey, Inc., bringing to 70,000 acres its holdings near the company's hardboard plant in Ukiah.
The property lies to the east and is adjacent to timber property purchased several years ago fror.n Southern Pacific I.anC Conrpany.
Tacoma, Wash., November l9-Lower prices, adequate supply to meet customer needs and a whopping $100,000-amonth advertising program will add up to higher demand for plywood in the rnonths ahead, an industry spokesman has announced.
This encouraging outlook was voiced by O. Harry Schrader, Jr., managing director of Douglas Fir Plywood Association in Tacoma, Wash., when questioned about the state of the 7l-f.actory west coast industry following manufacturers' price cuts ranging from 5 to 15 per cent.
Schrader refused comment on prices, explaining that pricing and distribution policies "are determined by individual manufacturers." He emphasized that "sales promotion and quality maintenance are the sole functions" of the industry trade association he heads.
He did talk freely, however, about improved market prospects for plywood and availability of the panels, emphasizing that although supply is excellent throughout the country, warshouse inventories are not excessive.
Shrader pointed out that about 45 per cent of plywood output goes into divergent industrial uses like railroad cars, trucks, crating and maintenance. For example, he said, one large midwest motor freight company is replacing metal lining with plywood in hundreds of trucks. And Pressed Steel Car Co. of New York has developed an all-plywood Unicel highway trailer patternbd after its revolutionary plywood boxcar.
Schrader said that about 50 per cent of plywood is used in the construction industry. Residential building alone consumes only about 20 per cent of the panels, and plywood can expect to hold its preferred position here. He cited a big Seattle builder who reports that on 3,000 low-cost units now under way, he lvill have $100 each with plywood.
The government estimates that defense requirements will take about 700 million square feet of plywood next year. And prefabricatbrs and trailer manufacturers, historically heavy users of plywood, are being asked to bid on 4,000 portable home units for use adjacent to military areas.
Heavy construction is at record levels, and here plywood is the standard material for concrete forms, according to Srh-", der.
Availability of plywood for normal civilian uses such as boats, farm buildings, signs and other applications is virtuallv assured by increased plant capacity in the industry, the plywood spokesman said. He revealed that production for the year to date is up about 15 per cent over last year; 1951 output may reach 2.7 billion square feet.
With the availability picture brightening, said Schrader, thc industry is carrying out the biggest promotion program in its history. Advertising, new sales aids and how-to-do-it information are aimed at three major points-the user, the salesman and the specifier. Sales messages are keyed to the remodeling market and increasing industrial use of plywood.
His territory will include all of the U. S. and Canada west of the Rockies as well as Alaska.
James Leep, with Hyster since 1946 as parts order clerk, has been advanced to the position of manager of the parts Order Department, also a newly created position. Leep is a graduate of Portland University and Oregon State College, and spent two years with Pan American Airrvays in production control prior to coming to Hyster.
The Hyster Company, of Portland, Oregon, Danville and Peoria, Illinois, manufactures industrial materials handling equipment, tractor and logging attachments for ,'Caterpillar" Tractor.. and earthmoving equipment.
Promotion of two men in Hyster Company,s parts and :service department has been announced by Jack Lewis. anahager. The changes involve increased responsibilities and enlarged duties.
Allen G. (Al) Owen, rvith Hyster since l93Z in assembly .and in the service department, has been moved up to the ;newly created job of Western Division Service Manager.
San Francisco, Calif.-The Japanese peace treaty was signec! on a velour-covered desk made of Masonite quarter-inch tempered presdwood, it was disclosed here recently by John B. Sauter, vice president of the J. L. Stuart Manufacturing Company, which has specialized for 30 years in the design and construction of exhibits and displays.
In addition, the approach to the lectern and the lectern itself, were made of tempered presdwood on wood frame construction. Another Masonite product, tempered duolux, was used for the pennants identifying the nationality groups in attendance.
More than 500 customers, friends'and competitors of E. L. I3ruce Co., Inc. of Oakland, California, accepted the company's invitation to be present at their open house party en Saturday, November 17, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
This party constituted the official opening of their splendid new Northern California warehouse at 4636 East 12th Street, Oakland 1, Calif.
I. Thornton of the Independent Nail & Packing Co. of Bridgelvater, Mass., made a special trip to the party to demonstrate a new and revolutionary T & G Nailing.Machine.
On hand to greet the visitors were C. Arthur Bruce, executive vice president of E. L. Bruce Co., Inc.; Walter J. Wood, vice president in charge of sales, M,emphis, Tenn., and S. W. Dzneckier, district manager at Oakland. In addition the salesmen working out of the Oakland warehouse and the warehouse crew were present to help entertain the crowd.
The Cabinet Manufacturers Association of Soutlrerrr California at their monthly dinner meeting held October 8, 1951, at the Case Hotel, Los Angeles, elected Everett W. Shoemaker of Lynwood, Calif. as president for the l95l-52 term of ofiEce.
Mr. Shoemaker, while being a comparatively young man in years, has none the less been in the cabinet manufacturing business for many years, as a partner rvith Ray W. Powers, which concern is known as the Atlantic Cabinet Company of Lynwood, Calif.
Elected with Shoemaker was vice president Paul Stember, an associate of The Hoffmeister Cabinet Company of Los Angeles. Phillip De Marco was rgturned to the position of treasurer for his second term. The Trustees of the Association at this time are as follows: Flomer O. Warde, C. N. Thielen, H. C. McConnell, C. J. Dell, William Leonard, Joseirh Mpdron, Ralph Handy, W. L. Rubottom, Albert Sack, and Milton Dixon.
Upon taking office, the new president emphasized the need of the Associations membership continuing its efforts along the lines followed by his predecessor, C. N. Thielen, owner of the Trojan Cupboard Company of Burbank, and the retiring president.
Under Thielen's administration, the Associatiotr devel,oped and published just recently a standard catalogue for use of architects, designers, contractors and builders. This ,catalogue presents graphic illustrations of the flexibility 'of wood built-in cabinets for homes and apartments, with reference to units of sound construction, minimum stand,ards, high quality and of utmost utility. This photographic brochure shows many varied and useful methods of manufacturing wood cabinets, using proven methods of fabri"cation, and an accomplishment of which the entire industry may be well proud.
The newly elected president will announce his chairmen .of the various committees and their membership at the next regular dinner meeting, December 3. 1951.
Refreshments and a buffet lunch were served and enioved at tables in the big warehouse.
Tuesday, November 20, was Football Day at the noon luncheon of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, held in the Comstock Room, Palace Hotel, San Francisco.
Wendell Paquette, Lumber Sales Company, San Francisco, the Club's president, presided. He introduced Dan McGuire, public relations representative of the San Francisco 49ers. who gave a brief resume of the history of pro football, now in its 32nd season.
Bruce Lee, Chronicle sports writer and Bill Anderson, writer on the San Francisco News, both spoke on the subject of the professional game.
Questions were asked by a number in the audience and answered by the three speakers.
A drawing for two tickets for a professional game was won by Jack F. Pomeroy of the Lumber Merchant's Association of Northern California.
A motion picture in color of the game between the 49ers anrj the Los Angeles Rams was shown.
Roy C. Gibson, for six years general superintendent of LongBell Lumber Company's Vaughn division at Eugene, Oregon, has joined M and M Wood Working Company's Albany, Oregon, Plylock division as logging manager, it is announced by Taylor Alexander, vice president in charge of timber and raw materials. Prior to going with Long-Bell he had been three years logging superintendent of Snellstrom Lumber Company, Eugene. Earlier in his career Mr. Gibson was logging engineer for nine years of Bloedel-Donovan on the Olympic peninsula, Washington. He is a graduate of Oregon State College where he majored in logging engineering, and is a member of the Society of American Foresters.
of Forest hardboard are pressed in a single operation. Other equipment includes pulp-making equipment, conveyors, chip handling and piling machinery, and an outside 500 ton c:.pacity chip storage bin. The plant operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Forest hardboard is soid by building material dealers throughout the United States and exported to Alaska, Philippines, Ha'ivaii and India.
Washington, Nov. l4-Higher price tags on new homes and other construction projects were forecast today under a new regulation for the $36,000,000,000-a-year building irdustry.
The Office of Price Stabilization said the price increases u.ill result from rising costs of labor and materials since tl,e outbreak of the Korean war.
The nerv OPS order permits builders to pass along the higher costs to the public.
OIrS estimated that labor costs have gone up about 10o/o and building materials about l2/o since the war began in June, 1950.
Production of Forest hardboard manufactured by the Forest Fiber Products Company, Forest Grove, Oregon, will double in the next three months, it is announced by Harold A. Miller, president.
The increase to exceed 2l million sq. feet per month rvill add greatly to the utilization of timber resources in the Tillamook burn and Forest Gror.e area. The companv's chief raw material is rvood that is sound, but not suitable for lumber because of its size and shape. The use of this wood in the manufacturing process has made it possible and profitable for the logging crervs to go over the same area as many as three times to relog wood material that heretofore rvas left in the n'oods. This more thorough logging makes a cleaner cut in the rvoods, reduces fire hazard, better prepares the land for seeding. in addition to making much greater utilization from ,the tree.
Miller stated also, that more ra\\r material rvill be bought from sawmills in the nearby area and they rvill, in turn, log more extensively, thus improving the land in a greater area.
Complete utilization of the n.ood is accomplished in the Forest Fiber Products Company process, as all u'ood from rvhich a gooC fiber cannot be made is used for fuel to make steam for the manufacturing process.
The company makes hardboard by cutting the wood into chips, then to a fibrous state, into pulp and under heat and pressure made- into smooth surfaced pane.ls. The panels called Forest Hardboard are made in sizes ranging from 4x4-feet through 4x 16-feet in thicknesses of 1/8". 3/16" and 1f". Part of the production is given a special treatment which a<lds water resistance and structural strength for exterior use. The panels are used in building for dry rvall construction and by industrv for a variety of uses from toys and games to furniture.
To effect the additional production, netv equipment has been installed. including ten 5-ton plates so that 2C panels
The regulation, effective Nov. "20, covers a wide range oi projects, such as carpentry, sheet metal work and installltion of plumbing, heating, air-conditioning and electrical erluipment.
It also covers construction of roads, sidewalks, fences, airports, athletic fielcls, bridges, sewers and water mains, tunnels, sub$'ays, flood control projects, power developnlents, dams, harbors and scores of other works.
The order limits the markup for profit of construction firms to 10/o less than the highest percentage markup the huilder had in effect for a similar job during the period Jtrly l, 1949. throush June 24, 1950.
Pabco Products, Inc., has promoted James E. Booth and James J. Doyle, it u,'as announced by R. R. Galloway, sales nranager, Builcling X,Iaterials Division.
Booth has been made head of consumer sales, Building Nlaterials Division, and is responsible for the development and coordination of consumer sales activities on Pabco roofing and asbestos-cement siding. Prior to his new position, he was assistant district manager of the Central District.
Doyle, who has been Denver area sales representative of Pabco's Building Materials Division, moves up to become assistant district manager, Central District. He will headquarter at Pabco's head office in San Francisco.
Herbert F. Ennis, manag'er Glasweld Division, United States Plyu.ood Corp., Nerv York, N. Y., has returned to Nerv York from a business trip to Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle. He traveled by plane.
M. A. Minor, manager of L. S. Whaley Lumber Co., I-ong Beach, Calif., made a business trip recently to San Francisco and other Northern California Doints.
So*r" Pine...Monarch of the Pines...is a genuine white pine blessed with all the inherent qualities that have made white pine a pre ferred building material for generations.
Uniformity of color, soft even texture and straight grain make Sugar Pine unexcelled among woods for interior trim, cabinet work, paneling, sash, doors, siding, and pattern lumber. And like all lumber from Association mills, it is manufactured with care, thoroughly seasoned, and carefully graded.
For tnore infonnation about Sugar Pine, send for free literature-Grade Use Guid.e ; and. Facts Folder. Address
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u'ltere I u'as born and raised., u,e altaajs placerl sbeals of grain oatside tlte u'inclou's for the ltardy spatouts, the only birls tbat did not migrate lrom tbat aastere climate., Ou.t in tbe country tbey also placed. a large u:ooden bou'l ol porridge in tbe barn lor "lale Nissen," tlte Cbristntas spirit, pictued. ds a ttery small man u,itb a u-bite beard, u,eaing red clothes and a red Anitted, tasseled. cap. Also in eyerj u,ind.out tbere burned a candle to ligbt tbe u,ay for lriends and utayfailng strangets,
This year, as eaer! year, in our ltome in Long Beacb, all Cbristmas nigltt long, candles are bwned. h tlte uindous lot YOLJ, Tbe cand.les u;ill be seen by but leu ol you, so throagb tbis little story u'e utisb oar mltn! lriends and lilure lriends
Somethir-rg nerv has been added to Los Angeles-thc Hoo-Hoo-Ettes-a women's :uxiliarv to the Los Angeles branch of the time-honored and far-famed International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Ifoo. The club is a combined social and service organization for nomen employed or engaged in the lumlter and L-ruilding materials industries, :rnd affiliated indirstries.
This type of organization is u'ell-knorvn today, u,ith practically every group in the business rvorld having such a club u'here they can meet others of like intersts. Hol.cver, the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes might stril be in the wishing stagc if it had not been for the help and encoul'agement of some of the gentlemen of the Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo club. and President Anne Murray has ,tsked The California Lumlter \{erchant to include in its siory of the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes a l-rig vote of thanks, on behalf of the clult, to these gentlemen.
The service end of the club u,ill be mainly in connection u'ith employment. In the pa.st there has been no specifit: clearing honse for informatiori on en'rployment for Nomen in the industry, either for ,:mployers or prospective employees. The Hoo-Hoo-Ettes hope to render a service t<r the inclustrl' and to club men:bers bv providing this clearing house-a ltlace l'here \\.omen litl-r experience in thc Ittmber business mav put therr names and qualifications olr file l'hen they are looking for emplo1-ment, and rvhere cmployers mav put their names and requirerrents on file n.lrcrr they are looking for u'omen cmplol'ees.
The first meeting of the Hoo-Hoo-Ettes u.as held Scptember 10 at the Nikabob Cafe in Los Angeles, attendecl by the officers of the club, listed belou,, and by'J. \\r. Fitzpatrick. Orval Stewart, Boris Kutner, Don Bufkin, Butch llarringer, and Ole May, u'ho gai.e freely of their adrricc and encouragement to the flciigling club. I-eRor- If . Stanton, Sr., is another r,l'ho gave the clull a big boost.
On October 5 the officers were initiated. .ivith Butch Har-ringer ofliciating.
The first concat rvill be held December 10 at the Rogcr Young -\uditorium, at u'hich time all rvho attended the Noven.rber meeting, and rvho s-ish to become regular me1lrbers, u'ill be initiated. Aftc; this meeting, mernltership rvill be bv invitation onl.r', the membership of the club to be limitecl to 99 members. Of course other groups mav bc forn.recl if there is need.
The Rules and Resolutions Committee, headed by Gladys Bonsall, Nlahogany Importirrg Co., presented suggested IJy-Lau's, based on the byJa.r.s of the International Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo, and these 'were adoptecl for 1he future guidance of the organization.
Dues have been set at $2.99 per )'ear, plus initiation fec of $2.00. Dues are payable in adlance to Treasurer Pluma \{cleod, Eckstrom Pl1"s'ood & Door Co., 2719 Comptor-r Ave., Los Angeles 11.
Officers of the Hoo-Hoo-Iltles are :
President-Anne N{urray.
1st vice president-Lorraine \Iansfield, ....United States Pl1'rvood Corp.
2nd vice president-Jerry Hor','e, Patten-Blinn Lumber Co.
3rd vice president-Jo \\roodson E. J. Stanton & Son Secretarl'--{snes Nfclntyre, ..\\'est Coast Lumbermen's Association
J1g25u1g1-Plunra N[cLeod, Eckstrom Plylvood & Door Co. Initiation-J)oraine (Dodie) Pease ....Davidson Plv'n'ood & Lumber Co.
Nfembership-Nlildred Abbotr E. J. Stanton & Son l'ublicitl'-P"ggl'Stirling ..TheCaliforniaLun"rber Merchant
The pictures accompanying this storv were taker.r at the November clinner meeting, atter-rcled by the oflicers and the f<illou.ing, most of u'hom ari shon'n in the group photographs :
Kay Norelins .. .Tropical & \\restern Lumlter Co.
j'--ur-rice Culr,er .Tropical & \\'estern Luml-ier Co.
Pat Harris E. J. Stanton & Son
Ituth \'Iiller Building Nfaterial Dealers Credit Ass'n.
Neva Kelly Buildirrg NI:rterial l)ealers Credit Ass'n.
Claire Smith Baugh Bros. & Co.
N{arilr'n Su'ansolr .Ir. J Stanton & Son, Inc.
f-aura H. Turk Forest Lumber Co.
Gl'en lLanlsey . .11. J. Stanton & Son. Inc.
.Tar-re Aclams .. .. .Th: Califomia Lumber Merchar.rt
\{arie Stanton .Patten-Blinn Lumber Co.
Ruth Armar.rd ... ..E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc.
-\ngela \\'arren .Iratten-Blinn Luml>er Co.
I'-r'elvn Frr-rear Han-rmond Lumber Co.
\{arjorey Tavlor . E. J. Stanton & Son, Inc.
llcttv Xlorrill .... ..E. J. Stanton & Sor-r, Irrc.
Nlarv C. Shelclon .E. J. Star-rton & Son, Inc.
\farguerite fIc\\'horter Patter-r-Blinn Lumlter Co.
Alvinia lJovle .Iratten-Blinn Lumber Co.
The November meeting u'lrs held at the Roger Yorrr.re' Auditorium, and rvas attendeii by -12 prospective membcrs ;Ln<l the ol{cers of the club. \
Ilarbara Kneale United States Plvwood Coro.
Ella Shelton
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Betty Scott United States Plvu'664 6o.0.
Sallye C. Bissell .\\reyerhaeuser Sales Co.
Sally Thompson E. K. \\,'ood Lurnber Co.
Lynn }Iartin... ......The Phipps Co.
Sundav Washington ...----Ilaugh llros. & Co.
Ruth Lotz Minor ...\\Iholesale Lumbcr
Harriette Denett . I)acific \\'-estern I-umber Co.
Gladys Bonsall .Troirical ct \\restern I-umber Co.
Ileverly A. Nelson Dlrr'^tls<>n I'lvrvood & Lurlber C-o.
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-foyce Lee Penn .I)avrtlson Plywood & Lumber Co. Clara\Villis ...Patten-BlinnLumberCo. Nlarguerite \\relch .Ilammond Lumber Co
Anyone r,vishirrg further ir-rformation on the employmerlt angle may get in touch u'ith President Anne Murray, 5936 \\'est Lindenhurst Ave., Los -Angeles 36. WEbster l-2535, or Secretary Agnes XTclntyrr, \\rest Coast Lttmbermcn's Associatioi-r, 1151 S. Broadu'ay, I-os Angeles. PRospect 921,+.
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A nerv type of Public Relations Contest for retail lumber and building materials dealers rvill be conducted by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association.
Plans for the contest, which u'ill bring industry-rvide anrl nationwide recognition to constructive Public Relations activities condu-cted at the community level, have been developed by the National's Pul"rlic Relations Committee. -The deadline for entries is April 1 , 1952, and each entry should deal rvith an action taken after January 1, 1951.
The purpose rf the contest, {or n'hich all dealers rvho are members of the National are eligible, are outlined as follows:
1. To acknorvledge and corrrmend good Public Relations efforts.
2. To illustrate hou'dealer:..; can go about improving their Public Relations
3. To encourage more dealers to engage in constructive Public Relir.tions u'ork.
In order to rnake it possibie for any dealer to compete, ruo matter hou' small his business, each entry is to consist of a single example of Public Relations activity. Sets of single entries, helysvsl-5uch zls a series of ne.n'spaper statements, each eligible for a si;rgle at'r'ard-rvi11 also be entitlecl to consideration for a group au-ard. Brrt no grour) entry is to consist of more r.han fir'e single items
Jir.rtries must consist of visual evidence of thinss saicl or done or published or printed .lvhich meet one or both o[ the follou'ing tests: (1) Thev must be er,.idence of actiorrs in the public interest. or (2) thev must reflect creclit orr the services performed by thc retail lumber irr<lustry, thc buildir-rg industry, or the indir.idual company coucerned.
\risual evidence, hon.er.er, 611, s611sist oi a copy of a speech or radio talk or a typeu'ritten summary of activities rvhich did not involve printing or publication. Thus, a great variety of entries, in acl<litiorr 1o such oltvious items as consiructive ne\vsl)aper aclvertisements, pamphlets, or posters. is possible.
Descriptive brochtrres announcing the contest, orrtlirrine the rules, and offering examples of the sort of Public Relations efforts that can nterit rrn'ards, tosether u,ith the oflicial entry blanks, n'ill be distributed bv the Federaterl Associations to their members.
Au'ards u'ill be nracle on a geographic and Association basis. In aclclition, grand prizrs n'ill be siven for the best single and grouo entries from the countrv as a rr.hole. Tlre arl'ards nill be presented to ttie contest r,r,inners at the Mav nreeting of the .National's Board of Directors in \\rashington. D C.
t The panel of judges for th, contest u,ill be nracle u1t,,[ the editors of the h-rdustry's trade pul>lications.
Phil Creden of the Edu'ard l-Iines Lumber Companv, C'hi_ c:rgo. Illinois, is the chairman of the National's public lleIetions Committee which gave final approval to the contest plans. Other mernbers of the Committee are: John \\,.. Dain, Mahopac, Nerv York; A. J. Huddleston, Osrveg.o, Oregon ; John T. Holmstrom, Rockford, Illinois; ancl \\r. J. Hor,vard, Missoula. N[ontana.
Shortages of materials retarded almost all types of construction during October resulting in a more than seasonal decline in zrctivity, the U. S. Labor Department's Bureau oi Labor Statistics and the Building Materials Division, [I. S. Department of Commerce reported jointly today. Delays in construction projects extend even to the basic steel lnd electric polver expansion programs.
The total value of nel' construction put in place durirrg October amounted to altout $2.7 billion, off 5 per cent from the September total and 3 per cent less than the total for October 1950. While most types of construction activity usually l>egin a seasonal decline from Septeml>er to Octcber, the drop this year was larger than usual. Nerv homebrrilding activity u'hich increased slightly in C)ctober, rvas a notable exception to tl,e general trend. Nf ilitarl' ancl defense plant construction shorved furtl.rer moderate increases.
Construction came completely uncler the Controlled N{aterials Plan beginning Octol>er 1, 1951. \\rhen supplies of ccrntrolled materials on har.rd before that date are used up, the amounts of r.arious t1'pes of constructiotr that can ltc cr.rried on rvill depend largely on allotments of steel, copper, and aluminum. Structural steel n,as the principal limiting factor during October and probably rvill continue as the lcev material throughout the balance of this vear. \\/ithin a short time, hcin'ever, the availability of copper itenrs may be expected to supersede structural steel as the determining factor in the volume of construction actir-ity, particularly for those types of construction in u,hich structural steel is relatively unimportant.
l3oth 1>rir.ate ar.rd prrblic' outlays for nelr' construction dropped in October. Total private outlays amounting to $1,789 nrillion u'ere 5 per cent less than in September an<l prrblic expenclitures of $903 million n.ere off by (r per cent. ])rivate construction n'as 12 per cent under a vear ago n'lrile lrublic construction sholved an increase of 2l oer (:ent over the year.
During the first 10 months of this lear, ne\\' constructiorr u'ith a total value of nrore than 25 billion rvas put in place. This rvas $2 billion more th:rn the total for the sam,; pg1l61l in 1950. Indications :rre that total neu' construction outlays in 19.51 r.r'ill exceed $29 billion compared u'ith a little less than $28 billion, for all of 1950. Larger public expendiiures particularly for housing, defense plants. and militar.r, iacilities l'ill account for the increase.
The Riverside Hoo-Hoo Club helcl a clinner rleetins rur<l conc:rt at Phil's Charcoal Broiler, Redlands, Friday everring. November 9. Follorving the cocktail hotrr a delicious steak <linner was enjoyed by the group. A fine class of Kittens vr,er-c initiatecl. Jim Tipton is \riceregent Snark of the Riversi<lc Ciour.rty FIoo-Hoo <listrict.
Decorations for Christmas trees originally were foodstuffs or. rurodels of heavy foods such as hams and sicles of bacon.
Last year rvhen rve rvere t'riting our remarks about Pltilippine Mahogany for the California Lumber Merch:rnt. rve were faced rvith the problems arising from the rvar irr Korea, although it was at that time still being referred trr as a "police action." These problems are still rvith rrs, and the added problems of governmental control and its resulting ur-rcertainty have been added to the picture.
Philippine Mahogany imports into the Unitecl St;rtcs have, during the past year reached post-.nar highs. anrl for the first time in many years stocks are reachirrg the point u'here orders can be processed rvithout undue clelar,. The problem of re-introducing the u,ood into the Uniterl States nrarket after it had been unobtainable cluring thc \{'ar }eorS; rvas met squarely by the manufacturers :rrtrl importers of Philippine Mahogany. The problern \\,as not solved overnigl-rt, but Philippine Mahogany is once :rgain becoming a familiar pl.rrase to manufactnrers ancl con_ sumers.
The Irhilippine I\[ahogany Association, representing :r rnajoritv of the leading importers of lrhilippine Mahogany in the United States and Cnnada, aided by the philippinc I-umber Producers' Association of Nfanila, composcrl irf a majoritv of the leading manufacturers in the philippines, has undertaken a pr'motion campaign clesigned to acqrrai't manufacturers ancl individuals u'ith the many valuable properties of I'hilippine u.oods. During the last fiscal year- of the Association, approximatelv 150,000 pieces of litera_ ture rvere distributed throughout the United States ancl Canada. Four nerv pieces of promotional literature havc been published in the last year, and are in the process oi being distributed, and several nerv brochrrres are being prepared. A prograrn of nation-u.ide advertising in leacling t:ade jorrrnals and "shelter" publications, is being carricrl on, and the results have been rnost gratifying. The pro_ motional literature aud the advertising has done a great deal to enhance the sales potential of philippine Mal-rogany.
In addition to the promotional u,ork being carried on bv the Philippine Mahoganl' Association, many individual im_ porters and dealers, both members and non_members, halrc been carrying on aggressive programs of aclvertising all of u'hich reacts to the benefit of the philippine xfah-g:rn' indtrstry as a rr.hole.
The introcluction of various products designecl for exterior use, constructed of Philippine Mahogany, such :rs patio and garden furniture, has been enthusiasticallr- received by all interested in this rvood. philippine Mah,garr- siding for exteri,r use has been introclrrced upon the rrarliet and is being very readily accepted. ft has man1, fs2_ trlres not i.u:rrl irr other N.orls, ar-rcr pronrises t, trllcn rrr;
an entirely untouched field, as far as philippine n.oods in this country are concerned.
The construction of Philippine Nlahogany furniture ltv some of the leading furniture manufactu:ers seems to indi_ cate that the market for Philippine Nfahogany is actir.e and ever-expanding.
'Lumber production in the rrhirippines has shorvn a steaclv increase as new mills have commenced operation, a.,d ,o,l-," of the older mills have ben modernized. Ntilling and log_ ging in the Philippines is carried on under the most moclc,i, methods and compares favorably r,vith lracific C.ast ,lr_ erations.
Belcirv is a comparison of exports for the first eight months of 1951 and 1950, compiled from the official fic,oe, given by tl-re Bureau of Forestry, in Manila.
First 8 mo,s. First 8 mos. % Increases 1951 1950
These figures indicate that in'rports into the Unitecl Statcs ha'r'e shou'n a healthy increase. rvith the largest increasc lreiug in the footage of logs importe<l. Up to the present the importation of logs exceeds that of lumber. The fi.qures frtr exports to other countries have shou,n a slight increasc of lumber and a tremendous increase in logs. Nlost of thesc logs (97/o) u'ere destined for the Japanese market.
It u,ould appear that unless something unforeseen hap_ pens, 1952 should be a banner year for philippine Nfa_ hogany. From reports available it looks as if greater qrliur_ tities of this beautiful wood l'ill be used in furniture anrl ltoat constructior.r. The same is true of the construction trade t:here gre:rt quantities of sicling, trim ancl panel stoclt u-ill be rrscd. Nlany people u,rite to us adr.ising their in_ tention r.'f remodeling their homes and using philippinc ) [:rhogrr rr_r'.
Prosrcssir.e lumber de:rlers no\\- carry stocks of philitt_ pinc llahogany, taking aclr'antage of the l,hilippine XI:rlr.ga ur' -\ ssociatio''s 'ation-*-icle publ ic it-r- l)rollr.l1r ,I' "Plan Philippine Xfahogany"-"Buy Philippine l{ahoganr,."
The exceptionol productivity of these vost forests moke logging ond milling one of the Islonds' lorgest industries. Some 400 mills are currentlrr in anaratinn
The greot size of these mognificent trees moke it possible to Produce lumber of iine lengths ond widths.
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Frank Jordan, head of the F. L. Jordan Sash & Door Company, located at 612l S. Manhattan Place, Los Angeles; has been associated u,ith the sash, door and millwork industry for 45 years in Los Angeles. Frank formed his o'rvn c:ornpany brack in 1920 and is proud o{ his firm's record during its 31 years.
The Jordan organization is the original designer ancl manufacturer of the Jordan sliding sash units now being n'iclely used in tracts and quality residential construction.
Originally designed for high bedroom windows, to gain luall sPace, these horizontal sliding sash are nor,l' being used throughout the house. They give added 'rvall space, ease of operation, non-interference rvith venetian blincls, shades or clrapes, and are weathertight.
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JOHN tvlUNT
FRED TRIMBTE
ROY PERILIARD
IeROY DAIIEY
DANTE BERTOTINI
CARL KLESS
HAROI.D BRASHER
JEFF HARRIS
BIt[ CHEFFERS
Frank Jord:in attributes his success not only to the firnr's originality in design, but to consistent quality, service and customer satisfaction.
The Los -A.nseles Hoo-Hoo Club rvill hold its annuai Christmas Partv and golf tournament at the Oakmount Country Club, Glendale, December 14.
The golf tournament rvill get under u.ay at 10:00 a.m. The prizes rvill include several trophies and other prizes will lte au'arcled to the rvinners of the special events. The committee nrembers in charge of the golf tournament are John Lipani, Orrin \\'right, Harvey Koll, Jim Forgie and Roland Hoene.
The Christmas Party .r.vill be held in the Clubhouse :rt 7:09 p.n. There rvill be seven good acts of vaudeville including the famous l,farimba Merrv lUakers follorving the dinner. Eddie Baker n'ill entertain through the cocktail hour.
Evervbody is asked to bring a Christmas gift u,hich rvill l;e given to orphan children.
The committee in charge of the Christmas Party includes Orval Stervart, Harl Crockett, Marshall Meyer, Boris T(utner, and George Clough.
A big crou.d is expected and everybody is requested to get their reserr.ation in early. Reservations can be nrade by calling Ole IIal', I-os Angeles, DUnkirk 2-7942.
An attractive plywood racl< for literature on terrnites is thc newest sales stimulant offere<l by E. L. Bruce Co. to lun'rber <lealers participating ir-r the Terrninix Authorized Representative Plan. The rack inclucles an arresting photograph of termite damage and inforn.rative literature on termites. It is <lesigned for use in lumber clealers' salesrooms.
Lumber dealers interested in this plar.r are inviterl to contaci their nearest Tern.rinix corrpany or rvrite Terrrit"tix l)ivision, Ii. L. llruce Co., Memphis l, Tenrr.
ED WALSH
"Better Milling For You In '52"
A meeting of wholesale building material distributors from all parts of the country will convene in Chicago on December 12 and 13 at Hotel LaSalle, under the auspices of the National Building Material Distributors Association. John P. Ashton, Des Nfoines, is president; Arthur Lundgren, Tacoma, is vicepresident.
The program will feature extensive forum discussions, led by speakers of national reputation; and a round table discussion of basic wholesaler problems.
J. V. Jones, manager, Lumber Dealer Products, Armstrong Cork Company, "Management Yardsticks for Wholesalers."
Gates Ferguson, advertising manager, Celotex Corporation, "The Opportunity Facing the Wholesaler."
Harry Judd, general credit manager, United States Gypsuni Company, "Credit Problems of Wholesalers."
Earl Boyle, sales manager, Chicago District, Johns-Manville Sales Corporation, "The Importance of a Strong Building Material Wholesalers Organization."
The Roundtable will take up problems of credits and collections, inventory control, excess profit tax credits, merchandising and selling, and material handling.
An organizational campaign to enlist additional members will be presented and discussed. All independent building material wholesalers are invited to attend.
The Los Angeles Hoo-Hoo Club held a luncheon meeting ai the Rodger Young Auditorium, Los Angeles, on November 16. There was a good attendance, about 100 being preserrt. President J. W. Fitzpatrick presided at the business session. W. C. Abendroth, vice president of the Robbins Flooring Co., Reed City, Michigan, made a short talk on FIoo-Hoo activities in the Middle West. As a tribute to Bob Carlton, who passed away recently, the gathering stood in silence for a minute.
Don Bufkin was chairman of the day. The Ducks Unlimited sound motion picture in technicolor, Prairie Wings, r,r'as shown through the courtesy of Bert. McKee, and was enjoyed by the gathering. Sam Bowerman of the Ralke Company, Los Angeles, showed the picture.
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F.itzpatrick announced that the annual Christwill be held at the Oakmount Countrv Club. December 14.
Jack Murphy of J. D. Murphy Lumber Co., San Marino, Calif., called on a number of sawmills recently in Crescent City, Calif., and Grants Pass and Medford, Oregon. He conferred with Lee Evans and Dave Carlock of Evans Forest Products, Inc., Santa Rosa, which firm he represents in Southern California, and Mr. Carlock accompanied him on the visits to the mills.
Washington, D.C.-A New Englancl pulp ancl paper company executive, James L. Madden, of Boston, is the newly elected pr:esident of American Forest Products Industries, Inc. Mr. Madden is president of the Hollingsworth & Whitnel' Co., with mills in Maine and Alabama.
Mr. Madden succeeds N. F. McGowin, of the W. T. Smitli Lumber Co., of Chapman, Ala., as president of the forest industry educational and informational organization. Mr. McGowin remains as a member of the board of trustees.
Cther officers of the organization were re-elected for the coming year. They include: Williarn B. Greeley, of Seattle, chairman of the board; Walter J. Damtoft, Champion Paper &
Fibre Co., Canton, N. C., and Clyde Martin, Weyerhaeuser Timber Co., Tacoma, Wash., vice-presidents and P. H. Glatfelter, P. H. Glatfelter Co., Spring Grove Pa., treasurer.
Arnerican l-orest Products Industries is national coorclinator of the Keep America Green forest fire prevention program and the Arnerican Tree Farm Systern, now underway in mosr states.
The new AFPI officers were named at the annual r-r.reeting of the board of trustees held in Washington, D. C., Nov. 2. 'I'hc forest industry organization headed by Mr. Madden is rrow beginning its eleventh year.
Capt. Tom Jacobsen, Jr., of the Marine Air Corps, attended the November 19 meeting of Hoo-Hoo Club at the Claren-ron: Hotel, Rerkeley. He is stationed temporarily at the Alameda Naval Air Base.
John tr. NIcGovern, district director of the Federal Housing Administration, Los Angeles, announcecl today that Title IX of the National Housing Act is now effective and can be placed in operation.
Nfortgages insured under the new Title IX mnsi cover property located in an area previously cleclared by the President to be a critical defense housing area, an<l the total number of housing units insured rnay not exceed the number programmed by the Housing and Horne Finance Adrninistrator.
Title IX consists of two sections, known as Section 903, which provides for insurance of mortgages covering one and two-family dwelling units, ancl Section 908, which provides for insurance of multifamily housing, McGovern said.
\{ortgage applications for both sections of Title 1X will be processed under substantially the same proceclure as loan applications uncler Sections 203 and 207 ancl the maximum mortgage amounts rvill be based upon the FHA's estimate of value.
llcGovern called special attention to the fact that rental units under Section 903 as well as multi-family housing under 908, require the mortgagor to certify that he will not, in selecting tenants, discriminate against any family by reason of the fact that there are children in the farnily. There is the further requirement under Section 908 for a certification to be executed by the mortgagor as to the actual cosi of the physical improvements. Authority to insure under Title IX expires on June 30, 1953, N{cGovern said.
Nlr. and Mrs. James L. Hall, Jr. are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter, Susan Barbara Hall, in San Francisco, November 10. They already ha.rre a son aged four.
Mr. Hall is associated in the r,vholesale lumber business lvith his father, James L. Hall Sr., in San Francisco.
"It's his fauorite painting. He prettier than Bruce Ranch says there's nothing Plank Flooring."
United States Plywood Corporation recently purchased the veneer from one, l}ft-foot American Walnut log for roughlr $8.500.
Towering more than ten floors in height, the tree was sai<l to be "the finest American Walnut ever grown." The trunl<, which weighed approximately 11,000 pounds, r.neasttred 36inches in diameter. Seventeen thousand square feet of clear. figured Walnut veneer, costing almost one dollar per pouncl, was cut from the single log.
Chester B. Stem, owner and veneer cutter of the prize Arnerican Walnut, said the tree was grown on a farm "in the famed area of Kentucky called the 'Blue Grass'." The farm, he said,
Francis L. Heron, rvho has been sales manager for the past five years for Western Pine Supply Co., Emeryville, Calif., has opened a 'rvholesale lumber office in Room 846 Monadncck Builcling, San Francisco 5, operating under the name of Heron L,trmber Company, Inc.
Mr. Heron has had a thorough training in thr: sales encl of the lumber business. He rr'as rvitl' Standard Lumber Co., Los Angeles u,holesale concern, ior seven years before going 'rvith \\restern Pine Suppl_v Co. In addition to this he had experience in san'mills in the manufacture of lumber.
lleron l-umber Company .n.ill conduct a gerieral rvho,esale lumber business. and rvill spectalize in tl-re sale of Ponderosa and Sugar pine lumber, and as rvell 'n'ill handle White fir and Douglas fir.
Mr. Heron is a past presiclent of the San Francisco Lumbermen's Club, and is a member of the San Frar,cisco Elks Lodge.
The teiephone number of Heror.r Lumber Con.rpany is YUkon 2-0848.
Earle E. Bowe, Santa Clara, Calif. rvholesalt' Iumber clealer, recently returned from a brrsirress trip to Medford, Oregon. He attended the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in San Francisco. November 10 to 15.
Philip J. McCoy, president, \\restern Pine Supply Co., Emeryville, Caiif., and his family are on a trip to Spokane, Washington, rvhere they u;ill attend a familv reunion.
Carl Crow, proprietor of Cror'v's Weekly- Letter, Crow's Lumber Digest, and other lumber publications, was a recent visitor to San Francisco. While there he attended the annual meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, held at the St. Francis Hotel. November l0 to 15.
rvas part of a land grant made by the King of England to the Alexander family more than 200 years ago.
Before selling the thin veneers to United States Plywood, N{r. Stem insisted on knowing what was to be done with the beautifully patterned wood sheets. He consented to sell only after receiving the company's assurance the veneers would be rusetl as wall paneling for the Mellon National Bank in Pittslnrrgh, (Garrison and Abramovitz, N. Y. C. Architects).
After being shipped to one of United States Plywood Corporation's mills, where the veneers were matchecl and arrangerl rrct:orcling to blueprint specifications, thev were made into )\irrch architectural grade core plywood by specialists.
Thc historic panels are now at the Plywoocl coupany's nrill arvaiting shipment to cabinet makers in New York, thence to Pittsbrrrgh for final ir.rstallation.
When you see the CRA grode mork, you con be SURE rhe Redwood thot beors it will give top on-the-iob performonce-every time. Thot's becouse grode-morked, trode-morked, Certified Dry Redwood hos been uniformly groded, milled ond seosoned to exocfing slondords. lt's iust good business lo feoture the best-CRA Redwood-the Redwood you con be sure of-the Redwood processed by the repu' ioble member fi rms of the
Washington, D. C., Nov. 18-Bitter protest was madc today by Rent Stabilizer Tighe E. Woods when he appeared on a Columbia Broadclsting System television show, against being "the last one tr be consulted." as he put it, about critical housing rulings recently made.
He angrily protested that 'r government defense housing committee had designated certain areas for critical defense housing, and said the action w'as "bureaucracy at its worst." Woods said he does not believe in public housing except for people who cannot help themselves, and expressed the opinion that the government "is already too deep in the real estate business and I think they should start getting c)ut. "
He singled out for bitter attack a of Defense Mobilization. rvhich areas throughout the countrv as problems.
committee in the Officir has designated certairr having critical housing
The A & M Lumber Co. has opened a retail lumber antl building materials business at 4731 Olive Ave., Fresno. A new and modern warehouse and store building has been constructed and the company will carry lumber and a complete line of building materials. A. T. Mathews is owner of the business and J. C. Adams is yard manager.
Mr. Mathews also heads the Mathews Lumber Company. Iumber manufacturers, which occupies a l5-acre Jract at the same address.
John E. McGovern, district director, for the Federal Housing Administration, Los Angeles, announces that, Inyokern-Ridgecrest-China Lake, California area and vicinity, have been declared a Critical Defense Housing Area, under the Defense Housing Program for relaxation of Credit Restrictions.
This housing is for in-migrant employees or peisonnel of Defense Establishments, at Naval Ordnance Test Station.
The.program consists of a total of 350 units, of which 250 are for rent at monthly rental limits of $b0 for I bedroom units, 975 for 2 bedroom units and $90 for 3 or more bedroom units, and 100 for sale at sale price limits of $9,000 for 2 bedroonr units and $10.000 for 3 or more bedrooms.
NIr. tr{cGovern states that application blanks t<r qualify for the Defense Housing Quota, may be securecl from the Federal Housing Administration offices at ll2 West 9th Street, I-os Angeles 15, Calif.
Completed applications for the construction of these units shall be filed with the Federal Housing ,r\dministration at their Los Angeles Ofifice, 112 West 9th Street, Los Angeles 15, and rvill be received for fifteen (15) business days, beginning Xtlonday, November l9th, and running through Deccmber lOth.
Attendance at the Bakersfield meeting of San Joacluin IIoo-Hoo Club No. 31 rvas 40, and the meeting and the food put on by the Pyrenees llestaurar,t lvere both enjoyed. The fact that the cntertainment was unusually good made it a big evening. Five children, the Esseret Family, rangir-rg in age from three to 13 put on an exceptional musical entertainment. The girl of 13 played an accordion; an 11 year old girl played a bass viol; a nine year old girl played an electric guitar, and the seven year old boy played a trumpet. The little girl of three sang and dance.d.
San Francisco, Calif., Nov. 1S-Today the lumber manufacturers of the nation elected John B. Veach, outstanding hardwood lumberman, as president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, Washington, D. C. Mr. Veach, president of the Hardrvood Corporation of America, Asheville, North Carolina, u'as unanimously chosen to direct the Association for the coming year.
Corydon Wagner, vice president and treasurer of the St. Paul ar,d Tacoma Lumber Company, Tacoma, Washington, and immediate past president of the National associatiorr succeeded to the post of Chairman of the Board of Directors. Ralph R. Macartney, Klamath Falls, Oregon, man:rger of the Klamath Falls Branch of tl-re Weyerhaeuser Timber Company, rvas named first vice president.
The elections highlighted the 1951 annual meetings helcl November 10-15. 1951 at the St. Francis Hotel, San Francisco, California.
Most of the directors were re-elected. H. M. Seaman of Kirby Lumber Corporation, Houston, Texas, and G. F. Jewett. Potlatch Forests, Inc., I-ewiston, Idaho, were elected directors for life.
' Incoming President Veach has long been identifiecl as a prominent member of the lumber industry. Born in Oil Citv, Pa., he received his primary education in the public schools of Pennsylvania and laterivas graduated from Yale University. He served as director and secretary of the National Retail Furniture Association from 1926 until 1935. Since 1935 he has been president of the Bemis Hardu'oo<l Lumber Company, Robinsville, North Carolina.
In addition to his election as head of the National l-rrnrber Manufacturers Association, Mr. Veach is currently serving as a director of the National Hardwood I-umber
Association and is a trustee of the American Forest Products Industries, Inc. He served as president of the Appalachian Hardwood Manufacturers, fnc. for 1948 and 1949. In addition to these association activities he served as Deputy Lumber Coordinator in charge of hardr'r'oods for the U. S. Navy during the last war. In that capacity he handled all procurement of hardwoods for the Army, Navy, Martime Commission, Treasury and Lend-Lease. In the current Defense Program Mr. Veach is serving as chairman of the Hardwood Industry Defense Committee, chairman of the Office of Price Stabilization Appalachian Hardwood Advisory Committee, member of the Lumber Industrv Advisory Committee of the National Security Resources Board and as a consultant to the Chief of Engineers, U. S. Army, on hardwood lumber procurement.
Harry T. Kendall, chairman of the board of directors of the Weyerhaeuser Sales Company, St. Paul, Minnesota, was elected chairman of the board of directors of the Timber Engineering Company, Washington, D. C., an affiliate of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association. In addition he was appointed chairman of the Activities Con-rmittee of the National Lumber Manufacturers Associatiorl. Mr. Kendall is a member of the board of directors of thc U. S. Chamber of Commerce and is a lumber consultant to the Munitions Board. He has long been associated with the lumber industry and is regarded as a top lumber authority.
Re-elected as officers of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association were the follorving:
Walter S. Johnson, president; \\restern Pine Associatiorl, Portland, Oregon, regional vice president
Hillman Lueddemann, president, West Coast Lumltermen's Association, Portland, Oregon, regional vice president
G. H. King, president, Southern Hardu'ood Producers, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, regional vice president
E. O. Lightsey, president, Southern Pine Association, Nerv Orleans, Louisiana, regional vice president
M. L. Fleishel, Port St. Joe, Florida, treasurer
Henry Bahr, Washington, D. C., secretary.
The Association will devote a major part of its efforts during the next year to building code activities, trade extension, and research.
Forestry resolutions approved by the board of directors follorv :
The National Lumber Manufacturers Association concurs in the follorving statements of policy recommended by the Forest Industries Council on May 15, 1951.x
"That the Forest Industries Council advise its constituent Associations and supporting groups to unite
*WiIh rnirro, language changes. New language is in bold face type; deleted language is shown in brackets.
with other groups in opposing federal control of the nation's u,'ater resources."
"\\re feel strongly that all federal forestry agencies should place the commercial timberlands rvithin their jurisdiction under the most effective management for maximum participation in the clefense effort. Additional cmergencv timber access roads rvill help in doing this. \\re have concluded, therefore, that a rvell-planned ecor.romical emergency federal timber access road program is a major need and should be given high priority by governllrent agerrcies.
"\\re belier.e that before any timber access roads are authorizecl, the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be, should cause to be held advisorv public l.rearings on timber access ro:rd construction or reconstruction before such construction or reconstruction takes place."
"'fhe Forest Industries Council believes sound (public) government policy requires, especially during times clf emergency, the imrnediate development of plans for the maximnm utilization of (public) government-orvne<l stumpage. These plans should include consideratior.r of overmature stands nou' degenerating in areas norv locked up for lack of ready (access) availability in Alaska and other places, and also sl-rould include thinnings and improvement cuttings on fecleral forest lancls, in addition to making available for use undercut virgin timber on federal lands."
"That the Forest Industries Council record its vieu's that Clarke-McNarv appropriations and appropriations for the forest survey be (maintained) continued at a level u'hich rvill maintain previously effective protection and insure maintenance of current survey information, taking into consicleration the increased costs of providing such protection during the past trvo vears."
"That the Forest Industries Council express its opposition to the principle of allocating any current receipts for direct expenditures by federal agencies, thus bypassing the pou'er of Congress to appropriate money."
"The Forest Industries Council recommends that thc Reorganization Act be amended to recluire that aclministration reorganization proposals be acted upon by a rrajority of Congress present and hearings thereon by conducted by regular congressional committees in the usual manner."
"That Paragraph 3** of the policy statement of thc Forest Industries Council remain unchanged bttt in order properly to effectuate this policy, there be recommended a state by state study of the desirable relationship betu'een federal, state and private orvnership of forest lands rvith a r.ierv to mutual understanding and agreement among all classes of forest orvners as to further fecleral and state acquisitions ; and further, tl.rat there should be a study made by a consultation of the groups concerned in each state rvhere federal forest holdings exist u'ith representatives of the state. private forest o\\'ners an<l the national agencies. These comnTittees should undertake realistic planning and agrecment on future public forest acquisition, rvhether it be by nation or state, in the light of tl.re present trends in private forest management and related conditions.
The same committee should provide for the current discussion of live problems in the relations between the several classes of forest owners."
At the board of directors meeting on NIay 11-13, 1949 it was resolved that the staff of the NLN'IA be instructed trr support the iecommendations of the Hoover Commissiorr rvherever such action is consistent rvith the policies of thc Association.
At the boarcl of directors meeting on November l5-16, 1950 it 'n'as resolved: "That the National Lumber Nfanuf:rcturers Association continue to consider carefullv the cluestion of the Hoover Commission recommendations relating to the reorganization of the trederal land administerir.rg agencies so that action may be taken if deemed desirable rvhelr specific reorganization plans are zrclvanced lty thc Executive Branch of the Government."
The above actions are reaffrrmed by NLMA rvith the <leletion from the latter statement of the rvords "bv the Iixecutive Branch of the Government."
In all federal l'ater projects inclucling those for reclamation, power and flood control in l'hich private {orest lands are to be acquire<l by the federal government, the government should at the option of the private owner, provide for their replacement in kind through the exchange of similar and suitable feclerally ou,ned forest lands of cquivalent productivc capacity, for the lands to be acquired, to the encl tl-rat the economies of dependent industries and communities r,r.ill not be jeopardizd.
In all federal u,ater projects in u'hich the proposed constructior.r of d:rms, reservoirs, po\\'er line rights-of-rvav ancl other projects n'ill adversely affect access to forest and other resources, the federal gor,'ernment should consider snch aclr'erse effects in computing the costs and benefits of the projects. In all such projects, rvhich are recommend'ed for approval, provision shoulcl be made for such road or other transportation facilities as r,vill make possible economical transportation of forest products to markets to keep these resources available to dependent communities ernd maintain the economy of the area.
When private forest lands are taken throtlgh condemnation by any public agency rve believe the original owner should be given priority in any disposal of forest products from his land.
The flood control surveys of the U. S. Department of Agriculture are being used for insidious propaganda purposes to forlvard the movement to regulate privately-owned tax-paying farm, range and forest lands in the Unitecl States. We urge that the present upstream policies and procedures be confined to the ascertainment of facts and the elimination of propaganda.
The board of directors of NLMA favors the enactn-rent of Federal legislation authorizing 30 millions of dollars **P-"g."pl, 3 reads as follows: "3. Confirm the sound econonric policy of encouraging private owneiship of lands which are being or can be profiitably managed for continuous production of forest crops, and encourage a national land policy to include the sale and exchange of publie lands in order to restore desirable lands to private ownership as well as to consolidate public holdirrgs."
S annually for a S-year period for construction of main-tine ttmber access roads to open up for harvesting national
forest and other Federal forests to provide lumber and other products for defense and to improve forest gror,vtb conditions. Further, we recommend that such legislation require :
(a) That advisory public hearings be held annually for such road programs in each state or region;
(b) That such Federally financed roads be designed and located chiefly for the purpose of removing timber;
(c) That road standards and load limits on such Federally financed roads be sufficiently flexible to take advantage of logging opportunities and operating economies;
(d) That only such main-line roads be recommended and constructed by the Government under the program as car,rnot be <1uickly and adequately financed by private timber operators as part of timber sales;
(e) That the imposition of charges for the use of suclr access roads by timber operators should be left to negotiation betu'een prospective users of those roads, the government and cooperative contributors.
The Forest Pest Control Councils and other similar private, State and Federal groups organized for the purpose of giving joint consideration to forest insect and disease control problems serve a highly usef ul purpose. Such agencies already organized, and those to be organized, should be encouraged in their efforts to secure concerted action on these problems.
The NLN{A urg'es tree farmers, other private lar-rd olvners and operators, the many Federal and State forest agencies, and other cooperators to continue and expand their cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of Entomology and I)lant Quarantine in developing adequate insect detection surveys and u'arning services. The lack of pror-en control remeclies continues to be the major u'eakness in haltir.rg insect and disease outbreaks. We therefore recomr.nend that additional research be undertaken so as to pror-ide a basis for better protection of all forest lands. Further, rve recommend that forest practices on public lands be intensified to salvage wind-throrvn areas, and insect-killed and threatened timber.
The board of directors of NLMA favors the establishment of a National Forest Insect and Disease Control Advisory Committee consisting of one representatir.e from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, one from the L;. S. Department of Interior, one from the Forest Industries Council, one from the Association of State Foresters. and one representing the general public to be r.rominated br- the Anrerican Forestry Association.
.loc aud Nfarge Bugley held an open house an<l horrst: n-arnring at their nerv horne, 5951 Waverly Ar.enuc, T,;r Jolla, Calif., on Sunday November 25, betrveen the h<tur-s of 1:00 p.rr. and 5:00 p.m. A large number of their friends called during the day to extend their greetings. Joe is irr the lr,holesale lumber business in San Diego, ancl operates the Pan American Sales Co.
Carl F. Gerlinger, Sr., 73, founder of the Dallas Machine and Locomotive Works and principal developer of the Gerlinger carrier and Gerlinger lift trucks, passed away November 13 at his home in Dallas, Oregon,- from a heart attack.
Born in Neuwiller, Alsace-Lorraine, Mar'ch 28, 1878, he learned his trade in Germany. lfe came to the United States in 1901 and to Dallas in 1902 where he was master mechanic on the Salem, Falls City and Western Railroad, then building from Salem to the timbered areas of the coast range. He remained rvith this cornpany, and its successor, the Southern Pacific Railroad until 1919 when he founded thc Dallas Machine ancl Locomotive Works, r,vhich manufactures the Gerlinger carrier and Gerlinger lift trucks. The name of the concern u'as chang'ed in 7947 to Gerlinger Carrier Company. Mr. Gerlinger held rnany vital patents for lumber handling devices.
Mr. Gerlinger soon ltranched out in the industri:rl field, and in 1925 the Salem Iron Works, rvhich t.as founded in tl-re 1860's, lvas purchased and modernized. An affiliate, Salern Steel and Supply Company, rvas organized later. In 1930, he purchased the Klamath Machine Works and reorganized it as the Klamath Machine and I-ocomotive Works which he operated until he sold it in 1946. The Prineville Machine and Supply Co. was organized in 1937 and in 1917 the newest of his affiliates, the West Salen-r Macl-rinery Company u'as established.
Among his many contributions to the industry was the establishment in t925 of a part-time cooperative apprentice training rvith community high schools in which junior and senior boys participated, n'hich continued until World War II cut into the supply of available youths in the community to such an extent that it had to be abandoned. The Gerlinger organization took into full employment all the boys u'ho lvished to continue. Over 1Cf,) young men received this training and employment and today are scattered throughout the Northrvest, some as owners of plants or holding high executive positions.
He leaves his wife, Mrs. Carl Gerlir.rger, Sr. ; sons, Albert and Carl, Jr.; daughters, Mrs. V. O. \\rilliams, r'hose husband is general manag'er of the Gerlinger Carrier Co., and Mrs. John Kitzmiller, u'hose husbar.rcl is sales manager of the same concern.
Walter S. Brann, one of the original incorporators of the Santa Fe Lumber Co., San Francisco, in 1908, and a vice president since its incorporation, passed away at his hor.nr: in Piedmont, Calif., November 13, after a short illness. H,: lvas 81.
Mr. Brann, a San Francisco corporation attorney, ar-rd for many years president of the Piedmont School Board, was boru in San Francisco, and was graduated from the Universitv oi California in 1893. In 1896 he was graduated from Hastings College of Law, and had law offices in San Francisco until six months ago. He was a member of the Bohemian Club.
He is survived by his widow, Jessie; three daughters, Mrs. Malcolm McClure and Mrs. Carl King of piedmont, ancl Mrs. William H. Cooper, Jr. of Lompoc, Calif., and five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in Oakland November 15.
Charles B. Towle. 76, of Lincoln, Nebraska, offi,cer an<l clirector of Curtis Companies Incorporated, Clinton, Ior;r,a, clied in Lipcoln on November 8, following an illness of s<-rme few months. Funeral services and burial rvere helcl in Lincoln on November 10.
From 1903, until his retirement in 1945, Mr. Towle was very active and prominent in the building industry, particularly in his own field of woodworking. In addition to being a vice president and director, he r,l,as general manager of the Curtis I-incoln, Nebraska Division until his rctirement six years ago. He was also vice president of C. F. Curtis Company Incorporated, and a director of the First Nlational Bank of Lincoln.
N{r. Towle was alu'ays active in industry organizations :Lnd programs and rvas interested in civic and fraternal af_ fairs in Lincoln. He u'as a member of the Council of Defense during \\rorld \\rar I; he had served as president of tlre Lincoln Communitl, Chest, Lincoln Builders Bureau. I-incoln Manufacturer's Association, University Club, and the Lincoln Country Club. He was a veteran of the Soanish_ "A,merican \\'ar.
Surviving are his rvife, the former Lucy Bonney Curtis, r.rhom he married in 19O2, tu'o daughters and one son, sevel.l grandchildren, and t.n'o brothers.
Carl Otis Reeder. 57, Southern California sales represen_ tzitive fnr Hammond Lumber Company's Redrvood Di_ vision, Los Angeles, passed away Sunday evening, Novem_ ber 11, after an illness of several months.
Born in Missouri, he had been a resident of Los Angeles 45 years. His lumber career started in l9l2 rvith San pedro Lumber Co. He .rvas later employecl by I_. W. Blinn Lum_ ber Co., Hayu'ard I-umlter & Investment Co., Schumacher Wall Board Corp., and Hobbs Wall l_umber Co. He had been with Hammond l-umber Company since 1941, and had a host of friends throughout California, Arizona and Nevada.
Surviving is his rvidorv, Mrs. Mildred Reeder.
Masonic funeral services were conducted Thursday after_ noon, November 15, in Grace Chapel, Inglewood park Cent_ etery, fnglervood.
George F. Cornrvall, editor of The Timberman, died of a heart attack Wednesday, November 7, as he was pre_ paring to return to Portland after having participated in the meeting of the Pacific Logging Congress at Victoria, B.C. He 'ivas 58 years of age.
He was born at Cathlamet, Wash., August 7, 1893. He was the son of George M. Cornwall, founder of The Timberman. He had assumed the editorship of the publication upon the latter's death, January 31, 1950. He had been managing editor of The Timberman since 1927, having joined the staff in 1915. He was a graduate of the School of Forestrv, University of California, class of 1916.
Survivors include his widow, Elaine G. Cornwall; a daughter, Lois McRoberts; a son, George M. Cornwall; a sister, Alice C. Kadderly; and five grandchildren' Funeral services were held Saturday, November 10, at Portland.
Members of the Douglas Fir Area Lumber Manufactrlrers Industry Advisory Committee today checked ovei in detail the proposed draft of a tailored regulation for their industry, including spelled-out dollars-and-cents ceilings on standard items of fir and hemlock lumber produced in the Pacific Northwest.
The proposed ceilings rvere established by a study of the information on prices reported by the industry under the General Ceiling Price Regulation, GCPR, and gathered through the proper channels by Government agencies.
Ceilings will be spelled out for standard grades, f.o.b. mill in carload lots, with prescribed differentials for recognized variations in grain, length, drying, sanding, less than carload lots and other particulars.
The committee's deliberations followed preliminary consideration of the proposed draft by a subcommittee on October 4.
The meeting rvas conducted by A. L. Helmer, chief' Western Softrvood Section, OPS.
Other OPS officials present were:
Norman O. Cruver, chief, Lumber and Wood Products Branch; T. J. Dupont, business analyst, Western Softr,vood Section ; Stanlev R. Strauss, attorney; John R. Riggleman and Elsa M. Rayl, economists; J. J. \Venstrup, Office of Accounting; S. N. Merendino, Office of Enforcement, and Walter R. Moulton, Office of Advisory Committees'
Members of the committee present were:
Russell J. Hogue, Medford Corp., Medford, Ore.; Earl Nll. Bleile, Roseburg Timber Co., Roseburg, Ore. ; F. W. Rlickle, A. W. Woodward Lumber Co., Cottage Grove, Ore. ; S. B. Ferrell, Pope and Talbot, Inc., Portland, Ore.; Jack Fairhurst. Fairhurst Lumber Co., Eureka, Cal.; W. A. Culkin, Stebco, fnc., Vancouver, Wash.; Ed. P. Schafer. Schafer Bros. Lumber & Shingle Co., Aberdeen, Wash.; W. Paul Clarke, Northwestern Forest Products, Inc., Eugene, Ore.; James Laier, Molalla Forest Products, Molalla, Ore.; and Raymond Lewis, Raymond Lumber Co., South Bend, Mrash.
Yucaipa, Nov. 2l.-Building in Yucaipa this year already has surpassed that of 1950. The total for the last year's permits was$2,202,560. This year to date the total is $2,263,752.
\fill they last? Tanks installed ti years ago ne still in PERFECT condition-because they're CHEMONITE treated. These tanks are pre-cut and mortised from 2" T&G material, and come to you strapped and ready for assembly without metal fastenings or tools of any kind. Sell these durable, inexpensive septic tanks-they meet all local, state, and FHA requirements. 800 gallon capacity, 3'x5'x9'.
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These fence posts will apparently last indefinitely-those installed 24 yetts ago are still perfect. Aside from endurance, these "NATIONAL" posts ofier unusual beauty. They're smooth, round, straight, and uniform actually miniature telephone poles. Their CHEMONITE treatment also makes them more 6re resistant. 7' long, and between 4" and 5" in diameter.
Chemoniting gives wood full protection against insects and rot. Chemonite is a solution of arsenic and copper forced deep into the wood, where it will not leach out even under the wettest conditions. S/rite to us for information on Chemoniting any kind of wood product. Here are some additional Chemonite wood characteristics:
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Holdr ncilr brttrr
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Washington, D.C., Nov. 20-The Office of Price Stabilization today issued dollars and cents ceilings for all standard grades of logs produced from nine major species of trees in the Pacific Northwest.
One-fourth of the lumber and two-thirds of the plywood produced in the United States is manufactured from the logs cut in this important logging area, which embraces for thJmost part western Washington and Oregon and the extreme northwesterly part of California.
Tlr" new ceilings are set at approximately the same general level as current prices for logs in the Pacific Northwest-. This level is the same as that which existed during the period fronr January 25,1951, to February 24,195I, inclusive. -
at other points of delivery are the spelled out ceilings less the cost o{ moving the logs to the appropriate point where the spelled out ceilings would be applicable.
Premiums are provided for logs over 42 feet in length, and deductions for logs shorter than grade requirements.
On sales at ceiling prices sellers must pay half of the grading and_scaling_fee. On other sales the price and any fees paid by the purchaser for grading and scaling may not exceed the ceiling price plus one-half of the scaling and giading fee.
A list of accredited graders and scalers will be issued by the Office of Price Stabilization in a separate order. A buyer or seller acting in good faith will not be held accountable for-errors in the scaling and grading of logs by accredited graders and scalers, but the grading need not be done by accredited persons.
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.'The new ceilings, spelled out in Ceiling Price Regulation 97, effective November 24, 195I, vary slightly in five difierent prescribed districts-Puget Sound, Columbja River, Grays Harbor, Lane-Douglas, and Oregon-Caliornia.
Slightly higher prices prevail in the three northern districts where more consuming mills are concentrated and where water transportation is the rule, with the prices highest in the Puget Sound district. In the two southern districts rail and truck transportation predominates. Lowest prices are prescribed in the Oregon-California district. The difierentials reflect the price relationships which have existed in those areas by reason of prevailing economic factors.
Peeler logs suitable for making veneer and plywood cornmand substantially higher prices than saw logs.
Following are the prices spelled out on Douglas Fir, the predominant species, for the five districts, per 1000 feet log scale:
However, both buyers and sellers will be held accountable for errors of graders and scalers who do not have accredited status. The OPS Regional Director in Seattle is authorized bv Delegation of Authorlty 30 to make additions to and deletion.s from the list of accredited graders and scalers.
Errors of more than 57o discovered bv rescales or checli scales w_ill be subject to investigation, and-scalers and graders responsible for such errors will be liable to removal from the accredited list.
Graders and scalers must keep records of their operations and provide scale and grade certificates or statements. Buyers and sellers likewise are required to keep records for OPS inspection.
The five districts are defined as follows:
Puget Sound-The Part of Washington west of the crest of the Cascade Mountains, except Grays Harbor, Pacific, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Clark and Skamanii Counties.
Grays Harbor-Counties of Grays Harbor and pacific, in Washington.
Sound district for other species: Douglas Fir 2d Growth and Red Fir-sawmill No. 2, g52.5O; Sawmill No. 3, g42.50. W^estern.-Il_e_mlock_-Peelable, 960.00; Sawmill No. 1,'gj5.00; Sawmill No. Z, $+Z.iO, Sawmill No. 3, $0.00.
t$:,.. rlti;i;:labte, ffi.00; Sawmitl No. 1, 955.00; Sawmiu No. 2, 942.50; sawnrilt
*i|j: It;.r".&1able, 97.5.00; Sawmill No. 1, g60.00; Sawmill No. 2, g50.00; Sawmill Red Cedar-No. l. gll5.tu; No. 2, g60.00: Shinste. $40.u0.
t"il: ?:fr"'.#elect' $85'00; Sawmill No' l, $60'00; Sawmill No' 2' $45'ir0; Sawmill Klr..Jttffi:elable,990.00; Sawmill No. 1, g70.00: Sawmiil No.2, g55.00; Sawmill Alder. .$45.00 Wood logs... -.......$20.00
Culls.................$ 1.00
Prices in the Columbia River and Grays Harbor districts on the seco_ndary species are equal to or slightly lower than the Puget_ Sound prices. The only species -besides Douglas Fir for which ceilings are spelled out in the two southern -districts are 'Western Hemlock and White Fir, which run g5.00 to $10.00 per 1000 feet below Puget Sound Ceilings.
L,ogs_must be graded and scaled according to standards set up in tbe respective areas by the independint Puget Sound, Grays Harbo! Columbia River, and Northern CaliTornia Log Scaling and Grading Bureaus. The I-ane-Douglas district ii s^uljgct tq the Columbia River Bureau rules, an-d the Oregon- California district to either the Columbia River or the Nortfiern California Bureau rules.
In the three northern districts ceilings are applicable to logs delivered boomed and rafted in towible wateis. Ceilinss it other -points of delivery are less the cost of transportatiSn to towable waters, and booming and rafting.
In the two southern districts ceilings are applicable to deliveries in towable waters, boomed and iafted; at a common carrier railroad shipping point, or a railroad or truck reload point, agreed upon by both parties; or at the buyer's mill. Ceilingi
Columbia River-Washington Counties of Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, 9lark, Skamania and Klickitat; Oregon Counties of Benton, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Hood-River, Lincoln, Linn, Marion, Multnomah, Polk, Tillamook, Wasco. Washington, and Yamhill.
-Lane-Douglal , Th9 portjon of Lane County, Oregon, east of the crest of the Coast Range Mountains, ind the portion of Douglas County, Oregon, east of the crest of the Coast R.ange Mountains, having as a southern boundary a line running due east from Rice Hill to the western boundary of Lanc County, and running due west from Rice Hill to th-e crest of the Coast Range Mountains.
^ Oregon-California-The portions of Lane and Douglas Counties not included in the I-ane-Douglas district; the OrJgorr Counties. of Coos, Curry, Josephine, and Jackson, and "the California Counties of Del Norte, Humboldf, and Mendocino. plus the portion of Siskiyou and Trinity Counties in California which are west of the crest of the Coast Range.
The Peoples Lumber Company, Fillmore, held open house at the opening of their new store and office building on November l-2-3. The new structure is completely modern throughout, and the large plate glass windows insure plenty of light. In addition to the large sales room where harclware and building materials are on display, there is :r private ofifrce for Manager Bert Roderick, who is now starting lris 26th year with the company. Many prizes were given away to those who attended.
The yard was originally owned by Curran Bros. lrnd in 1911 it was purchased by the Peoples Lumber Company.
The most spectqculqr iob in the woods ol the Pcrcific Northwest is thcrt ol the high rigger or tree topper. This mqn hqs climbed up cr Douglos {ir tree, qround which he hcrs llung q rope, qnd removed the brcrnches crs he went up. Then he cut oll the top ol the tree. This is known crs cr spdr tree, qnd rigged with cables it will be used to hclul logs Irom q surrounding crrec to cr point where they crre locded on rqilroqd cqrs or trucks.
Portland, Oregon, Nov. 22-All time lumber productiorr and shipment records for the Douglas fir industry are destined to fall this year.
With ten months already completed, Douglas fir sawmills l:ave cut 9.510 billion board feet of lumber and shippecl 9.413 billion feet.
Harris E. Smith, secretary of West Coast Lumbermen's Association, said output and shipments for November ancl f)ecember should remain high, Mills have cut over 600 million feet more lumber in the first ten months of 1951 than they did last year when they broke all records, Smith said. In the same ten months period fir mills have shipped 420 million feet more this year than last.
Shipment and production forecasts made last January by the West Coast Lumbermen's Association are close to industry performance, Smith pointed out.
The weekly average of West Coast Lumber production in October was 219,650,000 b.f or 122.2/o of the 1946-1950 average. Orders averaged 207.549,000 b.f ; shipments 216,6.c0.000 b.f. Weekly averag'es for September were: Productron N8,761,000 b.f. (116.1/o of the 1946-1950 average); orders 202,5W,000 b.f.; shipments 200,993,000 b.f.
Forty-four weeks of i951 cumulative production 9,510,.. 539,000 b.f. ; forty-four weeks of 1950, 8,884,673,000 b.f. ; fcrrty-four weeks oI 1949,8,154,100,000 b.f.
Orders for forty-four u'eeks of 1951 breakdown as follows: Rail and truck 6,137,083,000 b.f.; domestic cargo 1,7I9,912,W b.f.; export 524,162,0M b.f.; local 551,166,000 b.f.
The Industry's unfilled order file stood at 400,574,000 b.f. al the end of October, gross stocks at 891,201,000 b.f.
Lumber shipments of 491 mills reporting to the National Lumber Trade Barometer were 4.4 per cent belorv production for the week ended November 10, 1951. In the same r,veek new orders of these mills t'ere 10.7 per cent below production. Unfilled orders of the reporting mills amounted
Masonite Corporation has promoted John R. Nunn frorn assistant manager of its industrial division to manager of industrial sales, western division, with headquarters in San Francisco. Employed in the corporation's sales department since 1934, Mr. Nunn successively was a dealer salesman at Jackson, Mich., a captain in the army engineering corps, industrial salesman for the state of Michigan, and assistant central division manager in charge of industrial sales, prior to becoming assistant manager of the corporation's industrial division in 1948.
Succeeding Mr. Nunn is Joseph J. Allegretti, who for 18 months has been assistant manager of industrial sales for the central division. IIe previously was an industrial sales engineer in the northwest division for two and a half years. He has helci various engineering positions with other companies.
to 39 per cent of stocks. For the reporting softwood mills, unfilled orders rvere equivalent to 23 days' production at the current rate, and gross stocks were equivalent to 56 days' production.
Iior the year-to-date, shipments of reporting identical mills 'rvere 1.4 per cent above production; orders were 1.4 per cent below production.
Compared to the average corresponding week oJ 19351939, production of reporting mills vvas 85.3 per cent above; shipments were 97.6 per cent above ; orders were 84.3 per cent above. Compared to the corresponding r,veek in 1950, production of reporting mills was 1.5 per cent above; shipments lvere 2.3 per cent above; and nelv orders were 2.7 per cent belor.v.
The Western Pine
for the week ended November 10, 108 mills reporting, gave orders as 62,528,000 feet, shipments 67,345,000 feet, and production 25,156,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the week totaled 201.443,00O feet.
The Southern Pine
for the week ended November 10, 91 units (110 mills) reporting, gave orders as 18,899,000 feet, shipment 18,481,000 feet, and production 17,_ 567,000 feet. Orders on hand at the end of the r,veek totaled 53,088,000 feet.
The West Coast Lumbermen's Association for the week ended November 3, 186 mills reporting, gave orders as 111,920,000 feet, shipments 121,621,000 feet, and production 122,484,O00 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the rveek totaled 579.150,000 feet.
For the week ended November 10 these same mill reported orders as 103,289,000 feet, shipments 117,878,000 feet, and production 121,376,000 feet. Unfilled orders at the end of the u'eek totaled 565,315.000 feet.
Washington . . Donald V. Robertson, biologist, has joined the laboratory staff of the Timber Engineering Company, it \vas announced by Carl A. Rishell, Director of Research.
A native of Washington, Mr. Robertson is a gracluate of the University of Maryland where he majored in forestry an<l biology. He served four years in the navy during World War II. For a time he was a forest ranger in the Shenancloah National Park.
In his new duties in the lumber industry laboratory Mr. Robertson is making biological tests to evaluate the efficiencv of a one-step treating ancl drying process for railway ties. He is also assisting in furniture investigations and he is making quality control tests of glued laminated wood parts sent to the lab by shipbuilding companies.
November 7th marked the 10th anniversary of Oregon's most unique experiment in private forest management.
On that day Tree Farm Management Service at Eugene completed its first decade of pioneer forestry service to eight industrial forest landowners of the upper Willamette valley.
Started as Willamette Valley Tree Farms, Inc. in 1941 as a cooperative forest consulting agency, serving five companies, the firm nai lu;tt up a long record of pionee. accomplishments. The firm is an outgrowth of the tree farm movement which got under way in western Washingtorr a few months earlier and which in ten years has spread to 29 states covering more than 23 million acres of private forests.
' Original firms sponsoring the organization were: The Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, Snellstrom Lumber Company, Lewis Lumber Company and Row River Lumber Company, all of Lane county, and C. D. Johnson Lumber Corporation, of Lincoln ,county. The Weyerhaeuser Timber Company joined shortly after the the group was incorporated.
Leaders of these firms, enthusiastic over the drive to intensify and improve forestry on private lands, decided to go even further with their own lands. Headed by Edmund Hayes, president of Row River Lumber Company. Willamette Valley Tree Farms was organized. Hayes remained as its president for ten years, being succeeded in December 1950 by Eliot Jenkins, who is head of Booth-Kelly.
Walker B. Tilley became first chief forester and was followed within a year by Paul Sanders who managed the firm from 1942 to the spring of 1951 when Verne Bronson took over direction.
With a force of from six to eight graduate foresters on the staff, Tree Farm Management gives the member companies highly competent forestry supervision.
It pioneered in use of aerial photographs in type mapping, road location and inventory estimates. ft was one of the early users of helicopters for direct seeding of non-stocke<I forest lands. It has conducted experiments in spraying of roadside brush and weeds. It conducts a .continuing field research project on member companies' lands to determine best methods of maintaining maximum forest growth. One research project includes study of natural seeding of cutover lands, through several years. Seed traps are checkecl to determine extent of seeding in good and poor seed years.
Its principal duties includes a basic forestry consulting service available only to its present eight member companies. Included are forest land examination studies. inventory studies, fire protection planning, management plans covering harvesting, slash disposal, reforestation and salvage.
Under its constant direction the eight firms have developed some of the outstanding forest management programs on taxpaying forest lands in the nation.
Original area included in the Willamette Valley Tree Farms was 200,000 acres. Membership now covers 550,000 acres, all certified West Coast Tree Farms. Membership
now includes Valset Lumber Company, Oregon Pulp & Paper Company, Western Logging Company, The LongBell Lumber Company, Roaring River Tree Farm, and three of the original firms, Booth-Kelly, C. D. Johnson and Weyerhaeuser.
Tribute
Wood Conversion Company paid tribute to 31 twentyfive years employees at a banquet at the Kitchi-Gami Club in Duluth, Thursday, September 13.
The accumulated service of the 31 employees amounted to well over 700 years. The organizational meeting was the first for the Twenty-Five Year Club. The company was founded in January of 1921.
ll. \\r. Davis, president of the firm, and D. M. Pattie, vice president and general manager, spoke at the meeting and later on passed out the arvards.
Among those to receive the award were: J. D. Spencer, Myrtle Hjelm, E. S. Swanson, L. N. Harrison, M. M. Welshons, D. M. Pattie, and E. W. Davis of the St. Paul office: A. L. Spafford, I. R. Lund, Florence Vnuk, A. F. Jenkins, A. O. Anderson, George Anderson, J. Ur. Nelson (Posthumous), L. R. Larson, C. E,. Westlund, R. W. Ridlington, J. N. Larson, Rudar Hanson, F. A. Amlotte, J. H. Webb, Arne Bru, J. E. Anderson, F. C. Enlund, J. J. Gleason, B. A. Carlson, G. R. Norgren, and A. J. Golen of the plant at Cloquet, Minnesota; as well as H. W. Hintze of Peoria, Illinois; W. W. Craig of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and R. W. Horvard of Northbrook, Illinois.
Ed Metzger, salesman for Southwest Plywood Corp., Inglewood, Calif., was recently called into service with the Navy Air Corps. He is a pilot.
The Quincy Lumber Company has been organized at Lake Charles, Louisiana, with one million dollars capital, and has purchased the tr,l'o sawmills and timber holdings of the F. S. Murphy Lumber Company, located at Quincy and Sloat, California. W. P. \Areber, of Lake Charles, is president of the new corporation, and Martin J. Ragley has moved to Quincy from Jefferson, Texas, to be secretary and general manager of the properties.
I-os Angeles lumbermen and Hoo-Hoo 'ivent to Santa Barbara in force on November 12, where they played goli all day as guests of lumbermen of that citl-. Francis Boyd was chairman of thc hosts. A big dinner follorved the golf tournament, with Frank Burnaby at toastmaster. Francis Boyd had low score with a 78, and Cappy Slade lras second r'vith an 83.
W. B. Dean of the Diamond N{atch Company was electecl \ricegerent Snark for the Hoo-Hoo of Butte County, California, at an enthusiastic Hoo-Hoo meeting held at Chicr-r on November 12, at rvhich Parson Simpkin, Supreme Chaplain. and Fred Roth, State Counsellor r'vere present.
J. N. Boshoff has been appointed Vicegerent Snark of the Westrvood, California, district.
"The housing market is NOT saturated. If residential constrtrction tn 1952 drops below 1951 volume, it will not be due to a slackening of demand, but to credit restrictions and shortages of materials and equipment."
So says Miles L. Colean, nationally knorvn housing economist, in the current issue of "Correlator" magazine, published by the National Association of Home Builders.
There are i$'o reasons, Mr. Colean declares, u'hy the dernand for housing will increase steadily for a long period ahead our country is prosperous, and its population is increasing.
Unemployment has been reduced to a minimum and family income is at an all-time high. These conditions permit yorlng people not only to marry earlier, but to form their own independent households earlier. And because of the growth of savings, older couples are able to maintain separate households much longer. Thus, at both the beginning and end of family history, there is a greater demand for separate dwellings.
Also, says the "Correlator" article, the constant improvement in materials, equipment, design and communitv planning now being made by the home building industry provides its own source of demand. People are buying new
H. P. Dixon was elected president of the Millwork Institute of California at the annual convention held November 18 and 19 in San Francisco. Nat Edrvards. of Oakland, and A. W. Bernhauer, of Fresno, were elected vice presidents, E. A. Nicholson, of Los Angeles, \\ras elected treasurer, and H. T. Didesch, of Los Angeles, rvas reelected managing clirector.
A rvell illustrated n'rite-up of the sarvmill plant of the Fruit Grorvers Supoly Company, at Susanville, California, appears in this issue. This mill lvith tlvo standard headrigs, trvo pony band mills, and one resaw, cuts 550,000 feet of lumber daily. E. B Birmingham is general manager.
The Sugar Pine Sales Company, of San Francisco, rvhich :icted as sales department for eleven Sugar Pine mills, has been dissolved. E. P. Ivory, its manager, has become sales manager for the Pine department of Charles Nelson ConTpany'
The steam schooner Portland by James V. Seattle. She rvill be put ar-rd has a capacity of
Bert E. Haney has been sold at Mason to Capt. A. C. Watts, o[ back into the lumber hauling traffic. 1.650.000 feet of lumber.
homes because they are more attractive, more convenient and of better quality.
The increasing birth rate, Mr. Colean continues, has important implications for the housing market. Much of the demand recently has been from young families taking advantage of easy credit terms to buy small homes. Now these families are being enlarged, and need more room. Many of them will be in the market again for larger homes.
This increasing birth rate promises an even better market in the 1960's, when the children of today will be maturing, giving the housing market the biggest spur in its history.
Looking at the whole picture, concludes the economistcontinued high employment, personal inco.me and savings, improvements in building, continued increase in family formation, with a marked jump in the rate of increase during the next decade-the outlook for homebuilding is bright.
There is certainly no need for the industry to contemplate retrenchment beyond that made necessary by the mobilization effort. When that need has passed, it may confidently expect to move foru'ard again, Mr. Colean points out.
Don't pull thct trigger, son, they're "mcmo" elk. This is pcrt o{ c "tcme" herd browsing less thcn 100 leet lrom a mqinline logging rocd, over which <r lleet oI trucks opercles cll dcy long, on Weyer- hceuser's Millicoma Forest eqst of North Bend, -Oregon. Logjers clqim thot the lriendly elk clmost got in their rigging alt summ"rbelore hunting secson, thct igl Most ol herds -had- no leg<rl kills preaent ond rsn heovy to cows.
North Bend. Oregon, Nor-. 7Loggers on Weyerhaeuser's Nlillicoma Forest have found something nerv in silent kiltitzers- roving elk. Before the hunting season opened, that is !
The king-size wood critters aren't perturbed by the drone ol big truck motors, the rvhistle signals of high-lead yardrns engines, the clank of tractors or other noisy activities oi men and machines bringing in the log harvest. Apparent thev accept these sound effects as part of their norn:al environment-and thrive on tl-re diet.
There's no record yet of elk getting tangled up in logging rigging at landrngs. But the several herds u.hich range the tree f:,rnr are frecluent brorvsers along logging roa<i rights-of-u'ay and sometimes venture near fallers rvithout fcar or hesitation. Trouble is, say the loggers, most of the herds are "mama" elk. tvith very ferv legal spikes visible all summer.
This prized game anin.ral likes the forest "edge"-where ol)en spots furnrsh good forage. Cutover reforesting land rates as tops. Passing traffic rvithin 100 feet of browsing herd causes little concern to Paul Bunyan's forest livestock, nnless someone stops and becomes too curious.
It all proves that tree farms can also be game farms. But sometimes animal appetites conflict u.ith long-range tree
gl on'ing programs.' When an elk or deer browses on small tree seedlings hand planted at a cost of about $20 an acre, pl oblems arise. Foresters say that's too luxurious a diet for the hungry offenders, and try to work out solutions with game departments and sportsmen to raise both elk and trees. Feeding habits of deer, for instance, are now being srudied at the Clemons Tree Farm in Washington in cooDeration r.vith the State Game Department.
During the cnrrent hunting season Weyerhaeuser is cooperating u'ith hunters on the NIillicoma Forest by providing cabin shelters and hot coffee at clesignated spots. During rveek days :lutomobile traffic is kept off the main logging road, due to high hazard. Hunters are allowed regulated use of the road on rveekends.
Washington, Nov. 21.-The government today relaxed ority regulations on sale and rental of housing in critical fense areas to defense workers and military personnel.
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The Housing and Home Finance Agency rulecl that builders n'rust give such persons a 30-day priority on rental housing for trvo years after construction for one or two-family units, and fottr years after construction of three-family or larger units.
It also ruled that defense workers and military personnel rr-rust get a 60-day priority to buy sales units. If at purchaser sells in less than 90 days, he also rnust offer the 60-day priority.
George C. Phillips geles, is b:rck from a thc Medlc'rrl, ['.ureka air trip to Portland.
G. trip and
C. l'hillips I-umber Co., Los Anon rvhich he visited sarvmills in Arcata areas. He also made an
George Linthicum has joined the sales force r,r'orking out of the Dant & Russell Sales Co. San Diego office. Mr. I.,inthicurn has had considerable experience in the lumber business both u'holesale and retail, his last connection having been in the Phoenix, Arizona area.
fn winter lands the snow lies deep, The stars gleam cold and white, But here the incense of the flowers Perfumes the holy night.
And as we raise our eyes to catch The light of one fair star, We seem to hear a wondrous song, Ring out from realms afar.
"Peace, peace on earth, good-will to 6911-" Ah, tender words and mild, Our questioning souls are led once more, To seek the new-born child.
A bcttery ol powerlul lights provides illumination lor monulccturing scenes in "Tree to Trade," recently released motion picture of The Long-Bell Lumber Co. The motion picture brings to the screen mcny manufacturing scenes in the lurnber industry that have not been lilmed belore.
The fascinating story of the lumber industry is told in a new sound and color motion picture released by The Long-8e11 Lumber Co. The picture, which was recently taken at the Long-Bell operations in the south and along the Pacific Coast on 16 mm film, brings to the screen an entertaining 31 minutes produced to acquaint lumbermen and laymen with lumbering from the growing and harvesting of trees to the manufacture and use of products.
Entitled, "Tree to Trade," the motion picture devotes a short sequence to the history and growth of the 76 year old company and then takes the viewer into the tree plantations of the south and Pacific Northwest; into the logging camps of California, Washington and Oregon; through one of the world's largest sawmills; illustrates the manufacture of many lumber products and closes with scenes in an average lumber yard with a salesman making a sale. The film is available for use by the general public.
Synchronous sound brings the interesting lumber business to the audience r,r'ith the actual sound of the faller's saw as it fells a giant Douglas Fir; the peculiar sound of the plywood lathe is also on the sound track as is the whine of the band saw in the sawmill and tl-re rhythmic sounds of many other machines that produce wood products for everyday use. All sounds were recorded on the spot as the pictures wbre being taken.
"Tree to Trade" has been previewed by several lumber and education groups with the result that the picture has received an arvard for merit in Seattle ; has been selected by the U. S. Department of State for inclusion in an informational packet of industrial films for projection abroad; has been used for instructional purposes in schools and universities and has entertained fraternal, church and civic groups. The fihn is being distributed from the Kansas City,
One of the most effective public relations campaigrls ever undertaken by the National Retail Lumber Dealers Association has been the Minute Man program under which individual dealers throughout the country have been sending to their local papers and radio stations a series of nervs releases on subjects of importance to the industry.
For the second time since its inauguration by the National, five of the participating dealers recently have beerl singled out to receive special awards because of their outstanding records. Recipients of the honors were : George P. Darby, Builders Supply Company, Pine Bluff, Arkansas; Carl A. Henkle, Andrews Lumber & Mill Company, Charleston, Illinois; W. T. Jameson, Jameson & Sayre, Norman, Oklahoma; Glenn D. Poarch, Economy Lumber Company, Miami. Oklahoma: and D. Morton Rose. D. M. Rose & Company, Knoxville, Tennessee.
The basis of their selection was the fact that each of these dealers had succeeded in having every one of the first nine Minute Man news releases published locally. The ar,vards-solid gold lapel buttons especially designed for the "Minute Man," or Public Affairs, Committee-were presented by the Committee Chairman, C. B. Sweet, during a general session of the board of directors at NRLDA's annual meeting in Chicago.
In making the presentation, Sweet commented briefly on the remarkable success that has characterized the Minute Man program during the first year of its existence. Over 2300 news items have been published throughout the United States under the names of local lumber and building materials dealers, he said. Release No. 9, in particular, he reported, had already brought in 350 clippings-each in the name of an individual dealer-and the National expected to receive still more. This release gave an encouraging view of home-building prospects in the light of new government regulations and brought many favorable comments from dealers who found it suitable for local publication in line rvith the prevailing conditions in their home communities.
Mr. Sweet also pointed to the continuing success of the dealers who had previously received solid gold awards at the May meeting in Washington: Roy S. Edwards of Nervton, Massachusetts; R. E. Hangen of Wellington, Kansas; J. H. Hankins of lJniontown, Pennsylvania; Russell W. Nowels of Rochester, Michigan; and R. C. Restrick of Detroit. Michigan.
Undoubtedly, he remarked, there are a good many dealers who are deserving of special recognition, but the National naturally has to base its selections on the clippings it has on hand. All dealers who are actively participating in the Public Affairs program are, therefore, urged, he said, to send clippings of the news releases to the National r,vhenever they are published.
It is said that two-thirds of American homes decorate a tree at Christmas time.
Missouri, and Longview, Washington, offices without charge.
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Specifications for a relatively new method of installir-rg strip o:rl< flooring in concrete slab homes, together with suggestions for irlproved nailing and finishing of oak floors, ars given in the latest edition of a specification manual published by the National Oak Flooring Manufacturers' Association.
While intended primarilv for architects, the manual contains much additional flooring information of value to lumber dealers and builders. They can obtain free copies by writing the association headquarters, 814 Sterick Building, Mer-nphis 3, Tenn. Among the subjects covered in the manual are construction of wood subfloors, sanding of oak floors in preparation for finishing and precautions to be observed in storage and delivery.
Also presented are a table of sizes, counts ancl weights in u,'hich oak flooring is available and a formula for determining the board feet of strip flooring required for a given area. Other information of interest to dealers and builders include the association's rule for re-inspection of flooring and the completc grading rules for oak, hard maple, beech, birch and pecan strip {looring.
In its section on nailing the new rnanual points out that although ordinary wire or cut flooring nails are acceptable for rrost sizes of strip oak flooring, heat-treated spirally grooved nails are preferable. Nails of this type of have corle into extensive use in recent years. They have a screw-like effect which serves to hold the flooring securely, the manual says.
The recommer.rdations on finishing include use of pigrnented filler, rather than starn, to achieve color effects in oal< flooring. Stain, according to the booklet, is sensitive to light and therefore is subject to fading in spots exposed to brightness. Pignrented filler on the other hancl is resistant to light.
The r.nanual reports that floor seal, a comparatively ndw type of finisl-r, is being used on an increasingly large scale for resirlential as well as heavy duty flooring. The material penetrates the rvood fibers, sealing them together, instead of fonning a rnere surface coating. Resistant to ordinary stains anrl spots, it rloes not chip or scratch.
Dennis Gilchrist, rir-ro, Calif., recently made the rouncl trip
Angelus Lumber Sales Co., San Mavisited Phoenix, Ariz. on business. He by air.
Jack Pollard of Southu'est Plyrvood Corp., Inglervood, Calif., recently made a combination business and pleasure trip to the San Francisco Bay area.
Bob Williams, salesman for Forest Ingler.vood, Calif., returned at the end business trip throughout Texas.
Wood was paid a tribute by Jimmy Durantb, top comic of television on his TV show of October 6. The script went something like this: Jimmy was called a blockhead and thereupon replied: "When you say rny head is made of wood, you pays me a compliment." Then Jimmy added, "Almost everyone has been indooced to believe that dis country is confronted bv an acute shortage of timber. This ain't true. Wood built America. Without wood there could have been no America. Wood built the homes, churches, stockades, corncribs of America. Wood endures. Wood is friendly, wood is economical."
As Jimmy continued orating, members of the cast began scurrying off stage and returned with wooden objects. These included hundreds of articles macle of woocl which were all piled in a huge heap of material. Jimmy went on listing the virtues of wood: ". without wood, there wouldn't be no America ! Our forefathers crossed the prairies in covered wagons made of wood ." Nlembers of the cast continue,.l chanting "wood" and adding to the pile of materials until the program came to a close.
National l-urnber Manufacturers Association in a letter dated October 10, thanked Mr. Durante for the splendid tribute paid to wood, and also called attention to the fact that despite the huge volume removed since the birth of this nation our forests, under wise industry management, continue to yield crops of sawlogs for lumber. There is enough sawtimber stan<ling, the NLMA said, to build a six-roorn house for every man woman and child in the United States r,vith a subst:rntial arnount of lumber left over.
A ne'tr, 60-page catalog containing proo{s of free ad mats, cuts, and spot radio announcements for lumber and building material dealers is announced 1t1' The Celotex Corporation.
Included in this book are 88 complete newspaper ads in various sizes, 45 drop-in cuts and logotvpes for use in making up ads, handbills, etc., and 36 radio spot announcements. There are also many helpful ideas on holv to organize and operate a local advertising campaign, suggestions on the use of radio advertising. ancl several postage pai<l cards for ordering any of the free mats and cuts illustrated. Dealers may obtain copies of this book either from their Celotex representative or by rr riting direct to Advertising I)epartment, The Celotcx Corporation, 120 S. LaSalle St., C-hicago 3, Il1.
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Art Neth, manager, Dant & Ilussell Salees Co. geles olfice, returned Novemlter 9 from a l0-day tril> to Portl:rnd. Olegon.
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A colorful Sisalkraft decalcomania sign is now being fur'nishecl free to lumber and building material dealers. This decal I-os An- is an oval, 8" lvide and 4" high, and can be placed on the inside bttsiness or outside surface of your cloor or clisplay windows, or on opaque surfaces such as your counter or walls, u.here it serves as a reminder to contractors coming into your store. of Christ- This decal also is effective on the side or door of trucks Theodorc Free on request. Write to: The Sisalkraft Co., 205 W. Wacker
was convinced that conservative cutting beneficially trinned dense young. forests, would not allow them in the White House. Drive, Chicago 6, Illinois.
EXTEND SEASON'S GREETINGS ond BEST WISHES TO AII OUR FRIENDS IN THE TUMBER INDUSTRY "Redwood timbers up to 72" x l2n ovoilqble"
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One of the most practical and useful organizations collnected with the lumber manufacturing industry of the State of California, is the Redwood Seasoning Committee, u'hose principal objective is conservation of timber through better rnethods of seasoning. This organization holds occasional called meetings at various Redwood mills, where practical programs of educational character are held, mostly having to do with the kiln drying of Redwood lumber. At one of the tecent meetings held at the Union Lumber Company rnill at Fort Bragg, California, Frank Cook, of the N{oore Dry Kiln Cornpany, talked and gave demonstrations on kiln drying Redwood, and on controlled kiln equipment, whiie Dan Light, of the Alemite Company, talked on their system of lubrication.
Concerning the origin and activities of the Redwood Seasonirrg committee, a special article on the subject appe?rs i,1 t11^ current issue of "The Noyo Log," written by I. G. Utschig, ;r member of the Committee, in which he writes:
A brief historical background of the Redwood Seasoning Committee may be of interest to our readers:
It was organized in October, 1943, and composed of dry Itiln men, their assistants, and others directly concerned with seasoning lumber for the purpose of (1) discussing mutual and individual clrying problems ; (2) carrying on group ancl individual study and research within its scope of execution for the betterment of dry Redwood products; and (3) accunrulate and disseminate drying knowledge through the in<lrrstry.
Service men have encouraged annual joint regional confercnces for all the groups in the \Arestern States. Such a meeting was held recently in Corvallis, Oregon, which your correspondent attended along with other rnembers from the Red'n'ood group. Conservation of timber through less loss frorn seasoning by better methods is one of the principal objectives. 'fo this end, the Redwood Seasoning Committee has dedicated itsel f.
The American Iron & Steel Institute reports that the nation's steel furnaces turned out 9,096,000 tons of ingots in October, lvhich establishes an all-time high record. The furnaces operated at 102.7% of capacity for the month. Production for the first ten months of 1951 u,as 87,435,639 tons as comparecl rvith 80,457,37I in the same months of 1950.
The steel mills of the nation are building additronzrl f:rcilitics that will greatly increase their capacity, and by the end of 1952 the industry expects to have an annual production capacity of l18 million tons.
From a small group of about ten persons it has growlr to over forty members. Meetings are rotated between the various plants, as is the yearly term of the chairman.
l.or several years, a small pilot research kiln was operated at Hammond Lumber Company's Plant No. 2 in Eureka under the direction of the committee, in which many problems were subjected t6 investigations that were not possible to perform in the course of regular commercial kiln drying in large vr-rlume operations. This study paid off hanclsomely by helping to solve certain problems and to show whether or not it was feasible and practical to pursue some of the other specific vexing problems which still faced the kiln operator.
Since its beginning, meetings have functioned as a training ground for aspirants in the field of lumber drying. Although our Redwood Seasoning Committee is but one of a number of similar organizatio.ns, it is tl-re oldest one. S.ince World War II, other regional groups have sprung up.
So much good has come from these gatherings that top level executives in the lumber industry and U. S. Forestrv
Portland, Nov. 12-
Publication of a new 52page book describing the character, uses anrl grades of Sugar Pine, largest of all the pines, was announced today by the Western Pine association.
Phone ATwater 9375
Teletype P0439
It is the sixth in a series lvhich has covered Idaho White Pine. Ponderosa Pine, Douglas Fir, White Fir and Larch and appears exactly 125 years after the discovery of the Sugar Pine tree by botanist David Douglas on Oct. 26. 1826. Since then Sugar Pine, a genuine rvhite pine, has become famed among woodworkers and wood users for its remarkable workability, its beauty and its durability.
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CHArtiBERLlN pioneered lronsportotion of lumber by wofer.
CHATUIBERLIN ships 1,650,000 ft. of lumber per trip.
CHAIIBERLIN ships lumber pockoged ond groded ot the mitl.
CHATVIBERLIN'S vessels ore equipped with every modern device including rodor qnd ship to rhore lelephones.
CHA| BERIIN'S hydroulic crqnes sove dockside hondling cosls qnd qle fhe foslesl method, of operotion.
REr$EfilBER to buy or ship through Chomberlin ir will sove you lime ond money.
Handsomely lithographed with four-color cover, the 8f"xll" book outlines the physical properties of the wood, describes its many uses irr construction and industry and carries full page pictures of typical grade examples together with descriptions of each piece. The book was designed as a permanent working tool for architects, builders, iumber wholesalers and dealers and other wood users.
Single copies are available without charge upon request to Western Pine association,5l0 Yeon Building, Portland 4, Oregon.
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San Francisco, Nov. 8-The Regional Wage Stabilizatiou Board acted today to speed up the traditional wage practices of small lumber dealers in Southern California, who adjust pay rates in accordance with increases negotiated by the major companies and the AFL Unions with whom they have collective bargaining agreements.
The Board adopted a resolution-Number 2-which authorized the small concerns to grant pay raises up to 9 cents per hour to lumber and sawmill workers, operating engineers, truck drivers and helpers and building material handlers.
Permission to make similar wage adjustment was recently given the major companies and the AFL Unions involved.
The resolution covers the lumber dealers in Southern California, u'ho have continuously followed the lead of the major companies and the AFL Unions on pay raises. It allows the individual retailer to increase wages up to the specified amount without prior board approval. It permits him to make the upward adjustments on or after June 29,1951, in accordance rvith past practice.
Around 264 small lumber companies, whose names were iu an appendix attached to the resolution, may put the wage increases into effect without prior approval of the Regional Iloard. All rvere found to have followed the practice of relating their pay rates to the scales negotiated by the major concerns and the AFL Unions.
Employers in the area, whose names were not listed, but who adhered to the wage practice must file a report witl-r thc Los Angeles Office of the Wage and Hour Division before putting any increases allowed by the resolution into effect.
The Regional Board, on October 15, approved the petition of the major companies and the AFL Unions with whom thel'
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had agreements. Permission to pay 9 cent hourly increase, which parties had agreed upon earlier in the year, was based on General Wage Regulation 6, the "10 per cent" order and General Wage Regulation 8, revised, the "cost-of-living" order.
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San Francisco, November 9-More than 2r/a million dollars will be distributed among counties of California containing National Forest land as their share in National Forest receipts for the last fiscal year r,vhich ended June 30. These estimates of amounts to be distributed have just been released by Regional Forester Clare Hendee of the Forest Service u'ith headquarters in San Francisco.
This amount, $2,340,742, represents an increase of about 138/o over tl-re last fiscal year's returns to the counties. This increase is the result of higher prices for some national forest products and the opening up of ne\,v areas for fuller utilization of previously undeveloped areas. Current receipts indicate that next year's returns will go even higher New record highs rvill probably be established in most of the counties con,cerned.
Every year 25/o of each Nationai Forest's total earnings is divided among the counties in which a National Forest is located. The division is made in proportion to the percentage of National Forest land within each county. A11 monies received by the various counties is used for roads and schools.
Tu'elrre of the nation's leading home builders, in a move unprecendented in the building industry, met October 19-20 at Midrvest City, Okla., to exchange trade secrets.
Public stenographers and wire recorders recorded the important disclosures for use throughout the entire industry.
"Operation Trade Secret," the first of a series, was callcd by W. P. "Bill" Atkinson, of Midwest City, president of the National Association of Home Builders. Purpose of the conference was to give future home buyers more housing for their dollars.
Builders in attendance includcd Al LaPierre. Seattle: E. J. Burke, San Antonio; Ned Cole, Austin, Tex. ; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Johnson, Memphis; R. G. Hughes, Wesr Texas operator; Thomas E. Poore, Oklahoma City; Albert Bach, Seattle; Vernon S. Smith, Dallas; Frank Burns, I)enver; Dave Slipher, Los_ Angeles.
Also in attendance were C. W. Smith of Southwest Re search lnstitute, San Antonio; Joseph Orendorff, Housing and Home Finance Agency, Washington, D.C.; Leonard G. Haeger and Conrad P. Harness, staff officials of the National Association of Home Builders.
Each builder brought construction cost data, blue prints, rvorking drarvings, specifications, photographs and other descriptive informational data. Each explained his entire building operation and answered questions concerning building techniques and costs. Trade secrets were divulged at the rate of one per minute, .ivith technical ex1>erts putting the information down for immediate publication.
It was found that 90 per cent of the productior-r of thr: attending builders was concentrated in the $5,000 to $10,000 price brackets. Operations fell into the following pattern:
l. Market surveys were made by each builder to determine housing leeded in his area.
2. Operations \\'ere on a large scale, from 2W to 2,50A homes annually.
3. Operations were pre-planned down to the last cletail. Before a project r,r'as 5O per cent complete, ground alread,r. had been broken on the next subdivision. Workers produced faster because they kneu' they lveren't going to rurr ont of work.
4. Emphasis was placed on speedy construction N{an1, builders finished homes in ten working days.
5. Much importance was placed on architecture providing good circulation within the house, with minimum of labor required by the housewife to keep homes clean. Ever1. builder featured a large variety of storage walls and built-iir furniture.
6. Most popular home style was the "contemporarv look" rvith simple lines, lou' pitched roof with overhangs, large rvindows and less "gingerbread."
7. Expandability was a feature of nearly every housc shown. While minimum priced homes can. be financc,l more easily, builders.looked to the.future when the homc owner might need and could afford more room.
8. Hornes in the average subdivision had ar-r average of len different exteriors and 50 different color schemes, eliminating the "peas-in-a-pod" type cf monotony.
9. Builders used land planning experts, landscape architects and engineers in their fight to lower production costs and provide more attractive, livable homes for the housing clollar.
10. Builders invariably paid the highest rvage rates irr their respective cities and, in return, received top performance from labor.
Other "trade secrets" outlined included extensive use of power tools, quantity purchasing, close liaison u-ith civic officials, establishment of research departments, maintenauce of scientific cost accounting systems, profit sharing incentive plans for foremen, suggestion boxes at job sites, free insurance and hospitalization for workers, ar-rd oper:rtion of apprentice training schools to insure an adequate flow of efficient rvorkers.
luilders at this particular conference 'rvere from the Pacific and Southwest states. The next conference t'ill include builders from eastern and mid-rvestern states. A final conference, to include high government housing officials and Congressional leaders, is planned for the second lveek in December.
NAHB President Atkinson, at the close of the n'reetir.rg, said it was a milestone in the NAHB's drive to cut <lon'n on cost and use of critical materials rvhile improving the quality of homes.
To save critical materials the builders decided to cr.rrrsider in their individual operations :
IJetter grouping of kitchen and baths to save pipe. Simplified roof designs to reduce the amount of metal flashing.
Use of protective coatings for bathtubs, sinks, ranges, etc., to reduce damage during construction period In nern' sub-divisions, the platting of strper blocks to reduce the number of cross streets.
l)ress for a re-examination of local building cocles to permit use of certain non-critical building items.
On design, all agreed that in building lorv-cost homes, in the $5,000 to $10,000 bracket, it is better to throrv out all superficial ornamentation, such as false gables, trellises, bird houses, and put the money instead into useful living space.
The builders also agreed that often local regulations on sub-division developments are far too strict, sharplv ir-rcreasing final housing costs. They pointed out that most local governing bodies do not differentiate betr,veen a der-elopment for lorv-cost homes and one for millionaires' mansions.
The result, the builders said, was that after the extensive land, street and utility improvements are paid for, there often isn't enough money left to provide of house the lorv-income buyer really u'ants.
The builders felt it rvas foolish to require that "a11
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Exlerior Sliding Door Units
TRIANGIJE IJUMBER CO.
600-l6th Street, Oakland 12, Calilornicr Phone TEmplebcrr 2-5855
Literutare and prices farnisbed on leqilest
COOR,-PENDER, & LONG CO. 1753
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All Species Air Dried or Kiln Dried-Rough or Dressed
Carload or Truck Shipments
WHOIESALE IUMBER. 260 Cslifornio 51., Son Froncisco | | GArfield l-56f,4
Paoilic Lunher llealers $upply Ino.
Formerly Lamber Dealers Supply Co, 25914 President Ave., Horbor City, Colif. P. O. Box 285 Telephone Lomito l l56 t. A. Telephone ZEnirh t | 56
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Jomes 5. Steiner 530 W. 6fh Los Angeles 14 nA 2142
The house was 20 years old in 1921, when I swapped a Gales Creek ranch outfit for it and a quarter acre on the fringe of Forest ' Grot e, one of Oregon's fairest towns. The other day I sarv it again for the first time in 30 years. There it stands, sagging some, just like me, but in use.
I stood and lookecl up at the three windows where I sat and pounded al\ray on the Oliver Visible, then a mere 11 years old, trying to rvrite stories about everything under the sun bui Paul Bunyan. And there r,vas the shed that had held my first Nlodel T.
Out rvestward in the smoke-it r.l'zLs before the rains ssms-[ looked on the ridges ancl peaks that had held giant stems of virgin Douglas fir in my time. The old trees had been logged. That n'as the second crop that stood so tall on the hills. I turnecl quicklv ar,r'ay. I felt so old.
Out on the Tillamook . .
But all the rest was good in l,'orest Grove, as friendl,r' a place now as it 'ivas o[ yore-and that was u.onderfull)' friendly. At the Net.s - Tirnes, Ellis Lucia, the demou u.riter and photographer,. not only did a powerful storl' about the missus and me but he ventured to endorse a check of mine. A photograph of his taking was in the current issue of the nation's top picture magazine and an article by him rvas in another famous publication. But no New York or lfollvt'ood for E,llis. He srvea:s b)' Forest Grove.
And it was cheering to meet Ed Schroeder, fire boss of tlre Tillamook Burn.
Ed grern' up in a famil1- of sar,r'mill and logging people.
The U. S. Depa-rtmer.rt of Agriculture announced today that loans to farmers to finance the construction or pur.chase of suitable farm storage facilities for hay seeds. pasture seeds, and rvinter cover crop seeds will be available through June 30, 1952.
The farm storage facility loan program is uow open to producers of wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, grain sorghums, soybeans, dry edible bearrs and peas, rice, peanuts, cottonseed, flaxseed, and the seed crops'announced today. Through this program, Commodity Credit Corporation makes loans to farmers for the purchase or construction of farm storagc facilities in an amount not to exceed 85 per cent of thc .cost of the structure. These loans, bearing interest at the rate of 4 per cent. are payable in 5 annual installments or earlier at the farmer's oPtion.
As of July 30, 1951, loans totaling approximately $24,400,000 had been approved for farm structures havir-rg ar.r aggregate capacity of over 88,700,000 bushels.
Additional information and loan application forms may be obtained from the local Production and Marketing Administration county committee.
nigh Detroit (Ore.). This is a prime reason for his success in leading the fight to make the Tillamook Burn, black hole of Oregon's forests since 1933, green again and to keep it free from fire. State \\/arden of the district that encloses the 311,000 acres where in 1933 dense stands of 4@-year-old Douglas firs rvere killed by fire in one 24-hosr sweep, John Edward Schroeder carries just about the heaviest load of any forest protection man in the U.S.A. Anyhow, that's the word for Ed from the men who knorv -Oregon's foresters, loggers and lumbermen. WellDone...
Since 1945, the year of the third sweep of fire over the Big Burn, Ed Schroeder has lived and labored on the ragged edge of disaster. This year, after a record April drouth, and a fire that almost got an'av. all the odds rvere against him.
Protection men of the rvoods have agreed that this last srlmmer was the West Coast's toughest season in terms of fire rvcather sir-rce 1922. The srnokes of manl- fires boiled up from the Tillamook, but only trr'o rvere big and thev were contained. The anniversarl' of the great fire of 1933 was safely passed. Then came the u'onderful hour when Warden Ed had to srvitch on his n'indshield rvioers to mop the mist from his n.indshield.
"Ed looked ten years \.ounger at the first s'ivipe," says the man who was r,vith him.
The danger is not over yet. But through a ferocious season Ed Schroeder and his men have held off the worst of Enemy Fire. Green glory to them !
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lets be put on a Cadillac chassis," especially when the large expenditures for iand improvement had to be added to the final cost of the house.
The group's findings, plus those of other regional meetings will be rnade available to all members of the National Association of Home Builders.
The Office of Price Stabilization amended the General Ceiling Price Regulation, GCPR, specifically exempting Christmas trees from price control.
Amendment 8 to GCPR, issued March 23, 1951, exempted "cut greens rvhen used for decorative purposes," from price control. To clarify this language Amendment 2l now has been issued which inserts the ',vords "Christmas trees" among the items specifically exempt.
In issuing this exemption, OPS noted that like the other exempt products, Christmas trees have certain characteristics which make the application of ceiling prices frozen at base period levels inequitable or impractical.
LEATHER LUMBER APRONS
Sturdy- lumbermen's aprons pa{9 of top quality reclaimed leather, furnished in both single and double ply,'aipiox. lV'x24,, with oi wtthout belt and buckle. Special discbuntj [o jobbers.
HENDRIE BELTING & RUBBER CO.
405 Towne Ave., Los Angeles 13, Calif. Phone TRinity 7786
WALLACE MILL and LUMBER COMPANY
General custom milling, grading and drying.
In transit Half way between Los Angeles and Long Beach. Corner Rosecrans Ave. and paramount Blvd.
P.O. Box 27, Cleatwater Station
SPECIAL PLANER BELTING
A -waterproof leather bel_ d_esigned for all gpes of high speed woodworking eq-uipment. Made from highest -graa"-ientZi st'""{ pre-stretched and run rn under tension. Specid discount to jobbers.
HENDRIE BELTING & RUBBER CO.
rl05 Towne Ave., Los Angeles 13, Calif.
Phone TRinity 7786
Paramount, Calif.
MEtcalf 3-4269-NEvad,a 6-3625 Pacific Electric s. P.
USED TIMBER SIZER FOR SALE
One #E Berlin Timber Sizer, t4x2g, Belt driven square heads with a 75 H.P. Slip ring motor, 440 voltage, 60 cycll, S pha"e, *iili orum controt and equipped with V belt drive.
SAW MILL ELECTRIC DRIVEN BAND FOR SALE
Four strory s:.wmill building of demountable mill construction, 51, x 125'. S_prilkler equipped. Machinery electric, individrialty driven Allis-Chalmeri sirigle cut band miil, B, x 12,' wiii-c*ii."L 18'j *id.g, 2V long. Trout electric set works. Shot s.--iJa. fJdger #2 type A, 72" frame cartier 24,, diameter sawl. Trim_ mer, slasher, hog, nigger, rolls, etc. 5OO K.V.A. General Elec_ tric Steam Turbine with direct driven Generator. 440 voltase. 60 c-ycle., 3 phase. Steam working pressure ZZ5 iounds. NolrJ condsnsing for 15 pounds back presiure.
Will consider any trade taking part of the pay in lumber.
Address Box C-1962, California Lumber Merchant
Rm. 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angtles 14, C"tii:
^ Splendi{opportunity -to buy profitable dry kiln business in Los Angeres. (rwner ls retiring for health reasons only. plenty of room to put i! a remanufacturing plant or retail lumbei vara. f:ouip*i"i i1 comnlele and practicall/ new. Kiln, wtrich-isHttt-;"t#;ii;:; rn operatron.
Address Brox C-1956, California Lumber Merchant Room 508, 108 West'6th St., Los engetis-i+, CJif.
#412M-15 x 6 S.A. Worods-All electric-l set of headsno profile-immediate delivery.
ASSOCIATED MOLDING CO.
7125 Anaheim-Telegraph ,Rd., Los Angeles 22, Calif.
YARD FOR SALE
_-Lumber yard established in 1923 now for sale. Owner retirinq. It you want-a good yard, this is it. Close in, San Gabriel Vallei. lnventory, plus.tr.ucks, etc., 935,00C, No junk, Will give good long rease to responsrble person.
Address Box C-1987, California Lumber Merchant 108 West Sixth St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Caiif.
-.For sale, building material yfrd in fastest growing section of Northern calttornia. present volume $25,0,000 to $300,000. yard is loq qfgwing satisfactory profit. Business-is capable "f i*pi"sion. Fork lift and two trucks, De Walt Saw, etc.
Address Box C-1964, California Lumber Merchant Rm. 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
FOR RENT OR LEASE:
HYSTER LIFT TRUCK
CapacityrS,000 lbs.
ModelRT-150
ConditionExcellent
AvailabilityImmediately
SYSTEM LIFT TRUCK SERVICE
17ll-lsth Street
Oakland 7, California
TWinoaks 3-4403
P,RICE: ONLY $3s00.00.
FOR SALE ROSS LIFT TRUCK 8 TON CAPACITY IN GOOD OPER.ATING CONDITION-SEE IT AT WORK IN OUR YARD.
MODESTO BUILDERS SUPPLY COMPANY 601 Highway 99 South, Modesto, California
FOR SALE OR TRADE
_Yo99*olki"C-1.1.?"_t, Z/.3 Acre M.--t Zone, good location, So. Calif., wrEn. complete MrIl tacilities ready- to go. office, Bldgs., Sheds, S-::lll*"^A Inventory total price-gl5,O&.00 ;, ;qii";1.'"1, $t6,00d nanqles. Present owner wants a change.
Address Box C-1988, Catfornia Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, C;if.
4 LUMBER TRUCKS FOR SALE
t-st GMC Diesel Model HDCW 954 with Weber 6_wheel lumber trailer. Model WT 15. Complete rig, many extras. N;";;b;; used. 250/6 ofr our cost! g18;6-00, l/5'dowri.
2-50 Diamond T's Diesel .Model 910 N with 22-f.oot pull pierce Trailers. Exceuent condition. tao/o ofr our cost! or+,ioo; i7s tl-*;rl
l-,+8 GMC Diesel Mode_l ADCW 95+108. 5Z,OO0 miles. With Z2_loot Pull Trailer. Excellent condition. $tZ,fjOO, 1,/3 down.
HAYWARD LUMBER & INVESTMENT CO.
410 San Femando Road Los Angelcs 13, Calif. CApital6tgl
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Sash, Door and Cabinet U_tg. plant located near Hollywood. Le,"sed ground-& bldgs. Wi-ll sell *actirriry, truck & office equipment for 920,00O: Inventory about g12,000'additionii. ,firis is a. pr,ofitable business and b6oks *iti-tie-open to quafiniJ inquirers.
San, Fernando .Valley yard,-about 2f acres; spur track; Good sh-eds, ofhce, store and mill bldgs. Marshall & Steveni valu- ation report gives "Sound Value"-ground and buildiner-Siza.0i6. rnve_ntory wilt run about 940,000 additional. 1950 sales $244;000. Books open. I,os A_ngeles yard under__o-ne owner:ship for 25 years, located 3pgpt 5 m-ile!-from City Hall on main highway to San F.fi;a; Y",11?: zl,w9.:q:^lt. with 7,0O0 ft. under rooi .Will sell ground & udgs. ior S45,000; trucks, office and mill equipment at ;arket yal*9.; mventory..extra. 'I-erms- can be arranged on ground and Duu(un_gs. 9r wrll lease same for 9300 monthly. 9 months' sales 1951 about $120,000. We are sold on this vaid.
Stanislaus County yard. G.round on -7 year- leaJe, running from 950 to gl00 monthli dependinf on-iitl"'""ir-.. WiX sen"fuiiJ_ !1ss,for 95500. Inventory extia. Good one or two -1" vlia. Yard site (M l) for lease at Arcadia; 2f acres or inore as wanted; reasonable terms. Will pay you to look into this.
Yard between Los Angeles and Sarita Ana. neai -pslaie ana buildings 822,5ffi, (terms). fnventory about 920,0(D. Bo;il
TWOHY LUMBER CO.
LUMBER YARD AND SAWMILL BROKERS
714 W, Olympic BIvd., Los Angeles 15, Calif. PRospect 8746
Rqte-Position wcmted $2.00 per colurnn inch
All others, $3.00 per column i:rch Cloaiug dctes lor copy, Sth cnd 20tb
Lumberman with severa! years' experience in management desires position in Los Angeles area. Experienced in retail and wholesale sales-estimating-custom millwork and kiln drying-mill detailingbuying-shipping-financing-tax problems and accounting.
Address Box C-1990. California Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Room 50B, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
As manager or assistant for yard handling lumber, building material and hardware. Would like to share investment later if services prove satisfactory. Many years gxperience in midwest location. Would prefer area south of Los Angeles. Best of references. Salary open.
Address Box C-1975, California Lumber Merchant Room 508, 108 West 6th St., Los Angeles 14, Calif.
Thirteen years' experience as nvmager. Available now, January lst, 1952.
Address Box C-1989, California Lumber Merchant 108 West Sixth St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
For Sqle or Renl
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Nomet of Advertiscrc in thir Deportmcnt uring o bltrd qddrc:s connol bc dtvulged. All inquiricr ond roplir should bc oddrcrred fo key rhown in fhc sdvrrtbomonl
Hard working lumberman with knowledge of dealer and industrial trade.
BAUGH BROS. & CO.
2926 Sierra Pine Ave., Los Angeles 23, Calif. ANgelus 3-7117
SASH AND DOOR MANAGER WANTED
Large Southern California d:istribution yard desires man trained in Sash, Doors and Mouldings, capable of taking over that department.
Address Box C-1986. California Lumber Merchant
108 West Sixth St., Room 508, Los Angeles 14, Calif.
CUSTOM MILLING and KILN DRYING
MCCOY PLANING MILL
3,$00 East 26th St., Los Angeles 23, Calif. Phone ANgelus 9-8216
CAR UNLOADING CONTRACTORS
Following Equipment Remanufactured Carries 90-Day Guarantee Lift Trucks:
142" Gerlinger Model 4L ...
2-42" Willamette Model CP
l-42" Ross Model 90
2-54" Willamette Model CP
l-54" Gerlinger Model 4 MHS.
2-66" Ross Model 12
2-66" Willamette Model CP
We Have New and Used Parts WESTERN DRY KILN & EQUIPMENT CO. P. O. Box 622, Wilmington, Calif. Phone NEvada 6-1371
GMC DIESEL TRUCK_lg5C-2OO HP
UTILITY T'RAILER-1950
This vehicle is fully equipped for lumber operation-roller and cinch equipped, and is in excellent condition, having run only 70,000 miles. Priced to sell, and can be well financed to a reputable firm. Write or phone.
BUILDERS LUMBER CO.
7522 Girard. La Jolla, Calif.
Glen Cove 5-7072
We witl supply labor fully insured, to unload cars in- your y-ard or public teani irack. Get your lumber sorted to lengths for less thai 50c. thousand. Carriers and lifts available, get printed rate8. Est. 1943.
CRANE & CO.
141? E. l2th St., Los Angeles, Calif.
TRinity 6973
WOODWORKING MACHINERY FOR, SALE
PLANER: Yates 30"x6",4 knife round head, ball brg. direct drive, 20 H.P., late model.
DOOR CLAMP: 6'x9' opening, 3 H.P. with reversing switch.
RESAW: Yates, 54", HORIZONTAL, 50 H.P. motor, new condition.
TABLE SAWS: Darra Janes, 12", tilt arbor, ball brg., 5 H.P. Walker Turner, lV', ttlt arbor, ball brg,, Lr/z H,P,
SWING SAWS, undercut type, foot operated: Comasco, 14" table type, ball brg. 7t/a H.P. Irvington, #35-L6", roller brg., 5 H.P.
BAND SAWS: 36" ball bearings, completely rebuilt and modernized egual to new.
Prod.uction Machinery for the Wood,working Trade 6918 S. Santa Fe Ave., Huntington Park, Calif. Phone MEtcalt 3-2562
Located in California in close proximity to excellent sources of supply. Plant consists of latest type Moore dry kilns, planing mill and moulding plant. Capacity 1,000,000 ft. per month. Requires at least $250,000. Substantial part of production can be contracted. Principals only.
Address Box C-1970, Ccrlilornia Lumber Merchant 108 West 6th St., Rm. 508, Los Angeles 14, CcliI.
Blue
Lumber Co.
Jones Hqrdwood d Plywood Co.
Johnson Lumber Co., A. B, Johneon Lumber Corp., C. D, Jordqn Scsh d Door Co., F. L .....
Kelley, Albert A.
Kendcll Lumber Distributors
Kirby, fim
Kline d Ru{
Knight-Hcrrison, Inc.
Koeht d Son, Inc., John W. ........ :.
Lcmon-Bonnington Co.
Lqwrence-Philips Lumber Co, Lerrett Lumber Co,, Inc,
Long-Bell Lumber Co.
L. A. Dry Kiln & Storcge Co.
Los-Ccl Lumber Co.
Lumber Mill d Supply Co. Lumber Scles Co.
MccDoncld Co., L. W.
MccDonold & Hcrrington, Ltd.
MccDougcll Door & Frqme Co. .....
Mchogcny Importing Co. ......,...
Mcple Bros.
Margh WalI Products, Inc.
Mcrtin Plywood Co.
Mqrtinez Co., L. W. Mcson Supplieg, Inc,
Mcy & Associctes, Ole Medford Corporction
Moore Dry Kiln Co.
Morgcn. Russ
Murphy Lumber Co., J. D.
Nqtioncl Wood Trectins Corp. Northern Redwood Lumber Co.
LUMBEN
Arccta Redwood Co. ...yulon 6-2061
AtLiDsou-Stutz Compcly .GArtield l.lg09
Christeagoa Lunber Co...........VAleucic {-Sg32
Cordg lumber Conpcny
Dcnt d Russell, Scter Co.
Dennis Lumber Conpany Edgewood Lumber Co.
Gcnersloa d Green Lumber Co.
Hcll, Jcmcg L. .....
Hqmmoud Lumber Co, Hobbs WcU Luuber Co.
Holmee Eurekc Lumber Co.
Idqco Lunber Co...........
Kliae. 6 Bul
Lcmou-Bouniagton Conpqnv
The Lons Beli Lumber e;.' Lumber Sales Co,
LUMBEN
MccDoncld d Hcrriiagton Ltd,, ...GArtield l-8992
Mcrtiaez Co., L. W. .....EXbrook 2-36{{
Pqcific Lunber Co., The .........GArlield l-lfgl
Pccilic Westen Lumber Co. ol Cqtil., tnc. DOuslcs 2.5070
Pcrcmiao Lumber Co. ...GAr6efd l-5190
Pope 6 Tclbot, Inc., Lumbet Divigion,DOuglcs 2-2561
Bicci d Eruge Lumber Co. .....Mlssioia 2-2528
Rounds Trcding Company .yUlon 6-0912
Scntc Fe Lunber Co. ...EXbtook2-2$?l
Sisliyou Foregt Products oI Cclilornic'no n 2-3o,l
SudJel d ChristEnson, Inc, ......GArlietd l-28{6
Tsrtet, Webgter d tohnson, Inc. ..DOugtcs 2-2060
Triaity Biver
Tricngle Lunber Co. .TEmptebcr 2.5g55
PANELS_DOORS_SASH_SCNEENS
Esrle D.8eader.. ,....f,Elog {_9g{il
Cqlilornic Lumber Scles ..KEUog {_100{ Gcmerslon 6 Greeu Lumber Co. ..KElo;4-6{6{
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Weat€n Dry Xiln Co. ...LOckhcven g-32g4 weslern Pine supptv co. (E'ery;il:Lonr s_2s22
Wholesale Lunber Distributors ..TWinools 3-2515
E. K. Wood Lumbar Co, .KEllog {-gr$6
HANDWOODS
Bruce Co., E. L. .. ......KEltog 3_662? Strable Hardwood Compcny....TEnptebcr 2-558{ White Brotherg .........ANdover l-1600
Osgood. Robert S. Pccilic Fir Sclee (Pcscdena)
We-erbccueer Scles Co, White Lunber Co., Hcrry H. Wilsoa Lunber Co., I. K, NEwaork 5-81{l ., . NEvqdq 6-Ui7 Wilson, Wn. ItrL ....DUnLirk 2-3080
E. f,. Wood Lunber Co. ..JEflerson Slll Wood, Ecrl F. ... .ANgclur 3-3801
