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TWENTY.FIVE YEARS AGO TODAY
As Reported in the California Lumber Merchant, December lst,1937
Percy W'insor, formerly with the W. E. Cooper Lumber Co,, is now with AngloCalifornia Lumber Co., Los Angeles, as a salesman.
Al llart, of the Hart Mill Company, Raymond, was in Los Angeles last week, Mr. Ilart attended the big game between Cali- ' fornia and Stanford at Palo Alto.
Damage estimated at $60,000 was done by ,a fire that burned more than half a million f,eet of lumber and dry sheds of the Merit Lumber Company at Massack, Calif., November 9.
Fred M. Johnson, formerly with the Palo Alto Lumber and Roofing Co., Palo Alto, '; has been appointed manager of'the Citizens Mill & Lumber Co. yard at Santa Paula.
Charlie Miller, president of the Young's Bay Lumber Co., Warrenton, Ore., was a ' recent California visitor. He was accompanied by Mrs. Miller, and they spent ' Thanksgiving in Ojai with their son, who is in school there.
'*elter Kelly has aequired the intercst of Stuart C. Smith in the Kelly-Smith Company and will continue the business, oper- ating under the same name.
Merle P. Bennett, manaEer of the Frost
Hardwood Co., .San Diego, won a new Pontiac automobile which was given away by the Fox Theater in San Diego. Merle says he expectsto run down a lot ofnewbusiness with the machine.
Harry Eood, Dolbeer & Carlson Lumber Co., San Francisco, spent a few days in Los Angeles the early part of this month. With Ed Seward, Los Angeles representative, they called on the trade.
Myron Bird, president of the California Saw Works, San Francisco, was in Los Angeles recently conferring with G. I. Fischer, manager of the company's Los Angeles branch.
Syd Smith has opened a retail lumber yard at National City. He has been connected with the retail lumber business for many years and was formerly with Whiting-Mead at San Diego.
Frank E. White, sales manager, Hammond Redwood Company, returned December 6 from a business trip to the Northwest where he visited a ntnnbei of mills.
E L. Reitz, E. L. Reitz Company, Los Angeles, who has been on a pleasure trip to Honolulu the past few weeks, is expected home before the holidays.
C. II. Daggett, president, and Carl Hornibrook, sales manager, Ewauna Box Company, Klamath Falls, Ore., were Los Angeles visitors, spending a few days on company business, tt errd Mrs. G. C. BurnCt; Tulere, end Mr. and Mrs. B. B- Barber, Fresno, left November 14 to spend a vacation in Mexico City. Mr. Burnett is president of the California Lumbermen's Council and Mr. Barber is secretary.
Hayward Dill, manager of the Dill Lumber Company yard at Banning, and Mrs. Dill have returned from a trip around the world. They were away about four and a half months.
Robert M. Close of Sutter City has purchased the Corning Lumber Co. Mr. Close is associated with his father in the lumber business in Sutter City. The Corning Lumber Company is one ofthe oldest established firms in Southern Tehama County.
The Standard Battery Separator Company plant at Los Angeles was destroyed by fire Thursday night, November 25, the loss being estimated at $200,000. Plans are under way to rebuild the plant.
Timbers o Redwood Douglos & White Fir
& Sugor Pine
by John Reno Polco Redwood
Grain Raising and Loosening on Lumber
llt'tt'ntlv tlrt'qrrt'stion of glain raising on erterior-(onlitc nrirtelial and sidirre. as lt'll irs orr interior trim lva,q lrror,rght to tht' {ole. .{ dist rrssiorr oI glairr rtrisirrg rrlso should inc'lrrcle thc' occ'ut'lertr'e oll other l'ootl ilt'rns srrch as t'rlerior trim. 11ooring. rrindou' l-)art,s. et('.
The minin-rizing arrcl irctttal Plt'r't'rrliorr of grain lai.itrg artcl loosening for all pra<lictrl llrr[)oscs is t'lsv of erct'omyrlishmettt.
,\lthough the use oI r't'rtical gruin lrrml't'r'is the simplcst l'ar tt.r t'liminatc this compl:rint ()n som('itt'rns. it is lelal.irt'lv easv to irthiele in llat grain stock also. -\s rr nrattt'r' of fnct. it is hest to use Hat grain for malrv I)url)oses. Tht t('rrrls \ t't'l.ilal 9-rain antl (lualtel--se\rrr alre slrlonvmou-c as are llat :rrairr trntl plairr-sarr rr.
Groin Loosens on lhe "Heort" Foce
\\'ht'n grairr loosen-. on the {trcc of flat srairr lurnl,t'r'. iI ot't'rrls orr the "ht'alt'' face o{ the l-ioard and Pltrr.tit trllv rer cr on lht' "l,ark" facr.
(lootl marrrrfactul'el',{ of luml,er Ploduc'ts learncd long ago to nra<'hint't.heir lumlrel so tliat the erposed Iaccs" the ptrint ftrr.t's. lht'ut'arr [at't's. rr-e l'un ou the "l,ark" {aces oI tllr lroar<ls of llal gtain lrrml,t'r- irr lroth soltrroods and harcll-ood-..
{ll tlrat l,rnels of lrrnrber prodrrcts need to do is to insist that nranufuctulcls fulrrisli irrmlrt'r prorlutts so mar:hined. Plact orr all orders the stilnrltrtiorr "l)atlt,rn to lrr,machined on the'lrark'fact's."'
LJuler'. ,rf lorrgh (rrrrsur'[lcerl I lrrmlrer can err.complish the same ohjet'tivc lr1 irrt:lrrrlirrg as a l)trrt of thcir n ritten ordt'r' iol lorrgh Ittnrl,t'r'. tltt'proliso tlrtrt. the "lrark" face of the lurnbel lrt'ntarkcrl u'ith tr statnp to itlt'rrtifl it. The machine men in t.he buver'"s factolr tart ltt' irtstt'trrlt'tl to l'ork tlrc lunrlrer -so that the patteln is on tltis nrtrlkerl or "l,alk'" iat:c. If thc lroartls trrc t,o l,e mcr'"lr- S lS. a. fol insttrnce for a "r'akt:" lroarrl. the "halk" face can lrc malktrl to lre trrrrred oul.sitlt' to lht: r,vt,atht.r.
,t preliminarv st('l) to provitle smooth fates on lorkecl lumlrer is to sau the lroalrls o{T thc logs un tht'snumill heardrig so that trll sarv ('uts are parallt'l to tlrt'l,irlk. to prorlrrct'luml,er thal i-s strtright plaitr lengthrvist'. (ioorl sarvrnills rlo theil sal'ing in thi-. manner. Buvers ctrrr sa[equaltl tlrt'il ltrnrlrt'r'prrlchascs in this l'esl)cct lrr stipulating on tlrt'il l littt'n orrlt,rs '"This lurnher is to be 'l.trper salved'.''
Among the building^ ittnrs for l h it.h lrltir.ll grairr trlrval s should lre used are shingles. llooring arrd lrcr t'l sidirrg. Irr t'esal rr lrelcl siding. lroth [at es of tlrc oliginal lrotrtl trrt' ttst'tl as paint ftrces. Onc oI t]resr fat'cs is thc'"heart" luct'urrrl so is likt.lr- to t'rt'ntuallv cause troublt: l,r- glain raising ol loost'rring rrht'n llat !:r'airr lumbel i,. uscd. regardle..s of tht: tr'Pe of Pairrt trr. finish rrst,rl.,{r't'ordinglr'. the one sa[e wal to trroitl this tr.oulrlt: on thr'[alt',rf bett'l sitling is to use vt'rtit'nl grain Irt,rt'l sirlirrg. -\s [al as loost'rrcrl gltrirr is concernecl" it i.q lrest to rrst'flitt grairr lLrnrl,cr lht'rr orrc uidt' fate and tu'o edges are to lre erlrost'rl lo ( Oorttitrued. tn Pase 100 )
Groin Roising (Continued lrom Page 99) view, with one wide face concealed by being placed against the wall or other surface.
When flat grain is used under this condition, the wide exposed face is the 'obark" face and the two exposed edges are vertical grain surfaces-all trouble free. To illustrate, take the item of a mullion casing. It is a piece of trim placed over the outside or inside of a mullion of a window wall or multiple window. Flat grain is best for this purpose.
If vertical grain is used under this condition, the two edges are flat grain sur{aces and one of them could cause trouble {rom erain loosening on the edge.
Three Good Fqces on Eqch Boord
When the best job is wanted, just remember you have three good faces on a board; the two vertical grain surfaces and the o'bark" face of flat grain. Specify your lumber either vertical grain or_flat grain so as to get the best results for the least money.
In items like flooring and ceiling, only one face is exposed and vertical grain is best. You get a smooth {ace and a minimum of shrinkage. Vertical grain is best where two faces and no edges are exposed.
First choice {or stadium seats is vertical srain with the ,.bark,, edge to the front and next choice is flat eiain with the ,.bark,' face to the top.
Whether flat grain or vertical grain is ordered for any purpose, specify all edges eased unless there is some definit" ,"uroni fo, not doins so.
Those"*ho ur" familiar with the causes of loosened srain orr Iumber know that it occurs on the heart face of machinellumber, because no machine work can be absolutely perfect. Holvever, con- siderable siding, such as board and batt, etc. is now being utilized in rough (unsurfaced) lumber. Since no machining has been done on this stock, neither the o'heart" nor "bark" faces will cause trouble by grain loosening. Accordingly, either face may be used as the exposed face when a sau'ed surface is used as the outside face.
Monthly Lumber F<rcls
Output for the Douglas fir region in the first l0 months of 1962 lell 840 million board feet behind the identical ten months in 1959 as the industry took a further beating from excessive Canadian imports.
Only bright spot, said G. Cleveland Edgett, executive vice president of West Coast Lumbermen's Association, is that output was slightly above the same period in 1961, but that was not a very good year. First ten months of 7962 was ofi 234 million board feet from the cut for the region in a iike period in 1960, Edgett said. The industry has repeatedly urged President Kennedy to invoke a quota on Canadian imports without avail.
The weekly average o{ West Coast lumber production in October was 151,210,000 b.f. or 95.2/o of the 1957-6I average. Orders averaged 151,461,000 b.f.; shipments 148.060,000 b.f.; weekly averages for September were production 160,330,000 b.f., I0[.g% of the 1957-6L average; orders 152.800,000 b.f.; shipments 16I.842.000 b.f.
Ten months of the 1962 cumulative production 6,749,342,0A0 b.f.; ten months of 1961, 6,595,551,000 b.f .; ten months of 1960, 6,983,685,000 b.{.; ten months of 1959, 7,589,079,000 b.f.
Orders {or ten months oI 1962 break down as follows: rail and truck 5,198,973,000 b.f.; domestic cargo 1,143,803.000 b.f.; export 299,209,000 b.f.; local 316,274,000 b.f.
