8 Tht Newt-Review, Roieburg,
Business
By LEROY
THE EASTER SEASON brings
us thoughts of Kasler bonnets,
Kaster finery, Easter parades,
Kasler lillies, Kaster bunnies, East
er eggs, Easter hams and East
er church services. Easter comes
early this year, on March 29.
Roseburg has all theso things,
except the Easter parade, unless
we can consider the parade to
church Easter Sunday morning in
that category. Ministers would like
1o see every Sunday an Easter
Sunday, when it conies to attend
ance, but ailing in that, the church
es welcome the large Easter
crowds, nevertheless.
Aside from religious aspects of
Kaster, suffice it to say, it is re
freshing to see church goers all
decked out in their Easter finery.
This has become almost a tradi
tion with this holy day, and we
don't believe anyone would wish to
change it, so long as the real pur
pose of Easter is not forgotten.
LOCAL LADIES READY TO
WEAR stores (the men hardly
rate) have had a good supply of
dresses and haLs for Easter. Some
stocks of styles and colors are get
ting low, but the overall supply
appears ample to meet the de
mand. NOVELTY AND VARIETY
atores are well supplied with East
er bunnies, Easter eggs (the candy
and plastic ones), and a few other
novelites. Easter lilies are expect
ed to make their appearance in
some stores this weekend. Indica
tions are the supply and quality will
be good.
When it comes to Easter hams,
there are plenty and the price
is low. Fresh eggs are plentiful, too,
but this Isn't a market column.
WILL THE HULA HOOP be as
popular with the younger set this
spring and summer as it was last
year, or will aome new gadget
grab public fancy?
This question was put to several
local merchants who deal in gag-
els to please the public. None was
able to say. It is a bit early to
urettict but it will bear watching.
The number one item thus far
appears to be the spinning platter,
which is produced under a variety
ot trade names ana in varying ie
grees of sturdiness and price. The
secret of this particular plaything
is to keep a disc spinning on top
of a stick, and tossing it back and
forth with other persons similarly
equipped.- It's quite a novelty, but
as yet has enjoyed no great de
gree of local popularity. Continued
warm, spring weather will have
a dirpct bearing.
KITE FLYING has been popular
of late with March winds (much
to the chagrin of electric power
and telephone companies, who
warn children to keen away from
wires). But this season, is usually
short lived In windless Koscburg.
MIKE McCLAIN, ot McKay's
Drug and a Lion, kids Ais Jack
son st. friend, Charles Brundage, a
former Lion, about "having it
marie," making him eligible to be
come a Kiwanian. How does he
know Brundage has it made? "Well
he's always raking in the dough,
isn't he?" asks Mike. Brundage
comes back, stating he isn't stand
ing by the till raking in the
dough and invites McKay to visit
him on the job about 3 o'clock
some morning. For the uninformed,
Brundage is a baker.
While the Chamber of Commerce
is putting out buttons permitting
men to shave for two bucks (funds
will promote the "On To Oregon
Cavalcade" wagon train), Dick
Turlcy, Douglas County Fair man
ager, distributes buttons to those
sporting whiskers.
Says Turley, "This doesn't cost
you anything. The button says,
"Lettin' It Grow with Oregon Cen
tennial 1859-1959."
PAT SULLIVAN of Umpqua
Dairy was gloating this week, and
he really had something to gloat
about. Highest rating for strawber
ry ice cream went to the company's
entry in Washington Slate Col
lege s scoring contest. Recently the
dairy won sweepstakes at Oregon
Stale College for chocolate, straw
berry and vanilla ice cream en
tries and first place for chocolate.
Sullivan credits Ralph V. Lesch,
ice cream maker at the dairy,
hut reserves some credit lor Pierce
Freight Lines in getting the pro
duct to Pullman. It was quite a
Roseburg Stores Sponsoring
Derbies For Salmon Season
Two salmon derbies have been
announced by Roseburg stores.
The Food Mart and Umpqua
Gun Store are jointly sponsoring
a salmon derby, which starts to
day (March 21) and will extend
to June 7.
Safcway's City Drive In Market
announces its fourth annual Chi
nook "king" salmon derby will
start March 29 and continue
through April 25. Trophies will be
given away each week.
The Food Mart and Umpqua Gun
Store derby rules were announced
by Frank Webster and Bill Jones
of the two stoics, respectively, as
follows: Salmon must be weighed
at eilher store between 9 a.m. and
8 p.m. daily. The derby week starts
each Saturday at 9 a.m. and ends
at 9 p.m. the following Friday.
Fish must be caught on hook and
line and entered by person who
caught the fish.
First and second place prizes will
be presented for tho largest salm
on caught each week, and first,
second and third place prizes will
be offered for the largest salmon
entered in the derby.
Kills Landrum, manager of Safe
way's City Drive In, announces
that under contest rules for his
store's contest, salmon must be
weighed in at the market. Weekly
contests end each Saturday night.
Trophies will be awarded April
5, 12, 19 and 26.
Ore. Sot., Mar. 21, 1959
Scene
INMAN .
trick to transport the ice cream
that distance and have it retain
its quality, says Sullivan. Special
pains were taken.
C. (TOLLY) TOLLEFSON of
Pierce said the normal trip to Pull
man, by way of Seattle, lakes 48
hours. By holding a refrigerator
truck in Portland for the Roseburg
truck arrival, direct delivery to
Pullman was made in 12 hours.
The three gallons of ice cream,
containers and packing weighed
about 150 pounds.
ELTON OWENS, who promotes
wrestling in Roseburg and other
Oregon cities, also produces lambs.
Owens reports in a note to Charley
Stanton, News-Review editor, that
his lamb crop is all out on pasture
and growing fine. He says he hauls
then to Portland for top prices,
then stays around to referee match
es staged by his brother, Don, in
Portland those nights. He observes
that it looks like a good year for
lumber, "which makes it good for
everyone."
AN ITALIAN COMPANY claims
it has developed a paper that is
stronger when wet. Composed of
synthetic fibers and resins, the pa
per is said to have a tear resis
tence of 4.8 pounds an inch when
dry. Tensile strength does not
increase when the material is
damp, but it drops less than 25
per cent, the company claims, add
ing that the paper has good folding
resistance and takes printing well.
U. S. papermakers are watching
the development with interest.
C. J. BRENT-of Brent's Ex
change, Roseburg, says local folks
will have to build a fire under the
city to match activity under way
in San Francisco Bay area. Brent
returned Monday from a four-day
Pacific Automotive Show. He also
visited his son, Loren Lovcland, the
latter s wue, tne lormer iuarcia
Newland, and their baby son
Charles, at Palo Alto.
Brent said business is going
high wide and handsome in the
Bay area. One saleman conlided
that if he didn't sell another dollar's
worth of merchandise this month,
it would still be his best in seven
years. There's lots of construction
and home building going on there,
he says.
But he's not selling Roseburg
short. He believes business is de
finitely making headway, locally
and looks for decided improvement
in about six weeks. He commend
ed the Roseburg Chamber of Com
merce for efforts to advertise this
city out of the state. Too many
down south., he says, don't even
know Roseburg exists.
The recent Umpqua Beat Club
show may be gone but tht mem
ory lingers for prize winners in
contests sponsored by tome of
the exhibitor. Presentation!
were made rhit week. Picturat
and namet appear eliewritre on
rhit page.
TWO LOCAL MEN we're deeply
concerned by a news development
which did not affect them person
ally. But they knew the effect the
announcement had on some 1,000
young people.
the men were county Agent J.
Roland Parker and Oregon State
Employment Manager Frank Ril
ey. The unpleasant news was that
bean contracts in Douglas county
had been canceled, for economic
reasons, by Paulus Bros. Cannery,
Salem a subsidiary of Dole.
Parker is interested in the coun
ty's farm economy, both profes
sionally because of his associa
tion with the farmers and his early,
efforts to promote bean growing
in this county, and personally be
cause he knows young people have
derived around $75,000 annually as
pickers.
Riley, too, has both a profession
al and personal interest. He's been
spending some of his spare time
helping promote a youlh center
through the YMCA. He sees the
young people's need.
Both men have promised mil co
operation of their offices in helping
find as much other employment
as they can. Hiley urges merchants
and individuals having employment
of any type suitable for youngsters
to report to his qffice. He is al
ready checking on possible job
placements, both in and nut of
Roseburg, and will make known
any progress.
The trophies will be given, one
each week, for the largest Chinook
salmon, by weight, brought into the
store. A lure of the contestant's
choice will be given for every salm
on left on display.
G-P Now Erecting
New Plant At Samoa
Georgia-Pacific Corp. announced
this week start of construction of
a plant at Samoa, Calif., to pro
duce sanded fir plywood.
The new mill is part of the com
pany's program to integrate its
Samoa-F.ureka operations to make
better use of logs available and
extend the life of mature timber
lands. Robert E. Flowerrce, vice pres
ident of G-P's western production,
said the plant will have an annual
capacity of about 90 million square
feet of plywood. It will cost about
one million dollars. Completion is
scheduled for June 1, and, when
its break-in period is complete, the
plant will employ about 180 peo
ple. Georgia-Pacific has Just placed
in operation a fir plywood sheath
ing mill at Samoa, employing 140
men and with a capacity of 75 mil
lion square feet a year. The com
pany also has two redwood mills
and timber operations in the area.
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MR. AND MRS. SAM SUITER
nationwide contest sponsored by Kitchen-Aid. On right is Grant N. Dean, vice president '
of Dean Distributing Co., Portland area Kitchen-Aid distributor. Suiter of Suiter's Build
ing Supply, Roseburg, placed fourth in the nation in the contest for salesmen. One of
his customers, Mrs. L. A. Hercher, Dillard; was one of 25 winners in the consumer div
ision. (Photo Lob)
Records Of Camp Grounds
List Many Old-Type Autos
Today's automobile drivers sel
dom hear of the Dort, Cleveland
or Case. The National no longer is
one of the "big cars.
Most people, of course, have
heard of the Stanley Steamer, the
atuts Bearcat and some of the oth
er early day cars, but the Kissel,
Winston, Allen, Monroe and Em
pire probably aren't as well re
membered.
Looking through some papers left
Wilbur Lumber Co.
To Resume Monday
After Shutdown
Wilbur Lumber Co. will resume
operations Monday after a two
week shutdown because of a log
shortage.
Clifford Baxter, a partner in the
business, said the mill actually had
enough logs to keep operating for
a while, but a brief closure was
inevitable to catch up on the log
supply. This time was 'chosen so
needed repairs and improvements
to the plant could he made.
Improvements include construc
tion of a dock near the circle mill
where a soft area, often damp
enough for grass reeds to grow,
proved troublesome.
The gang saw has been over
hauled with a new connecting rod
installed and the saw slide being
replaced. The outer screen on the
sawdust burner was also replaced,
and repairs made to the planer.
Baxter said about 70 men are
currently employed. A second shift
is usually added in the summer,
bringing employment up to about
110.
The plant entered the winter sea
son about lMi million board feet
short on logs for a number of rea
sons. About 8V4 million board feet
of logs in the pond and cold deck
are necessary to carry through the
winter months. The plant buys
about half its logs on tne open
mantel.
Coin-Operated
Laundry Slated
Soon to open in north Roseburg
is a new self-service, coin-onerat-
ed laundry. The business is being
established by W. I.es Carr, own-
of Umpqua Cleaners at 525
SE Main St., and Don Glcnz. own
er of City Cleaners at 1929 NE
Diamond Lake Hlvd.
The 25 hy 50 foot, pumice block
structure housing the business was
designed and erected by Roy Corn-
well, local contractor, for Edward
M. Murphy, local attorney. The
business will use Philco Bendix
automatic washers and dryers.
The building is completed, ex
cept for some installations. The
area to the front is being biacktop
ped for customer parking and an
early opening is planned.
A similar operation, under sep
arate ownership, but using the
same type equipment, will be es
tablished in Winston bv Clarence
Rnwkrr at a later dale. Bowker
is currently renovating quarters in
the Winston Tavern building for the
business.
WATCH HIS PRIZE John Lomoreoux, Ooklond, on
left, is presented o watch by Alan Knudtson of Knudtson's
Jewelers in o contest sponsored by the local firm at the
recent Douglas Boat show ot the Fairgrounds. A similar
watch was attached to the blades ot a motor boat pro
peller ond run in water on demonstration. (Photo Lob)
! -'"in- Ir
stand beside the portable
by his father, the late A. J. Young,
Bernard Young has discovered a
record of some of the first days at
the Roseburg Campground.
Known As Camp Grounds
The Roseburg Campground at
Deer Creek and Jackson St. was
one of Oregon's first motels. They
were called camp grounds in that
day and actually were such. Tour
ists carried tents and camping
equipment. Installation of cottages
by A. J. Young, who later was to
become Roseburg's mayor, was an
unusual development in 1923 when
the camp was first started.
The record shows cars from near
ly every state, with California and
Washington leading the parade, as
is the case today. Idaho, too, was
well represented. There were a few
cars from the Philippine Islands,
Hawaiia, Alaska,' and even from
China.
But most interesting is the list
of names of cars registered at the
camp, cars such as the Stoddard
Dayton, Saxon, Liberty, Essex,
Paige, Met, Brisco, Chandler,
Moon, Elgin, Mitchell, Havnes and
Cole.
Among some of the fewer cars
represented among tourist vehi
cles could be counted the White,
Marmon, Peerless, Burch, Durant,
and Allen.
The list also includes the Ste
vens, Jordan, Velie, Auburn, Pre
mier, Anderson, Loer, Franklin,
Gardner, Le ington, Marathon, Col
umbine, Appcrson, Jeffrey and
many others, not overlooking the
King.
Alterations Planned
At Standard Oil Plant
Bids will be let within the next
few days by Standard Oil Co. on
changes in the distribution plant at
127 NW Garden Valley Blvd.. ac
cording to J. F. Finneran, district
sales manager.
The work is required because of
the Garden Valley Blvd. widening
project on which work is to start
soon.
Some $16,000' will be spent on
fills and other changes by the com
pany. Between 6,000 and 7,000 yards
of fill rock will be required to bring
the grounds up to grade. Buildings
will have to be raised and new
exits and entrances provided.
Finneran said the contract will
probably be let this weekend, and
the work will start within the next
30 days. Local contractors will be
hired.
Oregon Highway Depf.
Ad In Reader's Digest
The Oregon State Highway De
partment has a full-page advertise
ment in the April issue of Reader's
Digest. The advertisement is in
full color and features Oregon's
centennial year. It contains an in
vitation for an Oregon vacation and
include a coupon to be used for
travel information.
The Oregon Highway Department
is advertising expensively in mag
azines and newspapers throughout
the country, it is announced, as a
means of aiding in building a
large traveling audience for Ore
gon's centennial celebration.
V? .
dishwasher Suiter
won in a
; Douglas Machine,
Welding To Have
New Building Soon
Douglas Machine & Welding, 1511
NE Diamond Lake Blvd., will soon
occupy a new home.
Oscar Tuffs, owner, said he has
acquired the Zenor properly a short
distance to the east of the pres
ent location, and is now erecting
a 45 by 80-foot concrete block build
ing to house the business.
This structure, he said, is the
first unit planned for the business
on a large tract. The property is
140 feet across the front, facing
on Diamond Lake Blvd., and ex-
lends southward to Deer Creek. An
additional building is planned, prob
ably next year.
Cabins on this property have
been moved to the rear and are
being wrecked. Also, a large, old
rental house on the site will be
torn down.
The new building will be of lami
nated truss construction, with con
crete floor. The foundation has al
ready been poured. Overhead
cranes, power fed, will be install
ed to handle large equipment. The
gnunds are being cleared and
leveled to provide adequate park
ing and outside storage area.
Tuffs purchased the business in
April of 1955. It was formerly Wol
bert Welding. He came here from
Canyonville and formerly lived in
Medford. The, building now in use
is leased.
Coon Creek Cuts Back
Production Temporarily
Coon Creek Lumber Co. is cur
rently operating on a three-day
basis until additional logs can be
made available from logging op
erations. The plant buys its logs
on contract, according to Manager
Chet Johnson.
E. L. Paris, logging contractor,
is building about two miles of road
up Singe Creek, a tributary of
Steamboat Creek. The road will
make available about 12 million
board feet of timber.
Johnson said the production cur
tailment will probably continue for
another three weeks until logs are
available.
Standard Oil Schedules
New Gasoline Product
Standard Oil Company of Cali
fornia will soon be introducing a
new gasoline and as a result will
be selling three different grades
in the Roseburg area, according
to J. F. Finneran, district sales
manager. The new product is al
ready out in some areas, under the
name of Chevron Custom Supreme.
Finneran said that the introduc
tion will be quite a process, in that
new bulk storage tanks for distri
bution will be necessary, and
that Standard and Chevron serv
ice stations not so equipped will
require new pumps.
The new product will be for cars
requiring extremely high test gaso
line, and will be sold at a prem
ium. Stanley Hermann Named
To Accounting Committee
Stanley E. Hermann, secretary
of the Umpqua Savings and Loan
Assn. of Roseburg, has been ap
pointed to the 1959 accounting
committee of the United States
Savings and Loan League.
The appointment was announced
hy C. R. Mitchell, Kansas City,
Mo., president of the league, which
is the trade organization of the
savings and loan business and rep
resentts more than 4.550 savings
associations and cooperative
banks.
RANCH WANTED
Mostly wooded on stream or river with tome till
able land. Prefer with house but consider unim
proved. Pay $500 down and monthly payments..
Price not to exceed $10,000. Preferably less. On
high school bus route. Will consider more expen
sive place on trade.-Have $610 monthly income
property in El Paso. Interest. $25,000.
Write, including data and photos to
TOM & BETTYE RICHARDS
SIS Prospect, Apt. 1, El Poio, Texoe
KEystone 3-83S1
Stability In County Seen
With Lumber Price Increase
By LEROY INMAN
Business News Dept. Editor
Lumber and plywood prices con
tinued to be riding a high level
this week, according to a report
from Crow's Lumber Market News
Service, but the production pic
ture in Douglas County appeared
to be more one of stability than
any great economic boom
A survey of some of the mills
and business' in this area reveal
ed a very pleasant outlook. Opin-
Southwest Oregon Shippers
Organize In Effort To Get
Adequate Freight Service
Organization of a Southwest Or
egon Shippers' Traffic Assn, Inc.,
was announced this week, along
with an announcement from South
ern Pacific Co. that additional
freight cars are being made avail
able by the company to shippers.
Representatives from nine lum
ber and plywood industries gather
ed in Roseburg and elected Wil
liam Forrest of Pacific Plywood
Co. Dillard, president; T. L. Rey
nolds, Spalding & Sons, Grants
Pass, vice president, and Fred
Sohn, of Sun Studs, Inc., Roseburg,
as secretary-treasurer.
Attending, aside from those
named, were Dan Brennan of Dou
ble Dee Lumber Co., Central Point;
R. R. Schulz of Murphy Creek
Lumber Co., Murphy, Ore., Clif
ford Baxter, Wilbur Lumber Co.;
Liquor Sales
Economy Pulse
A reported reflection of Douglas
County's strengthening economy
was seen in the January report of
liquor consumption released by the
Oregon Liquor Control Commis
sion. Commission reports are used
as a barometer of business condi
tions. . Liquor sales ranged upward to
57.4 per cent over January of a
year ago. Only in four towns were
the sales lower, and only by small
percentages.
Roseburg's liquor sales for Jan
uary amounted to $41,656, com
pared with $37,685, a gain of $3,
971 or 10.5 per cent over January
of 1958.
Riddle had the highest gain at
$4,390 up $1,601 from the 1958 fig
ure of $2,788 or 57.4 per cent.
Winston was next with a 29.1 per
cent gain, sales being $6,785 as
against $5,255 or a gain of $1,530.
Drain was up 18.5 per cent to
$7,002 from $5,908 or $1,094 gain.
Reedsport was up 8.7 per cent, re
porting sales of $12,682, compared
with $11,762, up $1,010 a year ago.
Four towns had liquor sales in
the minus column for January over
that of the same month in 1958.
They were Glendale, off 3.3 per
cent, showing sales of $3,573,
against $3,694 for a minus $121:
Sutherlin, off 2.8 per cent, total
sales $8,640, against $8,888 for a
minus $248; Myrtle Creek, minus
.5 per cent, total sales $5,953,
against $5,980 for a loss of $27, and
Canyonville, off 2 per cent, total
sales $4,899, against $5,011, for a
$112 loss.
Assumed Name Filed
By Local Distributor
An assumed business name' was
filed here this week for Hart's Sup
ply Co. at Roseburg by Donald C.
Wells, 457 NE Fulton St., Roseburg.
Wells stated the business will be
that of auto accessories distribu
tion. He will work out of his home
in servicing accounts. Wells was
formerly employed in lumber work.
Another assumed business name
was filed for Monte Slay Enter
prises at Riddle by C. L. Slav,
Box 566, Riddle, and Gilbert J.
Summer, also of Riddle. The busi
ness will deal In prefabricated
housing parts.
A. and W. Drive-In assumed
name was filed by Theodore B.
Hansen of Elktnn.
Three From Roseburg .
At Food, Dairy Session
Pat Sullivan of Umpqua Dairy
took a Roseburg High School stu
dent and teacher to Corvallis last
Saturday for a food and dairy tech
nology field day at Oregon State
College.
The student was Don Loomis,
and the teacher was Al Linquist,
who teaches science. The field day
was for guidance personnel and
science teachers as well as stu
dents. The purpose was to acquaint
both teachers and students with op
portunities in the food and dairy
fields.
ions advanced are that the rise in
the lumber market is a healthy
sign, based upon a general eco
nomic upswing throughout the na
tion. Buyers in California and other
points, reluctant at first, are ac
cepting the higher market price
without complaint.
Near Peak Production
Little change in 1 local pioduc
tion schedules are planned at pres
ent. Most of the larger mills are
Ray Martin, Martin Bros. Contain
er & Timber Products Co., Oak
land; Len Moyer, Carolina Pacific
Plywood, White City and Paul B.
Hult of Paul B. Hull Lumber Co.,
Dillard.
A. board of seven directors was
elected, a budget set up and plans
to employ a full-time executive sec
retary was decided.
The association announced it will
not only work toward getting suf
ficient freight cars for shipping out
southwest Oregon products, but
will work on other problems, such
as conditon of the cars on arrival,
scheduling and other matters plag
uing the industry from time to
time.
The coprporation was formed
about a year ago, but interest lag
ged with a depressed lumber mark
et. Revival of the lumber market
has also revived interest in the
corporation, it is announced. Some
sources report the rail car situa
tion may become acute this sea
son. Southern Pacific's announcement
said 3,799 cars have been added
to its rolling stock this year.
Southern Pacific Co.
Ups Freight Car Fleet
The Southern Pacific Co. during
1958 raised its total freight car
fleet to more than 81.000, patrons
are being informed. Letters from
S.P. officials to shippers state that
the company last year took deliv
ery on 2.349 freight cars, and that
February of this year brought in
the first delivery of 1,450 special
ized cars to be acquired at a cost
of about $22 million dollars.
The Southern Pacific, officials
state, is paying particular atten
tion to wide-door cars. The wide-
door car is especially suitable for
mechanical loading of lumber and
plywood. The company has order
ed 26.7 per cent of its cars to be
of the wide-door variety.
Officials report that the South
ern Pacific Co. now owns 7.2 per
cent of all box cars in the U.S.,
that it has placed orders for 1.300
more this year. At the same time
its "bad-order" ratio, 1.5 per cent,
was below the national average in
January.
Weisfield Renovation
Work Now UnderWay
Installation of all new fixtures
are included in renovation plans
for the Roseburg store of Weis
field Inc., according to Gene Mc
Gee. manager.
Work was started this week and
probably will take a couple more
weeks to finish, he said. Painting,
redecorating and placement of new
storage shelves and other fixtures
is included. Rearrangements will
make for much better storage and
display of merchandise.
Peg-board walls and interchange
able levels for shelves arc being
put in.
One side of the store is being
worked on at a time, to make pos
sible keeping the store, open for
ousmess during renovation.
BERGER BIO LOW
PORTLAND (API The Bereer
Engineering Co. of Seattle sub
mitted a low bid of $51,301 for
the design, manufacture and de
livery at Oakridge, Ore., of a 60
ton bridge crane, Army Engineers
announced Friday.
The crane, due prior to June
1, 1960, is for the Hills Creek Dam
on the middle fork of tho Willam
ette River. ,
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LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE
"LYN" ANDREAS
173 J W. Cary Are., ReMbur. Or., ORchard 1-3010
running fairly near to peak pro
duction, without going into exces
sive overtime or expanding facili
ties. Few extra employes will be
added in the near future, the check
shows.
The Crow's Lumber Market re
port states, "Standard and better
grade green fir dimension for rail
shipment is at the highest price
level in three years and Hearing
the peak reached in the spring of
1956. Lower grade dimension has
also climbed, while plank and tim
bers continue their ascent.
"Fir dimension for water ship
ment has moved up along with
rail but the normal price, spread
between the two has narrowed.
Eastern buying has been a bit
slower this week.
i.viin.Hfior! fir dimension ouotel
have moved up rather sharply on
standard and better, and utility
grade is scarce. The kiln-drying,
mixed car shippers have plenty of
timber . business.
"Dry white fir, green and dry
tir- nA )aivh dimension from the
pine region has also added price
strength. Io. a common, lc-wi-n
pine boards have risen actively,
while No. 2 and No. 4 common
ffqinul tnpptacularlv.
Shop grade pine is strong and
mills are not seeKing oraers ai in
moment.
Plywood Price Good
"Quarter-inch AD (sanded) fir
plvwood can hardly be bought at
$80 any more, most quotes being
price at time of shipment, not to
exceed $85. Five-eights-inch CD
(sheathing) is at $110 tor certi
fied gradeslamped stock."
The Oregon State Employment
Service made a check witn several
key industries and business and
found their needs holding steady
for the periods ending April 30 and
June 30. Few additional employes,
other than replacements, will ba,
added by the mills, except in some
smaller operations which are more
or less seasonal.
The log supply is geierally good.
Milder weather has permitted log
ging to some extent most of the
winter, except in higher elevations.
Some independent loggers are
working on a curtailed basis at
present, but the log situation fluc
tuates a great deal even when the
demand is reasonably good.
A good barometer of the labor
picture is indicated by the fact
emplovment claims dropped 350 as
of Friday of last week, according
to Frank Riley, employment office
manager.
Situation Healtfiy
The general concensus of lum
bering executives is that the price
rise indicates a healthy situation,
making it possible to guarantee
profitable production and to keep
employes working on a stable basis.
Isolated reports show Wilbur
Lumber Co., low on logs at a time
of lumber demand, closed for a
couple of weeks. But the time was
used to make, needed repairs and
improvements. The plant is plan
ning to go to a double shift, as
usual in the summer, when log
supply and orders demand.
An indication of a healthy lum
ber market was seen in the fact
a few small "pecker wood" opera
tions have started up. These small
mills were everywhere during the
boon wartime years, but they more
or less disappeared with the de
pressed market situation.
Roseburg merchants report busi
ness continuing to climb. They at
tribute this partly to the early
Easter season and the excellent
spring weather, and partly to the
fact employment has been steady
during the winter months. January
and February were both up weil
over those months a year ago, and
March business is continuing the
seasonal climb, being far better
than that of 1948, when a low ebb
was reached.
Business confidence is expressed
in several new buildings uow 'ris
ing and in renovations and modern
izing of local stores.
Demand for farm, gardening and
outside supplies has been strong
with the warm spring weather.
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