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Growth of lhe Grades
The first primitive, effort at
.segregation of West Coast lum
ber into specific groups of grades
was made at the Simpson saw
mill, Gardiner, Ore., in 1850
The grades were termed "floor
ing," "selects" and "refuse." Tne
latter grade term was applied
to dunnage lumber for the cargo
shiris in Pacific trade of that era
- In the period of 1849-1852, the
great gold-rush boom brought
up a variety of uncontrolled con
struction at San Francisco, ana
many fires. Five of the fires be
came major conflagrations. The
last, in 1852, reduced 25 blocks
of the new business district to
ashes, and burned docks by the
mile.
Soon lumber was selling at
$500 .per thousand board feet.
Sailing, ships swarmed . norm
from the Golden Gate for the
Columbia river and P u g e t
Sound." Not a few carried saw
mill machinefy in their holds.
Muley Sawing
By the end of 1853 the popu
lation alone the Lower Colum
bia and Willamette rivers had
increased three fold over the
1849 number. Portland was
booming. There were 14 saw
mills at work on the shores of
Puget Sound, from Bellingham
to Tumwater. Four were steam
plants. One of these was the
Yesler operation around which
Seattle grew. Another was that
of Pope and Talbot on Gamble
Bay now in its 102nd year.
Most of the lumber that was
dumped from ' the clippers,
schooners and barks for the re
building of San Francisco in
1853-1855 was a conglomeration
of random lengths and widths,
shapes and grades, all cut from
primitive muley or sash saws,
mainly powered by water
wheels.
' 'Tapering boards and scant
lings, planks with waves that
would put the thickness at three
inches in the middle and a half
Inch at each end, with many rip
ples between bulges and tapers,
left carpenters fit to be tied. The
demand for lumber standards of
manufacture that rose from the
rebuilding of San Francisco was
prolonged.
Mississippi valley and Wis
consin lumbermen wr,ote a set
of grading rules in 1891, and
three years later they were re
vised and adopted by manufac
turers in the white and Norway
pines of the Lake States region.
The first lumber grade rules
publication of the Puget Sound
region was an eight-page book
let sponsored by the Seattle
Lumber, Manufacturers - Ex
change in 1902. The main region
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of American lumber production
was then the southern pine re
gion but its trend was already-
pointing toward the Douglas fir
region of Oregon; Washington,
northern California and British
Columbia.
New 'Rule -15'
: Lumber is a national product
that today streams into 31,000
U.S.A. retail lumber yards from
60,000 sawmills in the nation's
comjnercial forest regions.
There are about 100 commercial
tree species in the United States.
Each species has its individual
properties and characteristics
Through the years these quali
ties have been tested in forest
products laboratories and in
long term use. Herbert Hoover,
when Secretary of Commerce,
carried through a campaign of
product standards, which includ
ed the standardization of lum
ber sizes. -'
Now the West Coast lumber
industry, ; through its trade and
technical organizations, has
started a giant new forward
movement in lumber merchan
dising -rules and practices that
are of - vital concern to consum
ers nation-wide.
For many years now the great
er volume of West Coast lumber
production was graded and s61d
by number No. 1, No. 2, No. 3,
No. 4. After March 15, with the
publication of new "Rule 15,"
by the West Coast Lumber In
spection bureau, these four
grades -will be sold by name: -
No. 1 becomes construction.
No. 2 becomes standard. No. 3
becomes utility, No. 4 becomes
economy.
Lumber is to some degree
everybody's business in the Pa
cific Northwest. You are going
to see mbre about' the new look
of West Coast' lumber grades in
this column. .
Elizabeth Observes
Fourth Year of Reign
Engu," Nigeria (U.R) Queen
Elizabeth II today observed the
fourth anniversary of her acces
sion, to the -. throne by touring
this capital of Northern Nigeria
with the Duke, of Edinburgh. -
She was with the duke four-
years ago -in Kenya colony in
Africa when she received word.
of the death of her father, King
George VI, and that she no long
er was a princess.
She was standing in a tree
house in, Kenya watching animal
'lifewhen the words were utter
ed in Buckingham Palace "The'
King is' dead, long live.. 4 the
Queen." . y '';;.
Between that day in Kenya
myr part of the great Northwest,
'many young mothers
to see howM got this reputation.
ust visit any modern home with babies in it.
Watch me washing, and drying diapers -and
other such essentials - day or night, -
in any kind of weather.
I I others' really like the
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With them, laundry, can be done
; . . . any time
. No more packing
into the busiest morning hours.
Instead, most mothers have me
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Warm Front Brings
Relief To Europe
London (U.R) A "warm front'
descending on Europe from the
southern tip of Greenland
brought relief today from a
week-long cold wave that took
at least 171 lives.
Cause of death ranged from
traffic ' accidents on icy. roads
to suffocation from fauity heat
ing devices. At least eight sea
man are feared lost in a storm
off Portugal.
France had the heaviest- toll
with 46 dead. There were 32
deaths in Italy, 29 in.Britain, 20
in Germany, - 11 in Denmark,
eight each in Hollarfd and Portu
gal, seven in Sweden,- five in
Switzerland, three in Austria
and two in Yugoslavia. .. f: "
" The warming weather brought
new perils. Pipes that froze and
burst throughout Britain in the
record cold began spewing forth
water today as the ice melted.
Officials reported 50,000 plumb
ers ' "working - overtime. Water
shortages developed in many
areas. ..' -" :r '.
Looking for quick, easy recipes
for tasty dishes? The Medford
Public Library has a number of
excellent cook books with tested
recipes for meats, soups, salads
and desserts that can be pre
pared in a short time.
and this one in Nigeria the calm
young sovereign has visited near
ly all her people in their native
countries throughout the world.
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WORLD SIGHTS BESERVEO.
On The Side
(Distributed
by King
Love's dearest joys they never know.
Who free from quarrels live;
'Tis sure a Godlike part of love
Each other to forgive. - ....
Sheffield..
Thirty-four' per cent of the 18-year-old
girls in -this-country are
married. The - eagerness to be
come brides on the- part of teen
agers is certainly widespread.
Nowadays,, if a. girl is 21 and
not yet married, she, begins to
think of herself as an old maid.
Asking
Queries from clients. Q. What
were the measurements of the
Brooklyn beauty, Bess Myerson,
when she won the Miss Americi
title about 10 ears ago? A. Bess,
who was Miss America of : 1945,
is not a Brooklyn girl. She was
born, in the Bronx. Her measure
ments at the time' of her triumph
at Atlantic. City were 36:26-36.
.-. i Ql How many years ago
did Lynn Fontanne make her
first Broadway r stage appear
ance? A. About 45. She . made
her Nw York bow in -19-10 in
a play called "Mr. Preedy and
the Countess." ' ."
Asides-' . .
Astrologers should avoid pre
dictions as to the outcome of
sporting events. The stargazers
are definitely weak in that field.
For example, 50 astrologers flat
ly predicted Dempsey would
knock out Tunney in their first
fight in Philadelphia. . . . When
a man dies on the island of Yap,
his brother inherits his wife.
How would .you like to. inherit
your brother's wife?
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By E. V. Durling
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Please Note
-Sixteen years ago in Lima,
Peru, a five-year-old girl named
Lina Medina gave birth to a
son. When I first read of that
happening . I didn't believe it.
It still is difficult ' to believe.
However, Lina Medina, now 21,
is a. nurse in a maternity hos
pital in Lima. This hospital is
conducted by Doctor Lozada,
who delivered hr.baby. That
baby, now 16, is also in Lima,
studying to be a. doctor.
Almost Confidential
.In her heyday as a stage
beauty, Lillian Russell weighed
165. Lillian found much form
compressing necessary. She. al
ways had about 200 corsets on
hand., . . '. Am asked if aspirin
was ever patented. It was. How
ever., the patent expired in 1917.
Sidelights . ; '' '
It was none other than the
famous restaurateur George
Rector, who observed, -"A cap
tain of waiters is a man who
is not a maitre d'hotel but is
too proud to be a waiter." . .
ine largest, tunerai mat ever
took place in New -"York City
was that - of Bill "Bojangles"
Robinson.- The' funeral ' proces
sion was four miles long. Over
35,000 people "passed Robinson's
bier. ;
Passing By. . ... - ;" '
Rosemary Clark! Beauty from
Britain who is now one of New
York's most sought after mod
els. It has been , said '-.-British
girls make the best models. Miss
Clark's career seems to indicate
that may be a fact. For posing,
she is paid $25 an hour.
Briefly -'.'-.
Doe$ your wife claim to be
a speedy dresser? How quickly
can she make a complete change
of costume, including shoes and
hat? The world's record for such
a change is two . minutes and
30 seconds, held by Barbara
Goalen, British model.
Get It Right
Note it said that the title role
in "Salome" was first played
here by Mary Garden at the
Metropolitan Opera House. That
is wrong.. Mary Garden never
appeared at the Metropolitan.
Olive Fremstead was the first
to play "Salome' at the "Met."
Olive was very" well endowed
with what is referred to as
"oomph." She . had more male
appeal than Jane Russell, Mari
lyn Monroe and Sheree North
have together. And, you can
add Mamie Van Dor en to that:
One critic described Fremstead
as she appeared in "Salome" as
"a sleek tigress with seduction
speaking in every , pose." ' :'
Tips . X ;"
'The statement of that 'mani
curist that the minimum tip for
manicurists should be SI is very
amusing,." writes a New Yorker.
"Manicurists are notoriously
tight and cheap when if is their
turn to tip. As a waitress of long
experience, I can tell you that
the worst tippers are manicur
ists, barbers and taxi drivers."
Husbands
- Excess weight 'shortens life.
Of that there is no doubt. Many
men are much overweight be
cause their wivfe know nothing
about diet. That is also why
many married1 men suffer unnec
essarily from minor ills. A wom
an, who really loves her hus
band, will make a study of what
is good for him to eat, and then
see that he eats it.
Hammarsk'ioid Favors
Delay of UN Session
New Delhi, India (U.R) The
United Nations Secretary Gen
eral Dag Hammarskjold told a
news conference ' Sunday the
next session of the if.N. General
Assembly should t be postponed
because of the American presi
dential elections.
Hammarskjold said the presi
dential campaign would be at a
fever peak when the assembly
meets Sept. 20 and that tins
would cause "complications." He
indicated such "complications"
might be -a dispute over the ad
mission of Red China.
Dead line Sunday Classified is at
noon Saturday: 10 ajn. Monday for
Monday; other days 5:30 orevious day.
Quiz Show Winner To
New York (U.PJ Teen ager
George L. Wright III, will re
ceive the original manuscript of
'Me and My Shadow," the song
he identified to win $100,000 on
a television quiz program.
Musician Ted Lewis, who im
mortalized the song on Ameri
can vaudeville stages, 1 said he
will "give the mianuscript to' the
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How can you afford to buy without
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anything you buy? ,;
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freckle-faced high school honor
student.
George, whose ukelele - play
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identifying the question based
on jazz of the 1920s, hit the
jackpot on NBC's "Big Surprise"
after nearly muffing questions
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magazine articles on these and ';
other significant present-day
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