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Walter 'W. Polley Enters the
White and Sugar Pine Game
California is to have another sales agency for some of tbe rvhite and sugar pine manufacturers, in Mr. Walter W. Polley, who will conduct a geheral wholesale and commission business on these products from his headquarters, at Susanville.
Mr. Polley will cover thel,os Angeles and San Franciscb fields, ofiering stock to the various users of pine, and has stated that he will have a dependable supply of good stock to ofier. He is well versed in'lumber, and besides knowing his line has another advantage that he has been .engaged in the building game for some time, and knorvs the practical uses of pine, all down the list.
less than two cents per person. Elmore King who was in charge of the exhibit, was assisted by Everett King, Leslie King, A. L. Smith and Miss Bertha Coons; all associated with the King Lumber Co. of Bakersfield.
SPRECKELS BROS. OPENING YARD ATLAJOLLA
The Spreckels Bros. Commercial Company, is opening a lumber and general building material yard at La Jolla.
Mr. Carl R. Wilson, formerly manager for the Gibson Lumber Company, at La Jolla, will have charge of this new yard.
Most of the stock that he is selling now is produced in Modoc and Lassen counties, from trees growing.at a high elevation, and having a fine texture. Mr. Poliey states that his timber is particularly fine in texture, that he ships everything thoroughly air dried, and that he has the advantage of being able to offer stocks the year around, that his mill does not close in the winter. In their timber is found some of the largest trees thatthe California pine forests contain.
Fred Conner Much Improved
Mr. Fred Conner, genial president of the Sacramento Lumber Company, has been laid up for some little time, and has just gotten back on the job.