Special Election

Berkeley Roofing Ordinance May 6

It. tr. Hammatt, manager of the Lumbermen,s Comnrittee on the Ilerkeley Initiative Roofing Orclinance, advises that the sllecial election for the repeal of the present Roofing Ordinance ivill take place on May 6. He also announces that the Berkeley City Council have passed a new resolution regarding the roofing ordinance which will also be on the ballot. He states that the City Council's resolution is similar to the Lumbermen's Ordinance only that it p{ohibits the use o_f shingles in making major'repairs. The Lumbermen's Ordinance or Original Shingle tnitiative will be specified on the ballot ai Propositi,on No. 3 n'hile the City Council Ordinance will be specified as proposition No. 4. Mr. Hammatt advises all lumbermen and their _friends living in Berkel,ey to vote for the original shingle initiative rvhich is sponsored bv the Lumberrien's C_ommittee and specified on ihe ballot ai Proposition No. 3. He states thatthe City Council ar:,e playing politics by adopting the nerv .resolution, their purpose being to split the vote so that neither Proposition ivill-receive alnajority, the result being that the present odinance u'ill remain in IOrCe.

WM. SMITH COMPANY BUILDING YARD AT OAKLAND

The Wm. Smith Company, of San i'rancisco and Los Angeles, has leased a four acre tract of land rvith a large rvater frontage at Oakland, and will immediately stalt the construction of a 4O by 300 foot wharf, and other buildings.

The yard rvill be managed by Mr. C. W. Dietrich.

E. L. COOPER NO\jt/ WITH UNION LUMBER CO.

Mr. E. L. Cooper, who has been connected with the San Pedro Lumber Company, at Los Angeles, for some time, has taken a position in the sales department of the Union Lumber Company, at Los Angeles, and will represent this company in the Southern California territory.

Mr. Cooper- replaces Mr. R. C. Enderly, who resigned his bositi6n some time ago to take an active inlerest wifh his father in their retail yards.

New Yard At

Mr. C. E. Williams is oPening a

AZUSA retail yard at Azusa.

A. F. KENNEDYVISITS SOUTH

Mr. A. F. Kennedf; manager at San Francisco for Henry Disston & Sons Inc., has been in Los Angeles for the past felv days, conferring with their southern representatives, American Sarv & Knife'Works, of Los Angeles.

Glendale Mill Company Changes Hands

The Glendale Mill Company, located on Howard Street, in Glendale, has been sold to a company formed by L. A. Nale and J. H. Kenass, and will be operated as the Merit Sash and Door Company.

NEuI BOX FACTORY AT MENDOCINO

Mr. R. H. Smith and associates are installing machinery and plan to start manufacturing in a short time, in i new box factory at Mendocino.

COMPLETENESS OF STOCKS IS A BIG ASSET TO THE SALE$ MAN CALLINC ON THE CALIFORNIA TRADE. that's what we have.

White Pine, Dguglas Fir, Redwood, Cedar and Redwood shineG Sp[t RCd*ood"Pi'i;i Ti"', Stakes, etc.

"":';-' " Los Angeles Representative A. L. Hoover {21 Ccntral Bldg.