CALIFORNIA LUMBER NOTABLES

FRED CONNER OF SACRAMENTO / Better lnown ar "The Big Boy."

Fred is a big man, he standr well ilgh to six feet, is heavily built, har a deep voice, arid well errp$ tbe nipk n'ame.

He ia big in other wayr too, a fact conceeded by fhe hoot of lumbermen in the rtate who claim this man aa a friend'.

Fred is the heed of the Sacramento Lumber Cornpany, which he and IIr. J.W. Butler bought in 1919. He ir a modern merchandiser in gv€ry seme of the,word, believer in progrescive ideas for the Building Material Merchant, and practices what he thinks.

Fredfs career has beem a veried one, all in the lumber busine$. He is a true native sorL was born in Sacranietltb, entered the hmrber game while in his 'teens, a^r a piler for the Nerp PortWharfand Lumber Company. Later he was associated withMr. J. M. Griffith at Sa,nta Ana, with tte L. W. Btinn Lumber.C.ompany, Stimron Mill Cornpany, and then was cdled to take chargJ of the Sacrarnent" t r-ber Cornpany, which concern he l,ater prnchaned., , :

He io a past preaident of the Wertern Retail Lurnbermenrl Atl'n, V"ll"y Lumbenneng Club, Builderc,Excharige, California Lumbermeru Anociation, rnd ir the frrst vice preeident of the Sacramento Chamber of Cornmerce. He is irlro a 32nd degree Maron, and a member of the Del Paso Country Club.

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MODERN MACHTNERY AND SKILIFN HUMAN EFFORT JUSTIFIES OUR SLOGAN

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Edito/s Note.-The following letter anil poem comes unsigned, and is the second contrib;ilon from this unnamed con- lributor.

Bav Point. Calif. March 11,1924.

Mr. Dionne:

As Saint Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland some fe$' thousand years ago, I am tempted to emulate -his good example l;y chasing out a ierv wigglers 91-the.old typervrier; if he was-the first to sing, the "Wearing of the Green," I'm sure that the enc-losed entitles me or rather authorizes me to be the first to chant the enclosed jingoistic or jingleistic attempt at "Rarin' of the Spl-eeri." Horviom"eever, I toof up page thirty-three of your March fifteenth issue, and herewith beg to remain as bashful as ever. ,,Sikoal,' and a pinch of Copenhagen to you. A Bashful Lumber-YACK. We've got a shed that's full of iunk. When all is said 1-otrr cut is puni<, Y_ou send us shims. .'or-t. gr"'de. a bluff, lforv can our salesnren sell such stuff.

I'm not a mill nran, that's a cinch. I don't knorv nigger-head from rvinch, Brrt I'm nrost sure I'vegot a kick. The lurnber sent us makes me sick.

I knorv you'\'e logs and lots of saws, And other things that should stop flarvs, But no device lvas ever made. To teach damn fools the u'ay to grade.

And furthermore rve make this pl,ea, Lots thicker boards r,ve'd like tb see. Brrl- goggles.for your sorting crew rernaps a mrcroscope or trvo.

That resarv plant's a rvasteful gag, Have all your bands a jackass Ja[? Your sawyer, edger, trimmerman, To all such bums, I'd tie the can.

You send us millions of poor trash, We find your vertical's all slash, Your lumber's crooked as a snake. What kind of snuff do you all take ?

Jl pin" your clears are always scant, Your cedar boards just make us rant, 'fhe shop you ship'is number thr.ee No stiles or rails are there to see.

The commons come by load and sling, All marked and graded too, by jing.But every time a car rve sell, Rejects shoot profits all to hell.

In eight foot lengths your studs are short, In longer stuff you make us snort, It onlv makes me think you need, DOI\{I]STIC SE\rEN LIST to I;cI.

Andthis ain't all that can be said. Upon your grar-e rvhen you are dead, Ill _q"t no n'ords but carve this sign, "This poor damn fool called hemi-ock, pine.,'

By theBASHFUL LUMBER-YACK, a friend of A. CHEWER SNUFF.