Among the Deolers

WA.BD LI'MBER COMPAINT ENI,A.RGES ITS PLAI{T; CM8 SEBVICE TO TBADE

Important improvements have just been completed at the plant of the Ward Irumber Company in Modesto. An addition has been built to the planing mill and new and modern machinery installed. Storage space has been added to the yard, thus providing aceommodations for one of the largest stocks in Central California. The Modesto yard carries nearly all its stock und.er cover. Roadways between the sheds provide easy loading and unloading faeilities.

The Ward Irumber Company operates yards at Modesto, Oakdale, Escalon, Ripon, Hughson, Empire, Denair and Riverbank. Most of these'yards cany plan service, builcling heips and other modern methods of merohandising.

The Modesto yard has just eompleted an index, carrying more than 1000 names, of prospective home builders and lumber buyers in its tenitory. Two men are in the fielcl interviewing prospects and advising the buyers on their builtling needs.'

G. II. 'Ward, president and general manager of the conpany, has his office at Modesto. W. O. Mashek is the manager at the Modesto office; M. G. Payne, assistant man&ger, and C. G. Price, cashier and secretary.

PATTO}T & DAVIB BI'IIJ AT AI,EAIVIBRA

/ Patton & Davies have started oonstruction work on ;lheir new store and warehouse at Alhambra. It will be one lof. the most modern and most complete lumber stores in / Southern California as well as the largest outside the big v cities. The entire front will be of white pressed brick, with attractive display windows for the store and offiees. The new store will be better than ever prepared to cater to the hone-building and general building requirements of the Alhambra district.

NEW YABI} OPENS AT PAI.O II,TO

The Palo Alto Lumber Company recently opened for business at the corner of Channing avenue and. Emerson street in Palo Alto. The owners are E. R. and A. C. EUis, brothers, both of whom have been in the lumber business, at various places, for the last 15 years. E. R. Ellis formerly was superintendent for the Parkinson I.rumber Company at Palo Alto and subsequently was with the Pacific Coast I-,umber Surveyors' Association in San Francisco. A. C. Ellis was with the same organization.

GIBSON LIIMBE.R COMPAIIY ENTERS CAIITOR,MA

The Gibson I-.,umber Company, with headquarters at Canon City, Colorado, has bought the property of the Fullerton l-.,umber Company on West Santa, Fe av0nue in Fullertone and will begin operating within a shott time. The name of the company, it is und.erstood, will be changed to the Gibson I-rumber Company. The same company is installing a new yard on East Broadway in Anaheim. The eompany has been operating a line of yards in Colorado and New Mexico for many years.

' SA.IT DIEGO USES MUCII LIIMBER,

Building activities continue unabated at San Diego, judging from the volume of softwood. receipts there for the month of May, statistics for which have just becone available. The lunber receipts were 8,598,056 feet, besides 184,320 feet of railroad ties. It is estimatetl that 100,000 feet of lumber and lumber products were exported from San Diego lnto Mexico in May.

W. T. BETTINCEN BUYS SEIR,LEY.ALI,EN YA.BD AT EACI.E R,OCK

The William F. Bettingen Lumber Company is the name of the new concefn that has succeeded the Shirley- Alen Lumber Company at Eagle Rock. The prineipal owner a/d president of the company is William F. Bettingen, ftrmerly a banker at Alhambra and Gardena and. now a ;flirector of the Security Bank at Pasadena.

I This business was-started last Deaember and was owned t iointly by the Shirley-1{llen interests of Eagle Rock and Show & Ilamer, wholesalers of Los Angeles. The institution proved successful from the start, the,volume of business since the first of the year averaging more than $20,000 a month.

W. B. Litton of Montrose is the new general manager:

I,oMTASTEB ADDRESSED NOBTEWESTERN PI.AI{IIIG 1VIILL MEN

Chas. D. I-ieMaster, of Fresno; made a trip to Portland, Oregon, where he delivered an address to the planing mill men of the states of Washington and Oregon on June 20th.

LIIMBERMEN'S SERVICE ASSOCIATION INSTAIJS NEW SERVICE R,OOM

The Lumbermen's Service Association, of Los Angeles, has installed a new service room in its suite of offices in the Fay Building for the convenience of its customers and callers. The adtlitional room is strictly a plan and, service room fitted up with pictures and plans, a big table and comfortable chairs.