THE CALIFORNIA LUMBER MERCHANT

The complete list of officers and directors follows : Chairman of the Board, W. R. Pickering. President, W. A. Pickering.

Vice-President and Secretary, T. M. Barham.

Vice-President in Charge of Sales, Walter Robison.

Vice-President in Charge of Western Operations, D. H. Steinmetz.

Vice-President in Charge of Retail Yards, J. W. Deal; General Counsel, Jesse Andrews.

Comptroller, P. H. Neyhart.

Auditor. W. R. McKee.

Directors: W. R. Pickering, W. A. Pickering, T. M. Barham, Walter Robison, D, H. Steinmetz, J. W. Deal, Jesse Andrews, Russell C. Pickering, son of \\r. A. Pickering.

September, 1925, Pickering Products were awarded the Gold Medal of the California State Agricultural Society in competition with the principal manufacturers of California pine products.

Management

All of the capital stock of Pickering Lumber Company, except directors' qualifying shares, is owned by the same interests who owned the stock of W. R. Pickering Lumber Company and Pickering Land & Timber Company.

The officers and directors of the new company will be the same as in the predecessor companies, except that some of the officers are being added to the directorate. Thus the new company will be directed by the men who have been responsible for its growth from small beginnings to its present 'position of prominence in the lumber manufacturing field.

Mr. W. R. Pickering and Mr. W. A. Pickering, wellknown in lumber circles, who have been connected with the business from its inception, will remain actively in charge-the former as Chdirman of the Board, and the latter as President.