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Show U, WARD & SONS. Headquarters for Contractors' Contrac-tors' Supplies. EVERYTHING UP TO DATE. The Machinery New, the Best and Latest Improved -A Courteous, Financially Strong- and Progressive Firm -Their Business a Credit to the City and State. Headquai ers for contractors' sup plies for southern Uf.h, undoubtedly is at E. J. .Ward & Sons, Frgvo. dealers deal-ers in timbers, lumber, lath, shingles, doors, windows, saeh, mouldings and everything in the building line. Their trade extends from Lebi on the north to Sc. George on the south including practically all of the settlements between, be-tween, and they sell to parties in western Colorado. This big trada has come to them as a direct result of fair and honest treatment, courteous and gentlemanly dealing, and from the further fact that tha company itself does not go out into the field itself bidding bid-ding on contracts, thus directly competing com-peting with those upon whom it de pends mainly for its patrons, the large contractors. The company's mill ia well cquiped j with all kinds of machinery needed in the business and it is all new and of the latest designs and patterns. There is nothing needed in the building line that E. J. Ward & Sons cannot manufacture manu-facture or supply. It would surprise eyen many in Provo to go down and see the vast amount of work that is being be-ing done daily and shipped out of the city. The mill is on Third Btreet.CDrner of H, and the mill and yards together occupy the west half of the block bounded by Third and Fourth and H and I with the office of the company on Fourth. TJynjyejust now being tfOtten in(, . '"x'Hnu f on.. eraiVnioui uregon lumoer ana the company's vast Btock of building and furnishing material. There are open roadways between the mill and through the yards to the office, and access from one to the other is very easy and things about the mammoth establishment are very convenient. The workmen are all very efficient, none but the most skilled are employed, and the gentlemen in charge are veiy affable and it is a rare treat to call and visit the business place of E. J. Ward & Sons, either on business busi-ness or pleasure. Of course a big share of the business cornea to the firm in the shape of mai crders. Attention is paid to these orders as promptly and with equal care ad painstaking as the orders given in erson. The company do all kinds of wrk, but pride themselves them-selves most in a make a specialty of porch and stairrork and inside furnishings. fur-nishings. 1 The company consists of E. J, Ward, general business manager, C. H. Ward, dl and yard man-azer man-azer and saleaan, Joseph and Willard Ward, htl workmen. There never has beej a time during the past winter so dull that in addition'.to these,u other skilled employes em-ployes have not bji kept at work and i ordinaiily there a seyen or eight ma-chanics ma-chanics not memrs of the firm given steady employmea As spring opens orders with the cipany increase and prospects for an imaged and rushing business this suier are very flattering. flat-tering. E. J. Ward & S( is a firm well established es-tablished financi? and in the con fidence of the pub and one of which Provo is well pri, They conduct a home industry V is indeed a great credit to the cilnd this section of the state. |