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HARDWOOD RECORD 



secretary was instructed to east the ballot 

 in this form. This action resulted in the 

 re-election of the following: 



President — F. A. Diggins. 



First vice-president — C. A. Bigelow. 



Second vice-president — E. W. Smith. 



Treasurer — F. J. Cobbs. 



Secretary — J. C. Knox. 



Directors — W. W. Mitchell, E. Hanson, 

 William H. White, Henry Ballon, G. von 

 Platen, E. G. Peters, W. L. Martin, D. H. 

 Day, H. A. Batchelor, E. J. Clark, E. Fitz- 

 gerald, h1 M. Loud, C. A. Bigelow, E. W. 

 Smith, F. J. Cobbs, F. A. Diggins. 



Executive board — W. W. Mitchell, William 

 H. White, F. A. Diggins. 



President Diggins made a brief and grace- 

 ful response, thanking the association for its 

 contidenee and pledging his continued en- 

 deavor for the coming year. 



J. W. Dickson of the John W. Dickson 

 Company, Memphis, who was a visitor, was 

 introduced and made a brief address in 

 which, he stated he believed the country was 

 going to witness a big car shortage during 

 the next few months owing to the fact that 

 so much of the railroad equipment was out 

 of commission for want of repairs and from 

 the fact that trade is increasing every day, 

 with every prospect of a good volume before 

 early fall. 



The meeting then adjourned. 



Attendance. 



Henry Ballou, Cobbs & Mitchell, Inc., Cadillac. 



H. A. Batchelor, Batehelor Timber Company, 

 West Branch. 



C. A. Bigelow, Kneeland-Bigelow Company. 

 Bay City. 



F. A. Diggins. Murphy & Diggins, Ciidillac. 



,. Buckley & Douglas Lumber 

 II insula Bark & Lumber Com- 



Comf 



Hardwood Lumber 



R. J. Duggan, Tindle & Jackson, Pellston. 



Edward Fitzgerald. Mitchell Brothers Com- 

 pany, Cadillac. 



O. A. Felger, Hackley-Pheips-Bonnell Company, 

 Grand Rapids. 



E. C. Groesbeck. Stearns Salt & Lumber Com- 

 pany, Ludington. 



Bruce Green. Williams Brothers Company, 

 Cadillac. 



O. S. Hawes, Sailing-Hanson Company, Gray- 

 ling. 



W. C. Hull. Oval Wood Dish Company, Tra- 

 verse Citv. 



W. \ Ki'llpv. Kelley Lumber & Shingle Com- 

 pain. •! ,,,,, I 



W. L. Nhuiiii. Embury-Martin Lumber Com- 

 pany. Cbi;h,.y4;ai. 



S. L. Mead. Micbelson-IIansou Lumber Com- 

 pany, Lewiston. 



Harry Nicholls, Cbarlevoix Lumber Company. 

 Charlevoix. 



Bruce Odell, Cummer-Diggins Company, Cadil- 

 lac. 



M. D. Boeder, Boyne City Lumber Company, 

 Bovnc Oitv. 



R, w Sniitli, Lewis Sands Salt & Lumber 



City. 



C. F. Williams, Williams Brothers Company, 

 Cadillac. 



Visitors. 



J. N. Day. St. Louis Lumberman, St. Louis. 



J. W. Dickson, J. W. Dickson Company, Mem- 

 phi 



F. F. Fish, secretary National Hardwood Lum- 

 ber Association, Chicago. 



L. E. Fuller. Lumber World, Chicago. 



Henry H. Gibson, Hardwood Record, Chi- 

 cago. 



W. C. Howe, American Lumberman. Chicago. 



John H. Jenks, Robert H. Jenks Lumber Com- 

 pany, Cleveland. 



C. F. Luslc. assistant secretary Wisconsin 

 Hardwood Lumber Manufacturers, Owen, Wis. 



O. B. Law, Chicago. 



Utilization of HardWoods 



AKTICLE EX. 



Desks. 



In the stone age prehistoric man carved 

 hieroglyphics upon slabs of stone. His 

 ' ' desk, ' ' if the slab itself did not serve as 

 such, was a tlat-topped boulder which was 

 able to withstand the blows of the stone 

 cudgel and chisel. Now all is changed and 

 it is interesting to note that in place of thn 



Adjoining the modern factory for the man- 

 ufacture of desks one invariably finds the 

 dry-kiln. Here the lumber, after being dried 

 in the mill yard, where it was cut, and later 

 in the factory yard, is kiln-dried still more 

 thoroughly. This is of especial importance 

 in till iii:ninf:irliiro of desks, where so many 



SANITARY FLAT-TOP DESK. 



stone slab, wood — in the form of paper — is 

 being used more extensively every day; and 

 as a substitute for the boulder, wood again 

 — in the form of desks — is employed almost 

 exclusively. It is with this latter use of 

 hardwoods especially that this article deals. 



parts fit accurately into each other and where 

 the slightest warping or shrinking of these 

 parts would cause serious inconvenience. To 

 anyone who has endeavored to open a desk 

 drawer which religiously "stuck," it is 

 hardly necessary to emphasize the care which 



the manufacturer takes in this drying process. 

 Whatever may be said to the contrary, the 

 maker of a good desk does not like to hear 

 of it being kicked to pieces by the purchaser, 

 and he knows that this follows as the logical 

 sequence after a sticking experience. 



Another important adjunct to the modern 

 factory is the elimination, as far as possible, 

 of all danger, both to the men employed and 

 the article manufactured, from belts, pulleys 

 and other machinery used in the transmission 

 of power. This is done by having most of 

 the apparatus, especially all the belting and 

 exposed machinery, situated in the basement 

 of the factory, which is used as a general 

 store room rather than for active construction 

 operations. 



Upon leaving the dry-kiln the lumber passes 

 directly to the main floor of the factory, 

 where it is cut into the desired lengths by 

 means of the circular cut-off saw. With a 

 few minor improvements this is accomplished 

 in the same way as it was years ago, but in 

 the twin operations — ripping the board into 



MODERN TYI'EWRITEB CABINET. 



the desired width and splitting it into the 

 required "thickness — modern methods and 

 first-class machinery prevail. In ripping, a 

 sharp-toothed wheel revolves in front of and 

 with the saw, though of course at a much 

 slower rate. The board is pushed under this 

 wheel which catches hold of it and so feeds 

 it to the saw. These " self -feeding " ma- 

 chines are a marked improvement over the 

 old-fashioned types, as they only require the 

 board to be handled by the men at the be- 

 ginning and end of the operation. A dif- 

 ferent style "self-feeder" is used in split- 

 ting. Here the band-saw runs between the 

 last of a set of heavy vertical rollers, all re- 

 volving inwardly so as to force a board be- 

 tween them and so onto the saw. In this 

 manner boards are split accurately to any 

 desired thickness. 



Many of these strips now pass to the 

 moulding machines. Here some of the shapes 

 turned out in one operation are really won 

 derful. A rough strip of lumber of most anv 

 size is fed to one of these miraculous ton - 

 and behold! a transformed article is turm 

 out. One side may be merely plain with tl' 

 edge beveled; the other side moulded into au 



