HARDWOOD RECORD 



53 



Getting Ready. 



UcUoii is alieady taking steps to ari-angc for 

 I lie entertainment of the National Hardwood 

 Lumber Association next year. In July a num- 

 tier of the city's hardwt.od lumbermen mot to 

 (irganlzf as a reception committee for the re- 

 .Miving and entertaining of visitors. They were 

 .IS follows : E. \V. Leech, J. A. Matheson. J. 1'. 

 Scranton, \V. W. Armstronir, A. S. Dennis, J. K. 

 Sicklesteel. ij. \V. Leech. 



E. W. Leech was apiiointed president : .1. I'. 

 Scranton. vice -preAident : .T. A. Matheson. sec- 

 retary and .7. U. Sicklesteel, treasurer. A 

 lommittee of three was appointed to decide on 

 hotel headquarters and r<'port at a later date. 

 Landlords Hayes of the Wayne, and Wooley or 

 the Pontchartrain. have kindly offered the con- 

 vention hall free, in ca.se headquarters of the 

 convention were maintained at their hotel. 



Detroit will certainly be ready for the con 

 vcntion in ample time. 



New Bating Book. 



The July edition of Clancy's fled Book, pub- 

 lished by the Lumbermen's Credit Associa- 

 lion, has Just been issued and shipped to all 

 subscribers. Every possible effort has been 

 put forth to make it as complete and reliable 

 .IS monf'v anil brains can produce. 



It will be iii:tllcd that the association is the 

 originator of .special agency work, and that 

 President Clancy, from the inception of the 

 business thirty-two yt-iUK ago, has been gen- 

 eral manager and active head. The work of 

 the collection department i.s based on an ex. 

 |)erience in handling lumber claims not born 

 of a day, but of years of practical work, and 

 its efficiency and reliability have been demon- 

 strated to the trade by collecting and remit- 

 ting money to clients amounting to $5^000,000. 



Responsibility and good service are what 

 all patrons of an organization of this kind are 

 seeking, and in the Lumbermen's Credit .\s- 

 sociatiou they are found exemplified. 



Miscellaneous News. 



Pour dry kilns of the Bradley Lumber Com- 

 pany at Warren, Ark., were itotally destroyed 

 by a fire which broke out July 11, together with 

 half a million feet of high-grade lumber valued 

 at .foO.OOO. About seventy-five per cent of the 

 loss was covered by insurance. 



The Mooney Lumber Mill and the Paul llcln- 

 man plant at Boone, W. Va., were destroyed by 

 fire recently, causing a loss of about $30,000. 



The Globe Column Factory at Somerset, l*a., 

 one of the town's principal industries, was com- 

 pletely destroyed by fire the first of the month, 

 together with a quantity of dry lumber stored 

 in the warehouses. The loss was about S23.- 

 1100. 



It. L. prome of Sheboygan Falls. Wis., whose 

 veneer plant at Cottage Grove was recently 

 burned, is going to rebuild it at Cleveland, about 

 twelve miles from Sheboygan Palls. 



The F. J. Shields Lumber Company has been 

 incorporated at St. Louis, with a capital of 

 .*; 10,000. 



The Paoli Cabinet Company ot Paoli, Ind., 

 has completed its new building and began opi ra- 

 tions in it last week. 



The par(|Uetry flooring factoiy of G. II. Pen- 



icntly, cansins a loss of fiilo.iliio. 



The Southern Ihudwoml Manulaituring Com- 

 liany of Warren. Ark., has sold out to the War- 

 ren Vehicle Slock Company. A large tract of 

 hardwood timber is part of the transaction. 



James A. Martin recently lost $25,000 worlh 

 iif hardwood lumber in his yards at Johnson 

 <'ity, Tcnn., by a Are which is believed to be the 

 work of incendiaries. 



The G. E. Saltier Moulding & Frame Company 

 lias been incorporated at Camden, N. J., with a 

 ■apital of ST.'j.OOO. 



In a recent interview E. H. Mertcs of Spokane. 

 Wash., (old of the forest wealth of Alaska. Said 

 Mr. .Merles: "The world has no idea of Ihe re- 



growth. ..Willi; I -rV.IV Hinlrl--. I, 111 llbuig 



the softer cliuMi-.ii r,,;i-i ih,. fm-i-sis -.,,■,■ ind'- 

 scribable in llu ii- mn ut luxuriamr. li will be 

 litany years before the woodsman's axe is beard 

 over the thousands of square miles included in 

 this domain." 



li. \\. Willhiiiisriu of the Williamson Veneer 



'"'"iiiin l:iM r. Md., was recently elected 



I'"- I ' •ntl of managers of the Mary- 



'■""' II 1. I >: .. Iliispital. Mr. Williamson has 

 liiTu \ 1. 1 -pi. ,-i,ii iiL of the board for some years. 



The Variety Works, operated at Dawson, Ga.. 

 In- liaidwin & Vi>.. burned recently, together with 

 Ih.iiisaii.ls ,,f f,.|.t iif lough and dressod lumber. 



npat 



hardwood 



-\. F. An 



resumed operations 



V. Fargo, N. D., has' 

 :."i.iJOO to S7.5,000. 

 I at Columbia, Tenn., 

 list 10 to the extent 

 was carri.?d. 

 ave been flled^ by the 

 liany, Cadillac', Mich., 



The American Hardwood Company of Sedg 

 vick, Ark., was chartered August 27 with a capi- 

 tal of ¥7.-iO,000, of w^hlch $3.50,000 has been sub- 

 scribed. 



The Anderson Furniture Factory at Xew Cas- 

 tle, X. P... worth $100,000, was entirely destroyed 

 by fire -Vugust 2.-.. Pour carloads of furniture 

 and a large quant ity ot lumber were burned. 

 The loss is said lo have been fully covered by 

 insurnnf-e. 



The Buckeye Lunil.ci- I'mniiauy will erect a 

 hardwood sawmill ii. n ii n, \i; 



The Xew Slate 1 - , , , ,. .apitalized 



at .$100,000, will 11.. V . ..! ..i.ji,- plant at 



Uklaboma City, ()khi i .i >_ " Seventv- 



tivo meu will be empl..yiiil. 



Fire in the yards of the Great Northern rail- 

 road at Barnesville, Minn,, on .Vugust 30 de- 

 stroyed 8,600 new railroad ties. The loss is 

 estimated at nearly $8,000. 



George Brown of Norfolk, Va., announces that 

 he will establish a barrel, ci'ate and veneer fac- 

 tory at Foulevard, Xew Kent county, Vi,. 

 Ilouk-vard is located ou the Chesapeake & Ohio 

 railroad at Ihe head of navigation of the Chicka- 

 homiuy river. Boulevard is seeking new indus- 

 trial plants, which are being exploited and 

 backed by the Virginia Land & Improvement 

 Company. 



The Foster-Latimer Lumber Company. Melleu, 

 Wis., is building a large addition to its plant 

 for the production of finished hardwood and 

 maple flooring. Fifty thousand dollars is being 

 expended in the improvements. 



The Harry G. Smart Wood Works of St. 

 Cloud, Minn., a new industry, has thus far 

 manufactured 6,000,000 tie plugs. A large por- 

 tion of the output was sold to the Great Xorth- 

 ern railroad. 



The Layman Manufacturing Company has 

 moved its ijail making plant from Chardiu to 

 Warren. Ohio. The new plant will be ready for 

 Mliiraiiiiu in a lew days. The concern is pro- 

 (luiing oyster and cancly tubs and pails. 



-Vrtides of incorporation have been filed by 

 the Cleveland Woodcnware Company of Cleve- 

 land, Wis., with a capital of $25,000. The com- 

 liany will manufacture cheese boxes and veneers 

 and succeeds the Frnmmi. Manufacturing Com- 

 liany, formei-ly local. il m Il.iwanrs Grove, 

 Sheboygan county. Wis., uhiih n;i^ reccntlv de- 

 ^tniycd by fin-. 



Hardwood J^eWs. 



(By HARDWOOD BECOjRD Special Correspondents.) 



I here has just been issued from the execu- 

 live office of the Xalii.nal Hardwood Lumber 

 .A.'.-sociation a hauilsi.in. |i.iiii;.ii:. i , ..vering the 

 iifflcial report of tbi . . . i .! meeting of 



Ibis organization, win. v .!.! , .Milwaukee 



111) June 11 and 1: I.-i r k is illus- 



triiled with portraits of the nfficers, directors 

 and committeemen, and appended to it is a 

 list of members. 



Secretary A. E. Beebe of the Wisconsin 

 Hardwood Lumbermen's Association announces 

 that the next annual meeting of that organi- 

 zation will lie Ill-Id at Mai'shfleld. Wis., on 

 Tu. 'S.I.IK ?. 1.1. iiil.i 1 15. at 2 p. m. 



•I i;. - . \l.li\:iiu Jr., of J. Gibson Mc- 

 Il^aiii .\ ' ■ i iiil.idelphia, accompanied by 

 bis w. -i.i;i I |.i . >intative, Frank Wurtzburg. 

 s]!. Ill ~.'.i;.il .l.iNs in Chicago during the last 

 of -\iii;n-i. .\li -Mcllvain captured some very 

 good l.iisiii. s.; ill the- Chicago market and re- 

 port.s that .i;eiieiaUy throughout the country 

 trade is materially improved. 



J. C. Knox, secretary of the Michigan Hard- 

 wood .Manufacturers' .Association, was in town 

 s.veral days this week. On the ninth he at- 

 tcnilcil '.he .semi-annual meeting ot the Wiscon- 

 sin llanhMiod Manufacturers' Association at 



>\'. J. Wagstafl', hardwcioil suloii of Osh- 

 li.isb. dropped in on tin- 1st and reports that 

 Baptist Church affairs are coming on swim- 

 mingly at his home city and that incidentally 

 tl-.e hardwood trade shows marked improve- 



J. V. Hill, until recently chief of the in- 

 spection department ot the Hardwood Manu- 

 facturers' Assnciatiiiii. lias resigned his posi- 

 tion to a.,, i.i - .1 the inspection de- 

 partment 111 li. 1 -h Lumber Company 



at its big I. ■ Miss., mill. Mr. 



Hill has ni.i.i m .; i.i.l. reputation in the 

 work that In- has ,.:,iM..i ..n .Iihilu ,i,.. ,,„«(- 



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. F. .Miller of the Engel Lumber Company of 

 nd Uapids, Mich., was a caller on Chicago 

 !e this week. 



nm E. Biirkholder of Crawfordsville, Ind., 



a welcome visitor during the week. Mr. 



kholdcr is well pleased with the hardwood 



(lok and snys trade is coming bacK close to 



U. J. Peterson, the well-known Toledo lum- 

 biiiuan. spent a day in Chicago the last of 

 last month. 



E. Bartholomew, general rate representa- 

 tive for John B. Ransom & Co.. has spent 

 considiiable time in Chicago markets during 

 till' 1.1-1 f. " .1 iN^ and has bagged a bunch ot 



^^ 1 : '^ I I II. II of the Darnell-Tnenzer 



home liom his summer outing at Macalawa 

 Be.ach. Mich., where he was accompanied by 

 his family.. He spent a day in Chicago on 



his return trip, and reports " -i 'iii.ins 



ill the Memphis market dei i.i 



Mr. Howlett, general rei.i. ihe 



I-biladelphia Textile Maci.; .\ . 



dropped into the IJECOim oHic a i..\v .lay 

 ago. reporting several new sales for the veu.-. 

 dryers manufactured by his company. 



W. E. Barns, editor of the St. Louis Lumb. i 

 111.111. made a fraternal call last week on bis 



