HARDWOOD RECORD 



The resolution was tabled after F. P. 

 Soutbgate, chief inspector, had explained that 

 such procedure was customary, when re- 

 quested. • 



F. S. TJnderhill presented the following 

 resolution which was unanimously carried; 



Resolved. That the thanks of this association 



G. J. LAXDECK, MII.W.^TK 



are due and are hereby tendered to the inspec- 

 tion rules committee for their untiring -Kork 

 during the past year. 



Election of Officers. 



Theo. Fathauer made a very strong and 

 eulogistic address noniinating O. O. Agler for 

 president of the association the coming year. 

 The nomination was heartily supported by 

 Hon. John M. Woods, who moved that tlie 

 secretary be instructed to east one ballot for 

 Mr. Agler. 



SMITH. ASHLAND, KY., DIRECTOR 



Upon call for a rising vote ^ 

 lotion was unanimously carried. 



Mr. Agler 's Response. 



President Agler — Gentlemen : I am 



ipptecia 



with It 



I coi 



i the lesponstbi 

 idf'i the \iti n 



ts 1 1 1 lent ot 



IHidwoo I Lum 



who so ably 



I mbets of this 



\ s with a great 



utjcnted foi them 



t ibout it because I 



ity that It caiiies 



I Ilirdwood Lumber 



h t t It hib 



leei to k mil lUout tach depatt 



ment ot mj Li ii ba i>, possible I feel thit 

 vou elected me as presilent of this association 

 lecause \ou felt that on account of mv con 

 nection with it foi the past few rears in an 

 official capa ity I nn> 1 e eompLtent to fill th <^ 

 ffloe and I h pe v u have not been 



th nk that 



thp 



a goo I 



am lamili 

 ot the I 



iket 



111 tiy tc 

 n feel th. 

 .ational . 



overcome by all the kind things that have 

 said here this afternoon, and 



pletely 



e been 



I hardly know 



t I lint th. 1.- IS anythmi; 



I an sav except th.tt I am going 

 he very lest that is m me. and if 

 tal t w 11 not be because of any 

 t h use I have overlooked my 



e tl p esident of this association 



Ian 1 Nev York and the east, as 



t states. I want you to feel 



ation as well as mine. I 



t t y to help build up this 



vou consider that the board 



ts of only twenty-one, yon 



II the r efforts are, regardless 



irk, as compared with 



he association members. 



mark at 1,000 members. 



but when you stop to 



V about 650 members, if 



1 U get one new member. 



I I tl at will do for us. And 



al o t soliciting new members. I 



ttle experience in this, and I know 



:dward rtucKLEY, manistee. director. 



willing. If It IS put to him right, to contribute 

 the small amount of the membership fee in this 

 .association, to give us his financial support and 

 his moral support, which we appreciate as much 

 and sometimes more than his money. (An- 

 plause.) 



Selection of Other Officers. 



With equal harmony and unanimity the 

 following officers were elected: 



First Vice-President— F. A. Diggins. 

 Second Vice-President— F. S. Underliill. 



FRANK A. DEYER, BUFFALO, DIRECTOK. 



Third Vice-President — 0. E. Yeager. 

 Treasurer — Geo. D. Burgess. 



Choice of Directors. 



The committee on the selection of directors, 

 appointed by the president, agreeable to mo- 

 tion, reported as follows, and the report was 

 unanimously ratified : 



