THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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quarantine. Accofding to the latest re- 

 ports the quarantine is still being ri.^'idly 

 enforced, and no one is permitted to leave 

 or enter Cross Fork; but the epidemic is 



on the wane. 



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Miss Mary Dundore .Vrnold, daughter 

 of William A. Arnold, and Edward Vose 

 Babcoek. one of the leading lumber deal- 

 ers of Pennsylvania, were married at the 

 bride's home in Reading on June 2. Many 

 valuable presents were received from 

 prominent persons all over the country. 

 The groom is at the head of the Baboock 

 lumber interests in Pennsylvania, and has 

 his headquarters at Ashtola, Pa., where he 

 occupies "Hemlock Lodge." a magnificent 

 country place in the moimtains. It is 

 surrounded by 30,000 acres of woodland. 

 After a short visit to Hemlock Lodge, the 

 happy couple will spend their honeymoon 



in Europe. 



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William F. Howell, one of the besf- 

 known lumbermen in Pennsylvania, died 

 at his home in Pittston, late last mouth. 

 He was born in Minersville, G7 years ago. 

 At the time of his death, he was in charge 

 of the Pittston office of tiie Wyoming Val- 

 ley Lumber ComiJany. Mr. Howell was 

 prominent in public affairs, and was a 

 member of the Pittston school board. He 



is survived by four sons and a daughter. 



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The members of the Lumbermen's Ex- 

 change of Philadelphia have made arrange- 

 ments for a three days' outing on June 

 17, 18 and 19. The party will leave this 

 city on Wednesday morning, June IT. for 

 New Xork, and will spend their vacation 

 at Manhattan Beach. The chief event of 

 the trip will be the Suburban Handicap at 

 the Coney Island Jockey Club racetrack, 

 Thursday, June 18. The committee having 

 the trip in charge consists of A. S. Mc- 

 Gaughan, chairman, H. P. Robinson, J. D. 

 Bush, W. L. Rice and D. Adams. 



FOR A HARD"WOOD EXHIBIT. 



The fi)llowing alile jiapiT was read at 

 the Indianapolis meeting of the Nationat 

 Hardwood Lumber Association by Dr. 

 Tarleton H. Bean, chief of the forestry ex- 

 hibit of the Louisiana Purchase Exposi- 

 tion, to be held at St. Louis next year: 



For the second time I have the pleasure 

 of inviting your attention to th(> proposed 

 forestry display at the Universal Exposi- 

 tion at St. Louis in 190-1. A year ago the 

 future of tile forestry department of the 

 World's Fair was unknown and uncertain, 

 but the authorities of the exi)ositiou realiz- 

 inj.' the surpassing importance of the lum- 

 ber industries and their special signiticanco 

 in the southern half of the Louisiana Pur- 

 chase territory, decided to provide a large 

 building for the two departments of for- 

 estry and lish and game, whose coniixment 

 parts are really very closely allied and ap- 

 peal strongly to popular favor. 



The Forestry building has been located 

 near the Agricultural Palace, the .\dminis- 

 tiation building, the Philippine Reservation 

 and the pavilions of Canada, Ceylon, France, 

 Great Britain, Mexico and other foreign 

 countries. There is no longer any doubt 

 about its complete success and the question 



is. not whether the hardwood industries 

 will be represented but whether the Na- 

 tional Hardwood Lumber Association will 

 identify itself, in fact, as it has !>y resolu- 

 tion with the great disjilay which will 

 surely be assembled in the Forestry build- 

 ing. I ha\e not eoiiic here to plead for 

 exhibits with which to till the space allotted 

 to forestry, for the demands for space are 

 already greater than the supply. While 

 this is true, the exposition authorities are 

 so fully impressed with the necessity of 

 choosing tlie best illustrations of the re- 

 sources of our country, that they make this 

 last appeal to your association for its active 

 parti<-ipation in the coiapreheusive demon- 

 stration of the lumber industries. 



You are invited to come to St. Louis and 

 take part in a universal exposition, whose 

 cost will be little less than fifty million 

 dollars. Your presence is asked In that 

 city which in thirty years, from IStJO to 

 1800, showed an Increase in its assessed 

 ^•aluation from less than seven and one- 

 half millions to nearly ;{Sl.(lO(>.0(iO millions. 

 Y'ou are asked to participate in the triumph 

 of this fourth city of the world, which is at 

 the same time the largest market of the 

 United States for hardwood lumber. The 

 lihenomeual growth indicated by the in- 

 creased valuation is an indication of the 

 progressive spirit of the people of the ex- 

 position city, and the same indomitable 

 energy which has wrought such a splendid 

 business success will insure magnifleent re- 

 sults when the nations assemble in com- 

 petition for the world's markets with prod- 

 ucts marking the highest achievements of 

 human skill. 



You are invited to take part in an exhiliit 

 In which the United States government will 

 hold a prominent place, alongside of illus- 

 trations of the forest policy of many 

 great foreign countries. You will be asso- 

 ciated with several of the great National 

 Lumber associations, whose requests for 

 space have already been received. The 

 best manufacturers of mills and milling 

 appliances have shown their practical in- 

 terest in the department by making ap- 

 plications for space. Many foreign coun- 

 tries have asked for large areas in whi'eh 

 to show their forest resources and methods. 

 The great majority of the lumber states 

 will also be among the exhibitors in the 

 buildiug, so that the industries will with- 

 out douljt be represented in a more satis- 

 factory and comprehensive way than ever 

 before. The value of a universal exposi- 

 tion as a means of advertising was shown 

 after the Paris Exposition of 1900 in the 

 increased export of apples, canned goods 

 and many other manufactures of the 

 United States. 



The increasing demand for forest prod- 

 ucts in almost every part of the world ren- 

 ders it important to show what our coun- 

 try has to sell. Buyers will be here from 

 e\ery (piarter, and although the foreign 

 ti!;de may not be necessary to our pros- 

 perity at present, there is always a time 

 when m:inufacturers e.-irnestly seek an out- 

 let for their surplus. Universal expositions 

 of'l'er the best of all opportunities for gain- 

 ing access to new markets. The objection 

 is sometimes raised that foreign trade is 

 caijricious and that the buyers are hard to 

 satisfy, in other words, that their reciuire- 

 nieuts ai-e unusual and liurd(>nsome. ,\t 

 the same time it is worth while to not<> 

 th.at the manufacturers who furnish what 

 the foreigners demand in accordance with 

 the specitications which they make always 

 enjoy prosperous trade, .\ustrian oak is 

 crowding out American oak in certain parts 

 of Europe simpl.v because more attention 

 is paid to its seasoning and to the fultill- 

 ment of measurement requirements. Cer- 

 tain dimensions iind styles of wood prod- 



lu-ts are entitled to free entry in foreign 

 ports. By looking after all these little de- 

 tails our manufacturers can secure and 

 hold the best of the world's markets. 



Prosperous times should be utilized for 

 the increase of liusiness as well as for 

 satisfying the present demand. Prosperity 

 furnishes tin? means and Incentive for 

 greater progress. The abundance of money 

 represented at this exposition will draw 

 people from everywhere. The manufac- 

 turers who in the midst of unexampled 

 prosperity please the taste of the wide- 

 awake visitors from many lands will profit 

 liy the results of this exposition a long time 

 in the future, and possibly at a time when 

 foreign markets will be urgently needed 

 to t.ike the surplus production of our forest 

 industries. 



THE SOUTHERN FIELD. 



The May issue of the Southern Field, 

 published liy the Land and Industrial De- 

 partment of the Southern Railway in the 

 interest of the various sections of country 

 traversed by its lines, is of unusual inter- 

 est and value to the many thousands of 

 people who for one reason or another are 

 tunung their attention to this rapidly 

 growing section. 



All over the North and \Vest are many 

 |ieopl(> who are studying the subject of 

 commercial, agricultural or industrial in- 

 ^■estments in the southern country, and 

 they are seeking enlightenment respect- 

 ing eilucational. social and other sur- 

 roundings in expectation of finding per- 

 manent homes under conditions more con- 

 genial than they have at present. To all 

 such inquiries this publication possesses 

 a distinct value, as it is largely made up 

 of frank and intelligent studies of particu- 

 lar communities and sections, and the 

 reader derives infornuition and gains ideas 

 which are e.xceedingly helpful to him In 

 shaping his own investigations of a coun- 

 try where conditions of climate, soil, etc., 

 are so varied and the attractions so numer- 

 ous as to be confusing to the Investigator. 

 The tact is. the Southern Railway lines 

 traverse too large a territory to be pros- 

 pected by individuals withotit unlimited 

 time at their disposal, and hence this pub- 

 lication, by seeking out the special advan- 

 tages and adaptability of particular sec- 

 tions, is enabled to hicali/.e the wants of 

 imiuirers and put them in the way of hav- 

 ing those wants satistied more (piickly and 

 economically than if left to their own de- 

 vices. 



In the current issue attention is called 

 to points where manufacturing interests 

 have greatly outstripped agricultural de- 

 velopment in the surrounding country and 

 where attractive home mariiets offer strik- 

 ing inducements fcu' farmers and truck- 

 growers fiom other sections to come and 

 locate. On the other hand, other sections 

 are indicated whore the development of 

 farming leaves little to be desired that is 

 not already accomplished, but where splen- 

 did opportunities are open to engage in 

 various manufacturing pursuits: thus the 

 Southern Field seeks to be helpful by lo- 

 cating opiiortimities which will bear exam- 

 ination as business propositions and bring- 

 ing them to the attention of prospective 

 investors. 



The Kelley Lumber & Shingle Company 

 of Traverse City. .Mich., have purchased a 

 tract of pine stumpage, fronting on East 

 Bay. which it is stated will cut over a half 

 million feet. The timlier is convenient to 

 the mill of the East Hay Lumb(>r Company, 

 now owned by the South Side Lumber 

 Company, of which -Mr. Kelley is presi- 

 dent. 



