THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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enlightened age. however, we know there 

 is nothing in th.it, and that there is a 

 scientific explanation as to what becomes 

 o{ the six inches of trousers legs and 

 whence the accumulation of surplus cloth 

 in the lap comes. I believe there is the 

 same amount of goods in the trousers all 

 the time, and that somehow the extra 

 length of leg is transformed into loose 

 cloth in the lap. But how it is done is 

 something I can't underetaud. 



From Nea^r dLiid Fa.r. 



WANTED-A NAME. 



I am pleased to announce to the readers 

 of the Hardwood Record that Jlr. Kimball 

 the publisher, has a son and heir. I know 

 that the readers of this paper will be 

 pleased to learn of this, because they now 

 have the assurance that when, in the full- 

 ness of time, Kimball is gathered to his 

 reward, there will be someone to continue 

 the great and good work of publishing the 

 Hardwood Record. 



It is a lusty boy, and Kimball was in- 

 clined to be "chesty" until the nuree told 

 him Ihe baby looked like its father. That 

 took the tuck out of him for a while, but 

 I told him not to mind, that all babies are 

 homely that way when very young, and 

 that the chances are the boy will grow out 

 of it. 



Really he is a fine boy, a mighty fine 

 boy, but we are having some trouble se- 

 lecting a name for him. Kimball is in- 

 clined to name him "George," after George 

 Washington, and I favor calling him 

 "Henry," after the hen in the "Hidden 

 Culls." 



When we get through discussing the mat- 

 ter, the boy's mother will probably take 

 the matter in charge and give him some 

 good, reliable name. In the meantime, 

 however. Carl has authorized me to offer 

 a year's subscription to tne one sending in 

 the best name. We want a good, all- 

 around name that will not be too weighty 

 for a boy and yet have dignity enough not 

 to disgrace him when he grows to be a 

 great man. 



A PECULIAR ACCIDENT. 



One of W. O. King & Co.'s heavy teams 

 met with a peculiar accident a short time 

 ago, which resulted in the death of one ef 

 King's fine draft horses. 



The wagon was loaded with such a load 

 as a big pair of horses can move easily, 

 but in turning up an unpaved alley, where 

 the lumber was to be delivered, there was 

 a drop of a few inches from the pavement. 

 The wagon was "cramped" to make the 

 turn, and as the front wheels dropped from 

 Ihe pavement the "reach" broke and the 

 entire load slipped forward over the bolster 

 and crushed one of the horses to the earth, 

 breaking its back. 



.Tohn C. Leijenaar has recently started 

 ill business at New Orleans, La., as ex- 

 porter of lumber and logs, with offices at 

 5H Machero building. 



CHICAGO COMMENT. 

 The Fink-llei<ller Company have re- 

 proved their lumber yard from the old loca- 

 tion at Blue Island avenue and Robey 

 street to Ashland avenue, just south of 

 22d street, where they will have larger 

 quarters and dock frontage. 



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Frank W. Vetter passed through Chicago 

 on his way from Buffalo to Empire, Ark. 

 Vetter threatens to drop us from his list 

 if we say any more than this. 



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E. M. Hackett, the colonel, formerly of 

 I.ivermore, Ky., but now holding down a 

 job with the A. S. Graham Lumber Com- 

 pany of Port Arthur, Texas, spent a few 

 days in Chicago last week visiting old 



friends in the trade. 



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The Hamilton Lumber Company is the 

 iKiuie of a lumber institution newly organ- 

 i-/,ed to handle yellow pine lumber. The 

 firm is composed of Messrs. I'. M.. A. W., 

 and J. II. .Toice. and offices are in the Na- 

 tional Life building at 159 LaSalle street. 



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.Ino. M. Smith, manager of the hardwood 

 plant at Dickson, Tenn., of W. B. Earth- 

 man ic Co., was in Chicago this week vis- 

 iting the trade and was a welcome caller at 

 the Record office. W. B. Earthman & Co. 

 is a long established and well-known south- 

 ern lumber firm. They have been operat- 

 ing in and around Nashville and Murfrees- 

 bcro. Tenn., for the past twenty years and 

 are largely known as manufacturers of 

 cedar. The Dickson plant, however, was 

 established some two years ago, and is 

 turning out only the hardwoods, largely 

 oak and poplar. Jlr. Smith has been iden- 

 tified with the firm's interests for eighteen 



years continuously. 



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W. P. Bolton, a familiar figure in the 

 hardwood lumber trade, and at present en- 

 gaged as southern buyer for A. J. Vinnedge 

 & Co., of this city, was around town a few 

 days ago extending the right hand. 



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Nearly everybody, and that means those 

 that know Max Sondheimer. will be glad 

 to learn that he has successfully passed 

 th.rough an operation and will be on deck 

 again in about two weeks. Mr. Glauber, 

 another member of the firm of E. Sond- 

 heimer Company, had got as far as Now 

 York city on his way to Europe when Max 

 was stricken and returned to await his 

 recovery. He will get under way again 

 some time next month. 



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John O'Brien, who has been identified 

 with the white pine trade of Chicago and 

 the Northwest for a number of years, has 

 finally entered the hardwood ranks, a step 

 that has been contemplated for some 

 months. lie has just purchased the plant 



and holdings of the Delta Cooperage Com- 

 pany at I'hilipp, Miss., comprising a big 

 band mill and several thousand acres of 

 timber land, together with a logging road 

 eight miles long and full e(iuii)ment. The 

 tilnber consists of oak, ash, hickory and 

 guiu. Operations will begin at once. 



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O. E. Yeager. who "got off at Buffalo" 

 a good many years ago and has prospered 

 in the hardwood lumber business, was in 

 the city one day this week and paid the 

 Record office a brief but weU-ome visit. lie 

 «as accompaniwl by Mr. Shnttleworth. 



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We have word from .Mr. C. H. Stanton 

 of Buffalo, N. Y., surveyor general of the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association, 

 to the effect that during the month of May 

 he issued bonded certificates for over 

 10.00(i.(MJO feet of hardwoods. This is the 

 biggest month the bureau has had. and 

 June promises to be a better still. 



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Mr. JI. M. AVall, of the Buffalo Hard- 

 wood I>umber Company. Buffalo. N. Y., 

 was in Chicago this week, and a welcome 

 caller at the office of the Record. Mr. 

 Wall reports that the demand holds strong 

 and that business is good. He says his 

 company has recently completed railway- 

 arrangements which will enable thorn to 

 bring out a big block of dry hardwoods 

 from one of their southern mills. This 

 stock will aggregate .■'>.a)0,000 in finely 

 manufactured and well-seasoned quartered 

 and plain white and red oak, white ash, 

 cypress and gum, and that they would be 

 pleased to receive inquiries for such stock. 

 They also have in pile in Michigan a block 

 of over a million feet of dry hard maple 

 in thickness ranging from 1% inches to 

 4 inches, which is so located as to be avail- 

 able for delivery anywhere around the 



lakes. 



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Mr. S. E. Curdy ot Kiugsley. Mich., 

 called on the Record since our last issue, 

 and the Record was glad to .see him. Mr. 

 Curdy was one of the earliest subscribers 

 to the Record and has been a constant 

 reader of its pages almost since its first 

 issue. Those who know Mr. Curdy will 

 forgive us a little pride occasioned by our 

 success in producing from week to week 

 that which claims the attention and meets 

 the approval of men of his character and 

 attainments. 



Mr. Curdy was accompimied on his call 

 by his second son, a clean cut, good-look- 

 ing young man, now in his second year at 

 the Chicago University, whence the first 

 son has already graduated aiul is now in 

 the office of the auditor of the university. 



For nineteen years Mr. Curdy has been 

 operating as a manufacturer of hardwoods 

 in the territory around Kingsley, Mich., 

 but ho is "cut out." He says he would not 



