THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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Julia Bennett, Emma Kipp, Bessie Buck- 

 ley, Georgia Baldwin, Irwin, Grabaui, 

 Messrs. Myron Banning, E. J. Tlioman, 

 Jas. C. Cherry. A. K. Hart, G. P. HecWen. 

 W. W. Stone. Col. A. D. McLeod, W. J. 

 Boles. J. P. Hamilton, H. P. Wiborg, Jas. 

 Buckley. J. A. ^'a^ Orsdel, Geo. I. Boren. 



The following committees were an- 

 nounced by President C. F. Korn. 



River and Rail — W. A. Bennett, chair- 

 man; B. A. Kipp, T, B, Stone, John P. 

 Ha una and W. S. Sterritt. 



Entertainment — C. E. Barr, chairman: 

 W. W. Stone. J. W. .Myers. C. H. Pease 

 and F. M. Po.ssell. 



Xo better selection could have been 

 made, and with such able and energetic 

 chairmen and members the committees will 

 certainly be heard from to the good of the 

 trade. The other committees will be an- 

 nounced later, and it is predicted they will 

 be equally as well (jualitied as those men- 

 tioned above. 



The club decided, upon resuming their 

 monthly meetings, after the summer vaca- 

 tion, to meet the first Monday of each 

 month, instead of the second Monday as 

 heretofore. 



We will not attempt to describe the 

 ladies" gowns, etc., except to say that they 

 were rich and elegant and only served to 

 heighten the beauty for which all lumber- 

 men's wives are famous. 

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The following telegram was received by 

 C. F. Korn, president Lumbermen's Club, 

 viz.: 



"Kansas City, JIo., June 14, 100.3. 

 "The committee appointed by the lum- 

 bermen of Kansas City, Mo., have visited 

 in person the awful wreck caused by the 

 flood in Kansas City. Kansas. About 

 2j.(Hi() people are homeless. Other neigh- 

 boring towns have suffered proportionately. 

 One-half million dollars is required to re- 

 lieve the situation. Outside aid urgently 

 needed for these towns. For what amount 

 tan we draw on vouV Answer. 

 "J. W. MEURIEE, 

 ••R. A. LONG. 

 '•WM. HUTTIG. JR., — 

 "J. N. PENROD, 

 "J. H. TBCHUDY, 

 "R, A. BARR, 

 "HARRY A. GORUSCH. 

 "Committee." 

 Tlie lumbermen of Cincinnati were very 

 anxioiis to subscribe to the above appeal, 

 and President Korn has wired the commit- 

 tee as follows: 



"You may dr.iw for .$200 through Far- 

 mers' and Traders' Bank. Covington. Ky., 

 for relief of flood sufferers. 



"C. F. KORN, 

 "Prest. Cincinnati Lumbermen's Club." 

 Tlii'ic is expected to be raised an addi- 

 tional am<iunt to that stated in the tele- 

 gram, .ind we learn that approximately 

 .$2.")0 to .S:iO(l is expected to lie sent. 

 The following were the contributors: 



Gage & Po.ssell, 



P.. A. Kipp & Co., 



O. P. Hind L\iniber Company, 



Farmers' iV Traders' Bank, Covington, Ky. 



Bennett \- Witte. 



Wiborg. llanna & Co.. 



Nicola. Stone & Myers Co., 



Cypn'ss Lumber Company, 



T. I'>. Stone I. unilier Company. 



H. L. Mickle Lumber Companv, 

 J. L. & N. Ia Pierson, 

 Queen City Box Company, 

 Leland G. Banning, 

 Graham Lumber Company, 

 Littleford Bros., 

 Farrin-Korn I>umber Company, 

 M. B. Farrin Lumber Company, 

 Cochran Lumber Company, 

 Ma ley. Thompson iV- Moffett, 

 I'ease Company, 

 Stewart & Jackson, 

 A. A'. Fuhrman. 



As usual in all matters, Cincinnati lum- 

 l>ermen are always at the front. Oiu- relief 

 would show mucli larger but for the fact 

 that some of o\h' members have contrib- 

 uted direct and through other organiza- 

 tions. 



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Dr. Tarleton H. Bean, chief of the for- 

 estry exhibit of tlie Louisiana Purchase 

 E.xi)osition. w.-is a recent visitor in Cin- 

 ciiinati and called on some of the mem- 

 bfrs of the lumber trade. 



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.Tulius Spicivcr. who nas charge of tlie 

 export department of C. C. Mengel & Bro. 

 Co. of Louisville, Ky.. passed through this 

 city recentl.v. He was on his waj' to the 



East. 



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A welcome visitor from abroad was R. 

 J. Kidman, who represents Churchill & 

 Sims of 29 Clements Lane, London, E, O. 

 He is trying to place some large orders, 

 and will no doubt succeed before he re- 

 turns home. 



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.Mr. Creelman, (jf the Creelman Lumber 

 Company of Cairo and Chicago, 111., was 

 also a recent visitor to the local trade. 



lug that higher rates are charged from 

 Duluth to Minnesota points than in Wis- 

 consin. The railroads reply that water 

 competition governs the Wisconsin rates. 

 A decision has not been reached. 

 * » « 

 W. C. Stanton of St. Paul, the hanlwood 

 and west coast lumber wholesaler, made 

 a trip to the retail trade of NortherTi Min- 

 nesota recently. 



NORTH-WEST NOTES. 



The well-known firm of Lennan & 

 Lewis, which has been active in the hard- 

 wood market at Minneapolis for several 

 years, has been dissolved. Mr. Lewis 

 withdraws from the firm, and the business 

 will be continued under the name of I. P. 

 Lennan & Co. As soon as the books of the 

 old firm are closed up Mr. Lewis will go 

 West for a month, and it is rumored that 

 he will engage in business on the coast. 



W. H. Sill of the Minnea)iolis I.iuuber 

 ('(inipany h;is retm-ned from a trip to jiro- 

 ducing points in Wisconsin and reports 

 dry stoclv very scarce. 



* * * 



P. H. Strickland of Barnard & Strick- 

 land, local wholesalers of hardwood and 

 cooperage stocks, was down in Wisconsin 

 last week picking up sonu' stocks of oak 



.ind basswood. 



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C. M. Stevens, the well-known hard- 

 wood manufacturer of St. Croix Falls, 

 Wis., was in Minneapolis visiting dealers 

 on Wednesday of last week. 



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The Railroad and Warehouse Commis- 

 sion of Minnesota has h(>ld an investiga- 

 tion in the matter of lumber rates, alleg- 



PITTSBURG PACKET, 



Retail lumber dealers in Western Penn- 

 sjlvania have completed the organization 

 01 one of the largest lumber corporations 

 in the country. It will be known as the 

 I'ennsylvania Lumber and Supply Com- 

 panv and will have a capital of $:5,000,000. 

 I'reliminaries were settled upon two weeks 

 n-o at a meeting held in the Park building 

 in" this .-itv. at which representatives were 

 present from ilcKeesport. Duquesne, 

 Braddock. Douora. Monongahela. Charle- 

 loi Monessen. Bellevernon, L'niontown, 

 Connellsville. West Newton. Vandergrift, 

 ilt Pleasant. Rices Landing. Washington 

 and Scottdale. This list comprises prac- 

 ticallv all the dealers along the Monon- 

 o-ahel'a and Youghiogheny rivers and with 

 The Pittsburg dealers makes a very strong 

 organization. Twenty-six firms have al- 

 ,eadv ioiued the combine and three more 

 Lv<; applied for admission. The stock of 

 the company will be equally divided. 

 n.o00.000 preferred and .$1.500000 com- 

 mon which will be exchanged for the 



u'n s of the firms interested. The difeer- 

 nembers have shown their faith m the 

 organization by subscribing for the stock 

 almost to the limitof what they are^to re- 

 ceive for their individual business. No un- 

 derwriters were interested in the deal, the 



;;;ent companies going in for theii^mu 



tual benefit. John W. Bolleau of P.tts- 

 „„rg was the prime mover in the project 

 Poilowing is the list of otficers elected^ 

 President, J. C. XValton of the Fayette 

 L imber Company. Connel.sviUe; vice-p^es- 

 ,aent. AVilliam Forgie. ^Vashmgtom Pa 

 secretary. J. W. Wallace of Dunbai & 

 Willace Washington. Pa.: treasurei. A. A. 

 u" o of the Walton Lumber Company. 

 :;;ro;- directors. SaniuelJoi^e. Beue- 



vcrnon: L C. ^^^^'^''^^'^^'^Z^t^^ 

 ,,,,,.m. rmont.^ -- ;;-^ ,. ^. 



~/chirleSr Charles Potter, 3>. 

 ^.Edward Pangburn, E.izalH>th ; John 

 Husband. Mt. Pleasant; J. ^^ E.cher, Sco«- 

 ,l.,le- .lohn F. Hosack, Bndgcv.lle, J. W. 

 K ,; S ottdale: J. W. Wallace. Wash.ng- 

 ::; ra.; a. a. Stewart. ^V-..^..tom Pa 

 William Forgie. Washington. I"' """'^ 

 ,;.,,.U,er. Washington, Pa.; George M. Ho 

 .;:;.k and John W. Bolleau of Pittsburg. 



The McMillan Lumber Company, through 

 its secretary and treasurer. W. K. MCMU- 



lan, has secured control of an immense 

 tract of timber land in Maryland, which it 



