THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



tiiii; imk anil lieiiilook. A liii'):i- nninbor of 

 siirvi-ynrs niiil iMi^riiui'rs iiri" Imsy iiinkliiK 

 iiijips of iIh' iiiiliii-iisi> tnu-t pri'iiiiralory to 

 1< ciiliiiK rtillroiKls ami iiiills in tho spring. 



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The Mi'Milliin l.iiiiiliiT { oiiipiiiiy, wliloli 

 ImiiikIu l.tH'O arn-s at Wllsim anil Bayard, 

 W. \'a.. ami in Carn-tt I'oimly. Marylaiiil, 

 last spring is constantly ailiiln^ to its liolil- 

 luRs In that vicinity. Tho company has two 

 mills cnttinK hemlock ami simicc at tho 

 rato of ."iii.tHMt foot a clay ami o.\pofts to 

 pill in nioiv mills sliortly. Nc.\t wook It 

 will lio.:;ln to mannfacttirc lath in Ini'p* 

 qnantitios. tho machinory for tho plant bav- 

 ins hoon onlcroil. .\llliont:li the price of 

 lath has roi-cnily droppcil from ^.S.tMl to 

 $;!.ri»> p<>r thousand, this lirm has a larse 

 stock of ordci-s ahead and will do a blji 

 Ituslnoss in this lino tho coming winter. 

 Undor the direction of \V. E. McMillan 

 three miles of tram have lately been added 

 to the company's facilities for petting otil 

 timber. Its total investment in this lo- 

 c:ility is now .<-J.».lXlO. 



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J. I>. Bolton, manager of the hardwood 

 department of the American Lumber iV 

 Manufacturing Company, will shortly take 

 a business trip through Tennessee and 



Arkan.sas. 



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A. J. Staub, a lumber dealer in Connels- 

 villo. Pa., has bought from Spring Hill 

 farmers 3.000 acres of tinibcrland on 

 Indian and Back creeks in Fayette county, 

 I'ennsylvania. This deal, which is tho 

 largest timber sale ever made in Fayette 

 county, gives Mr. Staub a tract of .5,000 

 acres in close proximity and makes him 

 one of the largest timber holders in the 

 state. 



BUFFALO BITS. 

 The Buffalo dealers all repoii: business 

 good and lumber coming in freely, and 

 everyone is looking for a good fall trade. 



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The Bufl'alo Hardwood Lumber Com- 

 l)any are out with the handsomest thing 

 ii'. the way of a stock list that the trade 

 has seen in many a day. It is useful, as 

 well as ornamental, and does great credit 

 to the originators. 



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Mr. 1". W. \'etter starts south again 

 this week, to the mills of tlie com- 

 pany, at Empire, Ark. His stay hero 

 has been prolonged on account of the Hoo- 

 Hoo convention, where he has been put- 

 ting in very good and eltective work. 



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The IIoo-Hoo convention for 190.3 is a 

 thing of the past, except in the memories 

 of the participants, and that it was a suc- 

 cess in every sense of the word is the 

 verdict of all who attended. 



The out-of-town visitors, from near and 

 far, one and all. say they had the time of 

 their lives, and that from the time they 

 came to Buffalo, until they left for home. 



thoy «lld not even have to e.xert theni- 

 .M-lves to think, as everything was already 

 Ihought out, and phinnetl for their com- 

 fort and entertainment, by tho I'litertaln- 

 inenl commlttoe, including banquets. 

 Iliealer parlies, trips to the Falls, Toronto 

 and other nearby resorts. The real busi- 

 ness of tho convention was attended to on 

 the !ilh and lOtb. 



The local committoos having the Imsiness 

 in charge were nmde up as follows: 



(Jonoral Committee — .lohn Feist, chair- 

 man: and all members of the various sub- 

 committees. Henry -M. Feist, secretary. 



Ways and Means — .John Feist, chair- 

 man: Curt. .M. Treat. C. H. Stanton, .\. 

 .1. Chestntit, I. N. Sti-wart. O. K. Yeager, 

 Wiilter Belts, D. H. Harper. A. .1. Ellas. 



Entertainiuent — .T. 1!. Wall, chairman: 

 ('. H. Stanton, M. S. Tremaine, F. W. Vet- 

 tor. F. B. Emery, Curt. M. Treat, E. B. 

 Holmes, Frank Iteilly, Fred Blunienstein. 



Entertainment of Ladio.s — .Vngus Mc- 

 Lean, chairman; .loliii W. Hem-ich, Henry 

 M. Feist. 



lJecei)tion Commillee — .Tolin .1. Mossman. 

 chairman: M. .M. Wall, Henry E. Boiler, 

 A. Miller, Arthur Kreinlioder, Fred Sulli- 

 van, .T. M. Briggs, C. R. Shuttleworth, C. 

 H. Seymour. 



CINCINNATI GOSSIP. 



.•-lepti'nibor 22. 

 The Fourth Cincinnati Fail Festival, 

 which opened on September 7 and closed 

 September 19, was by far tlie most suc- 

 cessful of any similar venture ever given 

 in this city. The industries of the "Queen 

 City of the West" were well represented by 

 the different exhibits. Of special interest 

 to the hardwood trade were the displays 

 of the J. A. Fay & Egan Company, The 

 Queen City Sujiply Conipan.v (Puclita, 

 I'lnid & Co.) and the Lawrence Meudeu- 

 hall Company. These three exhibits were 

 appropriate and perfect in every detail and 

 attracted considerable attention from the 

 Ihousands of visitors. 



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O. A. Thayer, tho manufacturer of Char- 

 l(stown, W. Va., and president and owner 

 of the baseball club of that city, was here 

 the middle of the montli. on matters con- 

 cerning the interests of a new plant lie is 

 erecting near Charlestown. 

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B. F. Stapleton and his wife were visit- 

 ing friends and relatives in this city and 

 Kentucky during the month of Septem- 

 ber, Mr. Stapleton was formerly a resi- 

 dent of Newport, Ky., and while living 

 there was connected with several Cincin- 

 nati hardwood companies, but is now a res- 

 ident of Ottawa, Canada, and, it is said, 

 has amassed a considerable fortune out of 

 tho lumber business in that country. 



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C. J. Bacon, who owns several mills near 

 Bacon, Ohio, was here on September 8. 

 looking after business details of impor- 

 tance. 



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Mr. Si P. Egan. tlrst vice-president and 

 general superintendent of the J. A. Fay & 

 Egan Company, was the officer of the day 



on "Irish Pay" at the fall fostlvjil, Tlims- 

 day, Septemlii-r 17. Neoilloss to stale .Mr. 

 lOgan wore the honors In his usual moilost 



manner. 



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The ('inclnnall I.uniliermen's I'luli will 

 hold their tlrst monthly meeting and dinnor 

 of the season Tuesday night. October (J, ut 

 the Slag Cafe, as usual. .Vrrangemonis 

 are being perfected to make the affair one 

 long to he rememberiil by those who 



attend. 



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The prop<)sod Hocolvors" & Shippers' Bu- 

 reau s«^eius to have died a natural death, as 

 the promoters have about given tip hope of 

 interesting enough of tho manufacturers 

 of the city, which would bo ne<-essary, be- 

 fcro the organization covild be permanently 

 brought altout. The Lumbermon's Club 

 had endorsed the idea and a number of 

 hardwood manufacturers of Cincinnati had 

 signiliod an intention of becoming mem- 

 bers, as there was no doubt but what the 

 interests to be accriu'd woulil bo of special 

 benefit to their interests. 



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Dan Cupid has pierced the hearts of two 

 popular young men in the hardwood trade 

 here, and already the wedding ceremonies 

 have been performed for Charles F. Waller 

 and .Miss Emma Cates, and for Andres B. 

 .M.'irsh and Miss I.«nore McCabe. Mr. 

 Weiler is one of the best known of the 

 younger generation of lumber inspectors, 

 and Mr. Marsh is a buyer for one of the 

 largest concerns in Cincinnati. 



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F. M. Possell. one of the best posieil 

 men in tho trade in this cit.v, is home 

 from an extended trij) through the milling 

 districts of the South. He reports that as 

 fast as cut the lumber is being shipped 

 r.nd that all tho mills are running full 

 time. 



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On September 10, the information was 

 received in this city that J. W. Ilambrick 

 of Huntington. W. \:i.. had sold to C. 

 Crane & Co. sevei'al liinidred thousand 

 acres of timliorlands in eastern I-Centucky 

 chiefly in .Johnson and Martin counties, 

 and that the developing of the lands would 

 b<! begun immediately by the Crane Com- 

 pany. Inasmuch as the deal was of con- 

 siilorable proportions the Uecoixl corres- 

 Ijondont interviewed Mr. Clinton Crane on 

 the subject, and was greatly suriirisod 

 when Mr. Crane stated that his company 

 Iiad not purchased the lands as reported. 

 Continuing, he said: "I understand that 

 Jlr. llambrich holds some options in tim- 

 berlands in that territory, but we have 

 lionght none from him. There is nothing 

 authentic in tho report, and I do not know 

 where the rumor started." 



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Emil Rothe, foniierly a buyer for the 

 Hanna-Wiborg Company, wholesale hard- 

 wood dealers in this city, waved examina- 

 tion in the police court. Tuesday. Septem- 

 ber 1.5. and was bound over to the grand 



