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^ews Miscellany 



The "Tarriers" Meet 



Irish Night. Saturday. Dec. 14, at the Chi- 

 cago Lumbermen's Club was another example of 

 the splendid abilit.v of the entertainment com- 

 mittee of the club. "Bob" Sullivan and "Bill" 

 Eager performed their duties with unusual thor- 

 oughness, much to the delight of the many mem- 

 bers of the club who were in attendance. 



The entertainment committee followed the wise 

 policy of engaging professional talent to assist 

 the local talent with which the club is unusually 

 well favored. The old saying "familiarity breeds 

 contempt" usually makes its truth pretty well 

 manifest at such gatherings where the entire en- 

 tertainment is furnished b.v members. An excel- 

 lent line of professional talent was provided, in- 

 cluding a male quartet, a short skit by two 

 young hopefuls of the other sex, and a stellar per- 

 formance by Miss Vera Long, who got clo.se to the 

 hearts (and it might be added to the arms) 

 of various members of the club. It may be poor 

 polic.v to publish an account of this meeting, as 

 undoubtedly if it got into the bauds of any of 

 the wives of some of the dignified club mem- 

 bers the.y might consider it suitable grounds for 

 divorce. However, if no names are mentioned 

 it can probably be published with impunity. 



The feature of the evening was the Irish theme 

 which was carried out through all the perform- 

 ances. IrLsh songs were sung by the quartet, 

 and "Bob" Sullivan acquitted himself very pleas- 

 ingly with a couple of solos, which "the Chaun- 

 cey Olcott of the Lumbermen's Club" can "get 

 off'' in a way equaled by no one. 



The refreshment features were beer and sand- 

 wiches served at long tables. The members were 

 also provided with clay ".iimmies." Young and 

 old. dignified and boyish members of the club 

 were all compelled to don green paper caps. 



On the whole the evening was a decided suc- 

 cess, and the attendance entirely worthy of the 

 efforts of the entertainment committee. 



Banquet of the Sawdust Club 



The Sawdust Club of the L'nion League, rhihi- 

 delphia, held its annual banquet at the l'nion 

 League club bouse, Dec. 11, 1912. This select 

 body of lumbermen, who are also members of the 

 famous Union League, is particularly dis- 

 tinguished for its original and nnitine entertain- 

 ment of members and guesls. Although less 

 spectacular than in former y^'ars, the program 

 this year was equally enjoyable, as a concert, 

 orcliestral and vocal, in which some of the finest 

 classical compositions wore rendered was the 

 principal feature of the evening. Tlie walls of 

 the banquet hall were completely concealed by 

 appropriate Christmas trees and other greenery 

 gracefully disposed, and on the four sides columns 

 were erected on which canaries in cages poured 

 forth a continual melody. The table was of oval 

 shape, in which was cut a large oval hollow. 

 •which was artist icall.v tilled with a huge bank of 

 ferns and poinsettias. in the midst of which were 

 inserted electric bulbs for further enhancement 

 of beauty. 



Frank C. Gillingham. president of the club, 

 extended a hearty welcome to the members and 

 guests, after which ,Tohn T. Riley officiated as 

 loastmaster, an office for which he has an ac- 

 knowledged happy gift. Speeches were made by 

 George Y. Massey. Judge W. W. Torter, .Tames 

 Sherlock Davis and Richard S. 'n'hite. A hand- 

 some solid silver penknife, on which were en- 

 graved the initials of each recipient, was encased 

 in a satin-lined box bearing the name of each 

 member and guest and placed before each plate, 

 serving as place card as well as souvenir. 



The menu, names of members and guests and 

 musical program were published in booklet form, 

 of which the fine style of lettering is notable. 



;iu(l the cover distinctl.v a thing of beauty : the 

 latter is a skillful composition representing the 

 < urly maple with the tint of mahogany, on which 

 rich background the name of the club and date 

 of annual in artistic gilt lettering show to ad- 

 vantage. The annual of 1012 was. as usual, a 

 successfully conducted affair and largely enjoyed 

 by all present. 



Memphis Club Elects Officers 



.lohu M. Pritehard of the .Tohu M. Pritchard 

 Lumber Company will preside over the Lumber- 

 men's Club during 1913. He was chosen presi- 

 dent at the annual election held Dec. 14. having 

 defeated John W. McClure of the Bellgrade 

 Lumber Company. The race between these two 

 gentlemen was very close. The election was one 

 of the most warmly contested in the history of 

 the club and the interest was at a very high 

 pitch. The other officers elected at the same 

 time follow : 



First Vice-President : Harry B. Weiss of 

 George C. Brown & Co. 



Second Vice-President : D. D. Xellis of John 

 M. Woods & Co. 



Secretar.v-Treasurer : Charles G. Kadel of the 

 P. F. Stone Lumber Company. 



Directors : L. W. Ford of the Goodlander- 

 Robertson Lumber Company, James V. Rush of 

 Moftet. Bowman & Rush, J. S. Morris of the 

 Bennett Hardwood Lymber Company. 



The newly elected officers, including Mr. 

 Pritehard, pledged their heartiest efforts in be- 

 half of the club during the administration. 

 They were all duly appreciative of the honors 

 conferred upon them and said that they would 

 try to show their appreciation through their 

 accomplishments. Those who were beaten 

 accepted their defeat in a most philosophic 

 manner and without an.v trace of bitterness 

 whatever. This was quite clear from the fact 

 that they pledged their loyalty to the club and 

 asserted that they stood ready to do whatever 

 they were called upon to do. 



The newly elected officers will assume their 

 duties at the first meeting of tlie new year. The 

 retiring administration is headed by Frank B. 

 Robertson of the Anderson-Tully Company, who 

 has made a remarkably successful president. 



Charles Barnaby, president of the National 

 Hardwood Lumber Association, was a guest 

 during the election. He was called upon and 

 said that he was very much pleased to be in 

 Memphis during an election of the club and that 

 he was all the more delighted because the club 

 had honored an Indiana boy with the highest 

 office in its gift. He said that both Mr. 

 Pritchard and Mr. McClurc were very highly 

 thought of by the "powers-that-be" in the 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association, as both 

 were members of one of its most important 

 bureaus, that on inspection. Jlr. Barnaby re- 

 ferred to other pleasing features of his Memphis 

 visit and said that the only disagreeable thing 

 that had happened was the fact that he had 

 been mistaken for Charlie Ransom. He did not 

 mind being taken for the gentleman in question 

 except for the manner thereof. He said that 

 shortly after his arrival at the Peapody Hotel 

 he was walking through the corridor and some 

 man said in a rather loud voice : "There goes 



(hat d d fellow. Ransom, now." 



St. Louis Club Elects Officers 

 The regular monthly dinner and business meet- 

 ing, as well as the annual election of officers of 

 the Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis, took place 

 at the Mercantile Club, Tuesday evening. Dee. 10. 

 at ;:;o. 



After the dinner, a toast was drunk standing, 

 in silence, to the memory of C. F. Liebke of the 

 C. F. Liebke Hardwood Mill & Lumber Company, 



and C. F. Querl of the Chas. F. Querl Lumber 

 Company, two members of the chili who had 

 dii'd during the last twelve months. 



Immediately after the dinner, and before the 

 regular business was taken up. Harry B. Hawes 

 spoke to the members of the club on the Home 

 Rule Bills, drawn up by the Business Men's 

 League and indorsed by it. The bills were in- 

 dorsed by the club. 



When the regular order of business was re- 

 svtmed, the minutes of the previous meeting 

 were read and approved. 



The membership committee reported the name 

 of W. H. Elbring of the Elbring Lumber Company 

 for membership. He was unanimously elected. 



The traffic committee, through its chairman. 

 Henry A. Boeckeler, reported as follows : 



Your committee begs to report that on May 6 

 of this year the Interstate Commerce Commission 

 rendered a decision upholding the 19-cent rate 

 to St. Louis on yellow pine from points west of 

 the Mississippi. 



The advance on hardwood rates to St. Louis 

 .and other points announced by the railroads t(i 

 take effect Dec. 1. was suspeiided by the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission until .\pril 1. 19i;j. 

 Your committee was represented at the meeting 

 here witli the railroads, when it explained ti> 

 them that the lumbermen of St. Louis would not 

 oppose this advance, provided the railroads would 

 use their endeavors to restore St. Louis to the old 

 rate basis. After this meeting adjourned it ap- 

 peared that the liardwood men held a meeting, at 

 which tliey decided to protest against the ad- 

 vance, and as they all worked together, the Inter- 

 state Commerce Commission granted their re- 

 quest and ordered suspension of the rates. 



Acknowledgment is due to P. W. Coyle. traffic 

 commissioner of the Business Men's League, fur 

 his getting together the chief railroad oflicials of 

 the Frisco, Jlissouri Pacific, Cotton Belt and 

 ^I., K. & T. Railroads, and ably explaining tt> 

 them what St. Louis desired. 



Your committee took up with the M., K. & T. 

 Railroad the question of switching absorption on 

 inbound lumber, and is pleased to report that 

 this road will now absorb connecting line switch- 

 ing not to exceed one cent cwt. in order to make 

 delivery to industries or public tracks on connect- 

 ing lines. In addition to that switching, the 

 switching charges of the intermediate lines will 

 be absorbed when the .M.. K. & T. does not 

 directly connect with the delivering line. This 

 is according to Supplement No. 5, M., K. & 'i'. 

 Switching and Terminal Tariff 4280-B, effective 

 Dec. 18, 1912. 



The reports of the retiring secretary and treas- 

 urer, John B. Kessler and E. C. Robinson, 

 respectively, were submitted and approved. 



The treasurer reported that the club was in a 

 good financial shape and that there was a nice 

 little balance in the treasury. 



The secretary's report gave the doings of the 

 <lul> during the year. 



The election of officers for the ensuing year 

 resulted as follows : 



PUESinE.N'T — Thos. C. Whitmarsh of the W. T. 

 Ferguson Lumber Company. 



First Vice-Peesident — R. B. McConnell of 

 the Iluttig Sash and Door Company. 



Second Vice-Pkesident — S. J. Gavin of tlie 

 S. J. Gavin Lumber Company. 



Treasurer — E. C. Robinscui of the E. C. Robin- 

 son Lumber Company. 



Secretary — John B. Kessler. 



The two latter officers were re-elected. 



After the result of the election had been an- 

 nounced. President II. G. Rolfes named Thos. W. 

 Frye to escort President Whitmarsh to the chair. 



President Whitmarsh. in assuming the chair 

 said that he was sorry that more hardwood men 

 were not present at the meeting : that he wanted 

 the retailers, yellow pine as well as hardwood, to 

 -bury the hatchet and if the hardwood people had 

 any grievance against him. to forget it, as he 

 had always acted abovelxiard in any oppositicm 

 that he had made and they alwa.vs knew where 

 he stood on every question and that he never 

 fought them underhanded in any manner. 



R. W. McConnell. first vice-president. S. J. 

 Gavin, second vice-president. E. C. Robinson, 

 treasurer and John B. Kessler. secretary, in turn 

 thanked the members for electing them to their 

 respective oilices. 



After a rising vote of thanks had been given 

 to all the retiring officers for their services 

 during the year and to the chairman of tlie en- 

 tertainment committee. James E. Gatewood. in 

 parti'Mibir, the meeting adjourned. 



