September 10, 1919 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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JULIUS SEIDEL. ST. LOUIS, MO., 

 PRIEST OF OSIRIS 



HIGH T. A. MOORE, CHICAGO, ILL, JABKEHWOCK 



F. M. BAKER. CHICAGO, ILL, CHAIRMAN 

 ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE 



Hoo-Hoo Annual Starts 



As Hakdwood Record goes to press the twenty-eighth annual meet- 

 ing of Hoo-Hoo is getting under way, this being the first gathering of 

 the order in two years. Plans of local Hoo-Hoo for accommodation 

 and entertainment of a record crowd were fully justified by the attend- 

 ance present and prospective at the opening of the convention. Among 

 those at the convention were four past Snarks of the universe, namely, 

 Julius Seidel, St. Louis; W. A. Hadley, Chatham, Ont. ; N. A. Gladding, 

 Indianapolis, and E. D. Tennant, present secretary and treasurer, St. 

 Louis. 



Local members and committees deserve all praise for the well worked 

 out plans and for the nicely arranged and complete souvenir program. 

 Of the local committees, Fred DeAnguera was chairman of the finance 

 committee, made up of A. L. Ford, Minor Botts, B. A. Johnson, A. C. 

 QuLxley and George Wilson Jones. The entertainment committee, 

 headed by F. M. Baker, chairman, was made up in addition of A. H. 

 Ruth, J. L. Lane, A. B. Cone, Elmer Lundin and E. W. Meeker. Hotel 

 and arrangements committee, headed by L. J. Pomeroy, was made up of 

 S. C. Bennett, G. A. Vangness, L. E. Fuller, J. E. Downing and G. A. 

 Burgoyne. The membership committee was headed by A. B. Carson, 

 chairman, and Truman Bledsoe, vice-chairman. The reception com- 

 mittee was headed by P. S. Fletcher, and the ladies' reception com- 

 mittee was headed by Mrs. Tom A. Moore. 



The first day of the meeting, Monday, September 8, was the meeting 

 of the Osirian Cloister, followed by an initiation in the convention hall. 

 New Morrison hotel. 



The session on Tuesday, the second day of the meeting, was opened 

 by an invocation by Rev. Francis C. Stifler, pastor of the Wilmette 

 Baptist Church, Wilmette. Arthur L. Ford of Chicago introduced the 

 speakers, the first speech being delivered by Honorable Milton Mills, 

 assistant attorney general of Illinois, who gave an address of welcome 

 in behalf of the state. He was followed by Elmer T. Stevens, chair- 

 man of the ways and means committee of the Chamber of Commerce of 

 Chicago. Mr. Stevens extended a welcome in behalf of the city. The 

 addresses of welcome were responded to by L. M. Tully, Louisiana Red 

 Cypress Lumber Company, St. Louis, following which came (Tie annual 

 address of W. A. Priddie, supreme snark of the universe, and secretary 

 and treasurer, E. D. Tennant of St. Louis. In his address Mr. Ten- 

 nant reviewed the wonderful work that has been accomplished since 



the task of making over the order was undertaken. At the time of the 

 reorganization the order faced a deficit of $19,500, which with interest 

 added, made a total amount payable of $21,000. Up to two years ago 

 this had been reduced to an $11,500 deficit, whereas at present there 

 is a balance of $2,541 in the treasury, a truly remarkable showing. 



Other features of the program were an extensive motor trip in 

 machines provided by Chicago Hoo-Hoo, the meeting of the House of 

 Ancients, vaudeville, shioker and buffet luncheon in the evening for 

 the men and a theater party for the laides. On Wednesday the program 

 included addresses by Julius Seidel, St. Louis, and Delvert Ullrich. 

 In the business session will be committee reports, election of oflScers and 

 selection of the twenty-ninth annual meeting place. In the evening 

 there will be a concatenation and smoker with moving pictures and 

 buffet luncheon. 



Lumber Exports for One Year 



The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce has published 

 figures showing the export of forest products from the United 

 States for the year ending vrith June, 1919. Statistics are pre- 

 sented in considerable detail, but the leading facts of the year's 

 business are here shown. 



The total value of tlie lumber and other wood exports for the 

 year ending with June, 1917, was $62,820,257; for the year ending 

 with June, 1918, $82,043,407, and for the year closing with June of 

 this year, $104,559,396. It will be observed that these totals are 

 stated in money value, and not in feet. It cannot be determined 

 from the data whether there was a gradual increase in quantity, 

 or whether the increase was in value only. Figures for hardwood 

 lumber exports show that the total for the year 1918 was 71,773,000 

 feet, and for 1919, 80,225,000 feet, which was an increase in quan- 

 tity corresponding quite closely with the increase in value. But 

 figures for some of the softwoods show that the increase Vv'as in 

 value but not in quantity. For instance, 289,980,000 feet of Doug- 

 las fir exported in 1917 was valued at $3,763,049, while in 1919, 

 272,498,000 feet were worth $9,213,533. During the three years the 

 export of railroad ties fell off more than 1,000,000, but the value 

 increased several hundred thousand dollars. 



