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Houston, who was vice president and treasurer. 

 It is expected that the bankruptcy courts will 

 clear away any financial troubles that have em- 

 barrassed the company in the past. 



New North Michigan Hardwood Corporation. 



The North Shore Lumber Company is the 

 name of a new corporation that succeeds to the 

 business heretofore carried on at Thompson, 

 Mich., by Faul Johnson. It will be recalled that 

 earlier in the year in the H.\rdw<.k.)d Record 

 was recounted the large purchase of hardwood 

 and hemlock timber land, together with a saw- 

 mill and logging railroad, at Thompson, made by 

 Paul Johnson of Cadillac. Since that time the 

 mill has been entirely rebuilt, together with the 

 railroad, and active lumber operations have been 

 carried on. The new company takes over this 

 property with, a capitalization of $150,000, of 

 which $100,000 is paid in. The incorporators 

 are : Paul Johnson of Thompson, A. AL Ches- 

 brough and D. D. Planner of Toledo, O. Mr. 

 Johnson has had a long career in Michigan hard- 

 wood and hemlock operations. Mr. Cbesbrough 

 is vice president of the National Bank of Com- 

 merce of Toledo and also has large sawmill in- 

 terests at Emerson, Mich., where he operates in 

 connection with his brother under the firm name 

 of Chesbrough Brothers. Mr. planner is presi- 

 dent of the Rib River Lumber Company of To- 

 ledo and the senior partner of the firm of Plan- 

 ner & Reeves. 



The officers of the company are Paul Johnson, 

 president : D. D. Planner, vice president ; A. M. 

 Chesbi*ough, secretary and treasurer. This com- 

 pany, both in personnel and in financial, timber 

 and operating equipment, constitutes one of 

 the best concerns in the state of Michigan. Its 

 product will come forward both by car and 

 cargo, and it will have an annual output of ap- 

 proximEtely 20,000,000 feet. 



Extensive Purchase in Missouri. 



The Holliday-Klotz Land &. Lumber Company 

 is the name of a syndicate which has recently 

 purchased 130,000 acres of land in Wayne county, 

 Missouri, and has also taken over the Williams- 

 ville, Greenville & St. Louis railroad, which 

 traverses this and contiguous land for a distance 

 of sixty miles. About 100,000 acres of this pur- 

 chase contains a thick growth of oak and shell- 

 bark of the red and white varieties, which will 

 be cut and sold to mill men, after which the 

 land will be sold for agricultural purposes. It 

 is rich and well adapted for raising fruit and 

 vegetables. The land lies along the railroad 

 for a distance of about thirty miles, being as 

 wide as eight miles in some places. Two hun- 

 dred houses are also included in this deal, and 

 a sort of colonization plan is being formed. The 

 road, which now runs from Williamsville to 

 Hiram, will be extended to the Mississippi river, 

 making it some fifty miles longer. 



The officers of the new company are : Presi- 

 dent, J. T. Long of Kansas City ; vice president, 

 (J. A. Long of Fredonia. Kan. ; secretary, J. W. 

 Berry of St. Louis ; treasurer, John Settle of 

 Greenville. The same officers conduct the rail- 

 road branch of the business, with the exception 

 of Vice President, C. A. Haymie of Williamsville 

 holding that office. 



Superintendent of Inspection in Wis- 

 consin. 

 A meeting of the directors of the Wisconsin 

 Hardwood Lumbermen's Association was held 

 at Marshfield, Oct. 20, to consider the question 

 of an inspection bureau for that association. 

 There were present : E. P. Arpin, president ; B. 

 F. McMillan, director ; George H. Chapman, di- 

 rector : A. E. Beebee, secretary. It was decided 

 after full discussion that an inspection bureau 

 would be a good thing for the association, pro- 

 vided tjie necessary funds could be raised. The 

 idea is to hire a salaried Inspector to visit the 

 diflferent mills belonging to members of the 

 asso.nation and "line up" the local inspectors, 

 thereby making grades uniform throughout the 



state. It was estimated that the cost of this 

 service would be from $10 to $12 per million 

 feet of lumber manufactured. 



The secretary was instructed to write all 

 members of the association and ascertain how 

 many favor this plan and are willing to stand 

 their share of the expense. The secretary has 

 forwarded blanks to all members in accordance 

 with these instructions, and on the basis of 

 these answers the inspection bureau will or will 

 not be organized. 



New Shingle Saw Set Gauge. 



E. C. Atkins & Co., Inc., the progressive saw 

 manufacturers of Indianapolis, who never fail 

 to anticipate the wants of the entire saw-using 

 world and to provide new devices of practical 

 utility, have just put upon the market a new 



A NEW SHINGLE, HEADING AND CYLINDER 

 SAW SET GAUGE. 



shingle saw set gauge, which is recommended 

 as being the most perfect tool for accurately 

 gauging the set of teeth in shingle head and 

 cylinder saws ever devised. It can be quickly 

 adjusted to any degree of pitch desired, and 

 Insures a uniform set throughout the saw. The 

 little appliance is nickel-plated and nicely fin- 

 ished, and sells for seventy-five cents. The 

 gauge Is herewith illustrated. 



New Handbook of the N. H. L. A. 



The National Hardwood Lumber Association 

 has just issued a very attractive handbook 

 from its executive office, 617 Traction building, 

 Indianapolis. The book contains a list of the 

 oflicers and directors, the standing committees, 

 an analysis of the purpose and achievements of 

 the association, an explantion of the details of 

 the inspection department, a list of the licensed 

 inspectors with their addresses, a table of fees 

 for inspection, the articles of incorporation, the 

 constitution and by-laws and the list of mem- 

 bers. It is a very concise yet complete analysis 

 of the affairs of the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association, and is worthy a place in the pocket 

 or desk of everyone interested in American 

 hardwoods. A copy of the booklet may be ob- 

 tained on application to Frank F. Fish, secre- 

 tary of the association. 



Pennsylvania Forestry Policy. 



The annual report of the Pennsylvania depart- 

 ment of forestry for 1003 and 1904 has just been 

 published in a volume of 105 pages, with help- 

 ful and pertinent illustrations. Pennsylvania has 

 reason to be proud of its department of forestry, 

 which has placed that state in the very forefront 

 in the movement to preserve and perpetuate its 

 forests. The volume covers the concluding months 

 of Dr. Rothrock's very energetic and fruitful 

 administration, and the first report of the new 

 commissioner of forests, Robert S. Conklin, who 

 has apparently followed the broad lines laid 



down by his predecessor. The forestry reserves 

 of Pennsylvania include ."550,000 acres, scattered 

 over about twenty counties. In the aggregate 

 they are equal in area to one good-sized county 

 and constitute about one-sixteenth of the unim- 

 proved timber land of the state. 



It is found that the new law authorizing a 

 rebate of eighty percent in ta.xation on lands 

 growing timber is having a stimulating effect on 

 the planting of trees by private owners. The 

 new law gives this rebate for a period of thirty- 

 five yeai-s. on the contention that a tree is not 

 merchandise until it is felled, and then only is 

 it just to tax it. 



Carolina Poplar's Deficiency in Character. 



A writer in Country Life In America perti- 

 nently observes that fast growing trees are 

 usually overplanted and wrongly planted. Their 

 beauty is ordinarily of a cheap and vulgar kind. 

 The writer justly maintains that it is a shame 

 to plant whole avenues of Carolina poplar, for 

 they never have a strong character. All poplars 

 are short lived, as compared with oaks, elms, 

 the better maples and other trees which thrive 

 for centuries. Poplars never make venerable, 

 majestic trees or presei*ve their mature beauty 

 for even a half century. In maturity they lack 

 character, and besides being offensive to the 

 eye, they litter the lawns and roadways. 



As young trees, Carolina poplars are particu- 

 larly attractive, but the observations of the 

 writer quoted are only too true. The only rea- 

 son for the planting of Carolina poplar for 

 shade trees or ornamental purposes along road- 

 ways is a temporary expedient. Alternately with 

 these trees, which soon reach a considerable size 

 and afford shade, should be planted elms, ma- 

 ples or any of the half dozen other trees that 

 have some permanent value. Eventually the 

 poplars might be removed as the slower growing 

 trees assume sizable proportions. 



A Giant Poplar. 

 Marshall Morgan of the Nashville Banner, 

 Nashville. Tcnn., kindly sent the Hardwood 

 Record the photograph of the big Tennessee pop- 

 lar tree, from which the accompanying halftone 

 engraving was made. Mr. Morgan photographed 

 this tree on top of Ben Lomond mountain in 

 Warren county, Tennessee, during a recent vaca- 

 tion trip. The tree is seven feet in diameter at 



BIG TENNESSEE POPLAK. 



the stump line, and while It is not of remark- 

 able size for Tennessee poplar growth. It Is of 

 magnificent proportions and peculiar symmetry. 



