HARDWOOD RECORD 



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Milk'r, ('. II. WciltV. .luliii Scluirri ;iiul (u'.iroo 

 W. Stonoiiiiiii. 



(.)ii inotidi] (it' \V. (I. Kiny tlic i-liair was 

 uuthurized to appoint a I'omiiiittco of the 

 oxcliange to assist in secufiiig tlu^ t'ortlicoin- 

 ing annual meeting of tlie 'Jllinois Atannfai-- 

 turers' Association for Chicajjo. Tlic i'h:iir 

 appointed as sueli committee 11. S. llavcliMi, 

 W. O. King. Frederick L. Bniwn. ( larcnie 

 T?oyli> and V. S. Hendrickson. 



Ap]iIi<'ation for menilicrsliip in the c.x- 

 rhaiige was received from Hen ('. Kcator, 

 Moiiailnock Iniilding, and on inntioii tlie rules 

 were suspended and .\lr. Kealnr \v:is admitted 

 In tlie excliange. 



President Fathauer introdui-ed Kail I'ahru'r, 

 president of (lie .National llaiclwond Lumber 

 Assoi-i.-ition. who made one of liis usual luijipy 



the lueniliers of the e.\cljanye to .Mianpliis on 

 the date namiil. The chair appoiiitcil .as 

 such cmumittcc .\. I;. N'innedge. .Inlui I >. 

 S|iauldinfj ami Milton Miller. 



W. W. Knight then made a liricf address 

 of congratulation and, following, Harry S. 

 lEayden addressed the e.xcluuigo on the sub- 

 ject of the impoiiiinl functions it had here- 

 tofore exercised in the affairs of the National 

 Jlardwood l.umlier .\ssociat ion. In \iew of 

 the positi\'' ilccl.ii-.-ilion of rresiilent l^alrner 

 tliat he would 1 nt consent to reelection to 

 the office of jirt'sident of the national organi- 

 zation, he nio\eil that the Cliicago llardwooil 

 Lumber Excliang( go on record as | laiiug in 

 nomination for the next [iresidcnt of fliat 

 association William II. K'ussi' of Memphis, 

 and that it ph',i-e In liim the undivided sup- 



II. 11. I'oslcr. !■'. S. Ilcndiickscin l.miil.ev 1 .iin- 



pany. 

 .\. H. Daugharly, \V. K. Kelley & Co. 

 .lacob .T. Fink, Fink Ucidler (^ompany. 

 Theodore Fathauer, Theodore Fathauer f'om()any. 

 F. F. Guninger, Francis lieidler & Co. 

 II. M. Gardiner. Parker, Aleshire & Gardiner. 

 II. H. Gibson, ll.MmwooD Ukcouij. 

 O. F. lloUe, Heath- Witbeck Company. 

 F. S. Hendrickson, F. S. Ilondrickson I.unitKr 



Company. 

 11. S. Ilayden, Ilaydcn & Lombard. 

 F. J. Heidler, Fink-IIeiiUer (^orapany. 

 il. II. Ingalls, Vollmar & lielow. 

 Fred .1. .Teffris. Chicago <"ar Lumber Company, 

 C. V. Kimball, A. K. Vinnedge Lumber Company, 

 W. O. King. W. O. King & Co. 

 \V. W. Knight, Lnng-Knight Lunilicr CoiniKiny. 



Indianapolis. 

 K. B. Lombard. Ilayden A: Lombard. 

 A. .1. McCan.sland, ■«■. 10. Kelley & Co. 

 Mntthew I. :Miller. .MillM- Itr.uliers. 



GEORGE H. STOXEMAX. DIRECTOK. STUXIC 

 MAN ZEARIXG LUMBER COMPANY. 



and forceful addresses, during which lie 

 stated that under no circumstances would he 

 permit himself to become a candidate for 

 reelection as president of the National Asso- 

 ciation. He thanked the members of the Chi- 

 cago Hardwood Lumber Exchange for the 

 synijiathy and hearty cotiperation they had 

 given him in his work during the past two 

 years and congratulated them on the success 

 of the local exchange, which he characterized 

 *;ls the progenitor of the big national or- 

 ganization. 



W. H. Russe of Memphis tlieii made one of 

 his characteristic .speeches eulogistic of the 

 city of Memphis and its great hardwood in- 

 dustries, and comduded by not only inviting 

 but insisting that every member of the Chi- 

 cago Hardwood Lumber Exchange become a 

 guest of the Memphis Lumbermen 's Club at 

 the forthcoming annual meeting of tlie 

 National Hardwood Lumber Association at 

 Memphis on May 3 and 4. 



On motion the invitation of Mr. Eu.ss^ was 

 enthusiastically accepted, and on further 

 motion of H. S. Hayden, the chair was in- 

 sti-ucted to appoint a committee of three to 

 inake arrangements for the trans[iurtatiou of 



.imiX SCIIOEX. LlHtECTOl;. COLUMHIA 

 HARDWOOD LI .MBEK COMPANY. 



port of the exchange, and all honorable means 

 at its command to secure his election. The 

 motion was entnusiastically carried. 



Mr. Eusse then made a brief speech of 

 acknowdedgment in which he stated that this 

 was the first inomenf that he had even con- 

 sidered himself ;i candidate for the high office 

 of president of the Xatioiial Association, but 

 with the support of the Chicago Hardwood 

 Lumber Exchange and in its faith that he 

 would make an acceptable chief officer, if 

 he should have tlie good fortune to be elected, 

 he would take u]) the work and do it to the 

 best of his ability. He stated further that he 

 was not unmindful of the great responsibility 

 involved, and the vast amount of labor neces- 

 sary to successfully carry on the work that 

 had been so ably handled by President 

 Palmer, but that he would do his liest. 



Tlie meeting then adjourned. 



Attendance. 



.1. A. Braun. W. O. King & Co. 

 Clarence Boyle, Clai-cmi' Beyle Lmnlier Com- 

 pany. 

 F. L. Brown, Crandall & Blown, 

 John S. Benedict. 

 H. C. Dow, IT. C. Dow & Ce. 

 W. .\. Davis. 



C. H. WOLFE. DIRECTOK. IIIOATII- WITJ'.i;cK 

 COMPANY. 



Alilton Miller, Miller Brothers. 



J. P. McParland. R.van & McParland. 



F. C. Van Norstrand, Cotton Belt Lumljer Com 



pany. 

 Earl Palmer, Ferguson & Palmer Company. I'a 



ducah, Ky. 

 W. II. Russe, Rnsso & Burgess, Memphis, 

 Park Richmond, 



A. 11. Ruth, G. W. Jones Lumber Company. 

 Edward E. Skeele, Estabrook-Skeele Lnnilier 



Company. 

 William C. Schreiber. Francis Beidler & Co. 

 .Tobn D. Spauldlng. Southern Oak Lumber <'oin 



pany. 

 J. S. Trainer, Trainer Brothers Lumber Com;i;niy. 

 W. E. Trainer, Trainer Brothers Lumber Com 



pany. 

 George R. Thamer. Empire Lumber Company. 

 J. W. Thompson. J. W. Thompson Lumber com 



pany, Memphis. 

 Fred W. Upham, T^pbam & Agier. 

 A. R. Vinnedge. A. R. Vinnedge Lumber Cum 



pany. 

 C. H. Wolfe, Heatli-Witbeck Company. 



The Pranklinville Lmnbei* Comijany, recent !.> 

 incorporated at Franklinville, N. Y., has pur- 

 chased the timber on a tract of 355 acres of 

 land near that place. This tract has never 

 before been cut into and is one of the few virgin 

 timber tracts in western New York. A nuniher 

 of men are already at work in the woods and in 

 the sawmill, planing and veneer mills wliiili are 

 being operated in the immediate vicinity. 



