•Tamiary 2.j. 1917 



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Northwestern Cooperage & Lumber Company 



The Home of the "Peerless " Standard Brand Products 



Western Office: 

 516 Lumber Exchange* Minneapolis* Minn. 



GLADSTONE, MICHIGAN 



Mills at Gladstone and Escanaba, Michigan 



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Manufacturers of the following "Peerless" Standard Brand Products: Hardwood Flooring, Staves 

 Hoops, Heading and Veneers, Hemlock Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Posts, Poles and Ties' 

 2uid Hemlock Tern Bark ' 



"Peerless" Rock Maple, Beech & Birch Flooring a|dr{7-fd7bVie'a';er,°trhoi^\-^^^^^^^^^^^ 



r ' a ship It In straight or mixed cars — Car or Cargo. NEXT TIME 



Uembera of Maple Flooring Hanutacturers' Aaaociation. (When writing mention the Hardwood Recerd.) 



Wood Preservers' Association Meets 



The American Wood Preservers' Association held Its annual meeting: in 

 New York City, January 23, 24 and 20. A number of technical addresses 

 were made, and reports of various committees, covering different lines of 

 work, were submitted. Specifications of timbers and paving blocks were 

 given special attention. 



North Carolina Forestry Meeting for This Month 



The seventh annual convention of the North Carolina Forestry Asso- 

 ciation was held at Raleigh, January 24 and 25. All sessions were open. 

 The question of serious fire losses during 1916 and important bearing 

 which the high price of paper has on forestry occupied considerable 

 attention at the sessions, which were held in the Chamber of Commerce 

 rooms. 



Important Questions to Come Up at National Exporters' Annual 



Harvey M. Dickson, secretary of the National Lumber Exporters' Asso- 

 ciation, has sent out notices to the nicnibers urging a large attend- 

 ance at the annual meeting at Pittst>urgh, ou January 24 and 25. Mr. 

 Dickson points out that a number of important questions will be brought 

 to the attention of the members for action, and that especially the for- 

 eign situation calls for careful and well-considered decisions. He goes 

 on to say that the war has developed problems of the deepest concern 

 to the exporters, and that the combined information and thought of the 

 shippers will be required to find the most acceptable solution. The ad- 

 justments likely to be called for by the restoration of peace are another 

 reason why a large attendance is urged, in order that the fullest ex- 

 change of views may take place and the trade ma.v act on the basis of the 

 best information obtainable. In addition it is pointed out that the report 

 to be made by Frank Tiffany, the foreign representative of the association, 

 about conditions in the United Kingdom and elsewhere is certain to prove 

 of the highest value. 



Lumber Insurance Report 



The National Lumber Manufacturers' Inter-Insurance Exchange of 

 Chicago, has had a favorable year, and the second annual statement, which 

 is hearing completion, will show an increase in 1916 over the year 191.5 

 of nearly 100 per cent Of premium deposit income. The amount to the 

 credit of subscribers' accounts increased from .$2.3,639.88 January 31, to 

 .$86,754.64 December 31, 1916. The amount at risk has increased from 

 $3.S4T,665 January 31, to $6,683,087 December 31, 1916. The savings 

 credited subscribers' accounts on policies expiring in December, 1916, 

 amounted to 42 y2 per cent. 



Memph:s Builders' Exchange Elecrion Set for February 6 



The annual election of the Memphis Builders' Exchange, which is iden- 

 tified with the National Association of Building Exchanges, will be held 

 in Memphis February 6. The two nominating committees have already 

 made their reports, and Chas, R. Miller and I. N. Chambers, both former 

 presidents of the exchange, will make the race against each other with 

 the result that a pretty hot campaign is being waged at present 



The full tickets fellow : 



Red Ticket— Charles R. Miller, president ; R. E. Montoomerv first rice 

 president ; Dave Dermon, second vice-presidint ; J. W Wniiam'son t Jeas 

 urer: TVilham Richartz, J. E. Thomas, J. C. Love iie A ™ Pritchai'd 

 M^'cSis^:^,^I!^r'- ''"' O- S- '^^-^""-' Jos'Sh-^Bl^im'fieYd^\^i3 

 .lo?/'.'-''; ^■i?'^^^"^?',-'''- c'hainbers, president; P. A. Gates, first vice-presi- 



W Huihe^-y "T"T''in,1^r"''r7"'''-'"'^'^A"'',?'' 'l ^- Williamson, treasiue? ; 

 »T^ "- '^f: ^- ^- Lindsey, Clarence.DeVoy. Angus Niemever and Cl-iude 



fnsp!ctovs "''■ ^"""" ^- ^"°'' ^'■'^- C- Barker and DR. Aitkin! 



The retiring oflScers are : L. T. Lindsey, president : J. A. Fowler, first 

 vice-president; H. J. Bartl. second vice-president; I. N. Chambers, James 

 E. Faires, J. W. Garrison, F. A. Gates and L. J. Moss, directors. 



Directors holding over are 1). M. Crawford, R. F. Creson, E. F. Dowiing, 

 William N. Fry and J. M. Meagher. 



Carriage Makers' Club 



The first organization to announce its willingness to subscribe to the 

 proposed $150,000 fund through which the Chamber of Commerce of Cin- 

 cinnati plans to bring to Cincinnati many more conventions is the Cin- 

 cinnati Carriage Makers' Club. A recommendation made by Alfred S. 

 Brown that the club give $300 to the fund was adopted at its monthly 

 dinner at the Business Mens' Club last week. 



Big Celebration for Completion of Big Bridge 



The Memphis Lumbermen's Club has gone on record as favoring the 

 Memphis-J. T. Harahan bridge celebration to be held in that city May 

 22, 23 and 24. The directors have voted to lend both their moral and 

 financial support to the project and to give those having the celebration 

 in charge every possible assistance. Ralph May, newly elected president 

 and ex-officio a member of the board, spoke earnestly in the interest of 

 the fete and urged his colleagues to do what they could to bring about 

 a most successful celebration. 



Hardwood lumber Interests will be called upon by the following 

 members of the trade for contributions to help defray the expense of 

 the celebration : W. A. Ransom, Gayoso Lumber Company, J. F. McSweyn, 

 Memphis Band Mil! Company, R. H. Darnell, R. J. Darnell, Inc., Douglas 

 Huer, A. N. Thompson & Co.. Ralph May, May Bros., and George C. 

 Eheuiann of G. C. Eheniann & Co. 



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