March 10, 1917 



HARDWOOD RECORD 



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house committee, shall be substituted therefor. At the time these chances 

 are voted upon the club will take action regarding electing members aftei-"" 

 they have been recommended by the mefflbcrship committee, by the execu- 

 tive committee Instead of by secret ballot on the part of the general mem- 

 bership. 



P. E. Stonebraker, secretary of the Southern Alluvial Land Association, 

 outlined briefly the scope and purposes of that organization. He said that 

 every legitimate effort would be put forth to attract settlers to the alluvial 

 lands belonging to the members of the association and that after they 

 were so attracted, all possible help would be tendered them. Mr. Stone- 

 braker is enthusiastic over the outlook for the development of these prop- 

 erties. He regards their future as assured. He is particularly impressed 

 with the passage of the flood control bill by Congress, and is sure that this 

 will not only greatly aid the association in its work, but that it will add 

 substantially to the value of the lands in question through insuring them 

 against overflow. Following Mr. Stonebraker, V. H. Schotfelmayer, field- 

 agent of the association, entertained members of the club for quite a 

 while with a statistical array calculated to impress upon them the wonder- 

 ful field for development lying before the association. 



There were seventy members and visitors present. R. C. Stimson pre- 

 sided in the absence of President May. The usual luncheon was served. 



Schedule of N. L. M. A. Meetings in Chicago 



Secretary Kellogg of the National Lumber Manufacturers' -Association 

 issued the following schedule for the coming meetings in Chicago : 

 Monday, Apeil 2 



Meeting of advisory committee of the National Lumber Manufacturers' 

 Inter-Insurance Exchange. Meeting begins at 10 A. M. in Room 720, 

 Lumber Exchange Building. 



TUBSDAT, APBIL 3 



Meeting of stockholders of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Associ- 

 ation to elect directors for the ensuing year, followed by meeting of direc- 

 tors to elect officers of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association. 

 Meeting begins at 10 A. M. in Room 1809, LaSalle hotel. 

 Wednesday and Thursday, Apkil 4-5 



General meeting of delegates to provide for the enlargement of the work 

 of the National Lumber Manufacturers' Association on the basis of the 

 increased support voted by the affiliated associations. Meeting begins at 

 10 A. M. in the Green Room, Congress hotel. 



Principal questions to be considered include : 



(1) What the N. L. M. A. Is Doing: 



Covered by reports and exhibits of officers and employees. 



(2) What the AlHliated Associations Are Doing: 



Covered by reports of secretaries of affiliated associations. 



(3) What the N. L. M. A. Should Do : 



Set forth in statements by chairmen of delegations from affili- 

 ated associations. 



(4) How the Work of the National and of the Affiliated Associations 

 Should Be Further Co-ordinated and Developed : 



Covered by reports of special committee appointed at the first 

 ' session. 



(5) Adoption of Plan of Action for Ensuing Year : 



(6) Statement of Increased Costs the Lumber Industry Must Face, 

 Based on Present and Probable Future Conditions. 



At convenient dmes during the week, conferences will be held by the 

 traffic managers of the affiliated associations to consider the uniform 

 classification proposed under I. C. C. Docket No. S131 — and of the associ- 

 ation secretaries, to discuss means for avoiding duplication and making 

 association work more effective. 



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With the Trade 



Eggers Installs New Machine 



The F. Eggers Veneer Seating Company, Two Rivers, Wis., has just in- 

 stalled a new rotary machine that will cut down to a three-inch core. 



The Eggers company is very busy these days, and is constantly shipping 

 out panels for use in phonograph and talking machine cabinets, as well as 

 in its other lines of work. It is now operating four machines that are all 

 running to full capacity. 



Green Bay Company Is Thinking of Mill 



The Tipler-Grossmau Lumber Company, whose incorporation to start 

 in business at Green Bay, Wis., has already been heralded in Hardwood 

 Record, is reported to be considering the possibility of ultimately erecting 

 a modern mill at Green Bay. It is stated that the project is contingent 

 upon efforts of the corporation to acquire additional timber holdings, that 

 the company now holds a tract of hardwoods in the vicinity of Long Lake, 

 Wis., and that negotiations for other property are under way. 



A. J. Tipler, president of the company, states that no specific plans are 

 being made for the construction of a mill, and nothing will be done until 

 more property is secured. 



This Usually Happens in Fiction 



William Van Nest, a retired carriage manufacturer of Tiffin, O., was 

 recently found dead in his bed by LeRoy Cadwallader, a poor delivery boy, 

 of whom the old man was fond. The body was found by the boy when he 

 came to pay his iged friend a visit, and at the time life had been extinct 

 for several days. The bulk of the $25,000 estate of Mr. Van Nest was 

 bequeathed to the boy by will. 



^ Fay & Egan Annual Meeting 



^TSiue directors as follows : Thomas P. Egan, Joseph Rawson, S. P. 

 Egan, J. E. Bruce, F. T. Egan, A. A. Faber, C. P. Egan, C. H. Rembold and 

 L. G. Robinson were elected by the stockholders of the J. A. Fay & Egan 

 Co. at its recent annual meeting. The annual report showed sales of 

 $1,172,.545 ; gross profits of $182,098 ; charged off, $90,206 ; net to surplus 

 of ?91,883. The surplus totaled $152,000. 



President Egan stated that an important announcement would be made 

 to stockholders soon. 



McFall-Heyser Company Files Denial 



Another interesting chapter in the McFalMIeyser Lumber Company 

 bankruptcy matter was enacted at Cincinnati, O., last week, when the 

 concern filed in United States district court an answer to the involuntary 

 bankruptcy proceedings of the Oden-Elliott Lumber Company, Cincinnati, 

 in which it denies that it is insolvent or that it transferred accounts 

 receivable aggregating $14,659 or any other sum to the National Bond and 

 Investment Company upon a pre-existing debt with intent to prefer that 

 company over other creditors, as charged in the petition. The McFall- 

 Heyser concern, however, does admit that it transferred accounts amounting 

 to $16,54o to the investment company, but declares it received a cash 

 consideration for a portion and surrender and retransfer of the remainder 

 in accord with a pre-existing contract. The McFall-Heyser company asks 

 that the bankruptcy proceedings be dismissed. The suit, pending now for 

 several weeks, has attracted considerable attention among lumber men, 

 because of the prominence of the two principals in the proceedings. 

 Howard F. Weiss Reported to Have Resigned 



An apparently authentic report comes from Madison, Wis., saying that 

 Howard F. Weiss, director of the government Forest Products Laboratory 

 there, resigned on March 1. 



Mr. Weiss has been In charge at Madison for four years, and was with the 

 government for eight years prior to assuming the directorship of the labor- 

 atory. 



The report states that he will become associated with the C. F. Burgess 

 Laboratories, Inc., at Madison, and wiU direct a new division of research 

 and development in the field of forest products. 



Geo. D. Burgess Improving 



George D. Burgess, president of the National Lumber Exporters' Associa- 

 tion, reached Memphis March 5 from Baltimore, where he had been ill for 

 quite a while. He was accompanied by Mrs. Burgess and his son. His 

 partner, W. H. Russe, said that Mr. Burgess stood the trip remarkably 

 well, and that while he was somewhat weak, he looked much better than 

 expected. Mr. Burgess was taken seriously ill in New Xork some time ago, 

 and as soon as he was able to travel was taken to the home of his wife's 

 sister in Baltimore. He remained there until he was able to complete the 

 last leg of his journey. His many friends are congratulating him on his 

 recovery so far, and are hopeful that he will soon be able to be about his 

 business again. 



Horrible Tragedy in Lumberman's Family 



The friends of William Cafliich, general superintendent of the Emporium 

 Lumber Company, Ltica, N. T;, were shocked to learn of his death, 

 which occurred on February 25, and of the terrible raUroad tragedy, which 

 resulted two days later in the death of three of his children, four of his 

 grandchildren, his son-in-law and a sister of the son-in-law. All were en 

 route to Mr. Cafiisch's funeral, and were passengers on the Mercantile 

 Express of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which met with a rear end collision 

 at Mt. Union, Pa., when twenty persons lost their lives. Mr. Cafiisch's 

 three children who were killed were Alartin Allen Caflisch, twenty years 

 old ; Mrs. Chester A. Minds, wife of a coal operator of Ramey, Pa., who 

 also was killed, and Mrs. Segur Delling of Cleveland, O. The four grand-, 

 children killed were : Owen Minds, three weeks old ; Dottie, Richard and 

 Jean Owens, children of Mrs. A. L. Owens, of Cranberry Lake. Miss Maude 

 Minds of Ramey, was another victim. The collision occurred during a fog 

 and shortly after midnight, a freight train telescoping the rear car of the 

 passenger train. It is claimed that the freight engineer ran past signals. 

 The passenger train was twelve minutes late. 



William Caflisch, who was one of the chief owners of the Emporium 

 Lumber Company, died In a New York hospital after an operation. He left 

 home on February 3 with his wife and was taken ill soon afterward. It 

 was thought necessary to have an operation and from this he failed to 

 raUy. He was sixty-one years old and was born at Cherry Creek, N. Y., 

 accompanying his parents in boyhood to Union City, Pa. He entered the 

 hardwood lumber busniess with his brother-in-law, William L. Sykes, and 

 they formed the Emporium Lumber Company, with mills at Galeton and . 

 Austin. He became a recognized authority on hardwood lumber, and when 

 the company a few years ago bought a large tract in the Adirondacks 

 he became general superintendent of its operations in the Cranberry Lake 

 district, with headquarters at Conifer. He was also much interested in 

 forestry. He was a director in the Emporium Lumber Company, the 

 Emporium Forestry Company, and the Grass River Railroad Company. 

 He was an influential member of the Methodist church. Surviving him 

 are his wife and two daughters, Mrs. A. L. Owens, of Cranberry Lake, and 

 Mrs. Harry Helpman of New Athens, O. ' 



The funeral of William Caflisch, his son, Martin Allen Caflisch, his daugh- 

 ter, Mrs. Delling, and the three Owens children, was held at Utica at 2 P. M., 

 March 1. The attendance was very large, including the employes of the 

 Emporium Lumber Company, a delegation of students from St. John's 

 Military Academy, where Allen Caflisch recently attended school, and 

 many other friends. The burials were at Union City, Pa. 



