THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



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right. I didn't care about anything else, 

 and the bargain went through. 

 About Indiana. 



There is a story that I am going to tell 

 you. I don't think I have told it more than 

 three or four times before, and I could get 

 the straight of it if I had time. It's about 

 somebody or other in the old days of Greek 

 mythology whose mother was the Earth, and 

 he got into a wrestling match with Hercules. 

 His mother, the Earth, had it arranged that 

 every time he touched the ground he re- 

 ceived new strength. The only way Her- 

 cules could conquer him was by raising him 

 aloi't and strangling him to death in his 

 arms. 



That's a pretty good story anyhow, and 

 it reminds me of a man who has moved to 

 the city. Every time he gets back to the 



earth and gets his feet in the soU, he gets 

 new strength. You've all occasionally got 

 to get back to first principles. And that's 

 what I do every time I go back to Indiana. 

 Every time I feel the mighty arms of the 

 Hercules of sin and greediness strangling 

 me, I want to get back to Indiana and get 

 my feet in the soil, and renew the ideals of 

 my youth. 



In my youth I had an ideal that called 

 upon me to fight evil and injustice wherever 

 I found them. The tendency of the city life, 

 with its false view of things, is to teach a 

 man to compromise with this or that evil. 

 I surely have to go back to Indiana once 

 in awhile to restore my equilibrium. ^ 



We will all go, and have a good time, 

 and renew our youth. 



CHARLES D. STRODE. 



With Record Publishers, 



Announcement. 



To the patrons of the Hakdwood Record: 



This issue of the Hardwood Record marks 

 a change in its ownership, the undersigned 

 having sold to Henry H. Gibson all rights 

 and title to the publication. 



Mr. Gibson needs no introduction to the 

 hardwood fraternity from me, as I think 

 very few men have a larger acquaintance 

 with both the producers and distributors of 

 hardwood lumber. Ever since the establish- 

 ment of the American Lumberman he has 

 been one of the leading members of its 

 staff, and previous to that time for 

 many years was associated in the lum- 

 ber business and in lumber newspaper en- 

 terprises. His experience has been very 

 broad in both these lines, and I feel satis- 

 fled he will extend the influence and use- 

 fulness of the Hakdwood Record in many 

 ways. 



It is with no little feeling of regret that 

 I withdraw from the lumber journalistic 

 field, but this regret is in a measure offset 

 in the belief that my successor will better 

 serve the hardwood industry of the coun- 

 try. 



I take this opportunity to thank you for 

 your support and good will in the past, 

 and bespeak for the Hardwood Record your 

 continued patronage. 



Carl V. Kimball. 



Publisher's Announcement. 



The kind words of Mr. Kimball, as ex- 

 pressed in the foregoing announcement, are 

 sincerely appreciated, and his hundreds of 

 friends engaged in the hardwood lumber 

 business will have only the heartiest 

 wishes for his prosperity in whatever line 

 of endeavor he may engage. Mr. Kimball 

 entered the field of journalism as owner 

 and manager, inexperienced in the line of 

 work, and his success, considerin_g his handi- 

 caps, has been remarkable. He has pub- 

 lished a clean newspaper, and has been 

 instrumental in assisting in the prosperity 

 of the hardwood trade of the country, and 

 notably has contributed to the ultimate 

 purification of the Chicago hardwood market. 

 It will therefore be with regret that many 

 people will note his abandonment of lum- 

 iDer journalism to engage in another enter- 

 prise. 



In this connection no little credit is due 

 to Charles D. Strode, who has done much 

 toward the building of the Hardwood Rec- 



ord, and to better hardwood conditions the 

 country over. He is enthusiastic in the 

 work, and has hosts of friends in the trade. 

 He will continue with the new Hardwood 

 Record. Mr. Strode will not only contribute 

 more or less of his quaint philosophy and 

 other editorial and news matters to the 

 paper, but will personally visit the hard- 

 wood trade of the Mississippi valley from 

 Wisconsin to New Orleans. 



The writer has organized a corporation 

 under the laws of the state of Illinois, 

 amply capitalized to continue the publi- 

 cation of the Hardwood Record on some 

 what broader lines than in the past. Prom- 

 ises, like delays, have dangerous ends, and 

 therefore the Hardwood Record is going 

 to make few promises for the future; but 

 to paraphrase Emerson— it wishes to pass 

 for what it is. 



The aim of the publishers will be to build 

 a distinctly hardwood lumber newspaper 

 that will be a credit to this great branch of 

 the lumber industry. It is intended pri- 

 marily to make a hardwood lumber news- 

 paper. Beyond that, the publication will 

 involve thorough discussions of American 

 hardwood forests in detail, and each num- 

 ber will contain a comprehensive illustrated 

 description of some specific variety of 

 American commercial woods. 



The wood veneer industry will receive 

 careful attention; the progress in the pro- 

 duction of wood chemicals will be frequent- 

 ly discussed; and sawmill and woodworking 

 machinery adapted to the manufacture and 

 working of hardwoods will be a permanent 

 feature; modern interior hardwood finish 

 and door production wiU receive adequate 

 attention. 



The foregoing, with the discussion of 

 other topics pertinent to the trade, will be 

 the chief literary features of the paper, 

 E>side from the quaintly humorous articles 

 contributed by Charles D. Strode, which 

 will be continued as in the past. An analy- 

 sis of hardwood market conditions in this 

 country and abroad, will be published each 

 week. 



~ A distinct and novel feature of the 

 Hakdwood Record will be a full page 

 photogravure portrait supplement, executed 

 in an exceptionally artistic manner, which 

 will present the pictures of men who have 

 contributed to the history of the hardwood 

 lumber industry of America. It is believed 

 that these portraits of distinguished men 



of the trade will be deemed worthy of fram- 

 ing and in many cases become adornments 

 to the offices of members of the trade. 



The Hardwood Record bespeaks for 

 itself merely unprejudiced consideration, and 

 to such support as its merit and integrity en- 

 titles it. 



From its very first issue the circulation of 

 the paper will be doubled, which is as great 

 an increase as is permissible under the pos- 

 tal regulations. This volume of circulation 

 at least will be maintained during 1905. 



New Hardwood Eecord Headquarters. 



The new offices of the Hardwood Record 

 are located on the Dearborn street front of 

 the Ellsworth building, which is a modern 

 office structure running through from Dear- 



ELLSWORTHI BUILDING, 



355 Dearborn Street. 



New Home of the Hardwood Recokd. 



born street to Plymouth place, and within a 

 hundred feet of Harrison street. It is 

 within a block of the station of the ele- 

 vated railway at the corner of Dearborn and 

 Van Buren streets. The building is con- 

 venient of access from all the Chicago pas- 

 senger terminals, as it lies about midway 

 between them. The building has a front- 

 age of seventy-five feet and bears the num- 

 bers 353-355-357 Dearborn street, and 88- 

 90-92 Plymouth place. It is of steel con- 

 struction, fire proof and first-class in every 

 particular. The halls and corridors, includ- 

 ing the floors, are finished in marble, while 

 the interior woodwork of the offices is ma- 

 hoganized curly birch with tuna finish, and 



