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ties of which he knows advise that the 

 initial temperature in correct seasoning of 

 any variety or thickness of oak or birch 

 should start off at approximately eighty 

 degrees and be gradually increased as the 

 drying progresses, and eventually finish at 

 not to exceed one hundred eighty degrees. 

 The necessary humidity would vary ma- 

 terially in the type of kiln employed and 



by the outside atmosphcTic conditions. — 

 Editor. 



B 169 — In Market for Oak Flitch 



FiiANKLiN. ().. .I;in. ."i. — Editor Haudwocid Rec- 

 ord : I would like to be placed in communication 

 witli firms having quartered oak flitch tor sale. 



The above letter is from a sawed veneer 

 producer, and any of Hardwood Eecord 's 

 clients wishing the address can have it by 



referring to B IfiO, this office. — Editor. 



Annual St. louis Lumbermen's Exchange 



The Lumbermen's Exchange of St. Louis held 

 its annual caucus and banquet at the Missouri 

 Athletic Club, on the evening of Dec. 28. The 

 attendance of members of the exchange and 

 guests was large. The program was an enter- 

 taining one. 



After the banquet President Koland F. Krebs 

 read his annual address. He stated tbat several 

 guests had been invited but had been unable to 

 be present. Among them wore Harbor Commis- 

 sioner Hellmich and Building Commissioner Mc- 

 Kelvey. He then read a telegram from W. W. 

 Dings, sent from Eldorado. Tex., stating that he 

 regretted being so far away but that business 

 had called him. A letter was also read from 

 Lloyd G. Harris, in which it was stated that his 

 health prevented his attendance. 



Following the reading of Secretary George 

 McBlair's report. President Krebs mentioned the 

 fight that was being made on the increase in 

 freight rates and the effort being made to put 

 them back to where they were several months 

 ago and followed his remarks by introducing 

 Thos. E. Powe, chairman of the traffic com- 

 mittee. 



Mr. Powe, before giving a resume of the 

 freight rate situation, said that the holidays and 

 a new family had prevented his making a more 

 complete report. 



During his remarks Mr. Powe said that the 

 lumbermen's side of the freight rate contro- 

 versy would be heard on Jan. 25 and also stated 

 that additional funds to help defray expenses 

 would be received either by Secretary McBlair 

 or himself. He also suggested a more vigor- 

 ous advertising campaign for wood as against 

 steel and presented several statistics from Hard- 

 wood Record to show that steel cars were 

 really not as safe as wooden ones, notwith- 

 standing that the majority of people believed 

 the contrary. 



A committee to nominate candidates for the 

 officers for lvll2 composed of Thos. \A'. Fry, 

 Franz Waldstein. F. C. Moore and Geo. H. 

 Cottrill was named and it retired to make the 

 slates. 



During its absence. .Tames E. Gatewood spoke 

 on the persecution aud prosecution of the lum- 

 ber industry tnroughout the country and read 

 the resolutions adopted by the Board of Di- 

 rectors of the Lumbermen's Club of St. Louis 

 on Oct. 17. He told of the publicity given the 

 resolutions and then analyzed the Sherman anti- 

 trust law. 



When Mr. Gatewood had finished, the reso- 

 lutions were unanimously adopted by the ex- 

 change. 



The nominating committee having returned, 

 made their report, which was as follows. Two 

 tickets were nominated : 



Thos. E. Powe. . President .\1. .Johanning. 



-\I .Tolianning. . . Vice President . Thos. E. Powe. 



Kcilaiid K. Krebs. Direitor Roland F. Krebs. 



.luliiis Seidel . . . nireetor Julius Seidel. 



Fi-anz Waldstein. 1 lirei'tor F. H. Smith. 



W. W. Milne. . . . I'inctor J. R. Massengale. 



Frank C. Moore. . Director L. E. Cornelius. 



Cbas. E. Thomas. Director Wm. Lothman, Jr. 



E. H.I.uohrmann. Director W. U. I'hivvis 



Geo. IL Cottrill.. Arl)itrator . . . . C. I,. Culler. 

 C. H. C. Beckers. Arbitrator .... Thos. Noser. 

 H. Teckemeyer. . Arbitrator .... Leo Buder 



J. A. Rebels .Arbitrator H. A. Boeckeler. 



Frank Gram Arbitrator ....CD. Borrowman. 



The report of the committee was unanimously 

 adopted. 



H. A. Boeckeler here introduced a resolu- 

 tion touching the completion of the municipal 

 free bridge. It was generally discused pro and 

 con and after being variously amended, it was 

 finally referred to the Board of Directors for 

 consideration. 



The exchange unanimously voted to pledge to 

 the fund being raised to bring the Democratic 

 National Convention to St. Louis, .$5.00 for each 

 member. 



After a motion was made and unanimously 

 carried, that a rising vote of thanks be given 

 to President Krelis for the work he had done 

 for the exchange during his term of office, the 

 meeting adjourned. 



At the annual election of officers of the ex- 

 change, held in its rooms in the Wright build- 

 ing, Tuesday. Jan. 2. Thos. E. Powe. president 

 of me I'owe Lumber Company, was elected presi- 

 dent and Alfred W. Johanning. president of 

 the A. Johanning Lumber Company, was elected 

 vice-president. The election was one of the 

 most spirited held in many years and the result 

 was very close. 



The board of directors named were : Roland 

 F. Krebs, Franz Waldstein. Charles E. Thomas. 

 W. W. Milne, Edward H. Luehrmann, Julius 

 Seidel and Frank C. Moore. The arbitrators 

 elected were : George H. Cottrill, C. H. L. 

 Beckers. Harry W. Teckemeyer, J. A. Rebels and 

 Frank Gram. 



Meeting Memphis Lumbermen's Club 



The first meeting of the Lumbermen's Club 

 o£ Memphis for 1912 was held at Hotel Gayoso 

 .Tan. 6 with sixty-six members and visitors 

 present and witnessed the installation of the 

 new officers. Ex-President Stark and Secretary- 

 Treasurer J. R. McFadden submitted reports 

 covering the past year, and the new president, 

 F. B. Robertson, on taking the chair proposed 

 .1 rising vote of thanks to the retiring ad- 

 ministration for the splendid manner in which 

 they had fulfilled their duties during 1911. Fol- 

 lowing this, be named the standing committees 

 for 1912, which are as follows : 



Law and Insdkance — J. W. Rush, chairman : 

 F. E. Gary, W. E. Nickey, J. R. Bailey and Sam 

 Burgess. 



EXTERTAIN-MEXT — J. W. Dickson, Chairman ; 

 W. A. Ransom, S. C. Major, P. B. Stonebraker 

 and R. J. Lockwood. 



I.VFORMATION — M. B. Cooper. chairman : J. W. 

 McClure, L. W. Ford, F. W. Dugen and D. F. 

 Heuer. 



Mejieership — W. A. Stark, chairman; J. F. 

 McSweyn. C. C. Lattaner, J. S. Morris and 

 Harry Stimson. 



PiBLiciTY — C. G. Kadler. George C. Ehemann, 

 R. Sondheimer, James Thompson and E. W. 

 Tschudy. 



Resolutions — George W. Fooshe. W. R. Barks- 

 dale. J. W. Wyatt, .\. S. Fritchey and F. C. 

 Zupke. 



RiVKU AXD Rail — C. D. llendrickson. James 

 E. Stark, W. B. Morgan, Frank May and C. M. 

 Kellogg. 



Statistics — George O. Friedel. O. M. Krebs, 

 J. R. McFadden, D. D. Nellis and G. E. Bailey. 



Very little new business was transacted. One 

 application for membership was received and 

 referred to the proper committee. Several com- 

 munications were read, one being an invitation 

 to attend the meeting of the Indiana Hardwood 

 Lumber Association, and another to attend the 

 annual banquet of the Nashville Lumbermen's 

 Club. 



A committee was appointed to co-operate with 

 similar committees from other organizations in 

 arranging a fitting celebration of the opening of 

 the new I'nion Passenger Station, while an- 

 other committee was appointed to work with 

 other committees to secure the wagonway on 

 the new bridge acro.ss the Mississippi to he built 

 by the Rock Island System. 



The question of securing permanent quarters 

 for the club was disposed of by the prompt mak- 

 ing of a motion looking to the re-opening of 

 this matter. 



Annual Ke-Union Philadelphia Exchange 



The Lumbermen's Exchange of Philadelphia 

 held its usual jollification at the close of the 

 .year, on the afternoon of Dec. 30. in the Griffith 

 hall. It was largely attended, and the enter- 

 tainment provided was greatly enjoyed by every- 

 one present. A finely appointed luncheon was 

 announced at twelve o'clock, which was followed 

 by rag time music on the piano by Prof. Adams. 

 Next on the program came .loe Lanigan rthe 

 skinny comedian), who convulsed his hearers 

 with his inimitable comic songs and recitations. 

 X noted ventriloquist then appeared on the .scene 

 to astound the audience with his most incredible 

 vocal feats. As a wind up -'Agosten," king of 

 cards, who as a performer of tricks has no equal, 

 made an exhibition of his powers, to the con- 

 sternation of the onlookers. 

 , The entertainment was a rousing success for 

 which great credit is due the office and enter- 

 tainment committee, composed of George A. 

 Howes, chairman : James A. Richardson. George 

 Rodgmen. Killam E. Bennett and Joseph P. 

 Comegys. 



Annual National Wholesale Lumber Dealers' 

 Association 



At the meeting of the trustees of the National 

 Wholesale Lumber Dealers' Association held at 

 New York on Dec. 21, it was unanimously voted 

 to hold the next annual meeting of the organi- 

 zation at Louisville, Ky., on Wednesday and 

 Thursday, JIarch 6 and 7. The trustees received 

 a number of invitations from several other 

 cities, but after considering the matter most 

 carefully, believed the best interests of the or- 

 ganization would be served by holding the meet- 

 ing at Louisville. 



The members of the association in that city, 

 headed by T. M. Brown, president of the Louis- 

 ville Hardwood Club, were energetic in their 

 efforts to secure the meeting for Loui.sville. and 

 as a result the advantages set forth for his 

 home town by this gentleman and his confreres 

 caused the trustees to decide definitely on the 

 Falls City as the place of meeting. This next 

 meeting of the association will be the twentieth 

 annual. 



The reports submitted to the trustees at the 

 meeting noted were very interesting, and showed 

 that much progress has been made since the last 

 annual meeting held at Washington. This ster- 

 > ling association, which ha.s always steadily ad- 

 vanced and kept pace with the progress of the 

 lumber trade, shows as usual a subistautial in- 

 crease in membership during the last year. The 

 entire board of trustees was present at the 

 meeting. 



Both the association and the lumber contin- 

 gent of Louisville are to be congratulated on 

 having this important meeting held at the Falls 

 City. 



