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to them the value of this one of the several 

 service departments it maintains. 



The secretary also has a roster and report on 

 a good many applicants for positions in various 

 details of the lumber business, and is usually 

 able to commend some applicant for almost any 

 job that is offered. This work will save a con- 

 siderable loss to lumbermen who through spe- 

 cious representations employ men whose work 

 is unsatisfactory and cvpensive. 



Tlie secretary announces that he is receiving 

 a very handsome aacretion in membership, which 

 is indicative of the srowing appreciation in 

 which the association is held by the trade. 



St. Louis Lumbermen's Club Meeting 



The regular monthly meeting and dinner of 

 the Lumbermen's Club was held at the Planters 

 hotel, St. Louis, Tuesday evening. Mar. 12. 



There was a big attendance, not only of the 

 members of the club but of visitors and guests. 

 The business meeting followed the dinner. 



rresident Henry G. Rolfes presided. The 

 chairman of the entertainment committee, .1. E. 

 Gatewood. after a few preliminary remarks, 

 introduced William E. Barns as toastmaster. 

 After acknowledging the honor conferred on him, 

 Mr. Barns introduced the principal speaker of 

 the evening, B. V. Bush, president of the Mis- 

 souri Pacific & Iron Mountain Railroad compa- 

 nies. Mr. Barns stated Mr. Bush was a con- 

 structive railroad man and not a wizard of Wall 

 street and was striving to get in close touch 

 with the firms, individuals and industries making 

 use of his lines. 



Mr. Bush spoke of the relation of the railroads 

 to the lumber industry. He told of the extent 

 of the lumber business along the lines of his 

 roads and of the vastness of the St. Louis luml)er 

 industries. He told how the prices of lumber 

 were governed by the railroad demand, and of 

 the mutual interests of the lumber trade with 

 the railroads. 



Among the other speakers who followed were ; 

 Samuel .1. Carpenter, president of the Yellow 

 Pine Manufacturers' Association and of the Trc- 

 mont Lumber Company of Winnfield, La. : Charles 

 S. Keith, president of the Central Coal & Coke 

 Company of Kansas City, Mo. ; O. L. Renway of 

 the Xatalbany Lumber Company of Hammond, 

 La. : E. J. I'carson, first vice-president of the 

 Missouri Pacific : M. C. Markham. assistant to 

 President Bush, of the Missouri Pacific & Iron 

 Mountain Railroads System ; Eli Weiner of 

 Keltys. Tex. : \V. T. Murray of Fordyce, 

 Ark. ; Edward Bower of Eagle Mills : F. Gun- 

 ther of Kansas City : S. H. Fullerton of the 

 Chicago Luml)er & Coal Company. St. Louis : 

 W. M. Becbe of Kansas City : C. D. Johnson of 

 the Frost-.Iohnson Lumber Company, St. Louis, 

 and .lulius Seldel of the .Julius Seldel Lumber 

 Company, St. Louis. 



A rising vote of thanks was extended to Mr. 

 Bush for bis interesting talk. 



President Rolfes then announced that it was 

 his .sad duty to announce the death of the wife 

 of Thomas W. Fry, and a committee of three, 

 composed of Thomas E. Powe, chairman, H. G. 

 Rolfes and .TuUus Seldel was appointed to pre- 

 liare a suitable memorial. The resolution was 

 as follows : 



WiiERKAS, The St. Louis Lumbermen's Club 

 at Its monthly meeting, this 12th day of March, 

 learns with profound sorrow that one of our 

 members, Mr. Thomas W. Fry, has lost by death, 

 early this morning, his beloved wife, the cherished 

 companion of his life, the devoted mother of his 

 children : and 



WitEiiKAS, Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to 

 our stricken fellow member In this sad hour of 

 his great loss and bereavement : therefore, be It 



IlKsoiAxr), That the meml)ers of the Lumber- 

 men's Club of St. Jxiuls extend to the sorrowing 

 family of the departed one onr most sincere 

 condolence and heartfelt sympathy in the loss 

 which has befallen them; and 



RKsor.vED, That copies of this resolution he 

 sent to our bereaved business comrade, Mr. Fry, 



and also the various lumber trade journals here 

 and elsewhere, and that this resolution be spread 

 on the minutes of this meeting as a token of 

 respect to the memory of the deceased. 

 The meeting then adjourned. 



Commence Season's Sawing 



The Yellow Poplar Lumber romi)aiiy. Coal 

 Grove, O.. started its season's sawing on JIar. 

 IS, and expects to cut continuously for the re- 

 mainder of the year. This season the company 

 has an unusuall,v choice stock of virgin yellow 

 poplar and white oak logs to manufacture. This 

 is the first year that the Y'eliow Poplar Lumber 

 Company, in a general way, has gone into oak 

 production, but from now on it will be a con- 

 siderable factor not only in yellow i)0i)lai', but 

 in white oak as well. The oak stumpage owned 

 by this company, which comes from Dickinson 

 county, Virginia, at the headwaters of the Big 

 Sandy river, is of an- exceptionally fine texture 

 and general character. Unlike a conslderable 

 portlon of the white oak of eastern Kentucky, 

 it is essentially free from worm defect, and is 

 of large and uniform size. 



Of course, the Y'eliow Poplar Lumber Com- 

 pany's big planing mill is also in operation, and 

 produces all varieties of siding, interior finish 

 and mouldings, as well as dimension stock and 

 box shooks. 



Brazine Agency 



E. C. Atkins & Co.. the 

 silver steel saw people, 

 have Just closed a contract 

 with .7. D. GcBott, inven- 

 tor of brazine. 



Under this contract, the 

 Atkins company has be- 

 come exclusive sales agent 

 for the United States and 

 Canada. 



Brazine is said to be 

 the most effective com- 

 pound that has ever been 

 used for cleaning laps of 

 band saws for brazing 

 purposes. No acid or other 

 chemical need be used. 

 Free sample bottle will be 

 forwarded from Indian- 

 apolis upon rcijucst. 



cylinder are discharged at the back end of the 

 machine through a chamber cored through the 

 frame. The mouth of the opcring is tapped and 

 lurnlshed with screws to form a connection with 

 exha\ist pipe. 



The tables measure seven feet from o\it to out. 

 nn exceedingly desirable length for fine planing. 

 They are fitted to the frame and slide in planed 

 and scraped angular ways, and are. provided 

 with gibs to take up for wear. A hand wheel 

 and screw at either end of the machine arc used 

 for adjusting the tables horizontally, to regulate 

 I lie depth of the cut. The end of the tables at 

 throat form an opening 1^', inches wide when 

 the machine is set for ordinary planing, at all 

 positions keeping outside the radius of the cut- 

 ting Hue of the knives. A finishing cut Is 

 removed from the top surface and side of the 

 tables after they are fitted to the frame, making 

 them absolutely true and parallel with each 

 other. 



The journal boxes are lined with genuine bab- 

 bitt metal, supplied with cups and self oiling 

 chambers. A shield surrounds the boxes, pre- 

 venting the admission of dust to the bearings, 

 and the operator from coming in contact with 

 the oil. An improved adjustable fence accompa- 

 ines each machine which Is adjustable over the 

 whole surface of the table, and can be instantly 

 set in an angle while the machine is in motion. 

 The maciiine occupies a floor space ^fl" by .S4" 

 and requires 4i{. horsepower to drive it, 



.\n.v one desiring further information on this 

 machine may secure it by writing the Defiance 

 .Machine Works, Defiance. O. 



Meeting Philadelphia Lumbermen's 

 Exchange 



The regular monthly meeting of the Lumber- 

 men's Exchange of Philadelphia, preceded by a 

 luncheon, was held Mar. 14, with President Wil- 

 liam C. MacBride in the chair. After the read- 

 ing of the minutes of the previous meeting, a 

 letter from the American Academy of Political 

 and Social Science, was read, requesting the 

 exchange to send delegates to the annual meet- 

 ing of this organization to be held Mar. 2!) and 

 '.W. Upon motion the chair appointed W. T. 

 Belts, F. S. iTnderhlU and \V. II. Smedley to 

 serve as a committee. On motion, tlie exchange 



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Defiance 24-Inch Hand-Feed Planing and 



Jointing Machine 



The 24-lncli hand feed planing and jointing 

 machine llluslraled on this page Is In general 

 use by the leading wood-working shops through- 

 out the world. It Is adapted to a wide range of 

 uses and performs the work In a superior manner. 

 and effects nn Immense saving over hanil labor. 

 It Is recommended for straight planing, squaring 

 up, taking riiit of wind, cornering, chamfering, 

 beveling and nmking glue Joints. 



The cylinder is made of forged steel, and Is 

 24 Inches wide. The frame Is heavy and sub- 

 stantial, cast In one piece, very slIlT and durable, 

 proiierly suiijiortlng the tables and keeiilng thim 

 in allgnnienl. The chips anrl dnst from tin' 



endorsed the action taken by the Joint executive 

 committee on the improvement of the harbor of 

 I'hlladelpbia and the Delaware and Schuylkill 

 rivers. It was resolved at this meeting that the 

 exchange take part in the reception planned 

 for the delegates of the foreign chamber of 

 commerce, at the Fifth International Congress 

 cil' Chamber of Commerce and Commercial and 

 Industrial Association, to he held In Boston, lu 

 Sept. 1912. 



I'pon motion of \V. II. Smedley, a resolution 

 was unanimously adopted, to i)lace Edwin II. 

 I'oane, of the I'ennsylvanla L\iml>ermen's Mu- 

 tual Fire Insurance Company, who was the first 

 liri'sldent and secretary of the Lumbermen's Ex- 

 change, on the homirary membership list. 



