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curacy his sale contracts, will certainly con- 

 tribute to the prosperity of his new venture. 



It is understood that the old firm of Schultz, 

 HoUoway & Co. is being reorganized into a stoclj 

 company, and will be continued by J. M. Schultz 

 and associates. 



Death of George E. Frost 



The Grim Reaper is surely playing havoc with 

 the principals of the Frost Veneer Seating Com- 

 pany of New York, Newport. Vt.. and Sheboy- 

 gan, Wis. It was only a few weeks ago that 

 death overtook Albert H. Frost, president of 

 the Newport and New York concerns, and vice- 

 president of the Sheboygan plant. On March 6, 

 George E. Frost, president of the company, 

 passed away in New York City. 



Mr. Frost was in his sixty-seventh year and 

 died suddenly from acute indigestion. The burial 

 took place in the family plot at Woodlawn ceme- 

 tery at Everett, Mass. The surviving members 

 of the corporation and the families of the de- 

 ceased have the sincere condolence of the many 

 friends of the Messrs. Frost in the veneer in- 

 dustry. 



New Cross-Ciit Saw Set 



E. C. Atkins & Co., the silver steel saw people, 

 have recently put out a new tool for setting 

 cross-cut saws. The set is made with a pistol 

 grip. The hammer blow, reaching the tooth 

 through the plunger, prevents any likelihood of 

 breaking the saw tooth. The amount of set may 

 be regulated by moving the top slide. Absolute 

 uniformity is assured as well as maximum speed. 

 It is made of fine crucible steel, and Is handsome- 

 ly finished. 



Orders may be placed through your regular 

 dealer, or through the manufacturers at Indian- 

 apolis, or any of their branches. 



soon it will leave tor the North Carolina timber 

 country, where it will spend a couple of months 

 before again moving northward and westward. 

 A large number of students are now being en- 

 rolled for the coming season. 



Death of Mrs. Thomas W. Fry 



The hosts of friends of Thomas Vt. Fry of St. 

 Louis, of the Chas. F. Luehrm.inn Hardwood 

 Lumber Company, will sincerely condole with 

 him in the death of his wife, Mrs. Jessie Fry, 

 which occurred at the family residence, from 

 heart failure, on March 12. Although Mrs. Fry 

 had been in poor health for more than a year, 

 her death was unexpected. 



Her husband and three infant children sur- 

 vive her untimely passing. 



New Eastern Hardwood Company 



On Mar. IS incorporation papers were filed 

 at Monpelier, Vt.. by the New England Hardwood 

 Company of Wilmington, Vt., with a capital 

 stock of $300,000. The company, it is announced, 

 will do a timber and log business. The papers 

 are signed by Herbert S. Jones, Buffalo, N. Y., 

 Gardner I. Jones of Boston, and Harold F. Whit- 

 ney of Brattleboro, Vt. 



Gardner I. Jones of Boston is perhaps the 

 best known factor in this new enterprise, and 

 his friends will be glad to learn of this evi- 

 dence of prosperity in enlarging his already 

 comprehensive interests in lumber affairs. 



Getting Ready for the Annual 



The committee of which Murdock McLeod is 

 chairman, of the ChicaiiO Lumbermen's Associa- 

 tion, organized to finance the entertainment of 

 the forthcoming fifteenth annual convention of 

 the National Hardwood Lumber Association, 

 which will meet in Chicago, with headquarters 



ATKIXS NEW CROSS-CUT SAW SET 



Wisconsin Hardwood Cut 



The report of Secretary R. S. Kellogg of the 

 Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers' 

 Association shows that the total cut of hard- 

 woods during February, 1912, as recorded by 

 Cfty-six firms in his organization, was 24,794,- 

 000 feet, as compared with the corresponding 

 month of 1911 of 21,405,000 feet. The shipments 

 tor February, 1012, were 18,439,000 feet, as 

 compared with the shipments of 12,250,000 feet 

 in February a year ago. It will be noted that 

 there Is an Increase in the hardwood cut for 

 the month of sixteen per cent, and an increase 

 in shipments of fifty per cent. 



The Biltmore Forest School » 



Dr. C. A. Schenck and his Biltmore Forest 

 School recently have been actively engaged in 

 work in the Black Forest, and every member 

 of the school is very enthusiastic over the many 

 wonderful and interesting features of timber 

 growing found in this section of Germany. The 

 school is said to be surpassing itself this year 

 in the splendid work aoomplished. 



On Mar. 2 the school returned to its head- 

 quarters at Darmstadt, and on Mar. 12 left for 

 Rotterdam, from which point it sailed for the 

 United States. Hence, within a few days the 

 headquarters of the Biltmore Forest School will 

 be at Tupper lake, in the Adirondacks, where it 

 will observe the river drives as well as the plant- 

 ing works in the New York state forests. Very 



at the Sherman Htjuse, on June 6 and 7, is 

 busily engaged in raising the necessary funds 

 for an elaborate entertainment for one thou- 

 sand visitors who are expected to be present. 



It is believed this will be the largest hard- 

 wood convention ever held in the history of the 

 trade, as Chicago, both as a city and a lumber 

 center, together with the large local contingent 

 belonging to the association, will insure the 

 presence of a remarkably large number of mem- 

 bers and visitors. 



Cuban Hardwood Enterprise 



The E'l Ora Company was incorporated on Feb. 

 26 at Atlanta, Ga., for the purpose of importing 

 lumber from Cuba and distributing it from offices 

 in the United States. The concern will have its 

 ofHce in Atlanta. It has been incorporated with 

 .$70,000 with the privilege of increasing to $2,500,- 

 000. 



It already owns a tract of 2.000 acres of hard- 

 wood timber in Cuba, and it has been announced 

 that already machinery has been shipped for two 

 mills at El Crito. The timber here will be imme- 

 diately exploited, and the land converted into a 

 sugar cane and tobacco farm. 



American Machinery for Formosa 



A recent Daily Consular Report states that 

 the Formosa n government will immediately make 

 two important contracts with American firms. 

 The first is for the purchase of a steam sawmill 



costing $150,000, which will be placed with the 

 AUis-Chalmers Company of Milwaukee, Wis., and 

 the second is for a log handling apparatus cost- 

 ing $25,000 to be purchased of the Lidgerwood 

 Manufacturing Company of New York. Four 

 steam boilers costing $15,000 go to a Glasgow 

 house. 



The machinery is expected to arrive in May, 

 and will be used in the exploitation of the 

 Mount Arisan forest districts. The work is ex- 

 pected to cover five years. The government has 

 appropriated $2,450,000 to exploit these forests. 



Meeting Traffic Committee Ltmibermen's 

 Association 



On Mar. 16 the traffic committee of the Lum- 

 bermen's Association of Chicago held a meet- 

 ing at which traffic affairs came under a gen- 

 eral discussion. E. L. Ewing, traffic manager 

 of the Grand Rapids Lumbermen's Association, 

 was present and presented before the committee 

 the subject of the proper weighing of cars by 

 railroads, as well as a mass of evidence that he 

 has accumulated, showing the irregularities in 

 railroad practice in this particular. 



This matter is now before the Interstate Com- 

 merce Commission for a hearing, and everything 

 points to an action on the part of the commis- 

 sion that shall be favorable to the enforcement 

 of a system which shall insure more accurate 

 gross and tare weights on the part of trans- 

 portation lines. 



Circulation Statement 



In an address recently delivered before the 

 Chicago Press Club, Opie Read told the follow- 

 ing story : 



"When I was connected with the Arkansaw 

 Traveler I one day called upon a l^rge adver- 

 tiser to solicit his patronage. Naturally, the 

 first question he asked was as to the circulation 

 of my paper. "Where does it go?' he queried. 

 'Where does it go?' I replied, 'Why it goes north 

 and It goes south : it goes east and it goes west ; 

 and would have gone to hell long ago if it had 

 not been for me.' " — Lippincott's Magazine. 



A pound of care will not pay an ounce of 

 debt. — Spanish Proverb. 



Sophisticated 



Representative Henry, of Texas, was prais- 

 ing a Washington heiress. 



"She is the right sort," he said. "She went 

 abroad last year, and on. her return a friend 

 asked her : 



" 'Did you see many picturesque old ruins 

 ever there ' 



" 'Yes,' she answered, with a faint smile, 'and 

 six of them proposed.' " — Tid Bits. 



Miscellaneous Notes 



J. W. Turk, Bardwell. Ky.. has commenced 

 the manufacture of hardwood lumber. 



The Laconia Car Company, Boston, Mass., has 

 increased its capital from $500,000 to $2,000,000. 



The Broadway Lumber Company, Cleveland, 

 O., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $20,000. 



The .\marillo Lumber Company, Amarillo, 

 Tex., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $40,000. 



The Usher-Hart Lumber Company, Meridian, 

 Miss., recently began manufacturing and whole- 

 saling lumber. 



The Connell-Cowan Lumber Company, Cedar 

 Falls, la., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $30,000. 



The Jacksonville Lumber Company, Jackson- 

 ville, Fla., has been incorporated with a capital 

 stock of $50,000. 



The Georgia Chair Company, Flowery Branch, 

 Ga., has been incorporated with a capital stock 

 of $15,000, and will manufacture chairs. The 

 principal stockholders of the company are For- 



