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walnut buyers. Auy others interested can h;i\c the address on 

 application. — Editor. 



B 462— Seeks Basswood for Export 



LiTcrpooI, May 19. — Editor H.uidwood Record : We have several large 

 buyers of basswood boards both in prime and No. 1 qualities. Can you 

 tell us of a source of suppl.T for this wood? Wo can secure several large 

 orders if prices are right. . 



The writer of the above letter, which is a leading Liverpool 

 house of timber brokers, has been given a brief list of manufac- 

 turers of basswood. Any others interested in the inquiry can have 

 the address on application. — Editor. 



B 463 — Interested in "General Grant's Living Monument" 



Broolslyu, N. Y., May 9. — Editor ILvrdwood Recokd : I am very much 

 interested in the cover picture of the April 25 number Hardwood Record, 

 being a member of the U. S. Grant Post, G. A. R. of the city of Brooklyn, 

 and know they would be very much interested in further data concerning 

 the tree which the general planted. Can you give me further facts 

 aliout this, and can I get a good photograph of the same? 



Frank K. Fairchild. 



The writer of the above letter has been advised that all the 

 information we have on the subject of the elm planted by General 

 Grant was published in the issue of Hardwood Eecord referred to. 

 He has been further advised that we can supply him with a 

 bromide of the photograph in question. — Editor. 



B 464 — Seeks American or Canadian Doors 



Liverpool, May 2. — Editor IIaiujwuod Kecurd : We shall be glad it 

 you can put us in touch with manufacturers of American and Canadian 

 doors of a good tliird quality. We supply a very large proportion of the 

 Swedish limber used in this coimtry for building purposes, and if we can 

 get in touch with the door manufacturers we should be able to move 

 from IQ.OOO to 20,000 doors in the first year, with a very good prospect 

 of increasing it to 50,000 if wc can secure a good brand at a reasonable 

 price. ' ; . 



The above letter is from a large timber importing house and 

 has been supplied with a list of large manufacturers of American 

 doors. Any others interested can have the address on application. 

 — Editor. 



B 465 — Seeks Curly Maple 



Syracuse, N. Y., May 0. — Editor Hahdwhod Record : We want to buy 

 some curly maple in 4/4, 6/4 and 8/4 thicknesses either firsts and seconds 

 or No. 1 common and better grades. We do not want any birds-eye and 

 the luml)er must be dry enough to put in the kiln at once. 



The above inquiry is from a leading chair manufacturing house. 

 Anyone who can supply this lumber is invited to advise us, that 

 we can communicate the address to the writer, — Editor. 

 B 466 — Seeks Ash Handle Bolts 



New Y'ork. May 15. — Editor Hardw'OOD Record : Can you give us the 

 names of some reliable manufacturers of ash dimension stock for turning 

 into handles for hay forks, about 1',^" square, 4' to T long? 



The writer of the above letter has been given a brief list of 

 jiroducers of ash dimension. Any others interested can have the 

 address on application. — Editok. ' 



^ews Miscellany 



Meeting of Eastern Commissary Managers 

 The annual meeting of the members of the National Commissary Man- 

 agers' Association in the East was held at Lynchburg. Va., May 21 and 22. 

 This meeting embraced only the southeastern states, in which membership 

 to the association is maintained. The usual order of business was fol- 

 lowed and many interesting talks delivered. Some of the subjects' were 

 handling of correspondents, handling cash sales, figuring costs, eliminating 

 losses in leaks and increasing sales. 



Keunion of Confederate Veterans at Chattanooga 



While the prospective reunion of the LTnited Confederate Veterans, 

 which will take place at Chattanooga. Tenn., on May 27-29, has no direct 

 bearing upon the lumber business, still in an indirect way it brings to 

 mind a condition with which all those associated with the hardwood busi- 

 ness in the South are at least unconsciously familiar. The advance of 

 industry has swept away the traditional hatred of the Yankee, and of 

 late years his coming into the South has been welcomed by the more 

 progressive southerners. In fact, it is unquestionably true that the bulk 

 of development in most of the southern states is directly the result of 

 northern energy and capital,, or at least northern encrg.v plus southern 

 capital. 



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■^^! /■'"', •''•^' **"■ '■™"'''" ''^ *° ^^ "^ •■>" iiUJortant lumber center 

 mrght be of mterest to hardwood men who get to Chattanoogaoceasion 

 ay. This ,vear ,s the semi-centennial of the famous battles of Chickaman"^ 

 M.ss,onar.v Ridge, and the Battle Above the Clouds upon he "i lUs 

 o Lookout Mountain. This is the first time the reunion ha been hd 

 on these old battlegrounds since 1890. and it is expected that theic w U 

 be an attendance of survivors and descendants from all over the coun rv 

 vfsUo.r'" " ™"'""' """"""' """"^ ^''"- "^'^ entertainment "r the 

 Grand Rapids Lumbermen's Association Annual on May 27 



The annual meeting of the .Jrand Rapids Lurabermeu-s Asso.-iation as 

 arranged by the com.uittee composed of L. L. Skillman. Carl Schnede" and 



n-ff fi n r^; ""' '^'"' "'"'' ™ ''■■"'' --'■ There will be two tTcl ets 

 m the field the "stand-patters" offering for president W. R. Smith X- 

 presidents, Gerald McCoy and Henry Schneider: secretary, A. M Mannln<^ • 



vT'cros man f''""'^'"''"/- '"''' "P™^----" ticket will consi" "of 

 ^ . L Ciossman for president ; A. r. Newton and W. R. Smith vice- 

 presidents : Zeno Nelson, secretary, and Carl Schneider, treasurer 

 Program of National Hardwood Meetin°- 

 The National Ilardwoo.i Lumber Association has just issued invitations 

 and programs for its forthcoming convention at the Hotel Sherman Cht 

 cage June o and 6. In addition to the membership of over eight hundred 

 and fifty, more than three thousand additional firms received invitations 

 The as.soc.at,on invites every manufacturer and wholesale dealer con: 



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^-i^^^^^^r^^^^ Of members 



12 :30 p. m.^ — Intermission for lunch, 

 ijj P'. °V, — ■'^I'fciai Committee on Overweight Claims Tnnina i? cto,.i. 

 Address Harry A. Wheeler, president Chambei- of C^mmeree of ?he U s' 

 f. k Pri?cSard.*"' Committee, Ed T. Miller. Inspection^Rules^Commmel; 



D„ , r„, , PROriRAM OF ENTERTAINMENT 



desk at entrance to convention hall. •^'-cuic ricKeis at legistiation 



T1„„.=,l, • entertainment FOR LADIES 



mi^;^ ■l^:^.^^^^^iri^;ll^'"^^ to -<>-• Report of Com- 



12 :.!0 p. m. — Intermission for lunch, 

 =,>i '■'^'^.l'- m.— Unfinished business. Election of officers to serve One vear • 

 d1?;?to'J"to"s';j?ve*"tro";ea?sr ^""•"'^ ^ """^ ''''''°' '° -^^-'^o^^ y^^^YZe 



„ ., . PUOGEAM OP ENTERTAINMENT 



l-riday evening, .Tunc 6, at 1:30 o'clock—Smoker, vaudeville and buffet 

 luncheon in banquet hall (convention room floor) ' No tickets necessary 



. ENTERTAINMENT FOR LADIES 



Friday evening June 0, a theater party will be given for the ladies 

 Secure tickets at ladies' registration desk I conventioh b,™l floori 



After theater— Luncheon, music and informal dancing in banquet hall 

 Hotel .Sherman (convention hall floor) ujuquLt n.ui, 



hall™''"''"°'~^''^"^'' register early, registration desk, entrance convention 

 Next Meeting of Conservation Congress Slated for November 



It is aunuuiic.d liom the oitic of the president of the Nath.ual Con- 

 servation Congress that the fifth congress will meet at Washington, 

 D. C, toward the middle of next November. Among the important sub- 

 jects to be considered will be water power and forestry problems One 

 of the chief objects of the congress is to decide on conservation policies 

 which will be urged on the state and federal governments for practical 

 application. ^ Form.-il notice of the congivss will be issued later. 

 Postponement of Arkansas Lumbermen's Trip 



The much discussed proposed trip of the Lumbermen's Club of Arkansas 

 to cover every important sawmill point in the state has been postponed 

 from May 10 to October 20. The chairman of the board of arrangements 

 who makes the announcement of the postponement, says th.at it is due to 

 the flooded conditions at the mill points in eastern and southeastern 

 Arkansas, and that it comes at the request of owners of these plants. 

 The action was taken by the special committee after having received 

 many comirninic.-itioiis fiom lumbeimeu in the flooded sections. 

 Memphis Lumbermen in Semi-Monthly Meeting 



After transacting such business as came before it at the Hotel Gayoso. 

 Saturday, May 17, the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis adjourned for the 

 summer months. 



One of the principal features of this meeting was the detailed report 

 of John W. McClure who went to Washington to attend the weight hearing 

 before the Interstate Commerce Commission. This was quite a lengthy 

 report. The gist of it has already been published in Hardwood Record. 

 The club voted to accept the report and to extend to Mr. McClure a 

 special vote of thanks for the very thorough manner in which he had 

 handled this subject. 



The entertainment committee reported that the Arkansas Lumbermen's 

 Club had postponed the trip over the state and that, because of this 

 fact, it would be impossible for the Lumbermen's Club of Memphis to 

 carry out its plans for the entertainment of that body. The trip will not 

 be made until Oct. 20. 



