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got a cheek for it, on the understanding 

 that he would say nothing about it. 



The story got out, however, and other 

 victims came onto the man until he was 

 finally forced to leave the country. 

 * * * 



"But of all the measly triclis I ever saw 

 played," said another man, "the one that 

 ■old man Farley played was the worst. 



"It was bacli in the old walnut days, and 

 he had been shipping out a lot of walnut 

 from a certain place and had accumulated 

 a lot of clear shorts, and he put his wits 

 to work as to how he might dispose of them 

 to good advantage. 



"Finally he loaded them Into a ear in 

 such manner that their shortness didn't 

 show. He covered them with a couple of 

 courses of nice long boards, and when he 

 was through the car appeared, just from 

 looking in at the door, to be loaded with as 

 fine a lot of stoclc as you could wish. 



"He brought the car to Chicago and took 

 a. dealer here out to see it He had to get 

 out of town that night, he said, and 

 wanted to lump the car off. .\fter some 

 dickering, and running a few of th» top 

 boards down for inspection, the dealer 

 bought the carload as it stood at something 

 like 5-^50. The deal was closed, the check 

 given and the men parted, both well 

 pleased with their bargain. 



"Then the dealer sent a team to bring 

 the lumber to the yard. In a short time 

 the man came back with a few hundred 

 feet of 14-foot boards in his wagon. 



" 'Why didn't you bring a load?' asked 

 tlie dealer. 



" 'If you want the balance of it,' said 

 the teamster, 'you'll have to send a wagon 

 with a box on it. There isn't a piece left 

 that is over G feet long.' " 



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It's a far cry from those days to *he 

 present, however, and it is getting farther 

 all the time. I don't mean to say that all 

 or even any large portion of the business 

 even in the early days was done on a basis 

 of trickery. Most of it was done on a fair, 

 legitimate basis^ but in writing a history 

 of the ti'ade enough of such instances could 

 be cited to break the monotony. And I'm 

 going to write that history some day — 

 when I get time. 



An Hoivored Member Apprecia.ted. 



A CHANGE IN LOCATION. 

 The American Lumber & JIanufacturing 

 Company of Pittsburg, Pa., found it nec- 

 essary to enlarge their office quarters. 

 They leased the entire second floor of the 

 Publication Building at 209 Ninth street, 

 some time ago, and had it remodeled to 

 suit their convenience. The following in- 

 vitation, neatly printed on what our lum- 

 ber expert says is a thin basswood veneer, 

 was received at The Record office: 



AMERICAX LUMBER & MFG. CO. 

 cordially requests your presence at the 

 opening of their new oflices, occu- 

 pying the entire second floor 

 "PUBLICATION BUILDING.': 

 209 Ninth Street, Pittsburg, Pa., 

 Saturday afternoon, April twelfth. 

 One to four o'clock. 



OUR FRIEND BILLY SMITH. 



The following extract from a Cairo ex- 

 change indicates that W. E, Smith, the 

 able and popular manager of the Three 

 States Lumber Company, better known 

 to the hardwood trade as "six-inches- 

 and-up" Smith, is appreciated in other 

 than lumber circles. The Cairo 

 paper speaks of Billy as being eloquent 

 and anyone who has heard him plead for 

 first and second eottonwood to be made 

 si.x inches and up in width, will not con- 

 tradict the statement. The Cairo paper 

 says: 



At a meeting of the Cairo Lodge No. 

 (i.'il, B. P. O. Elks, last evening the second 

 annual in.stallation of officers was held and 

 in all the meeting was one of the largest 

 and most enthusiastic which has been held 

 since the lodge has occupied its new quar- 

 ters on Commercial avenue. Cairo lodge, 

 althougii young, is acknowledged as one 

 of the best in the state, and its roster 

 show.'! the enroUmenti of .Cairo's miosit 

 prominent business men. 



After the initiations the work of install- 

 ing the new officers was taken up and 

 tlie services were conducted by the retiring 

 exalted ruler. W. E. Smith, who in his own 

 eloquent manner made the services impres- 

 sive and beautiful. 



The newly-elected officers wlio tool^ their 

 places after the installation were: 



Charles Fuechter. Jr., exalted ruler, 



H. S. Antrim, esteemed leading knight. 



B. JIcManus, .Tr., esteemed loyal knight. 



Charles Carey, esteemed lect. knight 



\V. H. Monrey. secretary. 



.1. H. Galligan. treasurer. 



Mr. W. E. Smith, tlie past exalted ruler, 

 who was relieved from tlie duties of the 

 chair after fifteen montlis of faithful serv- 

 ice, was surprised, and in a way shocked, 

 when Hon. Reed Green arose and in lan- 

 guage of his own caused Mr. Smith to 

 feel that his services were not appreciated 

 by the lodge, and for a few minutes as the 

 roasting proceeded, caused a look of anx- 

 iety on his face, Init it soon cleared away 

 when the spokesman stepped forward and 

 in behalf of the lodge pinned on the lapel 

 of Mr. Smith's coat a beautiful emblem, 

 consisting of a ma.ssive elk head of gold 

 surrounded by thirteen diamonds with the 

 inscription of "Pa.st Exalted Ruler," name 

 and number of his lodge. At this juncture 

 5Ir. Smith stood amazed, and the surprise 

 which had been arranged so quietly by 

 members of the lodge was sueli that it was 

 some time before he could find words to 

 express his feelings of thankfulness to his 

 brother elks. 



The Cairo lodge has made wonderful ad- 

 vancement since its organization, and as 

 the result of unceasing effort on the part 

 of the members has a very fine home and 

 elubrooms which are a credit to the city 

 and lodge. 



A CHANGE OF NAME. 



The incorporation of the Himmelberger- 

 Harrison I/umber Company, as announced 

 in our last issue, was formed to succeed 

 to the business of the Himmelberger-Luce 

 Land & Lumber Company of Morehouse, 



Mo. The business will be under the same 

 management and continued along the same 

 lines as heretofore. Mr. J. H. Himmel- 

 berger is president of the new company. 

 Mr. W. H. HaiTison. vice-president and 

 treasurer, and Howard Rule, secretary. 



