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THE HARDWOOD RECORD. 



st;iiii-c (if tins, one Inrjit' wliolpsaler lias 

 iimioiiiiccd it n.s lii.s iiitciitidii tu talvi' out 

 a luiiiilicr of nu'inlicrshiiis ami present 

 tliciii tn rclail (UviIiTs who liavo been long 

 time eiistoiiieis of his. believinir that siieh 

 a gift would be appi'eciated. Soraethins 

 of tliis Iviiid. not yet determined uiion, will 

 he allowed. 



HASTE NEt DED. 



It Is true that the fair has been post- 

 jioned until 1004, but so nmeh must be 

 doiK' to niaUe this scheme a thoroush suc- 

 cess that there must lie some immediate 

 action. It is- very necessary that those 

 inteiidins to become mendiers of this elub 

 do so at once, as success depends upon 

 this, and it is probable that a number of 

 desirable members will be left out because 

 of their delay in making application for 

 membership. It should also be renteni- 

 bcred tli,-\t while the general public will 

 be allowed to ius]iect the building, only 

 mend)ers will have the privileges of the 

 dub. 



FULL VALUE. 



It is not promised that there will be a 

 dividend nt the close of the fair, as the 

 board of governors will feel that they 

 have not done their duty if there are 

 funds in the ti-easury at the wind-up. A 

 member can obtain full value for what 

 his membership has cost him by making 

 use of the club. 



This is merely a rough sketch of the 

 plan. The details are still to be worked 

 out. 



THE WIND-UP OF THE ST. LOUIS 

 MEETING. 

 The Record went to press with its last 

 issue too early to get the wind-up of the 

 Ijroceedings of the St. l/ouis meeting. 

 There were a few matters of importance 

 we did not get. 



After a gallant fight, carried clear 

 through the meeting, Mr. R. P. McMillan, 

 of McJIillan, Wis., secured the adoption 

 of a resolution ordering the substitution of 

 the terms "No. 1 Commons, No. 2 Commons 

 and No. 3 Commons," instead of the terms 

 "Commons. Shipping Culls and Mill Culls." 

 wherever they occur in the inspection 

 rules. It was a long fight, but the resolu- 

 tion was finally carried by a decisive ma- 

 .torit.v, and Mr. McMillan was so pleased 

 he went out and brought in a couple of 

 h\indred cigars and treated the crowd. 



Mr. J. V. Stirason of IIimtin.gl)urg, lud., 

 introduced a resolution making Indian- 

 apolis the place for holding the next an- 

 nual meeting of the association. Mr. Wall 

 moved to substitute Buffalo for Indian- 

 apolis, but Mr. Stimson carried the day 

 and Indianapolis was selected. 



Mr. Russe, chairman of the committee 

 to act upon the report of the president and 

 secretary, presented the report of the com- 

 mittee recommending the appointment of 

 a frei.ght bureau committee by the board 

 of managers and empowering the board of 

 managers to employ an assistant secretary 

 and fix his compensation. 



Report adopted. 



Meeting adjourned. 



After the adjournment of the meeting 

 the board of managers convened and ap- 

 pointed the freight bureau committee, as 

 follows: 



W. H. Russe, Memphis, Tenn., chair- 

 man. 



C. R. Mengel, Louisville, Ky. 



V. W. ITphani, Chica.go, III. 



F. M. I'ossell. Cincinnati, Ohio. 



.1. M. Rullard, St. Louis, Mo. 



President Smith appointed the follow- 

 ing members on the standing committee 

 and their appointments were confirmed 

 by the board of managers: 

 'eaiiutuuo.o sain.i jo uojsi.ve.i jo s.idquwiv 

 appointed for three years: 



II. C. Humphrey. Clintonville, Wis. 



Hugh :\IcLean, Buffalo. N. Y. 



Tlieo. Plummer. St. Louis, Mo. 



Inspectiiui bureau committee. api)oiutcd 

 for three years: 



W. E. Smith, Cairo. III. 



W. W. Knight, Indian.-ipolis, Ind. 



W. .1. Wagstaff, Oshkush, Wis. 



The following new members were 

 added to the list at the St. Louis meet- 

 ing: 



Southern Mill A: Land Company, St. 

 Louis, Mo. 



W. 1). Reeves, Helena. Ark. 



.1. W. Darling, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



^\'ausau Lumber Company. Kdgar, Wis. 



Barksdale Denton & Co., Memphis, 

 Tenn. 



Wm. J. Wagstaff. Oshkosh. Wis. 



C. F. Liebke Mill & Lumber Company, 

 St. Louis, Mo. 



H. J. Ruth, Poplar Bluff, Mo. 



Stewart & .Tacksou. Cincinnati. Ohio. 



.Mosbcrger-0'Reilly-(!ram Lumber Com- 

 panv. St. Louis, Mo. 



l'. Metliudg, St. I-oui.s. Mo. 



AV. R. Barksdale. St. Louis. Mo. 



A. R. Vansickle & Son. Tamms, 111. 



Nat. Williams. Little Rock, Ark. 



Leming & Samson. Cape Girardeau, Mo. 



.Tohnson Lumber Conipanv. Favetteville, 

 Ark. 



Askins-DirUs Lumlter Company, Union 

 City. Tenn. 



Mitchell Bros.. Cadillac, Mich. 



Wilson & Beall, Armorel, Ark. 



O. r. Ilurd. Jr., Cincinnati, Ohii^. 



Planna Lumber Company. 'Cincinnati, 

 Ohio. 



.Tohn P. Richardson, St. Louis, Mo. 



Ravmond Lumber Company, Chicago, 

 111. 



Cincinnati Hardwood Lumber Company, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio. 



IN MEMORIAM. 



Boiling Arthur .folinson, Seer of the 

 House of Ancients, has prepared "An Ap- 

 lireciatiou" of the late Alson Alexander 

 White of Kansas City. Mo., which will be 

 signed by all of the members of the House 

 of Ancients of the Concatenated Order of 

 Hoo-Hoo, and be in the end presented to 

 Mrs. White and family at Independence, 

 where Mr. White lived such a good and 

 useful life. The text of the document is 

 as follows: 



X X 



: IN MEMORIAM. : 



: Alson Alexander White. : 



: An Appreciation. : 



We whose names appear below these 

 lines, desiring to build some monument of 

 inu- regard to the memory of Alson Alexan- 

 der White, build that monument in words 



rather tliau in chiseled column done in 

 marble. 



We submit o\u' appreciation of (Uir friend, 

 dedicating it to his lovin.g wife and to his 

 children, hoping that this Scroll of I>ove 

 m;iy be placed in that home which a wife 

 .and husband created, and which their chil- 

 dren may preserve and venei"ate in honor 

 ot and to the memory of a man wlinse 

 happiest hours were tliere. 



In life we stood close to him (Ui the battle 

 line, and knew him and loved him because 

 we did know him, ami now that all we 

 have left is a living memory of his keen 

 .ludgment, his broad philantliropy, and his 

 wholesome sense of justii'C, we are in- 

 clined to the belief that even Sorrow has a 

 Flower, and to suggest that: 



"Summer comes and Summer goes, 



But all months of all years 



There is falling of tears: 



S\unnier comes and Summer goes, 



All lioiu-s are .griefs, and the Sower Sows: 



To-day and to-morrow. 



Buds and Blows." 



There is a vacant chair by the fireside, 

 but our minds are full of sweet memories 

 of him who has gone. There was a break 

 in our line in life's battle, in a physical 

 sense, but his influenee remains to knit us 

 into the warp and woof of greater effort. 

 We liave sorrow, Imt it has a flower— the 

 knowledge that our friend so lived that 

 when he came to "take his place in the 

 silent halls of death" it was as "one who 

 ^■raps the drapery of his couch about him 

 and lies down to pleasant dreams." 



And. thinking these things, we recall for 

 the comfort and cheer of the wife and chil- 

 dien ol our friend another thought of .John 

 A'ance Cheney: 



"Not in the time of pleasure 



Hoiie doth set her bow;' 



But in the sk.v of soiTOW, 



Over the vale of woe. 



Throu.gh gloom and shadow look we 



On liej'ond the years: 



The soul wouki have no rainbow 



Had the eyes no tears." 



In the thoughts of the poet and from our 

 own knowledge of the purity of soul of the 

 friend and the husband and father, let our 

 sorrcnv htwc a little flower of comfort, and 

 through oiu- tears let us see a rainbow of 

 ]iromise — that all is well beyond the dark 

 river. 



With love and respect. 

 HOUSE B. ARTHUR .TOHNSON, 



OF W. E. BARNS, 



ANCIENTS, J. E. DEFEBAUGH. 

 CONCATE- H. H. HEJIENWAY, 



NATED N. A. GLADDING. 



ORDER GEORGE W. LOCK, 



OF W. B. STILLWELL. 



HOO-HOO. 



The "Appreciation" is bound in black 

 Uiorocco and is engrossetl in the highest 

 style of the art by A. B. Garman of Chi- 

 ca.go. and done in black and white and gold 

 — the colors of the order. The document 

 is now going the rounds for signature, and 

 will shortly be presented to Mrs. White at 

 Independence. 



On May 10 the saw mill at Mar- 

 quette, Mich., recently purchased and 

 stocked by the South Arm Lumber Com- 

 pany, was started after several years' of 

 idleness. Simultaneously came the news 

 that the big mill of the same company at 

 South Arm. Mich., had been destroyed by 

 fire, causing a loss of .$75,000. 



