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will have a seating capacitj- of 700 and 

 will be used for all s'lDecial occasions, sut-li 

 as lumber conventions, receptions of vari- 

 ous sorts, lectures on forestr.v and lumber 

 topics, IIoo-Hoo concatenations,' tlie Hoo- 

 Hoo annual and various otlier events 

 whicli will be a feature of the exposition 

 and this' club. It is intended that mem- 

 bers may receive and handle their mail at 

 the building and every convenience of this 

 sort that will be beneficial will be 

 adopted. 



As has been stated in tlie foregoing, 

 the House of Hoo-IIoo is a club for lum- 

 bermen which will have its doors open 

 during the World's Fair to be held in St. 

 Louis in 1901. Broader than this-', it is a 

 club for lumbermen, lumber newspapei- 

 men, saw mill .supply men and railroad 

 traffic officials. Although it derives its 

 name from the Concatenated Order of Hoo- 

 Hoo, a man need not be a member of 

 that order to be a member of this club. 

 The meml_)ership fee is $9.99. payable with 

 the application, and this includes all dues 

 to the club so long as it may exii-'t, which 

 will be until the close of the exposition. 

 The benefits to be derived by members 

 need not be explained to those who have 

 visited otlier World's P'airs and been at 

 a loss for some home-like place where they 

 could rest, be eomfortalily talcen care of, 

 eat their meals away from the crowded 

 restaurants and meet their friends. Even 

 broader plans than these are gradually be- 

 ing evolved which will make the club won- 

 derfully complete and attractive. 



From the office of the secretai-j- of the 

 club, 1,200 Fullerton building, St, Louis, 

 comes the information that the lumber- 

 men throughout the country are taking to 

 the idea with great entliusiasm. Wliile 

 the memliership book.s have been open but 

 a short time there are already members 

 in twenty-six states and ten-itories and the 

 daily additions to the roll are very gratify- 

 ing. The point is also brought out by him 

 that the fact that the fair has been post- 

 poned until l!K>t does not in the least 

 lessen the necessity for promjjt action in 

 securing the full quota of members. 0,0!i!), 

 as the detailed planning and consti'uction 

 of the building will take at least a year 

 and it ly important to have the work com- 

 pleted several months before the opening 

 of the fair, because of the labor troubles 

 and i-ush which will exist during the be- 

 ginning of 19IM, The importance of this 

 will be seen when it is stated that the full 

 amount must he subscribed before the 

 work is begun. One thing wliich is par- 

 ticularly pleasing is the number of whole- 

 sale lumbermen who are applying for five, 

 ten or more memberships under the prom- 

 ise that they can, by transfer of member- 

 ships or -by the card system, extend the 

 privileges of the club to those of their 

 customers who are near to them. Be- 

 cause of this enthusiasm in the scheme 

 money is piling up in the treasury, the 

 experimental stage has l:>een passed and it 

 is within the range of iwssiliilities that 



many who desire memliership in tlie clul> 

 will delay making application until the full 

 inunber, limited by the charter, has' been 

 !;ecured. 



THE NATIONAL ALL BIGHT. 



The National Dry Kiln Company of In- 

 dianapolis, Ind., are building a new plant. 

 They have been handicapped for lack of 

 room and facilities fur a long time and re- 

 cently purchased 3."J0 feet* frontage on the 

 1",, H. & D. Ry., about 1.5 minutes' ride from 

 the center of the city. The work of con- 

 .struction is going on now. 



Mr. Girard states that business is un- 

 usually good and that the National is meet- 

 ing with great success in the hardwood 

 lield. The following is an unsolicited tes- 

 timonial and is only a sample of many 

 letters reaching them: 



Kichmond, Ind., May 3, 1902. 

 The Nalional Dry Kiln Company, Indian- 

 apolis, Ind. 



Gentlemen:— We are pleased to give you 

 an unsolicited testimonial in regard to "the 

 three dry kilns whicli you put in for us 

 last August. We have had the kilns in 

 long enough so we can giie them a tlior- 

 ough test in every respect, and have done 

 so, and found tliem al'solutely satisfactory 

 in every particular. We have been drying 

 hickory, ash and poplar, % to 3 inches 

 thick, with the most satisfactory results. 

 There was a question in our minds Avhether 

 or not we could dry hickory and ash satis- 

 factorily, without its cliecking, and we are 

 glad to state, however, that our fears were 

 unfounded, as we liave absolutely no trou- 

 ble at all in this respect, as the lumber 

 comes out of the kiln with as few checks 

 as it liad when it was put in. This result 

 is obtained by thoroughly steaming and 

 moistening (he lumber when it is first put 

 in the kiln, before the heat is turned on. 

 The only kind of lumljer we use is liickory, 

 ash and poplar, tlierefore we have not 

 tried to dry any other kind of lumlier. 

 However, a kiln that will dry that class of 

 lumber as satisfactoril.v as your kilns are 

 doing, doubtless will dry any other kind of 

 lumber equally as satisfactory. 



It affords us pleasure to highly recom- 

 mend .^our kiln to an.vone that wants a 

 tirst-class dry kiln. 



Yours resjiectfuUv, 

 WESTCOTT CAHHIAGE COMPANY, 

 Geo. E. Seidel. Vice-President and General 

 Manager, 



NE-WS SUMMARY. 

 The firm of Corbin & Hill of Crawfords- 

 ville, Ind., recently sold their plant to the 

 Montgomery Lumber Company, who are 

 now operating same and will have a stock 

 of hardwoods to market in a short time. 



The Kirk-Christ.v Company of Cleveland. 

 0., have sold to the .Vdvance Lumber Com- 

 pany their lumber interests and all un- 

 finished contracts will be completed by the 

 new organization. The Advance Lumber 

 Company are therefore prepared to gixe 

 prompt and careful attention to all orders. 

 They now ha\e a stock of over S.j.OOO.CKio 

 feel of all kinds of hardwoods. 



lake shipping points stocks of maple, beech, 

 birch, elm, ash and basswood. 



Thompson & Whiting are building a saw 

 mill on the west branch of the Sturgeon 

 Itiver near Marquette, Mich. 



the Wabash Screen Door Company will 

 erect tlieir second large factory in Minne- 

 apolis. The other factory is at Jlemphis. 



The Anderson Screen Door Compan.v. re- 

 cently incorporated with a stock of .$100.- 

 000, will build a plant in .Jamestown, N. Y, 

 They will manufacture a patent veneer 

 door. 



The Antigo Manufacturing Company's 

 saw mill and stave factory at Kent, Wis., 

 was destro.ved by fire recently. 



The .Jackson Lumber Company have in 

 course of construction a large new saw 

 mill at J^ockhart, Ala. 



Jlessrs. .John H. Osborn, A, fl'. Emery 

 and Louis Petrie are erecting a big factory 

 at Evansville, Ind. They will manufacture 

 only plow handles at the beginning, but it 

 is expected to enlarge the scope of the out- 

 put in the near future. 



The shingle mill plant of the East Jor- 

 dan Lumber Comi^any was destroyed by 

 fire recently. The estimated loss was .$5,- 

 000, fully covered by insurance. It will 

 be rebuilt iminediatelv. 



The lumber yard of the Advance Lumber 

 Company at Cleveland. O., was damaged 

 by tire to the extent of about $25,000 on 

 .July 2. 



"WESTERN EDITION OF THE CANADA 

 LUMBERMAN. 



Sixty-four pages are contained in the 

 .Inly number of the Canada Lumberman, 

 which is designated a western edition. 

 Tne contents are of special interest to the 

 lumber trade of Western Canada. In ad- 

 dition to descriptions and illustrations of 

 many of the leading saw and shingle mills 

 of file West, there appear nearly one hun- 

 dred portraits of membprs of the Western 

 Retail Lumbermen's Association, the head- 

 quarters of wihieh are at Winnipeg; also 

 several articles bearing upon the conduct 

 of a retail lumber yard. The C, H. Mor- 

 timer Company of Toronto are the publish- 

 ei's. 



The Phoenix Box Factory. Toledo, O., 

 have estal)lislied an exclusive wholesale 

 llard^vood lumber yard and also carry at 



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