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HARDWOOD RECORD 



Annual Lumbermen's Club of New York 



Tbo annual meeting of the I.umbermen's Chib 

 of New York was heia at lieaclquai-tei-s, Hoffman 

 House hotel, March IS, at which time the fol- 

 lowing ollicers were elected fof the ensuing year : 



rresidont— Waidron Williams, I. T. Williams 

 & Sons. 



Vice-president — Henry Cape. 1 Madison avenue. 



Treasurer — George M. Stevens, Jr., Stevens- 

 Raton Company. 



Secretary — Arthur E. Lane. 1 JIadison avenue. 



The report of the Board of Governors showed 

 a very satisfactory condition of affairs, with a 

 substantial incriase in membership and a very 

 bright outlook for the further development and 

 expansion of the club. 



The report of Treasurer George JI. Stevens, 

 .Tr., was also very satisfactory, showing a work- 

 ing balance in hand of several thousand dollars 

 and an assured income sufficient to assure 

 against all contingencies. 



A proposition to reduce non-resident member- 

 ship from .$20 to .?10 was lost unanimously. 



The re-election of I'resident Waldron Williams, 

 who has labored so faithfully for the benefit of 

 the club, was received with much gratification. 

 .'Kfter the meeting a smoker and light vaudeville 

 entertainment was tendered by the house com- 

 mittee. 



W.M.IiItdN WII.I.I.VMS, I'UESIDENT NEW 

 Vni;K I.I MliKltMEX'S CLUH 



Semi-Monthly Memphis Lumbermen's Club 

 At the regular .semi-monthly meeting of the 

 Lumbermen's Club of Memphis, held at the 

 Hotel Gayoso, March 18, there was an attend- 

 ance of lifty-nine. James E. Stark, president, 

 was in the chair and the usual luncheon was 

 served. Among the visitors were O. W. Hull, 

 Chicago ; K. G. I'orter and H. W. Rickerd, Lan- 

 sing, Mich. ; John IJ. Walker of the Lumbermen's 

 lUireau, Inc., Washington ; W. A. Bennett of 

 Bennett & Witle, Cincinnati, and T. J. White, 

 Cincinnati. 



It became known that plans were being 

 formulated for the National Hardwood Lumber 

 Association's annual between the 5th and 15th 

 of Ma.v. The Lumbermen's Club will be the 

 host on this occasion and proposes to make it 

 one of the best attended in the history of that 

 organization. To this end it has been decided 

 that invitations shall be sent out signed jointly 

 by the Business Men's Club, the Lumbermen's 

 Club and by Mayor E. H. Crump, in order that 

 there may be an attendance which will break 

 all previous records in this respect. It has also 

 been decided to invite President Diggins and 

 Secretary Kish to attend the club's meeting on 



April 1, when further preliminaries in connec- 

 tion with the annual of the association will be 

 discussed. 



There is just a suggestion that there may be 

 a baseball contest pulled off in connection with 

 this annual between the teams representing the 

 lumber interests of Memphis and Cincinnati. 

 These, it will be recalled, played a game at Cin- 

 cinnati last autumn, in which the Cincinnati 

 aggregation carried off the honors, and it is 

 therefore necessary to play one or two more 

 games to determine whidi team has the right 

 to the championship of baseball so far as lum- 

 berdom is concerned. Memphis now holds that 

 distinction and it is "the one best bet" of Mem- 

 phis lumbermen that it will continue to cling to 

 the title. A vote of confidence was expressed 

 in Manager John McClore and Captain John 

 I'ritchard, who shaped the destinies ot the 

 Memphis lumber players last year, and these 

 gentlemen will continue to look after the base- 

 ball interests of the club. The latter has agreed 

 (o lend the necessary financial support and co- 

 operation. 



The date for the hearing of the ease at Chi- 

 cago before the Interstate Commerce Commis- 

 sion, dealing with the proposed advance of ten 

 cents per hundred pounds in rates on lumber 

 shipments from Mississippi river points to racific 

 coast terminals, has been fixed for March 30, 

 and the members of the River & Rail Committee 

 of the club who will look after the interests of 

 the latter are ready to present their testimony, 

 lievelopments between now and the end of 

 March in connection with the bearing of the 

 general rate decision on the transcontinental 

 case are awaited with coiisiderable interest. 



W. E. Hyde of the Desha Lumber Company, 

 .\rkansas City, Ark., recently presented to the 

 River & Rail Committee a complaint that the 

 tariff on the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & South- 

 ern worked a hardship upon firms engaged in 

 iTiterstate commerce who desired to make use of 

 the milling-in-transit rates. The committee as- 

 sured Mr. Hyde that the subject would be thor- 

 oughly iuvestigated, subsequent action depending 

 upon what is disclosed by this investigation. 



James E. Bell of the James E. Bell Lumber 

 Company, with headquarters at Louisville, but 

 with a mill at Lambert, Miss., was elected to 

 active membership at this meeting, while the 

 application of E. M. Schulte of the I'enrod- 

 .\bbott Lumber Company, Brasfield. Ark., was 

 filed with the Membership Committee. 



A letter was read from O. Dircks, Union City. 

 Tenn., expressing his high appreciation of the 

 action of the club in making him an honorary 

 member, a report of which appeared in the last 

 issue of the Record. 



Chairman McClure of the Information Com- 

 mittee stated that it had been decided to have 

 regular forms prepared to facilitate the members 

 of the club in giving the necessary infonnation 

 to the committee to make the latter of service 

 to the club. 



Beath of Mrs. George A. Howes 



The many friends of George A. Howes of 

 I'hiladelphia. Pa., extend to him their deepest 

 sympathy in his sad loss of an adored wife. 

 Mr. Howes, accompanied by Mrs. Howes, recentl.v 

 made a pleasant trip to New Orleans, where, 

 combining business with pleasure, he visited the 

 lumber camps. A few days after an enjoyable 

 return trip by steamer Mrs. Howes became dan- 

 gerously ill and died at her home on March 12. 

 She was well known to most of the members of 

 the Philadelphia Lumbermen's Exchange, as she 

 always attended the autumnal outings and other 

 functions of that organization. She was of 

 charming personality and much beloved by all 

 with whom she came in contact. Besides her 

 husband, she is survived by three daughters and 

 a son. The funeral was attended by a large 

 number of the members of the Lumbermen's Ex- 

 change of Pliiladelphia. 



Annual Nashville Lumbermen's Club 

 .\t the annual meeting of the Nashville Lum- 

 bermen's Club held Tuesday night. March 21, at 

 the Board ot Trade rooms, Hamilton Love of 

 Love, Boyd & Co. was elected president for the 

 ensuing year. Charles Morford of the Morford 

 Lumber Company was elected first vice-presi- 

 dent ; Thomas R. Leseuer of the W. J. Cude 

 Land & Lumber Company, treasurer, and Cecil 

 Ewing of the Southern Lumberman, secretary. 

 The live directors were elected as follows : C. L. 

 McConnell, Nashville Hardwood Flooring Com- 

 pany ; Clarence Dews ot J. Gibson Mcllvain & 

 Co. ; W. M. Farriss, Jr., Cherokee Lumber Com- 

 pany ; W. J. Wallace, Jr., Norvell & Wallace, 

 and H. A. Batchelor, Jr., Tennessee Oak Floor- 

 ing Company. There were two tickets running, 

 the "Saps" or "Blues" and the "Reds" or "Se- 

 lects." The "Reds" went straight down the 

 line with the main offices, but elected only two 

 of the five directors. 



Following the election the lumbermen re- 

 paired to the grille room of the Bismark hotel, 

 where a delightful supper was served and toasts 

 responded to. The new president, Hamilton 

 Love, did the honors of toastmaster or "roast 

 master," as he proved to be, and he persisted 

 in calling on all those who had never made a 

 speech and couldn't speak to speak anyway. 



HAMILTON LOVE, PRESIDENT NASHVILLE 

 LUMBERMEN'S CLUB 



This meeting was the second annual since the 

 reorganization which followed close on the death 

 of John B. Ransom. 



The Tuesday luncheons at up-town cafes have 

 been quite an innovation with the club. At 

 these "market sessions" are held. Slips are 

 exchanged between members present. Each one 

 indicates what he is "short" or "long" on and. 

 they trade across the lunch table that way. 

 Executive Committee meetings are also held at 

 each of these Tuesday luncheons. 



Twelfth Annual National Coopers' 

 Association 



The twelfth annual convention of the National 

 Coopers' Association was held on March 7, 8 

 and 9 at the Southern hotel, St. Louis. About 

 one hundred members were in attendance, and 

 J. R. Kelley, of Kansas City, Kan., presided. 



Work of standardizing barrel manufacture was 

 gone into on the second day, when a joint ses- 

 sion was held with the National Tight Stave 

 Manufacturers. It was decided to allow putting 

 an increased number ot staves Into the standard 

 bnri-el. This was done because of the constantly 



