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The Long-Bell Lumber Company produces in quantity and in all commercial sizes hard- 

 woods cut from selected trees in the famous Saline River bottom of Arkansas and the Buca- 

 tanna basin region of Mississippi where these woods develop exceptional texture and uni- 

 formity of color. For a great variety of purposes, users have for many years found Long- 

 Bell hardwoods to have outstanding superiority. As an assurance to users that they are 

 obtaining hardwoods produced by this manufacturer they bear the nationally known 



LONG-BELL BRAND. 





Tlie T on<T-Rei.i. T mnber r ompanii 



R.A.LONG BUILDING Lumbermen since 1875 K.A.TSISA.S CIT^r'. TVIO. 



Partington, secretary and treasurer, are of the opinion tliat tlie coming 

 seasim will l>e a live one for the club and that the meetings will be largely 

 attendei]. An effort will be made during tb<' conung winter tii im-reasc 

 the mcmliershiii of the club, and many of the manufacturers and retail 

 lunilier dealers living in towns ami cities within a radius of seventy-five 

 miles of Evansville will lie asked to become members. The traffic man- 

 ager, .Tohn C. Keller, will make a report at the Septeml)er meeting and 

 announces that he has some important matters to talk over with the 

 nicnilicrs. 



New Demand for Buggies 

 According to George W. Huston, secretary and treasurer of the Carriage 

 liullders' National Assoeiatiim. the industrial slump has resulted in many 

 farmers temporarily ahaniloning their automobiles, in favor of buggies, to 

 save gasoline. "The farmer, who is receiving less for his products now 

 than at any time since before the World War," said Mr. Huston, "is using 

 horses which he has to feed anyway while using gasoline. This doesn't 

 apply to all farmers of course, but to a goodly number at that." Secretary 

 Huston is making arrangements for the exhibits wdiich will be held in 

 connection with the forty-ninth annual convention of the Carriage Builders' 

 National Association at the Hotel Cibson, September 19 to 22, Several 

 thousand visitors are expected to attend the meetings. 



Sears Guest of Louisville Club 



The Louisville Hardwood Club had a goorl attemlance at its last meeting, 

 and so much interest was shown in discussions that it was almost 11 

 o'clock wdien the meeting broke up. This meeting was the first of the 

 season's indoor meetings, outings having been abandoned for the year. 

 It was held at the Seelliach Hotel. C. M. Sears, formerly treasurer of 

 the club, now looking after the mill end of the Edward L. Davis Lumber 

 Company's business in Alabama, was a guest. Mr. Sears contemled that 

 one of the reasons why many nuunbers report slow business is that they 

 are ntd working for business as they did before the war, do not 

 travel as many men, and do not spend as many hours per day with their 

 business. There was an Interesting discussion concerning Inspection of 

 hardwoods. 



Buffalo Talks Exports -with Oxholm 



A special meeting of the Huffalo Lumber Exchange was held on August 

 29, when an important conference took place between leading lumbermen 

 and Axel H. Oxholm, chief of the lumber division of the foreign and 

 domestic bureau of the l>epartment of Commerce, who told what the 

 government Is doing and planning to do to promote export trade. lie said : 

 "We will base our future action on information and advice obtalne<l from 

 a number of groups such as this, meeting In several lumber centers. We 



believe the lumbermen are best qualified to frame the luethoils \<y which 

 their industry nuiy be expanded, particularly in its export phase. " 



Harry L. Abbott, president of the exchange, presided over the meeting. 

 Concerning the meeting, and the government's policy, Mr. Abbott said: 



"We believe this policy, as outlined by Herbert Hoover, will go far 

 toward the upbuilding of the American lumber industry and the increasing 

 of export trade. This policy indicates that the present administration 

 seeks to put business into government." 



A committee was appointed, as follows, to confer with Mr. Oxholm : 

 William A, Perrin, chairman ; R. D, McLean. J. B. Wall, E. B. Lott and 

 Frank T. Sullivan. A general informal talk resulted and Mr. I'errin 

 expressed the opinion that the National Hardwood Lumber .\ssociation 

 might take measures to protect the grailes of American hardwoods in 

 foreign markets. One suggestion was that the association take space at 

 the Lyons Exposition, where a demonstration of grades and finish of 

 woods could be made. It was stated that lumber abroad is largely sold 

 on brands and that some of these are TOO years old. Japanese onk is 

 giving American oak a hard run. despite the superior quality of the latter 

 and the finer finish of which It is capable, and the committee feels that 

 if American hardwoods can be made better known great benefit will residt 

 in foreign sales. 



Preservers Establish Service Bureau 



The service bureau of the American Wood Preservers' Association has 

 just been estal>lished with headquarters at 1146 Otis building. Chicag<). It 

 is the aim of the managers of the bureau to make it of direct benefit to 

 all users of wood, lundiermen, engineers, the wood preservation industry 

 and everyone interested In conservation of the country's forest resources. 



Cincinnati Tournament Announced 



Souvenir programs are now out for the second annual tournament of 

 the Cincinnati Lundtermen's Golf .\ssociati'm, which will be held at the 

 Western Hills Country Club on October (>. The program gives a list of 

 some $-100 worth of trophies. There will be about a dozen handsome 

 prizes awarde<l in addition to the eight that will be presented to the win- 

 ners of the Tuesday afternoon events that have been played throughout 

 the season. 



The tournament committee, of which E. O. Robinson of the Mowbray 

 & Robinson Company is chairman, has put In a great deal of time, with 

 the help of ,1. C. West, the club's president, in arranging the program 

 and selecting prizes. The tournament competition is open to all lum- 

 bermen who are members of the Cincinnati Lumbermen's Golf Association, 

 The playing will be followed by the annual dinner and election of officers. 



